Hey Jude/ Revolution

It's "Revolution" that gets Dave Marsh's top respect at #656 on his list of the 1001 greatest singles ever made, though "Jude" is at #8 on Rolling Stone magazine's list. Quite a bargain! Importantly, Marsh singles out this version of "Revolution" over those on the "White album," and rightly so. Not only is the message somewhat different on this 3:22 track, but the attack on the 45 version is as ferocious as The Beatles ever got -- that fuzz guitar simply powers the entire room when it starts up, whereas on the longer, slower LP version ("Revolution 1", 4:16), the guitar arrives late and has a more typical Beatlesque (perfect, but nothing Nasty about it) tone. So this re-recording is a previously unreleased, non-LP cut.

FYI, there are eleven variations on this 1968 Apple single -- ?four separate releases that year, including three runs of the first pressing. This copy is from the first pressing. Note: This gorgeous copy comes in a vintage "Beatles on Apple" factory sleeve. It has Near Mint labels, and the vinyl looks almost untouched. The audio grades very close to Mint with a bare minimum of surface noise. (This scan is a representative image from our archives.)