Episode 06 – Beatles ’65 pt6

The year 1965 was one of the busiest, most ground-breaking and prolific years in the Beatles' career; second, perhaps only to the madness of 1964 - and it's not over yet! In the final weeks of December, the band's sixth studio album, Rubber Soul, would cement the group as more than a simple pop-rock combo, but as musicians that would continually redefine genre and transform the very concept of an album itself from a simple collection of songs, to one unified artistic statement. From the touching "In My Life" to the stinging harder edges of "Think For Yourself" and "You Won't See Me", John, Paul, George and Ringo were once again reinventing pop music. Rubber Soul also introduced the western world to the possibilities of eastern instrumentation and its application in rock and roll. The sitar used on Norwegian Wood would be the "lick that launched a thousand records". The end of '65 also saw the Beatles last tour of the UK, a new Christmas record, the surfacing of John Lennon's father Fred and a Saturday morning Beatle cartoon for American audiences. Join us in celebrating the year that was, as we venture forth into the turbulent and ever-changing waters of 1966...