Editor in Chief: Kunihiko Fujimoto
Text illustration: Ayako Sugimoto
Format: A5
Number of pages: 128 pages
This is the fourth book in the popular series following "The Beatles Story"!
[Project Overview]
This is the fourth installment in a series that explores the appeal of The Beatles in greater depth through various themes.
This time the theme is "Revolver," which was released on October 28th.
In addition to the new edition, the book also contains photogravure pages covering all of the Revolver albums released in Japan, a rare interview with Maureen Cleeve, known for her "Christ statement," an article on the band's Japan tour that includes secret footage from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, and an introduction to 100 albums produced by the recording staff at EMI Studios, making it a book that is enjoyable to both read and look at.
[Major Contents]
■Front page color
"Revolver" released in Japan (Hideki Kimura, Otohei Shima, Masanori Yokono, Koichi Yoshikawa)
■Feature 1: The Beatles "Revolver"
The Beatles in 1966 (Kunihiko Fujimoto) / Commentary on all songs on "Revolver" (Kouji Wakui) / Interview with Maureen Cleave (Translated by Junko Asahi) / Klaus Voormann and "Revolver" (Masanori Yokono) / Why was "Revolver" so revolutionary? (Masahiro Naoeda) / Instruments used in 1966 (Paulo Suzuki) / PVs "Paverback Lighter" and "Rain" (Yoshiaki Takebe) / The Beatles and India (Masato Kato) / "Yellow Submarine" and "Yellow Submarine Ondo" (Shinji Kawahara)
■ Feature 2: Listening to the commemorative edition of "Revolver"
Listen to the new stereo mix (Shinichi Manabe) / Commentary on all rare tracks (Shinichi Manabe)
■ Feature 3: Japan Tour and "Revolver"
Days in Asia (Ando Makoto) / Until the Metropolitan Police Department's secret footage was released (Omura Toru) / Japanese footage used in the film "Eight Days a Week" (Nozaki Ryo) / "Revolver" as reported by the Japanese media (Omura Toru)
■Special feature: 100 albums created by the recording staff of EMI Studios (Isao Inubuse, Dai Onojima, Hitoshi Koide, Kenichi Yasuda, Junichi Yamada)
Series: My Records Youth (Yoshiyuki Makino) / Listening to the famous cover of "Revolver" (Shinichi Manabe) / Andre the Beatles (Kenichi Yasuda and Takahiro Tsujii)
[Author introduction]
Kunihiko Fujimoto
Born in Tokyo in 1961.
After working at the editorial department of CD Journal, he went freelance and now mainly works on editing, writing, holding events, and teaching books related to the Beatles.
His major edited works include "A Complete Guide to 213 Beatles Songs," "Beatle Alone," "Beatles Dictionary," and "The Beatles were Born Here."