Beat Instrumental Review

The Bea­t­les New Album Some­thing of a Surprise

Due for release at the end of Novem­ber, the new Bea­t­les album has proved some­thing of a sur­prise. As so often in the past, the group have pro­duced a rad­i­cal change of direc­tion, the end prod­uct being a far sim­pler set than expected. The album has 30 tracks, includ­ing two ver­sions of “Rev­o­lu­tion”- the 10 minute orig­i­nal and the shorter one on the sin­gle. The rever­sion to The Bea­t­les ear­lier style is reflected, too, in the sleeve. They felt cov­ers were get­ting too complex-having started the trend them­selves with Sgt Pep­per!


Beat Instru­men­tal
Novem­ber 1968