The Beatles Rubber Soul to Revolver

Album Series

by Bruce Spizer

The Beatles Rubber Soul to Revolver is the latest installment in Bruce Spizer’s Beatles Album Series, covering two of the Beatles most important albums, Rubber Soul and Revolver , as well as Capitol’s Yesterday And Today LP and the singles associated with these albums. Rubber Soul and Revolver set new standards for pop and rock records, and presented a maturing and evolving Beatles to the world. The 16 tracks recorded during the Rubber Soul sessions are among the group’s finest. With Revolver , the Beatles were looking for more color in their recordings, trying new instruments and techniques. But they were not using studio wizardry to cover weaknesses; they were looking for new sounds to enhance their already brilliant songs. The book contains chapters on the British, American, and Canadian perspectives, an extensive treatment on the infamous Butcher Cover (featuring all of the significant images from the photo sessions and the true story behind the controversial cover). There are also chapters on the recording sessions and album covers, as well as on the news, music, and films of the era to place these albums in their proper context. And, of course, dozens of fan recollections.

240 pages, Hardcover

Published October 10, 2022

About the author

Bruce Spizer is an American tax attorney and music historian.
Bruce Spizer is a life-long native of New Orleans and a first generation Beatles fan. He is a well-known Beatles author/historian and is considered one of the world's leading experts on the Beatles. A "taxman" by day, Bruce is a Board Certified Tax Attorney and CPA. A "paperback writer" by night, Bruce is the author of ten critically acclaimed books on the Beatles, including "The Beatles Are Coming! The Birth of Beatlemania in America," "The Beatles and Sgt. Pepper: A Fans' Perspective," "The Beatles White Album and the Launch pf Apple" and "Beatles For Sale on Parlophone Records," which covers all of the Beatles records issued in the U.K. from 1962 - 1970. His articles have appeared in American History, Beatlefan, Goldmine and Parade. He has appeared on ABC's Good Morning America and Nightline, CBS's The Early Show, Fox National News, CNN, and morning shows in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Nashville, New Orleans and Washington, D.C. He is a frequent guest on local, national and international radio programs, including those broadcast by NPR, ABC and the BBC. Bruce has been a guest speaker at numerous Beatles conventions in the U.S. and U.K. and at the Grammy Museum, the Paley Center for Media, the Newseum, the American Film Institute, New York's Lincoln Center and the Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame & Museum in Cleveland. He wrote the questions and answers for the Beatles edition of Trivial Pursuit. Bruce serves as a consultant for Universal Music Group, Capitol Records and Apple Corps, Ltd. on Beatles projects. His credits on Beatles releases include the multi-million selling CD "1," the CD box set "The Capitol Albums, Vol. 2" (wrote the essay), "The U.S. Albums" box set, the Ron Howard film "Eight Days A Week" and the deluxe edition of the 50th Anniversary release of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."

Reviews

[Grant Skene · Rating 5 out of 5]

Outstanding! If you are just learning about The Beatles and their music, the books in this series are a great primer. If you are a longtime fan who knows quite a bit about the Fab Four, like myself, this book contextualizes the era perfectly. You get the details and trivia about the songs, the releases, and the bigger world around them. All illustrated with great pictures and different perspectives: experts, old fans, and new; voices of people who were there, and voices of people who wish they were.