An updated version of The Beatles album 1 is to be released on the 6th of November. The re-release, titled 1+, will include a DVD featuring performances of the songs from the original album.
The release includes previously unseen footage of the band performing their song ‘Revolution’ which was the b-side of ‘Hey Jude’ and went on to be a hit on its own. The video was shot on September 4, 1968 at Twickenham Film Studios in England and directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg.
Legendary producer George Martin said that the record was able to get its distinctive distorted sound by plugging the amps directly into the Abbey Road recording desk. ‘We got into distortion on that, which we had a lot of complaints from the technical people about. But that was the idea: it was Johnâs song and the idea was to push it right to the limit. Well, we went to the limit and beyond.’
