Re: 1st use of varispeed by The Beatles?

joelfriedman wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Can someone find a definitive source about when The Fabs 1st used
> Varispeed when recording?  What song and date?  I'm not talking about
> Martin recording piano at half speed, such as in Misery or In My Life,
> but REAL Varispeed - frequency controlled tape speed to change timbre
> etc.  I always associated it with '66 and Revolver, but someone is
> telling me that it was used earlier -  in '65.  I can't seem to find
> it referenced/listed in indexes of Lewisohn or Everett etc. (damn them
> for BAD indexing!!).
> 
That's when a tape machine is used in the signal path, and varispeed is 
applied.  Automatic double tracking worked like that, which was used 
fairly early and invented then.  The book has no index entry for it so 
it would take some time to look for it.

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