SHOE BIZ

Beatlemaniacs, take note: “Revolution” was not rock perfection!

Jim Bredouw, co-owner of Admusic in Hollywood, discovered a coupla goofs while editing the counterculture classic for use in a Nike TV spot that’s currently airing. Capitol Records supplied Bredouw with a first-generation tape of the master, which is in stereo--while the single was released in mono. So Bredouw had a rare chance to listen to both the left and right side separately, discovering bloopers muffled in stress.

“There were a couple of terrible drum mistakes,” Bredouw said, “that sounded like Ringo dropped a drum stick. There were also a couple of (engineer) punch-ins on the right side of Lennon’s vocals.”

Bredouw cut the classic into 30 and 60-second spots, each beginning in the middle of Lennon’s song-opening scream. But: “You really have to be an aficionado to even know the song has been edited.” (A Nike spokesman said the company has received only a handful of complaints.)

Although the Beatles’ “Help!” has been used for a car commercial, it was performed by a sound-alike group. Nike got permission to use the real thing. And why would the surviving Beatles and Yoko Ono agree to it?

“Probably for the money,” Bredouw said. “I don’t imagine they did it because they’re in love with Nike shoes.”

(See related item in Pop Eye, Page 94.)