Product Description
The Beatles, who pulled out of all the live activities and focused on studio work, first released “Sargent Peppers”. Produced with a variety of sound effects, this album has a very lively atmosphere. Not only the music but also the album and jacket are elaborate, and the times can not keep up with the evolution and change of the Beatles, and the public drew controversy over the interpretation of this album. LSD etc. will be the best of the deep reading. It was Paul who led such a flashy “Sargent Peppers”. If John led the band as a leader in the early Beatles, Paul caught up with rubber souls and revolvers, and in ‘Sargent Peppers’ it’s clear that at least the musical initiative has shifted to Paul . The words “Sargent Peppers” appear in the lyrics at the beginning of “How Do You Sleep?” That beat Paul from the album “Imagine”, but John himself acknowledged that Paul was leading the band at this time. It is The band leader’s transition from John to Paul has a subtle effect on the relationships among the members of the Beatles who boast a solid unity, and it seems that the foundation for breaking up began from around this time.
The next album of Sargent Peppers reflecting this psychedelic era is The Beatles, commonly known as a white album. The Beatles set up Apple Records for the first time with its own label. He also stayed in India to ask Maharishi’s teachings for philosophical meaning, and most of the songs recorded on the white album were written when he was in India. This stay in India is from February to April 1968. And as early as May after returning to the UK, all the members gathered at George’s home to do a demo recording. The sound source at this time is called an Esher demo. Based on this demo sound source, full-scale recording starts in June.
The White Album is the Beatles’ first double album. The album jacket is more simple, with only the white band embossed and white banded and numbered, as if it were a reaction to the gorgeous previous work “Surgent Peppers”. The album title itself is simply “THE BEATLES” whereas the previous work was a fictional long band name. The “White Album” was released in November 1968, in contrast to the previous work, and has achieved great sales success. It was mentioned earlier that the transfer of musical leadership from John to Paul was the foundation of the Beatles dissolution, but in fact, at this time, Apple did not boycott recording and did not come to the studio, or the recording was not always carried out by four people. It’s not like that, and it seems like the episode of “White Album” seems like the sprouting of dissolution breaks up. As a part of it, when criticizing this album, it is argued that this is not a band’s album but a collection of solo songs. I see, that is not a mistake. The fact that it became a salesally disadvantageous double album in the first place is that each member refused to neglect his own song despite George Martin’s proposal to condense the contents into a single album. is there. Paul did not seek to hide his aversion to “Revolution 9”, but where there was no opinion rejecting the recording, a glimpse of the unstable balance of human relationships in a subtle band. However, even in such a situation, there will be no objection to the wonder of “White Album”. Many of the fans actually like this album the most. Paul says this in an interview: “It is said that this album has no context or is a collection of solo songs, but it’s the Beatles white album. It’s shut up!”
(DISC ONE)
JULIA
May 1968
01. Demo
02. Demo Tape copying
August, 1968
KENWOOD DEMO SESSION
03. Rehearsal
04. Basic Take instrumental
05. Overdub Take 1
06. Demo playback 1
07. Overdub Take 2
08. Demo playback 2
BONUS TRACK
09. Stereo Demo
October 13, 1968
10. Rehearsal 1
11. Rehearsal 2
12. Take 2
13. Take 3
14. Take 3 SI (5.1. mix)
15. Take 3 extra vocal SI (5.1 mix)
BIRTHDAY
September 18, 1968
16. Take 1 (fragment)
17. Take 2
18. Unknown Take fragment
MULTITRACKS
19. Take 20 organ SI
20. Take 20 maracas SI
21. Drums
22. Guitars
23. Bass SI
24. Tambourine, Piano, handclaps SI
25. Vocals SI
26. Take 22
27. Instrumental
28. RM 1 Acetate
29. Advance Acetate Rough Mix
YER BLUES
May 1968
30. Demo
31. Demo Tape copying
August 13, 1968
32. Take 5 W/Rough vocal guide
33. Jam
(DISC TWO)
YER BLUES
August 14, 1968
01. Vocals, Bass & extra Drum
August 20, 1968
02. RM3 Acetate
03. Unreleased Mix
04. Advance Acetate Rough Mix
MOTHER NATURE’S SON
May 1968
05. Demo
06. Demo tape copying
August 9, 1968
07. Take 2
08. Take unknown
09. Take 15
August 20, 1968
5.1 MIXES
10. Vocals
11. Brass
12. Bass Drum & 2nd guitar
13. RM8
14. Advance Acetate Rough Mix
EVERYBODY’S GOT SOMETHING TO HIDE EXCEPT ME AND MY MONKEY
May 1968
15. Demo
16. Demo tape copying
June 26, 1968
17. Rehearsal
June 27, 1968
18. Take 6
July 23, 1968
5.1 MIXES
19. Basic Vocals
20. All Vocals and Bass
21. Guitars UP
22. Drums and Bells UP
23. RM4
24. RM5
25. Acetate Advance Rough Mix
(DISC THREE)
SEXY SADIE
May 1968
01. Demo
02. Demo tape copying
July 19, 1968
03. Take 3
04. Take 6
05. Fuck a Duckie
06. Take unknown
07. Brian Epstein’s Blues
08. Jam
09. Who the Fuck
10. Take 21 playback
July 24, 1968
11. Session fragment
12. Take 28 breakdown
13. Session fragment 2
August 21, 1968
14. Take 117 RM5
15. Advance Acetate Rough Mix
EXTRAS 5.1. MIXES
16. Vocals, Bass & organ
17. Backing Vocals
18. Lead Guitar UP
19. Second Guitar
20. Drums, Bass and Piano UP
HELTER SKELTER
July 18, 1968 VERSION 1
21. Take 2
September 9, 1968 VERSION 2
22. Session Chat 1
23. Session Chat 2
24. Session Chat 3
25. Session Chat 4
26. (You’re So Square) Baby I Don’t Care
27. Take 17
28. Take 18 fragment + Take 19 intro
29. Take 21
September 10, 1968
OVERDUBS
30. Bass SI with vocal guide
31. Guitar and Drums SI
32. Take 21 w/SI
(DISC FOUR)
HELTER SKELTER
September 10, 1968
OVERDUBS
01. Paul Vocal
02. Backing Vocals 1
03. Backing Vocals 2
04. Take 21
MULTITRACK
05. Drums
06. Guitars
07. All Vocals
September 17, 1968
08. RM1 Acetate
09. Acetate Advance Rough Mix
LONG LONG LONG
October 7, 1968
10. Session Chat 1
11. Session Chat 2
12. Session Chat 3
13. Session Chat 4
14. Take 44/Gathering Gesturing
October 7, 8 & 9, 1968
TAKE 67 OVERDUBS 5.1. MIXES
15. Main Vocal
16. Second Vocal SI
17. George & Paul backings SI
18. Guitar and organ
19. Bass and Drums
REVOLUTION 1
May 1968
20. Demo
21. Demo tape copying
May 30, 1968
22. Take 18
23. Take 18 isolated
(DISC FIVE)
REVOLUTION 1
June 4, 1968
01. Take 20 playback 1
02. Take 20 playback 2
03. Take 20 playback 3
04. Jam (tape breaks)
05. Jam & Tuning (continuation)
06. Tuning & dialogue
07. Jam
08. Jam
09. Jam (tape breaks)
10. Overdub Rehearsal
11. Overdub onto Take 20
12. Take 20 playback 4
13. Jam
14. Jam/It’s Fine (Yoko)
15. Jam (continuation)
16. Jam (continuation)
17. Jam (continuation)
18. Take 20 playback 5
19. Playback continuation
20. Playback continuation
21. Overdub onto Take 20
22. Lady Madonna/Overdub onto Take 20
23. Overdub onto Take 20
24. Overdub onto Take 20
25. Overdub continuation
26. Jam
27. Jam (continuation)
28. Jam (continuation)
29. Take 20 playback & overdub
30. Tuning
31. Dialogue
32. Dialogue continuation
33. Take 20 playback 7
34. Playback continuation
35. Dialogue
36. Dialogue/ Tape Loop
37. Tape Loop
38. Dialogue
39. RM1 from Take 20 (partial)
40. RM1 from Take 20 (complete)
(DISC SIX)
REVOLUTION 1
June 21, 1968
5.1 MIXES
01. Take 22 SI onto 20
02. Take 22 Guitar Overdub
03. Take 22 Backing Vocals & Brass
04. Take 22 Vocal SI
05. Take 22 Alternate Mix
HONEY PIE
May 1968
06. Demo
October 2 & 4, 1968
07. Lead Vocal and Guitar SI (5.1 mix)
08. Brass (5.1 mix)
09. Instrumental Track
SAVOY TRUFFLE
October 5, 1968
10. Backing Track (partial)
October 11, 1968
11. Full backing track w/SI
5.1 MIXES
12. Basic Track
13. Backing vocals & Brass
14. No Brass mix
15. Dry Drum Track
16. Instrumental w/Backing vocals
December 67 – January 68
JOHN HOME DEMOS COMPOSING TAPE
17. Guitar Tuning & Jamming
18. Cry Baby Cry
19. Piano Tuning & Jamming
20. Improvisation
21. Cry Baby Cry #1
22. Cry Baby Cry #2 – Across The Universe
23. Nothing But Hold Tight
24. She Can’t Talk to Me (Hey Bulldog) #1
25. She Can’t Talk to Me (Hey Bulldog) #2
26. Set Me Free
27. Across The Universe #2
28. She’s Walking Past My Door
29. You know My Name
CRY BABY CARY
May 1968
30. Demo
31. Demo Tape Copying