The Beatles Rubber Soul Photo Shoot

Related watch idles rip through cover of beatles helter.

The beatles rubber soul photo shoot.

The slightly distorted colour image of rubber. Following the release of their previous album the beatles had undertaken a momentous tour of the usa and canada including a record breaking appearance at new york s famous shea stadium. Those photos were taken at hotel fénix in madrid on 1 july 1965. Rubber soul was another album for christmas released on 3rd december 1965 just two weeks after final mixing had taken place.

Others including robert whittaker say it was taken right on lennon s property in front of a rhododendron. While the beatles still largely stuck to love songs on rubber soul the lyrics represented a quantum leap in terms of thoughtfulness maturity and complex ambiguities musically too it was a substantial leap forward with intricate folk rock arrangements that reflected the increasing influence of dylan and the byrds the group and george martin were also beginning to expand the conventional. Robert freeman who helped define the image of the beatles by taking the cover photographs for five of their early albums including with the beatles and rubber soul died on nov. The picture is uncropped and undistorted and has never been published.

The exact location that the rubber soul cover picture was taken is also a bit of a mystery. Love is all love is you hello goodbye. Mark lewisohn s beatles london book claims the photo was taken in the woods near john lennon s weybridge house but definitely not at his house. There s just a slight distortion as paul once explained what happened during the selection of the rubber soul cover.

The beatles rubber soul photoshoot pictures. During the viewing session for the rubber soul photos the picture fell backwards a bit in the slide projector altering its dimensions. Logged love is old love is new.