(Book). Acquired wisdom has always put Sgt. Pepper at the head of the class; but it was Revolver that truly signaled The Beatles sea change from a functional band to a studio-based ensemble. These changes began before Rubber Soul but came to fruition on Revolver ; which took an astonishing 300 hours to produce; far more than any rock record before it. The making of Revolver hunkered down in Abbey Road with George Martin is in itself a great Beatles story; but would be nothing if the results werent so impactful. More than even Sgt. Pepper and Pet Sounds ; Revolver fed directly into the rock n roll zeitgeist; and its influence could be heard everywhere: from the psychedelic San Francisco sound (Jefferson Airplane; Grateful Dead); to the first wave of post-blues hard rock (Sabbath; Zeppelin); through movie soundtracks and pretty much everything that followed it including every generation of guitar-based pop music and even heavy metal. More than any record before or after; Revolver was the game-changer; and this is; finally; the detailed telling of its storied recording and enormous impact.
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