The Rubber Soul Recording Sessions | Beatles Documentary Film 

Correction: A mistake happened in the image for "If I Needed Someone." Instead of saying "Lennon/McCartney," I forgot to copy and paste to say "Harrison." Sorry for that. It’s finally here: the Rubber Soul sessions! Hope you all like the new fanfare. Please like and comment to help us with RU-vid's algorithm. Thank you all for the support; the channel would be nowhere without the fans. Also, stay tuned for the new _Beatles game_ I’m currently developing that's coming up soon. "Peace and love, peace and love,” as Ringo would say. - Gustavo

I've always viewed this album as the gateway between early Beatles and late Beatles. Probably my favorite record of theirs.

Every Beatles album is a jewel, but Rubber Soul has always been my favourite.

My favorite Beatles album is always the one I'm listening to at the moment.

The Beatles reached a height of fame no other performers have ever reached.., to a place called "The toppermost of the poppermost". John told them in 1961 that's where they were going, and that where they went. Brian Epstein said, "The Beatles will be bigger than Elvis.", and "The children of the 21st century will be listening to the Beatles." He was right about both. They pushed the boundaries of live concerts, studio recording, and how albums could be a complete piece of art. Over 60 years later their music is still being listened to, analyzed, and revered around the world. We will never see anything like the Beatles again.

As a young teenager, I remember blowing up a speaker on my dad's expensive Bang and Olufsen hi-fi, listening to Wait at full volume!

I was 9, or 10, in Yalta (USSR), when I heard "Girl", accidentally, on somebody's tape recorder. It really, spiritually, changed my life. Later album "Help" doubled, or tripled this impression, if it's possible, and "Still my Guitar Gently Weeps", that I heard on the radio, made it to stratospheric leap of consciousness... and all that, even, without deep understanding the meaning of the poetry, except I knew what words Girl, Help and Guitar were, of course

In my life - one of best songs ever and now this documentary is one of my favs😊

Rubber Soul was the first album I ever bought and it is still among the best I have ever heard.

“You Won’t See Me” is a MASTERPIECE! xoxo The Clarences

I have been listening to and been enthralled by the Beatles for over 60 years now and it never gets old and I never tire of the wonder they created. If you weren't there you'll never really know and in whatever days I have left I will forever revel in the experience.

Had a trip last night and just realized how big the Beatles really were. These guys were a godsend. Getting bigger than Elvis then releasing things like Norwegian Wood, Michelle, Eleanor Rigby, Tomorrow Never Knows, Good Day Sunshine. Wow

I guess my favourite track on Rubber Soul has to be Nowhere Man.... thank you for the interesting video.

I love how thoughtful and thorough this documentary is. I like how it appeals to musicians and goes a little further in depth

My Favorite Album ... Thank you My Dad for listening always this 33 rpm vinyl wax when you played this in our wooden sanyo stereo in 1977 till this year 2024 i always listen to this beautiful 1965 album of the fab 4

In My Life is probably one my all time favorites

Wonderful video. I've been a Beatle fan and scholar for 44 years but I learnt so much from this. Thank you,

As much as I love ALL of the Beatles albums, Rubber Soul still remains my favourite (along with Abbey Road). It’s the album where they truly matured as songwriters, doing away with the ‘yeah yeah, yeah, boy-meets-girl stuff and showing an experimental side not seen before. Oh, and they looked so damn cool in mid-65! ❤😎

Brilliant documentary! Thank you so much! ♥️

Watching this incredible documentary is 2 plus hours In My Life that has been very well spent, and which I plan to spend many more!! Thank you!!

My all time favorite album. Being ten years old, I was blown away by the lyrics and the more bluesy sound - not that I would know it, but as reconstructed afterthoughts in my teens. It's hard to pick out ONE Song, but I remember always being in love with a girl, and always having a hard time breaking up, so "I'm looking through you" have always been one of them. But this album AND Revolver will always be the peek for me - I "matured" in an early age, so to say ...

54:19 Never seen this image of Paul and John (standing and singing together without instruments into one microphone) with Lennon’s hands in his pockets and Paul snapping his right fingers to the song being performed; zooming in on this photo enhances the bound between the them, an absolute gem in a treasure chest of Beatles music; thanks for showing off the brilliance of this one.

Another great documentary, gus you take great care with these .

Wow...this is cool. The U.S. version of Rubber Soul is my favorite album of all time.

its amazing to this day jane asher was the only to not write a tell all book. so many of pauls tunes were about her. for no one, is about her...

It's a real movie! Great Job!

Love these beatles sessions videos so interesting......✌🏼

Knocked it out the park with the Revolver Doco, and this one is every bit as good - thanks for your great efforts

Yea !!!!! Thank you for your hard work.Theae are fantastic..Content creators like you with The Beatles,Flipside with The Stones and JCM with Zeppelin are giving us excellent docs about the albums and other important events on the bands histories that the bands themselves certainly are not.

Thank you so much, guys!

Fantastic documentary about a great album, hearing the stories behind these crazy songs fills my mind!

Such great work in this channel, thank you!!

Brilliant! More like this! Thanks

Excellent! The whole album is my favorite song!

I was 4 when this was the current album, and have very specific memories of liking it way more than the older stuff. I'd liked 'em before, now I loved 'em, and would forevermore.

Still my absolute favorite Beatles album, excellent from start to finish, fresh without being too experimental or excentric at the same time

Rubber Soul was likely my favorite Beatles' album! I even wrote a review for it on FB. The Beatles were SO prolific that I didn't like ... just a handful of their tunes, but for the most part, I liked or appreciated them.

Absolutely fantastic job!

Can't choose a favorite! I loved all their songs!

The album Rubber Soul started the new experimets and style of sound of The Beatles,improving to Revolver and Seargent Pepper albuns evolution ahead.

Such a good documentary, cheers. Choosing between different Beatles albums to listen to in recent times, I just let my six years old son decide, by watching his reactions. Rubber Soul won so far.

Wow you guys are just smashing it!! thank you. x

The group's "main catalogue"-songs released between 1962 and 1970-consists of 213 songs. It’s amazing how much music they made.

Beautiful.

I remember in 1995 hearing “The Word” and really liking it for how it was different from their usual songs.

This is a great documentary, Beatles Bible.

This video is an absolute must for fans of Historical Fiction everywhere!!!

Extremely thorough and well-presented. Excellent work.

Absolutely wonderful and it took less than 3 minutes to know it was going to be one of the greatest contributions to Beatles lore. Probably best watched if you already know a lot about the subject but I'm in awe of the effort that must have gone into making this. Fab!

"I lit a fire isn't it good" always sounded soothing after he was alone and not like revenge. Paul did set a fire in Hamburg as revenge.

Simply a great album, the move away from pop, monumental in that regard, more of things inventive that they let fly with, love it. Michelle for me is one song that never gets commented on, a real gem amongst the other jewels.

It's obvious George Harrison had been Indian in a past life; he was a very spiritual person, and how brilliant a choice to be reborn as a humble Liverpudlian after World War II then be the lead guitarist of the most famous band in the world and re-connect with his Indian spiritual life again, and bring it to the West, He became a lifelong Krishna devotee. His ashes were spread into the Ganges. I'm glad he has finally got the respect he deserved while he was in The Beatles and for his other recordings and work with the Travelling Wilbury's.

Thank you for this awesome documentary. Keep up the great work.

Pure Gold. Thanks for that!

Fantastic photos, great music, so perfect!

One of my favourite beatle albums

I was 14 and just learning bass. Paul was one of my teachers. I'd put the album on my VM record player and play along. Good memories.

Great Documentary!

There have been a lot of documentaries on The Beatles, but I believe that a documentary that would cover the time between spring 65 through summer 67 would be fantastic. Although The Beatles would be the main characters it would cover everything from music, entertainment, politics and Vietnam. Why??? Because it was the most seminal time in recent history. Just that period between the Shea stadium concert and the release of Rubber Soul. Sooo much happening in the world. All of these things are reflections and were reflected by The Beatles. An absolutely amazing time.

It blows my mind to see these photos of Paul with a capo on his Rickenbacker. I've been playing bass for 50 years and it's never once occurred to me to put a capo on one.

I have to say, your editing is high-end pop art!

This is actually one of the few Beatles albums I had on vinyl and I recall listening to it at my aunt's house in the late 1990's while they were at a football game. It was a really neat experience because I turned the volume up really loud when What Goes On came on. The bass line was just off the hook. I also think the track I'm Looking Through You Was really interesting because my actual second album of the Beatles was Anthology Part 2, and stupidly I didn't know those were the outtakes. Hearing the final version, you begin to understand how the Beatles could begin work on a song and by the next day have an entirely different piece of music all together. Finally, I think Ringo's drumming on You Won't See Me is some of his best, compared with She Said, She Said, Rain and You Never Give Me Your Money. While it's not my favorite album, it's certainly an album that I've come to appreciate over the years, if for nothing else than it's historical significance.

We love the Beatles and Paul McCartney you rock and roll forever and Hollywood walk of fame and the rock and roll hall of fame 1999

My favorite Beatles album by far! So clever in so many ways.

The Beatles, best band ever

THE WORD, in reverse, is my all time fave.

Is it just me, but don’t all 4 Beatles look very tired on the Rubber Soul album cover? I know I’d be tired if I had the work schedule they had for the past several years leading up to 1965.

Love it all

My favorite record of theirs, im a new Beatles fan and I put on “in my life” on John Lennons birthday

My first Beatles album. Wonderful memories for a 12 year old boy.

Rubber Soul is my favourite Beatles record for the following reasons: * It captures the band at the peak of their 1st phase, before they started wandering into novelty records and overtly experimental music; * They do not assume that the formula they adopted for Help! and previous records will work - they look to Dylan, Motown and world music and incorporate this into their own music; * You can hear them developing and grow as musicians, George and Paul in particular. George’s contributions become clearly recognisable. There’s much more piano on this record. * They begin using the studio as an instrument, with George Martin playing an increasingly important role. * Many of the songs feature John Paul and George singing beautiful harmony vocals - after 6 years together, these sound effortless and natural. The vocals are very clear in the mix and represent their signature sound. No wonder Brian Wilson was jealous.

"In My Life" is JOHN LENNON'S tune. There is no doubt, in my mind about that....☮️❤️🌱🐾

This type of video is what keeps me going. Absolutely exquisite! 👏👍🎉

It's hard to pick just one favorite from Rubber Soul, so here are my three, recognizing the talents so prevalent in the band. Nowhere Man and If You Needed Someone and Michelle.

Overall my most cherished Beatles album 😎

Emilie-Clair Barlow took that in-breath in "Girl" to a fine art, decades later.

The Beatles are a Legend, a living Legend. A Legend that will live on after lots of other living Legends have died.

This is so rad. Thank you!

So many great tracks on this album so its difficult to choose, however I became a Beatles fan about the age of 9 or 10 years old (I was born in 61) and after all this time the one track on this album which somehow transcends all that time and is simple but really authentic is "In My Life"

So excited for this. Thank you. One of my favorite albums. I’m praying we get the box set by Apple with outtakes. Please 🙏

Paul claimed to have written the melody of In My Life twice in the 70s while John was still alive. So he didn’t only make his claims many years later

This is a music lover's dream! Well made and very appreciated!

i like every album they made equally thats why i love them so much , i like lots of different groups/bands etc but its only the Beatles that i like everything

Great documentary. Well done. I really enjoyed It. I want to thank you for it as a true Beatles fan!

I was five years old. Great album! Long hair

I love how The Beatles were kept away from fans because of the idea of getting them to write more and more songs. It's good management especially when they may know how long life can be. It's money in the bank and able to keep them living an okay lifestyle 😊❤

I love Rubber Soul but could never pick a favorite Beatles album. They are all masterpieces.

She loves him he loves it.

Fabulous work sir. Monumental effort gone into this film.

Loved that John gave props to his first wife Cynthia. 36:07. We always just hear negatives.

Isn’t October 12 the sessions started for Rubber Soul??

Glorious! Thank you so much for this gem of a documentary ❤ incidentally the UK album is different from the US album. I think Run For Your Life was in the vein of country singers such as Johnny Cash who showed a violent streak in their lyrics

Brilliant documentary!❤

I can’t believe you didn’t mention Lennon’s almost inaudible retort “we already told you why” after Ringo sings the words “Tell Me Why” on What Goes On.

Great great great job. Best video on the making of their songs. Did I mention it’s a great video. 👍

Wow at 1:40:58 George mentions that If I Needed Someone was based on the Byrds The Bells of Rhymney. After listening to it, the opening guitar riff is very similar to it.

Had to look. But still have a Rubber Soul album unwrapped. Have 2 and 1 is open the other never opened. Give it to one of my Grandson's with the history of it.

You should of play more of each song you wre discussing, I mean not the whole damn song but some what MORE if you get my drift,at least the first verse, and just a shade of the chorus, it may of made your daybue a little longer but Beatle fans would of enjoyed this thing of yours a lot better, yes it would of took longer to complete but after all they're the BEATLE. Man,,,, remember " HEY JUDE " got away with it, and so could you have,,,after all theyre the Beatles ! ,and by the way have noticed how well Ringos voice sounded on Yellow submarine, the other three could of nevr sounded so perfect for that son, I'm surprised you didnt bring that to peoples attention ,,,listen to it and I mean REALLY listen this time, and you'll notice what a lot havent and never will ,thanks man !

Hi BB Great Docu, Thank You. I've been a huge fan since the early sixties and although I love the usual albums: A Hard Day's Night, Abbey Road, Revolver, White Album etc - the Rubber Soul album will always be very special to me. Maybe it's because, I met my first girlfriend around that time or in retrospect, being about a hometown or a person, that the album had imho one of their best love songs: In My Life. Beatlemania forever ☮️❤️🎸

Fantastic job... congratulations