The Alternate Revolver

Carefully staged studio shots like the one below, taken at John's 26th birthday party, masked the tension underlying the recording of the Revolver album.

The Alternate Revolver

Show me the Alternate Revolver Tracklist

01 - Taxman - Junior Parker
02 - Eleanor Rigby - Cassia Eller
03 - I'm Only Sleeping - George Martin & His Orchestra
04 - Love You To - Sukilove
05 - Here, There and Everywhere - Claudine Longet
06 - Yellow Submarine - Akiko Kanazawa
07 - She Said She Said - Tom Newman
08 - Good Day Sunshine - Jimmy James & The Vagabonds
09 - And Your Bird Can Sing - Jim Reid
10 - For No One - Emmylou Harris
11 - Doctor Robert - Luke Temple
12 - I Want To Tell You - Thea Gilmore
13 - Got to Get You Into My Life - Marian Love
14 - Tomorrow Never Knows - Monsoon feat. Sheila Chandra

You'll begin by nodding absently to Junior Parker's cataleptic 'Taxman'. Then you'll be gaily picturing a sleazy striptease to George Martin's 'I'm Only Sleeping', wondering if any moment could be more joyful than the chorus of Akiko Kanazawa's 'Yellow Submarine', and penultimately rollicking along with Marian Love on 'Got to Get You into My Life'.

An honourable mention for inspiration for this compilation must go to L'Homme Scalp, a site with a very impressive (mostly odd) collection of Beatles covers. The whole site, in fact, is excellent and, since subscribing last month, I've been on there quite a bit.

And you can click on a picture to download any of the other Alternate Beatles albums: