in high school, and maybe as a freshman in college, i would always tell people the white album was my favorite album of all time. how disappointed i now find myself today realizing that it could have been this much better.
now i know, this has been around since february. i did know about it back then, although for whatever reason i did not listen to it. now i wish i had, but i suppose it doesn't really matter.
of course i am referring to the "lost" 20th take of revolution 1. for all you beatle nubes, there are three released versions of revolution, the first real political song from the fab four. the first was released as the b-side to the hey jude single, and is considered the precursor to the heavy metal genre, although i think the kink's "you really got me" is also a serious contender. the second and third versions were released on the fourth side of the album's self-titled double album, released in 1969. revolution 1 is a campfire acoustic version of revolution. revolution 9 is a mind-fuck of audio bytes and studio processing, the first real sampled piece of music.
while revo 9 is cool and everything, it really just sucks to listen to. it has zero replay value, and i think i've only listened to the entire thing all the way through once or twice. that's where this uncovered take 20 comes in, bridging the gap between revolution 1 and 9. it's got a hey jude extenda coda vibe, some freudian mama and papas but above all else you can listen to it and enjoy its avant gardiness, which is more than i can say about revo 9.
here's the link to youtube video, i really don't want emi knocking on my door after i post the mp3 and embedding is disabled.
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