The Mystery That Kicks Off The Beatles Greatest Album, Taxman

In August 1966, The Beatles unleashed an album that would forever change the course of pop music: Revolver. Its opening song Taxman literally counted in a bold new era. One of George Harrison s three contributions to Revolver, Taxman also contains a mystery that has spurred a heated debate among Beatle fans: who is announcing the countin Was it Paul McCartney George Harrison John Lennon Or even Ringo Starr We ll investigate. And as a fair warning: you can t unhear this. Image Credits for Photographs: Copyright Robert Freeman Sources: Dave Rybaczewski The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions by Mark Lewisohn The Beatles Recording Reference Manual: Volume 4: The Beatles through Yellow Submarine (1968 early 1969) by Jerry Hammack and Gillian G Gaar Recording the Beatles by Kevin Ryan Brian Kehew Special thanks to DLD2Music for providing isolated tracks