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When rock music critics and fans are asked to rank the top rock albums of all-time, The Beatles' 1966 release Revolver either tops the list or falls into the top tier. In recent years, Revolver has been outpolling The Beatles' Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band as The Beatles' most impressive collection. On Revolver, The Beatles experimented with both new sounds and new subject matter - pioneering psychedelic rock on some tracks and exhibiting extraordinary song-craft on others.
To mark the 40th anniversary year of Revolver's release, award-winning producer Paul Ingles (The Emergence of Bob Dylan, The Beatles in America-1964) presents a two-hour public radio special entitled EVERYTHING WAS RIGHT: THE BEATLES' REVOLVER AT 40. Ingles hosts an in-depth exploration of the landmark album's story and influence by talking with historians, musicians, music critics and fans. Each Revolver track (along with the 1966 single Paperback Writer and Rain) is given the spotlight treatment.
The first hour of the program will focus on Side 1 of the original British release plus the Paperback Writer single. Hour two features the songs on Side 2 and Rain, the single's flip side. Listeners will hear about the sources for the tunes, the studio experiments The Beatles used to get their ground-breaking sounds, and the lasting impact of the collection on the pop/rock music scene. For some segments, rarely heard studio outtakes and song demos will guide listeners through the band's creative process on the way to the finished tracks.
Among the guest commentators is Mark Lewisohn, author of The Beatles Recording Sessions. Lewisohn, the only journalist to have listened to every scrap of the Beatles' studio recordings, is considered a top authority on the band's history. Also featured are music writers Jim Derogatis, Steve Turner, Jeff Sobul, and Stuart Madow. Musicians Shawn Colvin, Mark Erelli, John Leventhal, David Gans, Kristy Kruger, Deborah Holland, Richard Goldman and Jon Spurney join other Beatle fans in talking about their favorite tracks on arguably the greatest album by the greatest band of all time.
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