Revolution 9

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"Revolution 9" is a 

sound collage that appeared on the Beatles' 1968 eponymous release (popularly


known as the "White Album"). The composition, credited to Lennon–McCartney, was created
primarily by John Lennon with assistance from George Harrison and Yoko Ono. Lennon said he was
trying to paint a picture of a revolution using sound. The composition was influenced by the avant-
garde style of Ono as well as the musique concrète works of composers such as Edgard
Varèse and Karlheinz Stockhausen.
The recording began as an extended ending to the album version of Lennon's song "Revolution".
He, Harrison and Ono then combined the unused coda with numerous overdubbed vocals,
speech, sound effects, and short tape loops of speech and musical performances, some of which
were reversed. These were further manipulated with echo, distortion, stereo panning, and fading. At
over eight minutes, it is the longest track that the Beatles officially released during their existence as
a band.

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