The Beatles Release Fresh Take on 'Norwegian Wood'
The release previews the album’s 24 early session recordings, including 20 previously unreleased takes and three home demos.
- The Beatles unveiled the second take of 'Norwegian Wood' on Tuesday, ahead of the Rubber Soul Special Edition release set for October 2nd.
- This version highlights the pioneering raga rock sound featuring George Harrison's sitar alongside John Lennon's acoustic guitar, Paul McCartney's bass, and Ringo Starr's drums.
- "It felt very familiar to me to listen to that music," Harrison said, recalling how he bought a cheap sitar at Indiacraft in London and spent 20 minutes mastering the lick.
- Featuring 24 early session recordings including 20 previously unreleased takes, the Special Edition also includes 'Little Girl', which has "sent Beatles fanatics into overdrive as it is."
- Celebrating its 60th anniversary last year, the landmark Rubber Soul album remains influential; the final cut of 'Norwegian Wood' reached number one in Australia in 1966.
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In advance of the expanded special edition of Rubber Soul, The Beatles' official channel premiered the first version of "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)".This is a preliminary version in which George Harrison plays the sitar—this was the first song of a rock band to include [...] See more news on Indie Today.
The Beatles Preview Norwegian Wood Take 2
by Paul Cashmere The Beatles have made a third recording available from the forthcoming Rubber Soul Special Edition, this time previewing the Second Version, Take 2 of Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown), an alternate studio performance that documents the development of the song and George Harrison’s early use of the sitar with The Beatles. The recording is part of the expanded Rubber Soul… Source
In advance of the release of the reissue of the album Rubber Soul, the Beatles released today, 14, ...
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