A few minutes ago I made an edit to this page on Wikipedia, about the Buckinghams. It had said, “The group opposed the producer’s treatment of the song “Susan” by adding a psychedelic section that sounded very similar to the Beatles’ song “A Day in the Life”, with an orchestral crescendo.”
http://youtu.be/aIacsdOfKAQ
I edited the article to note that the orchestral crescendo included a bit of Charles Ives’ Central Park in the Dark. Composed in 1906, it was, to say the least, ahead of its time and wasn’t performed publicly until 1946.
http://youtu.be/1qPZbHNuZzI
I love the song Susan, its production, the recording and, yes, the Charles Ives break too. In my opinion, the single coming after A Day in the Life is beside the point, because I think it’s far more significant that Susan came before Revolution 9.
http://youtu.be/LVf5Cr4M-F8
P.S. You forget to mention that in the same break, they were saying “Susan”( “nasuS”,)and some other stuff backword, a trick that had already been done on “Tomorrow Never Knows” just a year earlier.
You must have edited MY old edit about the Charles Ive bit. Or at least I think I mentioned it on Wikipedia several years ago. Of course, my memory has been very faulty lately, I like your comments about “A Day in the Life” and “Revolution Number 9.” By coincidence, Susan Soule Shulins just posted on Facebook that she came across the old 45 of that same song that I gave to her years ago. She said she played it and loved it!