McCARTNEY Photo Archive 39 : Beatles 1968 White Album Session

This photo has been posted a couple of times on this thread:



It seems to me that it must be from the "Martha My Dear" session (4th October, '68 at Trident). The Tuba being one of six horn players listed for that session.

That puts George on guitar and I suspect Ringo is on drums too (he and the strings being out of shot).

Lewisohn says that guitar and bass were overdubbed by Paul on 5th October so perhaps George's guitar was wiped (or maybe he didn't even play on the recorded take). I wonder if maybe there is some George guitar on it though - the first time guitar appears it sounds like two parts perhaps (one buried beneath the overdub).

So, maybe:

4th Oct:
Paul, Ringo and George laid down the backing live with the strings and horns (1 take)
Paul, wiping the rough vocal, overdubbed new vocals and handclaps (doubled on two separate tracks - not just ADT)

5th Oct
Paul overdubs bass and electric guitar

It would seem odd to me not to have Ringo on drums for the master take - sounds like him if you ask me.

There no record of a drum overdub, right?

 

Don't you wish they would have made a movie about making the White Album instead of Let It Be ?

 

Not instead of, in addition to.

 

Of course, that's presumably the string section beyond the horns behind the screens (I see a cello case there).

Presumably, Ringo would be below the control room window (through which this photo was taken, I assume).

Are there any other photos with Ringo set up below the control room window at Trident?

 

" Yoko's in #3 right now adding her backing vocal to "Don't Pass Me By."

 

Mal Evans had this to say on The Beatles Monthly Book nº 64 of November 1968:

 

For the people who have the Beatles deluxe hard back book from the vinyl edition, can someone scan these photos with good quality? Thanks

This one of George and Paul:

And, not related to the White Album, but from 1968 too, these two:

 

If someone knows the day these photos were taken with Stan Gortikov, president of Capitol Records at the time, we have the date and the song they were working on this session:
http://www.meetthebeatlesforreal.com/2013/08/the-core-of-apple.html

 

Thanks everybody for these priceless photos from WA sessions!

 

Looks a bit tense; is this from the Across the Universe session?

 

Looks like post-Rishikesh to me...John doesn't have the giant sideburns he had in Feb '68, and George has a mustache (he was clean shaven in Feb '68). Also, I believe that's Francie Schwartz behind George, which would date this to spring/summer '68.

 

Revolution 1 session, 4 June 1968

 

No worries...they'll all appear in the booklet that comes with the super deluxe White Album package; including a newly remixed stereo version and session outtakes galore.. Coming soon to a dream near you.

 

Wow! Will it be in 2017?