50th Anniversary all things Beatles White Album

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by tinnox, Feb 8, 2018.

  1. Joel1963

    Joel1963 Senior Member

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    I love the album, but the knowledge there was tension behind the scenes makes the album have a jagged edginess for me I don't perceive in the other LPs, including Let It Be.
     
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  2. Gila

    Gila Forum Resident

    Yeah that's a good point, as both discs are 46 and 47 minutes long, maybe shortening them to 39-40 minutes each is feasible. But what would you drop? Everybody's answer to that would be different.

    Then again, the dropped 13-14 minutes could be added to other 1968 tracks: Hey Jude, Revolution (single version), Lady Madonna, Hey Bulldog, Across the Universe, The Inner Light and Not Guilty (all together 26-27 minutes), which would make a nice ~40 min lengthfor another "LP". Hmm. Wait, this borders on "make WA a triple album" thing, isn't it.
     
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  3. alexpop

    alexpop Power pop + other bad habits....

    LP surely.
     
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  4. tinnox

    tinnox Senior Member Thread Starter

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    I am up for a triple LP I would not cut anything because at that point if it was cut down everyone would be talking about adding those songs to the album.
     
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  5. marklamb

    marklamb Forum Resident

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    London Beatles tour guide Richard Porter reports he was told from an insider that Giles Martin has been working on the Deluxe White Album at Abbey Road since the first of the year. I sure hope that's indeed the case!
     
  6. Ern

    Ern Senior Member

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    Like Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane were included on the Sgt. Pepper's deluxe, Hey Jude / Revolution will definitely be included, since they were recorded during the White Album sessions.
     
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  7. Ern

    Ern Senior Member

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  8. jfire

    jfire Forum Resident

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    I've always loved Paul's demo of that one.
     
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  9. tinnox

    tinnox Senior Member Thread Starter

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  10. Vinyl Socks

    Vinyl Socks The Buzz Driver

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    It certainly could have done with a whole new track arrangement.
    NO "Revolution 9".
    JOHN singing "Good Night"
    "Lady Madonna"
    "Hey Bulldog"
    NO "Bungalow Bill"
    "Across the Universe"
    NO DEAR PRUDENCE-just kidding!
     
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  11. Ern

    Ern Senior Member

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    You have plenty of pictures on the page.
     
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  12. Mike Visco

    Mike Visco Forum Resident

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    Personal Wish List:
    The first electric version of While My Guitar Gently Weeps, a clean studio version (if feasible) of Revolution video (fast doo wops), Revolution Take 20, clean Kinfauns Circles, Sour Milk Sea and Child of Nature. John singing Good Night, but I don't think it still exists.
     
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  13. Mike Visco

    Mike Visco Forum Resident

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    Here is one thing I have not heard anyone suggest yet: Back in the USSR with Ringo 2018 on drums....and no Jim Keltner!!!!!!!
     
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  14. tinnox

    tinnox Senior Member Thread Starter

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    Never enough
     
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  15. The Ole' Rocker

    The Ole' Rocker Forum Resident

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    This would have made a good single album bridging “The Beatles” and “Magical Mystery Tour (U.S.)” or “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.” I would call it “Across The Universe,” and it might have been released in the spring of 1968.

    Side One:

    1. Only A Northern Song
    2. All Together Now
    3. Hey Bulldog
    4. You Know My Name, Look Up The Number
    5. It’s All Too Much

    Side Two:

    1. Lady Madonna
    2. The Inner Light
    3. Carnival of Light
    4. Across The Universe
     
  16. DmitriKaramazov

    DmitriKaramazov Senior Member

    My Dad was kind enough to buy this album for me, the week it came out. I believe we got it at a new Target store!
     
  17. tinnox

    tinnox Senior Member Thread Starter

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    Do you still have the vinyl
     
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  18. tinnox

    tinnox Senior Member Thread Starter

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    Definitely a connection I really like this version and I like how it’s like an extended jam
     
  19. Psychedelic Good Trip

    Psychedelic Good Trip Beautiful Psychedelic Colors Everywhere

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    Just sharing this old video. I'll give this 2009 stereo cd a spin tonight.



     
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  20. tinnox

    tinnox Senior Member Thread Starter

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    Listening to Faces OOH LA LA now up next White Album mono
     
  21. Psychedelic Good Trip

    Psychedelic Good Trip Beautiful Psychedelic Colors Everywhere

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  22. AFOS

    AFOS Forum Resident

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    The album version was released as a single in Australia and was a number one
     
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  23. AFOS

    AFOS Forum Resident

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    Mentioned this elsewhere but IMO the non inclusion of OANS is tied to band politics and related to the non inclusion of "Carnival Of Light"
     
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  24. Glenn Christense

    Glenn Christense Foremost Beatles expert... on my block

    I've posted this before because there have been about a zillion White Album threads previously but..
    In Rolling Stone magazine ( actually newspaper at that time ) long before the album was released Paul talked to them briefly while they were recording the album.

    At that point he mentioned it might end up as one album, two albums or a triple album. They apparently weren't sure at that point.

    So , I suppose they would have given George Martin and the EMI suits strokes if the Beatles had insisted on releasing a triple album. :D
    Realistically it probably would never have happened but it's fun that at one point a triple album hadn't been ruled out .

    Also, I subscribed to the Beatles Book Monthly magazine, and it was highly annoying when Mal Evans mentioned the song titles recorded but left OFF the album. It was a tantalizing tease because the tracks didn't get bootlegged for years. :realmad: :D
     
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  25. AFOS

    AFOS Forum Resident

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