The The Beatles [White Album] [50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition]

by The Beatles

Overview

Each song on the sprawling double album The Beatles is an entity to itself, as the band touches on anything and everything it can. 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. Never before had a rock record been so self-reflective, or so ironic; the Beach Boys send-up "Back in the U.S.S.R." and the British blooze parody "Yer Blues" are delivered straight-faced, so it's never clear if these are affectionate tributes or wicked satires. Lennon turns in two of his best ballads with "Dear Prudence" and "Julia"; scours the Abbey Road vaults for the musique concrete 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. McCartney doesn't reach quite as far, yet his songs are stunning -- the music hall romp "Honey Pie," the mock country of "Rocky Raccoon," the ska-inflected "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da," and the proto-metal roar of "Helter Skelter." Clearly, the Beatles' two main songwriting forces were no longer on the same page, but neither were George and Ringo. Harrison still had just two songs per LP, but it's clear from "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," the canned soul of "Savoy Truffle," the haunting "Long, Long, Long," and even the silly "Piggies" that he had developed into a songwriter who deserved wider exposure. And Ringo turns in a delight with his first original, the lumbering country-carnival stomp "Don't Pass Me By." 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. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	11/09/2018
Label:	Capitol
UPC:	0602567571957

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Back in the U.S.S.R.
2. Dear Prudence
3. Glass Onion
4. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
5. Wild Honey Pie
6. The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
8. Happiness Is a Warm Gun
9. Martha My Dear
10. I'm So Tired
11. Blackbird
12. Piggies
13. Rocky Raccoon
14. Don't Pass Me By
15. Why Don't We Do It in the Road?
16. I Will
17. Julia

Disc 2

18. Birthday
19. Yer Blues
20. Mother Nature's Son
21. Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
22. Sexy Sadie
23. Helter Skelter
24. Long, Long, Long
25. Revolution I
26. Honey Pie
27. Savoy Truffle
28. Cry Baby Cry
29. Revolution 9
30. Good Night

Disc 3

31. Back in the U.S.S.R. [Esher Demo]
32. Dear Prudence [Esher Demo]
33. Glass Onion [Esher Demo]
34. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da [Esher Demo]
35. The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill [Esher Demo]
36. While My Guitar Gently Weeps [Esher Demo]
37. Happiness Is a Warm Gun [Esher Demo]
38. I'm So Tired [Esher Demo]
39. Blackbird [Esher Demo]
40. Piggies [Esher Demo]
41. Rocky Raccoon [Esher Demo]
42. Julia [Esher Demo]
43. Yer Blues [Esher Demo]
44. Mother Nature's Son [Esher Demo]
45. Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey [Esher Demo]
46. Sexy Sadie [Esher Demo]
47. Revolution [Esher Demo]
48. Honey Pie [Esher Demo]
49. Cry Baby Cry [Esher Demo]
50. Sour Milk Sea [Esher Demo]
51. Junk [Esher Demo]
52. Child of Nature [Esher Demo]
53. Circles [Esher Demo]
54. Mean Mr. Mustard [Esher Demo]
55. Polythene Pam [Esher Demo]
56. Not Guilty [Esher Demo]
57. What's the New Mary Jane [Esher Demo]

Disc 4

58. Revolution I [Take 18]
59. A Beginning [Take 4]/Don't Pass Me By [Take 7]
60. Blackbird [Take 28]
61. Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey [Unnumbered Rehearsal]
62. Good Night [Unnumbered Rehearsal]
63. Good Night [Take 10 /Guitar Part From Take 5]
64. Good Night [Take 22]
65. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da [Take 3]
66. Revolution [Unnumbered Rehearsal]
67. Revolution [Take 14¿¿¿Instrumental Backing Track]
68. Cry Baby Cry [Unnumbered Rehearsal]
69. Helter Skelter [First Version¿¿¿Take 2]

Disc 5

70. Sexy Sadie [Take 3]
71. While My Guitar Gently Weeps [Acoustic Version¿¿¿Take 2]
72. Hey Jude [Take 1]
73. St. Louis Blues [Studio Jam]
74. Not Guilty [Take 102]
75. Mother Nature's Son [Take 15]
76. Yer Blues [Take 5 w/Guide Vocal]
77. What's the New Mary Jane [Take 1]
78. Rocky Raccoon [Take 8]
79. Back in the U.S.S.R. [Take 5¿¿¿Instrumental Backing Track]
80. Dear Prudence [Vocal, Guitar & Drums]
81. Let It Be [Unnumbered Rehearsal]
82. While My Guitar Gently Weeps [Third Version¿¿¿Take 27]
83. (You're So Square) Baby, I Don't Care [Studio Jam]
84. Helter Skelter [Second Version¿¿¿Take 17]
85. Glass Onion [Take 10]

Disc 6

86. I Will [Take 13]
87. Blue Moon [Studio Jam]
88. I Will [Take 29]
89. Step Inside Love [Studio Jam]
90. Los Paranoias [Studio Jam]
91. Can You Take Me Back? [Take 1]
92. Birthday [Take 2¿¿¿Instrumental Backing Track]
93. Piggies [Take 12¿¿¿Instrumental Backing Track]
94. Happiness Is a Warm Gun [Take 19]
95. Honey Pie [Instrumental Backing Track]
96. Savoy Truffle [Instrumental Backing Track]
97. Martha My Dear [Without Brass & Strings]
98. Long, Long, Long [Take 44]
99. I'm So Tired [Take 7]
100. I'm So Tired [Take 14]
101. The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill [Take 2]
102. Why Don't We Do It in the Road? [Take 5]
103. Julia [Two Rehearsals]
104. The Inner Light [Take 6¿¿¿Instrumental Backing Track]
105. Lady Madonna [Take 2¿¿¿Piano & Drums]
106. Lady Madonna [Backing Vocals From Take 3]
107. Across the Universe [Take 6]

Disc 7

108. 2018 PCM Stereo Mix
109. 2018 DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Mix
110. 2018 Dolby True HD 5.1 Mix
111. 2018 Direct Transfer of Original Mono Mix

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Beatles   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Sam O'Kell   Remastering
Paul McCartney   Producer,Composer
W.C. Handy   Composer
Geoff Emerick   Engineer
George Harrison   Composer,Producer
Lorenz Hart   Composer
Ringo Starr   Composer,Producer
John Lennon   Composer,Producer
Jerry Leiber   Composer
Mike Stoller   Composer
George Martin   Composer,Producer
Sean Magee   Remastering
Ken Scott   Engineer
Richard Rodgers   Composer
Richard Starkey   Composer
Guy Massey   Remastering
Giles Martin   Mixing
Mike Heatley   Liner Notes
Kevin Howlett   Liner Notes
Steve Rooke   Remastering
Paul Hicks   Remastering