[84] Several mixes have different track lengths; the mono mix/edit of "Helter Skelter" eliminates the fade-in at the end of the song (and Starr's ending scream),[85] and the fade-out of "Yer Blues" is 11 seconds longer on the mono mix. We were just about to break up, and that was tense in itself";[63] Lennon said, "the break-up of the Beatles can be heard on that album". Als Beigabe enthielt es vier Porträtaufnahmen der Beatles, sowie ein Poster mit einer Collage auf der einen und den Texten der Songs auf der anderen Seite des Posters. [122] He played all the instruments except drums, which were contributed by Starr. [41] It was recorded as an audio vérité exercise, featuring vocal performances from almost everyone who happened to be in the studio at the time. [4] The band received a negative critical response to their television film Magical Mystery Tour, which aired in Britain in December 1967, but fan reaction was nevertheless positive. [146], Some songs the Beatles were working on individually during this period were revisited for inclusion on their subsequent albums, while others were released on the band members' solo albums. The Beatles received favourable reviews from most music critics; detractors found its satirical songs unimportant and apolitical amid the turbulent political and social climate of 1968. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. [204] The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Hallo, ich habe bei einer Haushaltsauflösung zwei Schallplatten der Beatles gefunden. [165][better source needed], In the UK, The Beatles debuted at number one in the UK on 7 December 1968[166] and spent seven weeks at the top of the UK charts (including the entire competitive Christmas season),[166] until it was replaced by the Seekers' Best of the Seekers on 25 January 1969, dropping to number 2. [35] Lennon's lyrics on "Revolution 1" were misinterpreted with messages he did not intend. 2-CD / Großbritannien Plattenfirma: EMI Records Ltd. Ringo Starr was the first to leave, less than two weeks later, as he said he could not tolerate the food;[15] McCartney departed in mid-March,[12] while Harrison and Lennon were more interested in Indian religion and remained until April. They are so good that they not only expand the idiom, but they are also able to penetrate it and take it further. Get the best deal for Beatles White Album Rare from the largest online selection at eBay.com. [187], In a 2003 appraisal of the album, for Mojo magazine, Ian MacDonald wrote that The Beatles regularly appears among the top 10 in critics' "best albums of all time" lists, yet it was a work that he deemed "eccentric, highly diverse, and very variable [in] quality". [175], On release, The Beatles gained highly favourable reviews from the majority of music critics. L101 (Volume 1) and L2101 (Volume 2). Lennon wrote the track about Mia Farrow's sister Prudence Farrow, who rarely left her room during the stay in commitment to the meditation. All Listings. [176] According to the author Ian Inglis: "Whether positive or negative, all assessments of The Beatles drew attention to its fragmentary style. 1dhy26KIOEI. "[181] In his review for The New York Times, Nik Cohn considered the album "boring beyond belief" and said that over half of its songs were "profound mediocrities". : CDS 7 46443 8 - CD-PCS 7067/8 30 Tracks 9 Sammlung(en) The Beatles aka The white Album Das neunte Studioalbum der Beatles wurde in Deutschland am 22 November als erstes und einziges Studio-Doppelalbum veröffentlicht. [149] Lennon's "Mean Mr. Mustard" and "Polythene Pam" were used in the medley on Abbey Road the next year. [64] Recording engineer Geoff Emerick had worked with the group since Revolver, but became disillusioned with the sessions. This makes for a frustratingly scattershot record or a singularly gripping musical experience, depending on your view, but what makes the so-called White Album interesting is its mess. "Dear Prudence", "Glass Onion", "Don't Pass Me By", "Why Don't We Do It in the Road? The magazine praised the guitar work in "Helter Skelter". Early LP and CD releases include a unique serial number. The basic track consisted of Starr drumming while McCartney played piano. The Beatles (White Album) Deluxe [3CD digipak / 180-gram 4LP vinyl box set (limited edition) / digital audio collection]: The BEATLES (White Album) 2018 Mix: Stereo MIx : Esher Demos. The Beatles contains a wide range of musical styles, which authors Barry Miles and Gillian Gaar view as the most diverse of any of the group's albums. Buy … A snippet of a track known as "Can You Take Me Back?" BPI certification awarded only for sales since 1994. [82], The Beatles was the last Beatles album to be mixed separately for stereo and mono. The Beatles, also known as the White Album, is the ninth studio album and only double album by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 22 November 1968. [59] Edwin Faust of Stylus Magazine described The Beatles as "foremost an album about musical purity (as the album cover and title suggest). [102] He first recorded the song as a solo performance, on acoustic guitar, on 25 July – a version that remained unreleased until Anthology 3. It is more commonly known as The White Album as it has no text other than the band's name (and, on the early LP and CD releases, a serial number) on its plain white sleeve. Capitol Records sold over 3.3 million copies of The Beatles to stores within the first four days of the album's release. The album was the first the Beatles undertook following the death of their manager, Brian Epstein, and the first released by their own record label, Apple. The Beatles’ White Album captured the spirit of ’68, but it’s right for 2018 too | John Harris Read more So, we are encouraged to think, the Beatles … He additionally notes "[r]ebuilt digitally, the [2018 remixed] album’s enormous soundscape is finally complete: the progressive generational muddiness is gone, revealing the dry snap of Ringo’s snare and Harrison’s full-throated gentle weeping and the thunderous effervescence of McCartney’s bass runs and Lennon’s halting intakes of breath. [43] Starr abruptly left the studio on 22 August during the session for "Back in the U.S.S.R.",[78] feeling that his role in the group was peripheral compared to the other members, and upset at McCartney's constant criticism of his drumming on the track. McCartney played Hammond organ on the track, and an "eerie rattling" effect at the end was created by a note causing a wine bottle on top of the organ's Leslie speaker to resonate. [155] The record was referred to as "the White Album" immediately upon release. Lennon turns in two of his best ballads with "Dear Prudence" and "Julia"; scours the Abbey Road vaults for the musique concrète collage "Revolution 9"; pours on the schmaltz for Ringo's closing number, "Good Night"; celebrates the Beatles cult with "Glass Onion"; and, with "Cry Baby Cry," rivals Syd Barrett. Backed by Clapton, In February 1967, the Beatles had been unhappy about having to accede to. Pepper or Magical Mystery Tour,[176] due to the band's improved songwriting and their relying less on the studio tricks of those earlier works. It has since been viewed by some critics as a postmodern work, as well as among the greatest albums of all time. The rock n' roll tracks are purely rock n' roll; the folk songs are purely folk; the surreal pop numbers are purely surreal pop; and the experimental piece is purely experimental. [160], During production, the album had the working title of A Doll's House. [13] The musicologist Walter Everett likens Harrison's development as a composer in 1968 to that of Lennon and McCartney five years before, although he notes that Harrison became "privately prolific", given his usual subordinate status within the group. After the longest wait yet for the ‘official’ next album, there was widespread and heightened anticipation of what The Beatles would do to follow Sgt. [34], "Don't Pass Me By" was Starr's first solo composition for the band;[118] he had been toying with the idea of writing a self-reflective song for some time, possibly as far back as 1963. see all. [70] McCartney's girlfriend at the time, Francie Schwartz, was also present at some sessions,[71] as were the other two Beatles' wives, Pattie Harrison and Maureen Starkey. [117], "Rocky Raccoon" evolved from a jam session with McCartney, Lennon and Donovan in Rishikesh. The author Nicholas Schaffner views the acoustic slant as reflective of a widespread departure from the LSD-inspired psychedelia of 1967, an approach initiated by Bob Dylan and the Beach Boys and adopted in 1968 by artists such as the Rolling Stones and the Byrds. Box Re-Release Limited Edition EAN: 077774644389 Kat.-Nr. see all. All tracks are written by Lennon–McCartney, except where otherwise indicated. $19.23 + shipping. [173] The album has sold over 12 million copies in the US alone[174] and according to the Recording Industry Association of America, The Beatles is the Beatles' most-certified album, at 24-times platinum. [142][g] But although no singles were taken from The Beatles in Britain or America, "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" backed with "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" was released in other markets. [32] He was unhappy with the group's first attempt to record the track, and so invited his friend Eric Clapton to come and play on it. Travis726. Created by, creating for, their age. [139], Lennon wrote "Good Night" as a lullaby for his son Julian, and wanted Starr to sing it. [c] Several backing tracks do not feature the full group, and overdubs tended to be performed by the composer of the song. [211][212] The British authorities similarly displayed a less tolerant attitude towards the Beatles,[213] when London Drug Squad officers arrested Lennon and Ono in October 1968 for marijuana possession, a charge that he claimed was false. [40] It was recorded at the same session as "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill". [76] In Lennon's case, the album cover of his experimental collaboration with Ono Two Virgins featured the couple completely naked, a gesture his bandmates found bewildering and unnecessary. [215] According to MacDonald, the counterculture of the 1960s analysed The Beatles above and beyond all of the band's previous releases. [28], "Hey Jude" was recorded at the end of July 1968 during the sessions for The Beatles but was issued separately as a single nearly three months before the album's release. [184] William Mann of The Times opined that, in their over-reliance on pastiche and "private jokes", Lennon and McCartney had ceased to progress as songwriters, yet he deemed the release to be "The most important musical event of the year" and acknowledged: "these 30 tracks contain plenty to be studied, enjoyed and gradually appreciated more fully in the coming months. [47], The Lennon composition "What's the New Mary Jane" was demoed at Kinfauns[150] and recorded formally (by Lennon, Harrison and Ono) during the 1968 album sessions. Beatles Collecting. Level 1. It's the bloody Beatles' White Album. [39], "Savoy Truffle" was named after one of the types of chocolate found in a box of Mackintosh's Good News, which Clapton enjoyed eating. [126], According to McCartney, the authorship of "Birthday" was "50–50 John and me, made up on the spot and recorded all on the same evening". [163], The sleeve included a poster comprising a montage of photographs, with the lyrics of the songs on the back, and a set of four photographic portraits taken by John Kelly[164] during the autumn of 1968 that have themselves become iconic. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, was number one in the UK for 27 weeks, until the start of February 1968,[1] having sold 250,000 copies in the first week after release. [127] He and Lennon were inspired to write the song after seeing the first UK showing of the rock 'n' roll film The Girl Can't Help It on television, and sang the lead vocal in the style of the film's musical star, Little Richard. [246] The four editions are a three-CD deluxe set, containing the original double album and one CD of Esher demos; a seven-disc super deluxe edition, which adds three CDs of outtakes and a Blu-ray disc; a two-LP edition, comprising the original release; and a four-LP edition, two discs of which contain Esher demos. [61] Reflecting on the album years later, Harrison said that some tracks could have been released as B-sides or withheld, but "there was a lot of ego in that band. New lacquers were cut for this release. Genres: Pop Rock, Rock. And that is the world; and that is what The Beatles are on about. Released 22 November 1968 on Apple (catalog no. [133], McCartney wrote "Honey Pie" as a pastiche of the 1920s' flapper dance style. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. Travis726. The piece was in the form of a record store in which nothing but original pressings of the LP was on display. Ono sings one line and co-sings another, while Chris Thomas played the mellotron, including improvisations at the end of the track. [25] Martin scored an orchestral and choral arrangement that replaced the guitar in the final mix, and also played the celesta. Beatles Collecting > Off Topic > General Chit-Chat > White album numbering system. Lennon then follows the sung word "out" with the spoken word "in". The Beatles also broke with the band's tradition at the time of incorporating several musical styles in one song by keeping each piece of music consistently faithful to a select genre. [citation needed] The photographs for the poster were assembled by Hamilton and McCartney, and sorted them in a variety of ways over several days before arriving at the final result. [189], In 2000, The Beatles was voted number 5 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums. 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None of it sounds like it was meant to share album space together, but somehow The Beatles creates its own style and sound through its mess. Martin played harmonium on the track. The Beatles, or the "White Album" Critical opinion on The Beatles (aka the 'White Album') in 1968 varies, the record being seen as something of a comedown after the exhilaration of the group’s somewhat over-rated predecessor, Sgt. ", "Yer Blues", "Helter Skelter", "Cry Baby Cry" and "Revolution 9". He overheard Martin criticising McCartney's vocal performance while recording "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da", to which McCartney replied, "Well you come down and sing it". The Beatles’ longest, strangest work is about to get a new look. [179] Richard Goldstein of The New York Times considered the double album to be "a major success" and "far more imaginative" than Sgt. Jann S. … Issued with 4 glossy photographs, double-sided poster, laminated gatefold jacket and embossed lettering on the cover. [121], McCartney wrote "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?" At the time of the album's release – which followed, chronologically, the up-tempo single version of the song, "Revolution" – that single word "in" was taken by the radical political left as Lennon's endorsement of politically motivated violence, which followed the May 1968 Paris riots. The Beatles is recognised for its fragmentary style and diverse range of genres, including folk, British blues, ska, music hall and the avant-garde. I went through at least two vinyl copies, the original CD release in 1987, the remastered CD’s in 2009, and now I bought the new 2018 Remix (Deluxe Version) on the day it was released. [170] It debuted at number 11 on 14 December 1968,[171] jumped to number 2, and reached number 1 in its third week on 28 December,[172] spending a total of nine weeks at the top. The band's name, in Helvetica,[158] was crookedly blind embossed slightly below the middle of the album's right side. The Beatles (White Album) Die folgende Liste enthält eine willkürliche Auswahl einiger deutscher und internationaler Erstausgaben und Wiederveröffentlichungen (RI) von The Beatles (White Album) meiner eigenen Sammlung und erhebt keinen Anspruch auf Vollständigkeit. [160] Each copy of the record featured a unique stamped serial number, "to create", in Hamilton's words, "the ironic situation of a numbered edition of something like five million copies". The Beatles (White Album) - Anniversary Releases. 4 Day Shipping. "[103] Clapton's solo was treated with automatic double tracking to attain the desired effect; he gave Harrison the guitar he used, which Harrison later named "Lucy". [83] All but one track exist in official mono mixes; the exception is "Revolution 9", a direct reduction of the stereo master. This was in accordance with EMI's policy of testing and customising new gear extensively before putting it into use. [151] The Beatles versions of "Not Guilty" and "What's the New Mary Jane" and a demo of "Junk" were released on Anthology 3. [81] Lennon, McCartney, and Harrison pleaded with Starr to reconsider. | Browse our daily deals for even more savings! Starr felt that the album should have been two separate records, which he jokingly called "The White Album" and "The Whiter Album". Harrison reportedly ran around the studio holding a flaming ashtray above his head, "doing an Arthur Brown". Share with: Link: Copy link. [104][e], "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" evolved out of several song fragments that Lennon compiled into one piece, having previewed two of the segments in his May 1968 demo. It is typical of the brief snippets of songs he recorded between takes during the album sessions. Beatles White Album Filter Applied. [68] Ono's presence was highly unorthodox as, up to that point, the Beatles had generally worked in isolation, rarely allowing visitors, wives and girlfriends to attend recording sessions. [176][177][178] Others bemoaned its length or found that the music lacked the adventurous quality that had distinguished Sgt. The song was taped in a single session, and was one of the tracks that Martin felt was "filler" and only put on because the album was a double. [135], Lennon began writing "Cry Baby Cry" in late 1967 and the lyrics were partly derived from the tagline of an old television commercial. [243] Unlike other Beatles CDs in this reissue campaign, the discs for The Beatles featured solid black-on-white labels instead of the then-conventional black-on-transparent, and releases that packaged each disc into a separate jewel case (rather than a multi-disc "fatbox") sported white media trays rather than the typical dark gray. "[139], Among reviews of the 2009 remastered album, Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph found that even its worst songs work within the context of such an eclectic and unconventional collection, which he rated "one of the greatest albums ever made". 47. [129][f], McCartney wrote "Mother Nature's Son" in India, and worked on it in isolation from the other members of the band. [28] Jimmy Scott, a friend of McCartney, suggested the title and played bongos on the initial take. [54], "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill" was written by Lennon after an American visitor to Rishikesh left for a few weeks to hunt tigers. [43] The Beatles had not been particularly interested in stereo until this album, but after receiving mail from fans stating they bought both stereo and mono mixes of earlier albums, they decided to make the two different. [186] Nonetheless, he ranked it as the tenth best album of 1968 in his ballot for Jazz & Pop magazine's annual critics poll. Free shipping on many items | Browse your favorite brands | affordable prices. Unusually for a Beatles recording, the four-track source tape was edited directly, resulting in an abrupt cut-off at 3'17" into the start of another take (which ran into the fadeout). [98] After working for three days on the backing track, the work was scrapped and replaced with a new recording. The album has been certified 24× platinum by the RIAA. [111] The entire track is played by him backed with session musicians, and features no other Beatles. [232] The songs on the cassette version of The Beatles[233] are sequenced differently from the album, in order to equalize the lengths of the tape sides. The Beatles (White Album) (Limited-Numbered-Super-Deluxe-Edition) 6CD + Blu-ray. [25] The production aesthetic ensured that the album's sound was scaled down and less reliant on studio innovation than Revolver and Sgt. Lennon, Harrison and Ono added further tape collages and spoken word extracts, in the style of Karlheinz Stockhausen. [42] McCartney and Lennon sometimes recorded simultaneously in different studios with different engineers. He performed the track solo alongside a Martin-scored brass arrangement. Each song on the sprawling double album The Beatles is an entity to itself, as the band touches on anything and everything it can. [97] Lennon hated the song, calling it "granny music shit",[99] while engineer Richard Lush recalled that Starr disliked having to record the same backing track repetitively, and pinpoints this session as a key indication that the Beatles were going to break up. The discs were pressed on high-quality virgin vinyl. He concludes: "None of it sounds like it was meant to share album space together, but somehow The Beatles creates its own style and sound through its mess. No singles were issued in either territory, but "Hey Jude" and "Revolution" originated from the same recording sessions and were issued on a single in August 1968. [27], "Sexy Sadie" was written as "Maharishi" by Lennon shortly after he decided to leave Rishikesh. For other uses, see, Original copies had the band's name blind embossed on a white background and were also numbered. [33] The backing track was recorded in a small room next to the Studio 2 control room. [126] A painting of the band by John Byrne was also considered for the album cover. From Wikipedia: The Beatles is the ninth official British album and the fifteenth American album by The Beatles, a double album released in 1968. [152], "Revolution (Take 20)", a previously uncirculated recording, surfaced in 2009 on a bootleg. Ghost T Shirt Ceremony and Devotion band Logo new Official Mens Black M. [54][d], "Dear Prudence" was one of the songs recorded at Trident. was put between "Cry Baby Cry" and "Revolution 9",[96] while recordings of Cilla Black's hit "Step Inside Love" and a joke number, "Los Paranoias", were released on Anthology 3.