I woke up to a gorgeously rainy morning today. And here it is lunchtime and the rain is still coming down. *happy sigh* I have a fire in the fireplace and The Beatles in my head. Life is good.
Rain was released in 1966 as the B side for the single "Paperback Writer". Both songs were recorded during the sessions for the album "Revolver" which was released a couple months later, although neither song was included. Both songs were later included in the compilation album "Hey, Jude" (US - 1970). The final verse of this song includes John Lennon singing the first part of the first verse, "When the rain comes, they run and their heads," then played backwards for the final mix. This was one of the first - if not the first - recordings to use this technique.
This footage is part of a 1966 promotional film for The Beatles directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg.
Official site for The Beatles.
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I've listened three times through and can't pick out the part where John Lennon's singing is played backwards. :(
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