Скачать или смотреть The Beatles Strawberry Fields Forever Pedal Steel Guitar Mullen G2

Today's pedal steel arrangement is "Strawberry Fields Forever" by the Beatles. This one's tied for my all time favorite John Lennon composition along with "I am the Walrus." The Beatles recording of Strawberry Fields Forever we all know is not the way the song began its life. The earliest recording of the song (presented in the 1996 Beatles outtakes set "Anthology 2") is of a simple piece with just John and an acoustic guitar. My arrangement is based more on this simple version than the final complex and psychedelic version.

According to Wikipedia, "The song was the first track the Beatles recorded after completing Revolver and was intended for inclusion on their forthcoming Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Instead, with pressure from their record company and management for new product, the group were forced to issue the single, and then adhered to their philosophy of omitting previously released singles from their albums. The double A-side [including Penny Lane] peaked at number 2 on the Record Retailer chart, thereby breaking the band's four-year run of chart-topping singles in the UK. In the United States, "Strawberry Fields Forever" peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100. To the band's displeasure, the song was later included on the US Magical Mystery Tour LP. Artists who have covered the song include Richie Havens, Todd Rundgren, Peter Gabriel, Ben Harper, and Los Fabulosos Cadillacs featuring Debbie Harry. In 1990, a version by the Madchester group Candy Flip became a top-ten hit in the UK and Ireland."

But none of those was a pedal steel only version :-)

I hope you enjoy listening to The Beatles' "Strawberry Fields Forever" on pedal steel guitar as much as I enjoyed recording it! I have been a musician for nearly 60 years and play a wide variety of instruments besides pedal steel guitar including keyboards, synthesizers, electric and acoustic guitar, drums, bass, loopers and more.

You can check out my other pedal steel only arrangements on my "Pedal Steel Only" playlist at :    • Pedal Steel Only  

I also have 2 original pedal steel albums on youtube.

First is "Celestial" which features the same Mullen G2 SD12 as on this recording accompanied by several synthesizers (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list....

Second is "Armistice" which features a late 60's Fender 400 8 string pedal steel and Mellotron M400 sounds (   • The Alchemy of Atlantis - Armistice  )

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