Visit the Beatles Video Directory for new video/audio edits of "I Saw Her Standing There," "I'm Down," "I Should Have Known Better" and "And Your Bird Can Sing." The Mac-constructed site requires QuickTime, which I have installed, but for some reason I can hear the audio only for the latter song. I'm down.
Coda: Here is some rejected Revolver cover art. It's a sort of photographic mandala that actually fits the "revolver" theme better than the actual cover. It's not in the same league as Klaus Voorman's fantastic illustration/collage, but it would have been nice if they'd used this on the back of the album or the inside sleeve.
And here you can see some intriguing but rejected White Album cover art:
The Animal Album?
And if the White Album had been a single, not a double album, it might have looked like this. (Check out the track line up!)
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quien es el autor?
ReplyDeleteThis cover illustration was commissioned by the Beatles for what became known as the White Album. They later decided to go with an all-white cover, which may well have been the right decision. But this image is interesting nonetheless. Maybe if they had used it, the recording would have become known as the Animal Album?
ReplyDeleteThe artist was John "Patrick" Byrne. According to The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics, the original painting, entitled "The Beatles" (that's also the official name of the White Album) is in the Portal Gallery in London.
More information about Byrne is here:
http://www.nationalgalleries.org/collection/online_az/4:322/result/0/48552?initial=B&artistId=8380&artistName=John%20Byrne&submit=1
In the 60s, he was known for his faux "primitive" style.
The Beatles later used this image on a "greatest hits" album that was only released in the Netherlands, I believe. Too good to throw away!
gracias por la respuesta! saludos!
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