BEATLES: WHITE ALBUM (UK MONO TOP - WIDE SPINE 1-1-1-1)

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THE BEATLES: THE BEATLES (WHITE ALBUM)

Parlophone PMC 7067~7068

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·       No. 0210793

·       Verified first pressing Dark Apple MONO UK Pressing!

·       WIDE SPINE

·       Top Loaded Gatefold Jacket!

·       MONO Matrix No.’s:  XEX 709-1   XEX 710-1   XEX 711-1   XEX 712-1

·       Sold in UK on label

·       Ltd Fully Laminated Early Creme Gatefold BiFlip Wide Spine 8mm Top Loader

·       Black Inner Sleeves,Garrod & Lofthouse 1st Printing Poster

·       4 Individual Prints

CONDITION:

Record – (This is my “play” copy) not perfect (and priced accordingly) but even the marks are not bad (being mono helps)

        Side 1:     VG+ (2 slight scratches - inaudible)

        Side 2:     VG   (slight surface noise and couple ticks )

        Side 3:     M-

        Side 4:     M-

Gatefold Cover:              M-

Poster:                            M-

4 Individual Prints:         M-

Black Inner Sleeves:      M-

The Beatles: The Beatles (White Album)

The Beatles is the ninth official album by The Beatles, a double album released in 1968. 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, which was designed by pop artist Richard Hamilton. The album was the first The Beatles undertook following the death of their manager Brian Epstein. Originally planned to be A Doll's House, the title was changed when the British progressive band Family released an album earlier that year bearing a similar title.

Many interpret this album as actually having no title, the words “The BEATLES” only being intended to indicate the group, as all Beatles albums contain this identification.

In 1997, The Beatles was named the 10th greatest album of all time in a 'Music of the Millennium' poll conducted by HMV, Channel 4, The Guardian and Classic FM. In 1998, Q magazine readers placed it at number 17, while in 2000 the same magazine placed it at number 7 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. In 2001, the TV network VH1 named it as the 11th greatest album ever. In 2006, the album was chosen by Time Magazine as one of the 100 best albums of all time. It was ranked number 10 in Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time in 2003.

According to the Recording Industry Association of America, The Beatles is The Beatles' best-selling album at 19-times platinum and the tenth-best-selling album of all time in the United States.

Songs

Most of the songs that would end up on The Beatles had been conceived during the group's visit to Rishikesh, India in the spring of 1968. There, they had undertaken a transcendental meditation course with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Although the retreat, which had required long periods of meditation, was initially conceived by the band as a spiritual respite from all worldly endeavors – a chance, in Lennon's words, to "get away from everything" – both Lennon and McCartney had quickly found themselves in songwriting mode, often meeting "clandestinely in the afternoons in each other's rooms" to review the new work. "Regardless of what I was supposed to be doing," Lennon would later recall, "I did write some of my best songs there." Close to forty new compositions had emerged in Rishikesh, a little more than half of which would be laid down in very rough form at Kinfauns, George Harrison’s home in Esher.

The Beatles left Rishikesh before the end of the course, with Ringo Starr and then Paul McCartney departing first, and Lennon and George Harrison departing together later. According to some reports, Lennon left Rishikesh because he felt personally betrayed by rumors that Maharishi had made sexual advances toward Mia Farrow, who had accompanied The Beatles on their trip. Shortly after he decided to leave, Lennon wrote a song called "Maharishi" which included the lyrics, "Maharishi/You little twat"; the song became "Sexy Sadie". According to several authors, Alexis Mardas (aka "Magic Alex") deliberately engineered these rumors because he was bent on undermining the Maharishi's influence over each Beatle. Lennon himself, in a 1980 interview, acknowledged that the Maharishi was the inspiration for the song. "I just called him 'Sexy Sadie'." In May 1968, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison assembled at Kinfauns, and demoed 23 songs that they composed at Rishikesh.

Tracks:

All songs written and composed by Lennon/McCartney, except where noted.

Side one

1. Back in the U.S.S.R.   2:43

2. Dear Prudence   3:56

3. Glass Onion   2:17

4. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da   3:08

5. Wild Honey Pie   0:52

6. The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill   3:14

7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (George Harrison) 4:45

8. Happiness Is a Warm Gun   2:43

Side two

1. Martha My Dear   2:28

2. I'm So Tired   2:03

3. Blackbird   2:18

4. Piggies (Harrison) 2:04

5. Rocky Raccoon   3:32

6. Don't Pass Me By (Starkey) 3:50

7. Why Don't We Do It in the Road?   1:41

8. I Will   1:46

9. Julia   2:54

Side three

1. Birthday   2:42

2. Yer Blues   4:01

3. Mother Nature's Son   2:48

4. Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey   2:24

5. Sexy Sadie   3:15

6. Helter Skelter   4:29

7. Long, Long, Long (Harrison) 3:04

Side four

1. Revolution 1   4:15

2. Honey Pie   2:41

3. Savoy Truffle (Harrison) 2:54

4. Cry Baby Cry   3:01

5. Revolution 9   8:22

6. Good Night   3:11

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