I agree, if left to me, I would pick Take 20 as that’s how the Fabs finished the song in July 1968. I much prefer it to the more sparse Take 18. I hope Take 20 does find it way out at some point in studio quality stereo!
Played the AR 50th anniversary single vinyl last night and was shocked how dead quiet it was. I'm gonna spin the 3 lp WA 50th Anniversary set tonight. Happy belated Birthday Tinnox!
Dead quiet? You're a lucky man. I tried twice with the QRP pressed single disc AR. Whooshing sound all through the vinyl on both. I gave up. When did you get yours? Maybe a later run was better?
Been a while since I visited this thread or this version of the album... Anyway, just spinning the blu-ray and loving it mightily. It feels weirdly open and detailed, lacking in ooomph, compared to my normally preferred original mixes, but I am hearing lovely details and textures. It will never replace my first-press original mono and stereo UKs (there is something emotionally ingrained in the handling and listening experience of those) but I am now ready to appreciate Giles' work... though I will forever miss Ringo's LOUD blisters complaint lol.
I’m new to this site. Sorry ‘bout the duplicate post. Re: The White Album. I got the 50th anniversary CD Box Set. I love it, as someone else here said, I never got tired of listening to it on LP and then original CD. This is no exception. What would I have done differently on the original release? Replace Revolution 9 with Hey Jude. My favorite track? (I know, who cares?) Probably Dear Prudence. It transforms from a folkish type song to a rock song. Sometimes it plays in my mind for days on end.
Yes, they Niles changed the ending of Helier Stelter. Jarring when you’re accustomed to hearing it a certain way for 50 years.
Nice post, agree fully on DP's transformation" but disagree on Hey Jude taking the place of Rev 9. It served as a mammoth stand-alone single along with its' incredible B-side in 1968. Not only do I feel it didn't belong on The White Album atmospherically, using it to replace Rev 9 would have ruined the haunting vibe of side 4. That said, your opinion is a very popular one.
I love Revolution No. 9. Not only was it controversial due to the 'Paul is dead' rumor (Running the "Number nine" backwards can seem to sound like "Turn me on, dead man". We had a reel to reel, recorded it, and played it backwards.). But as @DK Pete posted, it's a perfect setup to the sweet and saccharine (and lovely), Goodnight. This was a time when full albums were created to be listened to in order, with album sides also a cohesive listen. In hindsight, Rev 9 is a fairly impressive sound painting, and audacious for a Beatles album at the time.
I wish I could recall how I learned about Number Nine backwards. I think I have a tape someone gave me or I made back in the early 1980s with that on it and some other things. I suppose it would have been word of mouth back then.
I was seven years old when the album came out. Pop and rock music was growing almost logarithmically. Looking back, it was astonishing.
I was 4 when it came out and that blue picture of John Lennon use to scare me. My brother told me it was him drowning in the bathtub. That was likely a year or two after it came out. Who knew it would go on to be one of my favourite albums.
My first hearing of various tracks from it was on a weeknight about a week before it came out on 77 WABC AM radio. I was transfixed by what I was hearing. I was in 6th grade at the time. Little did **I** know I'd be spending 100's of dollars for it over 50 years later for original foreign pressings.
