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Hi Frank,

I really enjoyed reading your post, not only from an informative perspective, but also from hearing your thoughts on The Beatles and Revolver from someone who is not a fan of their music.  I personally am a Beatles fan and after hearing Revolver I immediately downloaded the album. 

I do completely agree with you that The Beatles would not have been the same band without the influence of George Martin.  Without his compositional and production influences I don’t think that The Beatles would have been the super-stars or innovators that the world knows them as today.  I also agree that LSD did play a huge role in the transition of The Beatles from a “Teenie-Bop Pop” group to a serious band that would change the world of music forever.  I do feel like you insinuated in your blog that without the drug experimentation that they would not have come up with many of their innovations or lyrical content and that very well may be true, but isn’t that fairly common practice for most pop and rock stars.

I also agree that during the recording of this album, that The Beatles and George Martin made very good use of the studio.  One of my favorite aspects of the album is the very beginning, when the listener is invited into the studio and you can hear the sounds of the musicians right before laying down the track. 

Again, this was a very good read and I am glad that you shared. 

Brian Best