The landmark album The BEATLES, which came to be known universally as "The White Album," will see its 50th anniversary marked with HighResAudio Remastered-Edition.
In November 1968, millions of double LPs were shipped to record stores worldwide ahead of that tumultuous year’s most anticipated music event: the November 22nd release of The BEATLES (soon to be better known as ‘The White Album’). With their ninth studio album, The Beatles took the world on a whole new trip, side one blasting off with the exhilarating rush of a screaming jet escorting Paul McCartney’s punchy, exuberant vocals on “Back In The U.S.S.R.” “Dear Prudence” came next, John Lennon warmly beckoning his friend and all of us to “look around.” George Harrison imparted timeless wisdom in “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” singing, “With every mistake we must surely be learning.” Ringo Starr’s “Don’t Pass Me By” marked his first solo songwriting credit on a Beatles album. For 50 years, ‘The White Album’ has invited its listeners to venture forth and explore the breadth and ambition of its music, delighting and inspiring each new generation in turn.
The album’s original 30 tracks, which include such all-time Beatles classics as ‘Back In The U.S.S.R.,’ ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’ and ‘Dear Prudence,’ have been newly mixed by producer Giles Martin and mix engineer Sam Okell in 96kHz, 24bit.
The original album is augmented by 27 early acoustic demos and 50 session takes, most of which have never been released in any form. The November 2018 release marks the first time that The BEATLES has been remixed with the addition of demos and session recordings. It follows the 2017 release of the widely-acclaimed Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Anniversary Edition, which took the album back to No. 1 in the UK.
Paul McCartney, in his written introduction which features in the new ‘White Album’ releases, says: ‘“We had left Sgt. Pepper’s band to play in his sunny Elysian Fields and were now striding out in new directions without a map.”
To create the new stereo audio mixes for "The White Album," Martin and Okell worked with an expert team of engineers and audio restoration specialists at London’s Abbey Road Studios. Martin’s new stereo album mix is part of all of the new ‘White Album’ releases, sourced directly from the original four-track and eight-track session tapes. Giles’ new mix is guided by the album’s original stereo mix which was produced by his father and longtime Beatles producer and mentor, George Martin.
“In remixing "The White Album," we’ve tried to bring you as close as possible to The Beatles in the studio,” writes Giles Martin in the new edition. “We’ve peeled back the layers of the ‘Glass Onion’ with the hope of immersing old and new listeners into one of the most diverse and inspiring albums ever made.”
01. Back in the U.S.S.R.
02. Dear Prudence
03. Glass Onion
04. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
05. Wild Honey Pie
06. The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
07. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
08. Happiness is a Warm Gun
09. 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
CD 2 The BEATLES (‘White Album’) 2018 Stereo Mix
01. Birthday
02. Yer Blues
03. Mother Nature’s Son
04. Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
05. Sexy Sadie
06. Helter Skelter
07. Long, Long, Long
08. Revolution I
09. Honey Pie
10. Savoy Truffle
11. Cry Baby Cry
12. Revolution 9
13. Good Night
CD 3: Esher Demos
01. Back in the U.S.S.R.
02. Dear Prudence
03. Glass Onion
04. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
05.The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
06. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
07. Happiness is a Warm Gun
08. I’m so tired
09. Blackbird
10. Piggies
11. Rocky Raccoon
12. Julia
13. Yer Blues
14. Mother Nature’s Son
15. Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
16. Sexy Sadie
17. Revolution
18. Honey Pie
19. Cry Baby Cry
20. Sour Milk Sea
21. Junk
22. Child of Nature
23. Circles
24. Mean Mr. Mustard
25. Polythene Pam
26. Not Guilty
27. What’s the New Mary Jane
CD 4: Sessions
01. Revolution I (Take 18)
02. A Beginning (Take 4) / Don’t Pass Me By (Take 7)
03. Blackbird (Take 28)
04. Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey (Unnumbered rehearsal)
05. Good Night (Unnumbered rehearsal)
06. Good Night (Take 10 with a guitar part from Take 5)
07. Good Night (Take 22)
08. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (Take 3)
09. Revolution (Unnumbered rehearsal)
10. Revolution (Take 14 – Instrumental backing track)
11. Cry Baby Cry (Unnumbered rehearsal)
12. Helter Skelter (First version – Take 2)
CD 5: Sessions
01. Sexy Sadie (Take 3)
02. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Acoustic version – Take 2)
03. Hey Jude (Take 1)
04. St. Louis Blues (Studio jam)
05. Not Guilty (Take 102)
06. Mother Nature’s Son (Take 15)
07. Yer Blues (Take 5 with guide vocal)
08. What’s the New Mary Jane (Take 1)
09. Rocky Raccoon (Take 8)
10. Back in the U.S.S.R. (Take 5 – Instrumental backing track)
11. Dear Prudence (Vocal, guitar & drums)
12. Let It Be (Unnumbered rehearsal)
13. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Third version – Take 27)
14. (You’re so Square) Baby, I Don’t Care (Studio jam)
15. Helter Skelter (Second version – Take 17)
16. Glass Onion (Take 10)
CD 6: Sessions
01. I Will (Take 13)
02. Blue Moon (Studio jam)
03. I Will (Take 29)
04. Step Inside Love (Studio jam)
05. Los Paranoias (Studio jam)
06. Can You Take Me Back? (Take 1)
07. Birthday (Take 2 – Instrumental backing track)
08. Piggies (Take 12 – Instrumental backing track)
09. Happiness is a Warm Gun (Take 19)
10. Honey Pie (Instrumental backing track)
11. Savoy Truffle (Instrumental backing track)
12. Martha My Dear (Without brass and strings)
13. Long, Long, Long (Take 44)
14. I’m so tired (Take 7)
15. I’m so tired (Take 14)
16. The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill (Take 2)
17. Why don’t we do it in the road? (Take 5)
18. Julia (Two rehearsals)
19. The Inner Light (Take 6 – Instrumental backing track)
20. Lady Madonna (Take 2 – Piano and drums)
21. Lady Madonna (Backing vocals from take 3)
22. Across the Universe (Take 6)
