RUBBER SOUL - The Album That CHANGED The BEATLES 

Ur so rite I sang it on big stage it was ok but I do it better on my own practicing it's their 2nd or3rd best song,it's that or Something thats2and3best take ur picks

This video is extremely entertaining.... i have listened over the year several times... thank you!!!!

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I agree. it is that good

@@josephnobile7451 read a book. Learn to write. Get a job. You'll be alright.

Volume 1 and volume 2!

I love Magical Mystery Tour, I’d say it had Seven genius standards on it. Most of them Paul’s or mostly his with John’s input and then John’s Strawberry Fields Forever. It’s an astonishing work. A singer could’ve had a life long career on the strength of just one of those songs. And yet the Beatles albums were packed with them, album after album.

A hard days night is their first masterpiece

I love revolver! My favourite song is got to get you into my life

Rubber soul and Revolver … Has always been (since I was a kid!), and always will be, my favorite Beatles albums!

I just have to say, Brian probably is not on his own with faulty memories. As the saying goes, if you can remember the 60s you were'nt really there!

Man, I can't wait for Mark Lewisohn to release Vol. 2. I'm in the middle in Vol. 1. Love it!

He was taking a lot of LSD at the time though.

Nevertheless, they persisted

It’s really fascinating to see the practical reasoning behind these decisions. Until the Beatles (and their contemporaries) turned the album into something mainstream and profitable at scale it was impractical for Capitol, or anyone to change how a format had been released in a country or region. I’d always assumed it was just smug marketing dude “knew better” but there were practical hurdles to overcome. It took the tectonic shift that was The Beatles to make it possible to make the LP what it became (at least did us here in the States).

Damned nitpick bean counters!

Absolutely. I would have dropped Run for Your Life or The Word before Nowhere Man

Tastes are strange aren't they? I have never liked Nowhere Man, I always skip it.

@@mooghead I used to like it but I liked it even more after I learned John wrote the song about himself. The added meaning makes it all quite a bit better

+1 for Nowhere Man. Top 5 Beatles song for me yet I have friends that think it average. The melody, harmonies, bassline & lyrics all make something special to me. Always loved the song's sequence in the Yellow Submarine film too.

Sheer brilliance. He wrote that song when he was going through a creative block. No idea for a song so he took that thought and wrote that tune.If that's not genius I struggle to think what is.

I bought the Aussie version - same as UK version. I just can't listen to any of the US albums (pre 1967).

@@TigerRogers0660 You're right, the Australian is the same as the UK despite the very dark cover image. As an Australian I grew up with the UK track listing and I agree with you, the capitol albums are horrendous.

@@TigerRogers0660 wow never knew the U.S And U.k. weren't the same songs on them that's mad ridiculous 🙄..

I grew up with the NA version -- so for me it's the other way around -- and Nowhere Man belongs on Yesterday and Today (which also provided an LP home for singles like Day Tripper etc. The NA album starts with "I've just seen a Face" which is the banner song that sets the acoustic/folk/mod tone of the whole album.

@@guruuDev I respect your opinion, but I classify Yesterday and Today as a compilation album, as it was purely a cash grab solely for Capitol. For me, I've Just Seen a Face fits perfectly on Help as well as It's Only Love. I failed to mention in my original post that I believe If I Needed Someone was also irreplaceable on the album. The only decision I'm ok with is the exclusion of What Goes On. Drive My Car/Norwegian Wood is my favourite opening sequence on any Beatles album, I find I've Just Seen a Face to be far too "samey" being placed next to Norwegian Wood. My biggest issue is the exclusion of Nowhere Man though, there is no better song to follow You Won't See Me, as The Beatles intended. Objectively the US version is decent, but compared to the UK version the track listing is not dynamic and the exclusion of Nowhere Man is inexcusable. Anyway, that is essentially my case for why I prefer the UK Rubber Soul, but it's completely fine that you prefer the US version. It's still The Beatles after all and it doesn't matter how you enjoy them. I may be biased though as the UK Rubber Soul is my favourite Beatles album.

Agreed. The fake Beatles-ish sounding music in the background is just irritating.

Me too.

I agree. When I had learned that Rubber Soul was a concept album, the song line up of the US version made sense. I guess Drive My Car also made sense as an opening track but I can't imagine Nowhere Man fitting in anywhere.

I'm 21 and got into the Beatles about 5 years ago, and thank God that the UK version is much more widely disseminated now across all platforms because it does feel more complete to me having nowhere man and starting with that riff on drive my car. I'd imagine you probably don't even care that you prefer the US version cause it's what you grew up with, and that's okay! However, I still feel the concensus of the Beatles community would prefer the UK release.

@@BrendanBrown1 I’m just very happy to hear that you got into The Beatles at such young age, with all the actual “pop” done with synth-tone machines, reggeaton rhythms and absolutely no soul nor message in lyrics, kids just don’t pay attention to what it’s perceived as prehistoric music. Glad you like the UK version, I was shocked when I found the original RS record had Nowhere Man, a big favorite of mine.

Emotionally attached...well said. That's why the younger ones like so much current music, as it is their soundtrack, which for the majority of us well-aged folks, current music doesn't touch most of us. At least, not me. PS...Still have all my Beatles LPs, and I remember buying Rubber Soul for four dollars!

My baby boomer Dad says just about the same thing. Rubber Soul coming out when he was 19 in college changed his opinion about the Beatles.

@@casperguylkn 😉

I would rather listen to Motown any day.

@@SPINNINGMYWHEELS777 My passion for R&B, soul, funk, and jazz didn’t change. But after hearing “Rubber Soul” (followed by “Revolver” “Sgt Peppers” and so on) I knew that the Beatles were a serious influence on the evolution of rock music. The Beatles chose the title “Rubber Soul” to acknowledge their lack of originality or “soul” that was evident in the modern Afro-American music they loved 😉

@@SPINNINGMYWHEELS777 So you're just here trolling then, huh?

Constable: So, here is my latest work - the Haywain. Dexter: l like it, but let's shrink it, take out the river and the mill and replace them with the horse l cut out of Flatford mill. There! Much improved.

@@cuda426hemi l like your reasoning that arguments against Dexter are based on ignorance and then go on to prove it by showing that the same finite material was so cut up by him that he was able to release more albums and singles than in Britain. Unfortunately, it's harder to be impressed by your boast that you became a fan of the Beatles over a year after myself and millions of other people that heard them in Britain.

@@cuda426hemi You are correct about _Dizzy Miss Lizzy_ being released in the US first, but not _Slow Down_ & _Matchbox_ - those were available on a UK EP _before_ they were released in the US (June 19, 1964 for the EP _Long Tall Sally_ vs. July 20, 1964 for _Something New_ ). They were certainly not recorded as 'filler' tracks for the US market. The only reason there were 'more' LPs is because Capitol would hive off album tracks. You also don't mention it took them over _two years_ to get the majority of the _Please Please Me_ UK album tracks released (as _The Early Beatles_ ). Plus Dave's penchant to smother mixes with reverb only shows his "I know better" attitude. Surely the artist and producer know better than some guy six thousand miles away? And should I mention _The Beatles' Story_ and the soundtrack songs in _Help!_ (that made fans pay full price for literally half an album?). One last thing - I suppose you're unaware that there is a mono white album with different mixes of several tracks? You're entitled to your opinion, but you certainly seem to be in the minority.

@@cuda426hemi Highlighted reply cuda426hemi 46 minutes ago 'Did they get the filler songs like Slow Down, Dizzy MIss Lizzy in the same YEAR U.S. kids did?' - Er, yes and as you say, they were filler songs and below the standard of most Beatle covers. Now, why don't you tell me about more important songs like Drive my car and Nowhere Man? What l can't understand is your defence of a series of albums that ripped off U.S. customers, even if in your pompous and inflated opinion the sound was better.

@@cuda426hemi _"well it helped the Beatles and covered up all the mistakes you could hear on the UK mixes"_ That's just nonsense. You sound like a guy I used to know that swore up and down that cassettes were the superior medium. I get that you like the way Dave meddled with the sound; but it's literally artistic vandalism. Luckily he wasn't able to "improve" _Pepper_ or _Abbey Road_ . And you're also wrong about the white album. On _most_ tracks (but certainly not all), mono mixes would be done once all the tracks were recorded. The majority of the stereo mixes were done in October after all the songs had been recorded. Plus the mono version of the LP was cut a few days before the stereo one. Which, like _Pepper_ is why there is variation between the mono and stereo mixes for different tracks.

Yea, and within what , 4 years time. Insane

The Beatles are the greatest band in the bloody world.👍🏻🇬🇧

Sorry they never released a masterpiece. Every song sung by Ringo spoiled an album. And how could they forget to put Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane on the Sgt Pepper album? Another missed chance to create a masterpiece.

Which is ridiculous to me. Sorry George, but they're wildly different. Rubber Soul has none of the psychedelia featured so prominently on Revolver. Rubber Soul only hints at baroque on In My Life, whereas Revolver is full of it. Rubber Soul is much more folky whereas Revolver is more psychedelic pop and rock. Even production wise they're different. Revolver is a colder, metallic sounding album. Rubber Soul is generally warm but with those signature bright guitars. Rubber Soul had clever production work, but Revolver takes it to the next level and features tons of interesting techniques. I can't even imagine a song like Eleanor Rigby, Tomorrow Never Knows, I'm Only Sleeping or Love You To on Rubber Soul, and songs like She Said She Said and Taxman are rockier than anything on Rubber Soul. Got to Get You Into My Life is also something that wouldn't be found on Rubber Soul, what with its brass arrangement and motown influence. Rubber Soul has a greater emphasis on harmonies. The mixes are very different too. Vocals are hard panned on every song of Rubber Soul. That's only true for some of Revolver. I could go on really. It's hard to argue that they weren't very different. I think Revolver and Pepper's are more similar than Rubber Soul and Revolver are. Also Help! and Rubber Soul.

@@TheJayson8899 All of which is spot on. Harrison took drugs (you know?) and maybe at times couldn't be bothered to talk about "The Beatles".

Thanks for watching!

@Cris Zapot UK version is far better IMO --- Starts out with Baby You Can Drive My Car isn't even un the US version which is criminal

@Cris Zapot Yep and then that iconic Ringo drum roll into the verse. Such a spectacular start to an album. I like 'I've just seen a face", but its too folksy to start an album. And I don't get this idea that the US album is better because it flows better? meaning, more similar sounding genre of songs? That's silly to me, since part of what makes the Beatles so special is that they would cover such a wide range of genres all in the same album.

Yes, but it's only two tracks. I believe the UK version is superior.

The UK version of their albums are the officially recognized Beatles Canon. With the exception of The Red ALBUM, The Blue Album and one more Capitol Records release which I cannot recall.

Let’s hope Giles Martin leaves this alone.Avoid anything he’s tampered with.

Pet Sounds is overrated though.

@@FormulaProg I like Sunflower more personally. But I still think it's a great album, and gaining the appreciation for how it was made is important when judging it.

@@LaskyLabs it is great I have a mono copy of it. Pet Sounds, that is.

@@FormulaProg yeah, I was gonna say "Sunflower had mono copies but those were just stereo fold downs." I don't think pet sounds is overrated, maybe a little, but not by an incredible amount.

@@LaskyLabs in my opinion though looking at other important albums from the same era I would say Revolver, Piper at the gates of dawn, the doors, blonde on blonde, aftermath (stones) are all better albums.

Thanks for watching, Pete.

Too much “Cept for me and my monkey !” “I’m Back In The USSR” Is Helter Skelter on there ?

The 2014 Mono box set included a really great book that was less about The Beatles themselves and more about inner workings of their labels, Parlophone (UK) and Capital (USA). Copies of internal memos were some of the cool extras included, like a fancy scrap book. It’s a really awesome Beatles book.

Yeah, that completely white cover? If I may paraphrase a quote from Nigel of spinal tap, “there’s none more white”…

Wow that’s sweet, where are you from? Am a big fan of him

"Norwegian Wood" - and "Girl" were standouts for me on "Rubber Soul" - both very Lennon, and with that wonderful Lennon voice. I remember finding that opening line of "Girl:" "Is there anybody going to listen to my story..?" very moving - almost to tears. It remains superb!

Yes, it is a great song that is often overlooked. However, the stereo mix on the U.S. version might be the worst mix George Martin ever made. Fortunately for the the rest of the world, Martin did another, much better mix before the record was released. I assume Martin sent the better mix for U.S. inclusion, but of course Capitol, in their finite wisdom, probably disregarded the improved mix, and stayed with the dud that we grew up with.

It and Drive My Car are the grooviest, funkiest songs the band ever did. Absolutely infectious.

Amen

Nah, a few songs were good. A couple were awful and make me cringe to hear. It certainly marked a big change in their music, but Revolver is where that really came to fruition, properly successful musically.

You can' t seriously claim that What goes on or Run for your life are winners. Day tripper has to be on this album instead.

Yup every song was all that n a bag chips

It's on my list, Luke

I love that US stereo version of The Word, it blew my mind when I first heard it about a decade ago. Living in Australia I grew up with the UK album versions.

Rubber soul is more Lennon..revolver more McCartney but both cannot be topped by anyone..it isn’t possible

Thanks, Chris. Glad to have been of help.

Yes. I had to adapt to " Day Tripper" not coming on after " What Goes On".

Thank you, Stuart. Welcome aboard!

@@Parlogram Would you happen to know the details of the mishap that led to “Fatty” Arbuckle’s photo being misidentified as Oliver Hardy’s on the Sgt. Pepper’s cover? As a keen Laurel & Hardy lover and a Beatles fanatic this has always vexed me. It’s wonderful that we have Stan Laurel given such a place of honor, and Roscoe Arbuckle was a great talent whose presence on the jacket I don’t at all begrudge. But where Stan is, Ollie should be. Thanks!

Glad you like them, Niall.

Glad you like them!

Jonathon: It was available for many years on the stereo version, should be easy for you to find. Cassette copies too.

From an artistic point of view, i believe that the cover of "Help" was a step back. Still a good album ...

How come the cover of Help made it seem like they sold out?

Thank you very much!

You're right Mark, there is a stereo variant with extra reverb.

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Wonderful!

Wow, thank you, Gerry!

Glad you liked it, Olav. Stay tuned!

@@Parlogram I sure will!!

Thanks Grover. Glad you enjoy it!

Thank you kindly, Alex!

Thanks for the info, Peter.

Also the first Dutch... I have it through this as well...

Wow, thanks!

Thanks John, will do!

I believe that this album was a reprint from 1981 with the purple Capitol label where it was revived since the 1950’s. There were a handful of reprints of “Rubber Soul” including the one with a lime green Capitol label with a “Bullseye” logo, and then the orange label with the cropped “Capitol” wording on the bottom, and the Apple logo in which Apple acquired the original Beatles recordings up to 1967. As for the “New Improved Full Dimensional Stereo” on the top. Capitol started in 1958 as “Capitol Stereo: The Full Spectrum of Sound”, and then renamed as “Capitol Full Dimensional Stereo” a few months later where it was named after the name “Full Dimensional Sound” which was first used on their classical albums for Capitol in the early 1950’s. Capitol started redesigned the label with a black label with a rainbow border on top and the Capitol logo was on the left side with “Long Playing - High Fidelity”, a year later, it was changed with the thorns replaces the wording and by the early 1960’s, the Capitol logo was moved to the top where it remained until 1969. Prior to that, it was on a purple, gray and turquoise labels where the Capitol logo was shown before 1958 where it can be found on Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, and Frank Sinatra albums.

True I would also say that magical mystery tour could be called the acid album

Thanks so much, Tony.

Capitol mistakenly used the mono fold down of the stereo version instead of the dedicated mono mix. I sent mine back.

I never returned mine either

I.have the False start on both

@@bobcash4617 I did too.

Glad you enjoyed it, Alejandro.

Cheers, Mark!

Thanks again for watching, Bill.

Wow, thanks!

Thanks for watching, Ace.

I think it would be more accurate to say 'the acoustic album', since the beginning two tracks pretty well defined the 'mood' of the entire album, especially with 'Girl' as the opening track for side two, similar to the Led Zeppelin III LP, which was vastly more different than their second one. With exclusion of the mainly electric tunes, 'Drive My Car' and 'Nowhere Man', the album has more of that concept feeling, and is not 'jarring', as one commenter said. The UK version is all over the place songwise, and doesn't elicit any type of conceptual listening. I also have fond memories of the 'Yesterday...And Today' LP, which I believe stands pretty much on its own.

@@Nooz2u I am glad that Capitol put out the more folkish Rubber Soul rather than the UK Rubber Soul. Capitol knew way more about the huge American market than EMI did. I also like Yesterday...and Today" and I like the fact that Capitol rounded up singles like "Day Tripper", "Yesterday", and "We Can Work It Out" because sales of albums were beginning to grow greatly and many stopped purchasing singles. Too bad that many who only purchased albums didn't get to hear "I'm Down" and several other songs on vinyl until 1972 .

Thanks John. I recommend you do.

Ignore "dizzy miss lizzy" the UK album "help" *actually* changed the Beatles: yesterday you've got to hide your love away it's only love i've just seen a face etc the U.S. albums "rubber soul and yesterday & today" are stealing credit

I'd rather have better flow versus more songs. It's not like the songs can't be heard on another album.

@@thomervin7450 Fair enough. For me, the songs are indispensable and work much better within this album as they sound stylistically similar rather than being shoved among songs from other eras. It's also short enough as it is, so making it even shorter isn't preferable. But I understand where you're coming from.

When I was a lad I considered everything up to RSoul Beatles and anything after did but exist. Their last two albums are shite for sure.

Hey how are you doing?

Whoop de doo

I don’t think that’s true. What’s your source?

@@scruffyapples Harrison interviews over the years that ask about the subject.

Thanks for watching!

Many people don't like country or Ringo singing. It sticks out amongst sonically and musically innovative pop rock and balladry. I like the song too, but it's certainly my least favourite on the album.

Ian MacDonald calls it a filler (with George 'trotting out his Chat Atkins clichés') and I remember other authors putting it down. I agree with you, however, and like it a lot. I like the major/minor shifts and remember how fascinated I was by the seemingly independent bass line, sparse guitar work, and pounding backbeat all contributing like jigsaw pieces to an upbeat number that you instantly want to sing along with (and practise harmony!).

Count me in as a huge fan of that track!

Great suggestion!

Thanks Francis, much appreciated!

As long as you realise that the Capitol version has nothing to do with The Beatles or George Martin..

I agree. Arrogant or no, Dexter got it right. Drive My Car, Nowhere Man, and I I Needed Someone are good tracks but I've Just Seen a Face and It's Only Love work much better. Martin & Co chose their tracks in production line mode -- this is the latest you've got that aren't singles, so here they go onto an album. What Dexter did was enhance what was unique about Rubber Soul by getting out of that mindset. The oddity of the US releases has been explained by this video: UK did 7 tracks a side, US accountants would only allow 6 or else they'd have to pay a penny more on the dollar or whatever. It resulted in a distorted picture of their output, but it did, on this occasion produce a happy outcome. I actually like the idea of the US Rubber Soul and the US Yesterday and Today being packaged together as a "plugged" vs "unplugged" album. I'd add Rain and Paperback Writer to the latter and lose What Goes On. Hell, nothing stopping me from doing that anyway.

George M & the Beatles never had any songs in reserve so so they recorded & released the UK albums as & when, what with touring 8 months a year & having to produce 3 singles & 2 albums a year EMI never did them any favours they had to book studio time well in advance like everyone else & hope all went well.i

The track listing on the Capitol pressing is awful.

@@rimasjb The only thing Dexter had to offer was arragont musical cluelessness and lowest American pop culture taste. Drive My Car and Nowhere Man are both ten times better songs than I've just seen a face and Only Love. And to see third class American Kitsch taste take over through a man, who basically doesn't understand pop and rock music, and to see him wreck havoc on a timeless great British album, is nothing but a hilarious disgrace. Dexter should have managed dumb American elevator music, conflake commercials and the most boring of folk music at best, from my view as musician and listener. He never was and never will be a producer worth publishing Beatles music at all!

Couldn't have said it better. It's like removing Tom Brady from the Patriots and saying "they are still the same team basically"

Absolutely agree. American businessmen doing what they do best. Fuck it up for money's sake.