THE BEATLES AND ESHER DEMOS 4LP BOX SET, 180G, REMASTERED, STEREO, NEW/SEALED
  $   125

 


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Feb 10, 2026 Sold Date
Dec 4, 2025 Start Date
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                 THE BEATLES AND ESHER DEMOS  (THE LOST BASEMENT TAPES THAT BECAME THE WHITE ALBUM)

THE END OF MAY, 1968: THE BEATLES MEET UP AT KINFAUNS, GEORGE HARRISON'S BUNGALOW IN ESHER. JUST BACK FROM INDIA, GEARING UP TO GO HIT "ABBEY ROAD" AND START THEIR NEXT ALBUM, THE LADS BANG OUT SOME ROUGH ACOUSTIC TUNES INTO GEORGE'S NEWFANGLED AMPEX REEL-TO-REEL TAPE DECK. THE RESULT IS ONE OF THEIR WEIRDEST AND LOVELIEST UNRELEASED RECORDINGS: THE ESHER DEMOS. THERE'S NOTHING ELSE IN THEIR MUSIC QUITE LIKE THIS. MOST OF THE 27 SONGS ENDED UP ON THE "WHITE ALBUM", YET THERE'S NONE OF THAT RECORD'S TENSION AND DREAD. AT ESHER, THEY'RE HAVING FUN; THEY DON'T REALIZE ALL THE TORTURES THEY'LL INFLICT ON EACH OTHER MAKING THE "WHITE ALBUM". INSTEAD, IT'S A MOMENT OF JOVIAL, INTIMATE WARMTH-FOR ALMOST THE LAST TIME, YOU CAN HEAR THEY'RE STILL IN LOVE WITH BEING BEATLES TOGETHER.

THE ESHER DEMOS ARE A REAL TREASURE TROVE; THEY MINED IT FOR YEARS. SONGS THAT GOT WORRIED TO DEATH ON THE ALBUM ARE PLAYED WITH A FRESH ONE-TAKE CAMPFIRE FEEL, JUST ACOUSTIC GUITARS AND HANDCLAPS. A COUPLE OF HALF-FINISHED SKETCHES GOT SAVED FOR "ABBEY ROAD" THEY WHOOP THROUGH EACH OTHER'S SONGS-EVEN "HONEY PIE" ROCKS. THEY SOUNDED EXCITED TO HIT THE STUDIO AND KNOCK SOMETHING OUT IN A FEW DAYS, LIKE THEY USED TO, BACK WHEN THEY HAD TO. NOBODY KNOWS THE SESSIONS WILL BE AN ENDLESS NIGHTMARE STRAINING TO DUPLICATE THE LOOSE FEEL OF THE DEMOS. "OB-LI-DI, OB-LA-DA WILL GO THROUGH 47 TAKES. "NOT GUILTY" WILL REQUIRE 102 TAKES AND NOT EVEN MAKE THE ALBUM.
50TH ANNIVERSARY 4LP EDITION COMES IN A LIFT-TOP BOX WHICH COMPRISES OF "THE BEATLES" ALBUM (AKA WHITE ALBUM) NEWLY REMASTERED (HALF SPEED) BY GILES MARTIN SOURCED DIRECTLY FROM THE ORIGINAL FOUR-TRACK AND EIGHT-TRACK TAPES. THE ALBUM COMES IN A GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH REPRODUCTION OF ORIGINAL ARTWORK WITH EMBOSSED "THE BEATLES" LOGO AND FOUR PORTRAIT PRINTS OF JOHN, PAUL, GEORGE AND RINGO. THE "ESHER DEMOS" IN GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH THE EMBOSSED "THE BEATLES" LOGO AND "ESHER DEMOS" PRINTED ON LOWER LEFT. A 12" X 24" FOUR PAGE BOOKLET WITH ARTICLES BY PAUL MCCARTNEY, GILES MARTIN & KEVIN HOWLETT AND A 24" X 36" FOLD-OUT POSTER WITH PHOTOS OF THE BAND MEMBERS ON THE FRONT AND SONG LYRICS ON THE BACK.


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