The Classic Beatles Record John Lennon Called 'the Acid Album'

When they arrived America and made their historic appearance on Ed Sullivan, The Beatles were quite young. Ringo, the elder of the group, checked in at 23 years old. Meanwhile, George Harrison, the youngest, hadn’t even turned 21.

So when the smiling lads performed “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” it sounded like exactly the sort of song they’d write. (It shot to No. 1 not long before they landed at JFK.) But things would change by mid-decade.

A little over two years later, the Fab Four recorded an album featuring backwards tape loops, a guitar solo in reverse, and sound effects that seemed to be seagulls. The LP ended with John Lennon vocals that sounded “like the Dalai Lama chanting from a mountaintop.”

On that track (“Tomorrow Never Knows”), John kicked things off with a line from Timothy Leary’s Psychedelic Experience. Looking back, he wasn’t exaggerating when he called that classic record “the acid album.”

Source: cheatsheet.com

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