Beatles reissue producer Giles Martin said that Paul McCartney was thrilled with the new remix of the “Fab Four's” Revolver album coming next month — and only had one suggestion.
Giles, who's the son of the Beatles' legendary producer, the late-George Martin, spoke to Variety and recalled: “We were in L.A. together and listened to it over here and he had some really good comments — mainly about guitars, actually. It’s always fun listening to it with him, because he wouldn’t listen to it otherwise, because he just moves forward all the time. But listening, he realizes, like, 'Oh, we were a good band, weren’t we?' You go, 'Yep.' And he can now listen to it with admiration, not envy — just going, 'Yeah, we did this stuff,' and he’s incredibly proud of it now. And so he should be.”
He went on to remember the listening session with McCartney: “He was really happy. Funnily enough, he just wanted a bit more energy on the guitars on a couple of tracks. I was like, 'Great. You’re absolutely right.' So 'And Your Bird Can Sing,' that 12-string guitar, that guitar solo, he goes: 'Just make it really loud.' I was being polite about it, do you know what I mean?