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New Mixes by Giles Martin!
The White Album celebrates its 50th Anniversary with Super Deluxe Edition 6CD & Blu-ray Audio Box Set!
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rated 29/500!
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 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 stereo and 5.1 surround audio.
"Everything we know about the White Album is about to change. The Beatles’ 1968 masterpiece has always been the deepest mystery in their story—their wildest, strangest, most experimental, most brilliant music. But as it turns out, the White Album is even weirder than anyone realized...
"Part of the White Album mystique is all the drama that went into it—the arguments and bad vibes are the stuff of legend. So the big shock is all the humor, excitement, and camaraderie on display in the new set. Case in point: a previously unknown version of “Good Night” where John, Paul, George and Ringo all harmonize over folk guitar. As Martin admits, “You listen to them sing together and ask, ‘This is the White Album?...”
"The Deluxe and Super Deluxe Editions finally unveil the Esher demos, which hardcore Beatle freaks have been clamoring to hear for years. In May 1968, just back from India, the group gathered at George’s bungalow in Esher (pronounced “Ee-sher”) to tape unplugged versions of the new songs they’d already stockpiled for the new album. Over the next days, working together or solo, they busked 27 songs. The tapes sat in a suitcase in George’s house for years. Seven tracks came out on Anthology 3; others have never been released in any Beatle version, including John’s “Child of Nature” and George’s “Sour Milk Sea.” The Esher tapes alone make this collection essential, with a fresh homemade intimacy that’s unique. Martin says, “They’re rough takes, but spiritually, the performances stand on their own.”
"Of course, the essence of the White Album is that everyone hears it differently—including the Beatles themselves. They clashed over what to include, what to leave out, whether it should have been edited down to a single record. (Years later, in the Anthology documentary, they were still arguing over it.) This edition will fire up those arguments. But even for fans who know the original album inside out, it’s a whole new experience—one that will permanently change how we think and talk about the Beatles." - rollingstone.com
"Simply astonishing...The original double was heroic, but this takes one of their most adventurous (if fractious) albums to new heights. The Esher Demos, predating the 1990s 'unplugged' trend, show the group at work, with casual, acoustic versions of familiar tracks, as well as reams of unreleased material, eg, their take on Jackie Lomax's 'Sour Milk Sea'. In a season full of truly astounding box-sets, especially this month, it was hard choosing a 'winner' - but this it must be." - Ken Kessler, HiFi News Album Choice, May 2019
Features:
• Numbered, Limited Edition
• Super Deluxe Edition
• 6CD + Blu-Ray Audio Box Set
• CD 1 & 2: 2018 stereo album mix
• CD 3: Esher demos
• CD 4, 5 & 6: Sessions (50 additional recordings, most previously unreleased, from White Album studio sessions; all newly mixed from the four-track and eight-track session tapes)
• New mixes by Giles Martin
• 5.1 Surround Sound, Mono & Stereo Hi-res Mixes
• 168-page hardback book
• Poster
• 4 art cards
Blu-Ray Audio Features:
• 2018 album mix in high resolution PCM stereo
• 2018 DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 album mix
• 2018 Dolby True HD 5.1 album mix
• 2018 direct transfer of the album's original mono mix
• Made in Germany
Selections:
CD One:
The BEATLES (White Album) 2018 Stereo Mix
1. Back In The U.S.S.R.
2. Dear Prudence
3. Glass Onion
4. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
5. Wild Honey Pie
6. The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill
7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
8. Happiness Is A Warm Gun
9. 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 Two:
The BEATLES (White Album) 2018 Stereo Mix
1. Birthday
2. Yer Blues
3. Mother Nature's Son
4. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
5. Sexy Sadie
6. Helter Skelter
7. Long, Long, Long
8. Revolution I
9. Honey Pie
10. Savoy Truffle
11. Cry Baby Cry
12. Revolution 9
13. Good Night
CD Three:
Esher Demos
1. Back In The U.S.S.R.
2. Dear Prudence
3. Glass Onion
4. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
5. The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill
6. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
7. Happiness Is A Warm Gun
8. I'm so tired
9. 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 Four:
Sessions
1. Revolution I (Take 18)
2. A Beginning (Take 4) / DonÂ’t Pass Me By (Take 7)
3. Blackbird (Take 28)
4. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey (Unnumbered Rehearsal)
5. Good Night (Unnumbered Rehearsal)
6. Good Night (Take 10 with a guitar part from Take 5)
7. Good Night (Take 22)
8. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (Take 3)
9. Revolution (Unnumbered Rehearsal)
10 Revolution (Take 14 – Instrumental Backing Track)
11. Cry Baby Cry (Unnumbered Rehearsal)
12. Helter Skelter (First Version – Take 2)
CD Five:
Sessions
1. Sexy Sadie (Take 3)
2. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Acoustic Version – Take 2)
3. Hey Jude (Take 1)
4. St. Louis Blues (Studio Jam)
5. Not Guilty (Take 102)
6. Mother Nature's Son (Take 15)
7. Yer Blues (Take 5 with Guide Vocal)
8. What's The New Mary Jane (Take 1)
9. 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 Six:
Sessions
1. I Will (Take 13)
2. Blue Moon (Studio Jam)
3. I Will (Take 29)
4. Step Inside Love (Studio Jam)
5. Los Paranoias (Studio Jam)
6. Can You Take Me Back? (Take 1)
7. Birthday (Take 2 – Instrumental Backing Track)
8. Piggies (Take 12 – Instrumental Backing Track)
9. 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)
Blu-Ray:
The BEATLES (White Album)
Audio Features:
• PCM Stereo (2018 Stereo Mix)
• DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (2018)
• Dolby True HD 5.1 (2018)
• Mono (2018 Direct Transfer of The White Album Original Mono Mix)
