| Product Summary | | Label: Capitol Records | | UPC: 00094638246626 | | Release Date: 9/9/2009 | | Buy.com Sku: 210982166 | | Item#: M4MJXH | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 2026 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Back in the U.S.S.R. ~ The Beatles |  | | 2. Dear Prudence ~ The Beatles | | | 3. Glass Onion ~ The Beatles | | | 4. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da ~ The Beatles | | | 5. Wild Honey Pie ~ The Beatles | | | 6. Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill, The ~ The Beatles | | | 7. While My Guitar Gentley Weeps ~ The Beatles | | | 8. Happiness Is a Warm Gun ~ The Beatles | | | 9. Martha My Dear ~ The Beatles | | | 10. I'm So Tired ~ The Beatles | | | 11. Blackbird ~ The Beatles | | | 12. Piggies ~ The Beatles | | | 13. Rocky Raccoon ~ The Beatles | | | 14. Don't Pass Me By ~ The Beatles | | | 15. Why Don't We Do It in the Road? ~ The Beatles | | | 16. I Will ~ The Beatles | | | 17. Julia ~ The Beatles | | Disc 2
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Birthday ~ The Beatles | | | 2. Yer Blues ~ The Beatles | | | 3. Mother Nature's Son ~ The Beatles | | | 4. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey ~ The Beatles | | | 5. Sexy Sadie ~ The Beatles | | | 6. Helter Skelter ~ The Beatles | | | 7. Long, Long, Long ~ The Beatles | | | 8. Revolution I ~ The Beatles | | | 9. Honey Pie ~ The Beatles | | | 10. Savoy Truffle ~ The Beatles | | | 11. Cry Baby Cry ~ The Beatles | | | 12. Revolution 9 ~ The Beatles | | | 13. Good Night ~ The Beatles | |
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Each copy of this limited edition is sequentially numbered. The packaging recreates the original double-gatefold sleeve and includes the original poster as well as the individual photos of each band member. | | The Beatles: George Harrison (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, violin, organ, bass, tambourine, firebell); John Lennon (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, harmonica, saxophone, piano, organ, harmonium, bass, 6-string bass, maracas, tambourine, tape loops); Paul McCartney (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, flute, flugelhorn, piano, Hammond organ, bass, drums, bongos, timpani, percussion); Ringo Starr (vocals, piano, drums, bongos, maracas, castanets, tambourine). | | Additional personnel includes: Yoko Ono (vocals); Eric Clapton (electric guitar); Mal Evans (trumpet, tambourine); George Martin (piano, harmonium); Chris Thomas (harpsichord, Mellotron); Maureen Starkey, Patti Harrison (background vocals). | | Recorded at Abbey Road Studios and Trident Studios, London, England between May and October 1968. | | This reissue of THE WHITE ALBUM has been digitally re-mastered. It comes packaged with replicated original U.K. album art, an expanded booklet containing original and newly written liner notes, and rare photos. Limited quantities of the CD are embedded with a brief documentary film about the album. | | This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. | | Audio Remasterers: Sam Okell; Sean Magee; Steve Rooke; Guy Massey; Paul Hicks. | | Liner Note Authors: Mike Heatley; Kevin Howlett. | | THE BEATLES (generally known as "The White Album" because of its cover) was a sprawling two-record set, highlighting the distinct personalities in the group as they matured and moved further away from each other. With the four Beatles playing like session men on each other's songs, the making of the album was fraught with tension. John Lennon's songs included a bitter take on people who read too much into the Beatles' lyrics ("Glass Onion"), reflections on loneliness and alienation ("Yer Blues," "I'm So Tired"), and the avant garde sound collage "Revolution 9." | | George Harrison's songs offered black humor ("Piggies") and tender sadness ("While My Guitar Gently Weeps," with Eric Clapton on guitar). Paul McCartney provided both light, lyric songs ("Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da," "Honey Pie"), and rockers ("Back In The U.S.S.R.," the explosive "Helter Skelter"). Ringo Starr made his solo songwriting debut with the goofy country/ska lilt of "Don't Pass Me By" and sang the album closer "Good Night." |
Producer: George Martin |
Engineer: Geoff Emerick; Ken Scott |
| | Compilation Appearances |
| | Associated Artists and Works | | 101 Strings | | 101 Strings Orchestra | | Best of the Beatles ~ 101 Strings Orchestra | | 12 Cellists Of Berlin Philharmo | | 12 Cellists Of Berlin... | | Come Together: Guitar Tribute To The Beatles ~ Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | The Blues "White Album" ~ Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Take It Easy: The Fab Four Go Loungecore ~ Artists, Various | | Beach Boys (The) | | Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | | Here Comes The Sun: An Instrumental Tribute... ~ Calo, Peter | | Charles River Valley Boys | | Beatle Country ~ Charles River Valley Boys | | Ebony Steelband | | Ebony Steelband | | Evingson, Connie | | Fab Four (Beatles Tribute) (The | | Fab Four (The) | | Lost Songs: Songs The Beatles Wrote But Never Reco ~ Fazzari, Vinny | | Firefall | | Four, London Jazz | | Gratz, Wayne | | Gratz, Wayne | | Harmon, Sally | | Harmon, Sally | | Imagine ~ Harnoy, Ofra | | Harnoy, Ofra | | Imagine ~ Harnoy, Ofra | | Karaoke | | Let It Be ~ Laibach | | Live From The Pound | | Live From The Pound | | London String Orchestra | | London Symphony Orchestra | | Looney Tunes (Kids) | | Looney Tunes (Kids) | | On, Pickin' | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Let It Be ~ Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Let It Be: Naked ~ Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Help! [UK] [Digipak] ~ Original Soundtrack | | Let It Be [Digipak] ~ Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Pickin' On | | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | | Sheridan, Tony | | Sheridan, Tony | | Sheridan, Tony | | Beatles Bop: Hamburg Days ~ Sheridan, Tony | | Beatles Bop: Hamburg Days (With Book) ~ Sheridan, Tony | | Sheridan, Tony | | Sheridan, Tony | | Sheridan, Tony | | Sheridan, Tony | | Beatles Bop: Hamburg Days [Limited] ~ Sheridan, Tony | | Sheridan, Tony | | Sheridan, Tony | | Sheridan, Tony | | Sheridan, Tony | | Sheridan, Tony | | Ticket to Ride -- A Beatles Tribute ~ Swingle Singers (The) | | The Charles River Valley Boys | | Beatle Country [Collectors' Choice] ~ The Charles River Valley Boys | | The London Jazz Four | | The London String Orchestra | | Various | | Guitar Tribute to the Beatles: Come Together ~ Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Lost Songs: Songs the Beatles Wrote But Never Reco ~ Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | The Blues White Album ~ Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Take It Easy: The Fab Four Go Loungecore [Castle] ~ Various Artists | | Guitar Tribute to 40 Years of the Beatles ~ Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Guitar Tribute to the Beatles: Abbey Road ~ Various Artists | | The Greatest Hits of the Beatles: Classical Style ~ Various Artists | | Fried Glass Onions: Memphis Meets The Beatles ~ Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Evocando a the Beatles ~ Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Buddha Lounge Tribute to the Beatles ~ Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Beatles Blues [Indigo] [Remaster] ~ Various Artists | | Hello, Goodbye: Songs The Beatles Gave Away ~ Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Stax Does the Beatles [PA] ~ Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | The Greatest Hits of the Beatles: Classical Style ~ Various Artists | | The Love Songs Of The Beatles Instrumentals ~ Yoyo International Orchestra |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 09/09/2009 | | Original Release Date : 1968 | | Catalog ID : 82466 | | Label : Capitol/EMI Records | | Number of Discs : 2 | | Runtime : 93m : 43s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00094638246626 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.90)
- Ranked #10 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "...THE WHITE ALBUM is an exhilarating sprawl - some of the Beatles' most daring and delicate work..."Q (6/00, p.86)
- Ranked #7 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums" - "...[Out of] boundless enthusiasm and creeping paranoia - comes [their] most peculiar record....Childish, colorful, antiquated and faintly macabre..." Vibe (12/99, p.157)
- Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century Q (Magazine)
(p.120)
- 5 stars out of 5 -- "It's the most honest portrait of a band breaking some limits and banging their heads against others." NME (Magazine)
(10/2/93, p.29)
- Ranked #8 in NME's list of the 'Greatest Albums Of All Time.' Paste (magazine)
(p.60)
- "Each track is anchored by the unmistakable collaboration of The Beatles as a solid musical unit." |
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| | Bio | | | The Beatles "I have never seen anything like it. Nor heard any noise to approximate the ceaseless, frantic, hysterical scream which met the Beatles when they took the stage after what seemed a hundred years of earlier acts. All very good, all marking time, because no one had come for anything other than the Beatles... Then the theatre went wild. First aid men and police -- men in the stalls, women mainly in the balcony -- taut and anxious, patrolled the aisles, one to every three rows. Many girls fainted. Thirty were gently carried out, protesting in their hysteria, forlorn and wretched in an unrequited love for four lads who might have lived next door. The stalls were like a nightmare March Fair. No one could remain seated. Clutching each other, hurling jelly babies at the stage, beating their brows, the youth of Britain's second city surrendered themselves totally." - Derek Taylor (From his book Fifty Years Adrift)
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