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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Dr. Emmanuel Wu)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re:  Backwards music
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Date: Fri, 29-Mar-85 19:43:13 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 29 19:43:13 1985
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> John Lennon's singing is heard backwards on "Rain" fadeout
> (Beatles, 1966).  It was an accident. 
>           [cmoore@BRL.BVD or something like that]

It wasn't exactly an accident.  Lennon did put an early mix tape of
the song on his tape recorder BACKWARDS one fine night (after coming
home from a trip? :-)  and liked the effect so much he had George
Martin insert it into the end of the final mix of the song.
-- 
Otology recapitulates phonology.
					Rich Rosen    ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr