Revolver (Beatles album) "Revolver", McCartney now attained an approximately equal position with him. In a further development, Harrison's interest in the music and culture of India, and his study of the Indian sitar, had inspired him as a composer. According to author Ian Inglis, "Revolver" is widely viewed as "the album on which Harrison came of age as a songwriter". The Beatles had hoped to work in a more modern facility than EMI's London studios at Abbey Road, and so sent Epstein to Memphis in March 1966 to investigate the possibility of their recording at Stax Studio. According to a letter written by
The Beatles' 1966 tour of Germany, Japan and the Philippines were "glad to have done what we did … We must have been the only people who'd ever dared to snub Marcos." As of 2016, none of the former Beatles had ever returned to the Philippines, despite an attempt by Filipino musician Ely Buendia – in response to the promotional campaign for Starr's 2015 album "Postcards from Paradise" – to lure Starr back to the country. According to Walter Everett (lead singers appear in parenthesis): According to Barry Miles and Walter Everett: The Beatles' 1966 tour of Germany, Japan and the Philippines The English rock group the Beatles toured Germany,