The Beatles - The Beatles Uncovered, Volume 1 (1967-1973) (A MIKE SOLOF GUEST POST)

If you've been following this blog, you may recall that I’ve posted a couple of albums over the past year by a musical friend of mine named Mike Solof. 

It turns out Mike has even more music that he'd like to post here. And today he brings us his specialty: a Beatles related album. Mike worked for a now defunct internet radio station called Beatles-A-Rama for 11 years. His program focused on Beatle rarities... and he has a ton of them! He was allowed free rein to do whatever type of programs he wanted to do each week, and that led to him creating hundreds of his own personal mixes. 

You may notice that I often use various programs to help me bring up the vocals on many of the albums I present. Mike has been using similar programs for years to not only isolate vocals, but to also reduce each track to it’s basic tacks (usually bass, guitars, keyboards, drums and any other instruments that the band might be using). Then he remixes them to isolate and highlight the fun things that are usually buried deep and unheard in the tracks your used to hearing on the released album. 

So that is what he is presenting us with today. Most of the songs here are by the Beatles, but there are a couple by Paul McCartney and John Lennon from their early solo careers. If you want more details about what he did with each song, check out the PDF file included in the download.

01 Helen Wheels [Mike's Mix Remix] (Paul McCartney)
02 Here Comes the Sun [Mike's Mix Remix with Solo] (Beatles)
03 Crippled Inside [Acoustic Mike's Mix Remix] (John Lennon)
04 While My Guitar Gently Weeps [Mike's Mix] (Beatles)
05 Band on the Run [Semi-acoustic Mike's Mix Remix] (Paul McCartney)
06 A Day in the Life [Mike's Mix 2 Remix] (Beatles)
07 Martha My Dear [Mike's Mix Remix without Brass & Strings] (Beatles)
08 Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds [Mike's Mix Stereo Remix] (Beatles)
09 Octopus's Garden [Mike's Piano Only Mix] (Beatles)
10 When I'm 64 [Mike's Take 4 Clarinet Remix] (Beatles)
11 Monkberry Moon Delight [Stripped] (Paul McCartney)
12 Penny Lane [Mike's Mix Remix with Discussion] (Beatles)
13 Within You, Without You [Mike's Mix Remix] (Beatles)
14 Abbey Road Medley with Hidden Track [Mike's Mix] (Beatles)

https://www.upload.ee/files/15423714/TBeatls_UncovrdVolum1_atse.zip.html

The cover was put together by Mike. Maybe he can explain where the images come from. Since Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are still alive, I'm assuming those are based on recent images of them. But since John Lennon and George Harrison have been deceased for some time now, I'm assuming AI or some other artistic tool was used to show what they may have looked like if they were still alive today.