Revolution 9
“Number nine, number nine, number nine”
Lennon, Yoko Ono and Harrison's 8:22 sound collage on side four of the White Album, built from a looped tape coda of Revolution 1 take 18 spliced with sound effects and EMI archive fragments. The Beatles' longest officially released recording and most extreme experimental piece.
Songwriter(s)LennonCredited as Lennon-McCartney
RecordedMay 30 – June 21, 1968
ReleasedNovember 22, 1968
Song familyPaul is dead'Number nine' reversed becomes 'turn me on, dead man'
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Tags on this page are original analysis, transcribed and cross-checked against the fine work of others: Alan W. Pollack's “Notes on…” series, the Beatles Complete Scores (Hal Leonard), Mark Lewisohn's session histories, Ian MacDonald's Revolution in the Head, Dave Rybaczewski's Beatles Music History and Andy Babiuk's Beatles Gear for the instruments and studio equipment, and others besides - then verified by ear against the recordings. Full bibliography: Sources & thanks.
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