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FACTORY SEALED ~ STEREOPHONIC SONG MIXES ~ 1968 UK BEATLES PSYCH LEGEND                               

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                     The BEATLES

              " The WHITE ALBUM"

     
               

                                      

            USA - Capitol Records - C1 0777 7 46443 1 0

 

= ADVANCED RELEASE PROMOTIONAL = 

HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE...STILL FACTORY SEALED (never opened / never played)

INVESTMENT ITEM will continue to spiral in value as time goes by as a SEALED PROMOTIONAL COPY!

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This is the SUPER-SOUND (remastered) limited edition pressing that was available some 30 years ago in the (now rare/expensive) roll top box set ... NEVER OPENED COPY with GOLD PROMOTIONAL STAMP on back cover. Features outstanding wide-range sound quality far surpasses the '60s release.

                              ENHANCED SUPER-SOUND PRESSING!

NOTE: We fully assume this (THICK) pressing contains the 4 PHOTOS and LARGE POSTER

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According to the Recording Industry Association of America, The White Album, recorded in 1968,  is the Beatles' best-selling album at 19-times platinum and one of the top 10 best sellers ever in the world!

Known to everyone as The White Album, this double album  is an endless reservoir of great '60s rock music. Paul produced classics such as the rollicking inspired rocker “Back in the U.S.S.R.," the fun sing along “Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da,” the whimsical tale “Rocky Raccoon” (a prime showcase for Paul's storytelling skills), several other simple but pretty pleasures ("Martha My Dear," “Blackbird” “I Will,” “Mother Nature’s Son”) that pointed the way to his more whimsical solo career, a raucous “Birthday” song (with Lennon), and the wildly frenetic “Helter Skelter,” which approached heavy metal and became infamous as one of serial killer Charles Manson’s favorite songs. Lennon was also in fine form, delivering the wonderfully laid-back “Dear Prudence,” the self-referential “Glass Onion,” the darkly moody turned doo-wop inspired “Happiness Is A Warm Gun,” which culminates with a spine-tingling falsetto finish, “I’m So Tired,” on which he sure sounds it (most memorably so), the simple but beautiful ballad “Julia” (his mother’s name, though the song was also dedicated to his new love, the widely detested Yoko Ono), the raw, stoned rocker “Yer Blues,” the equally unadorned and thoroughly crazed “Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me and My Monkey,” and “Revolution 1,” For his part, Harrison wrote “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” which towers over his three other efforts here (“Long Long Long” is also quite good), topped off by friend Eric Clapton’s monumental guitar solo. Finally, Ringo penned the catchy country/carnival song “Don’t Pass Me By” and sang the lullaby-like album closer, “Good Night.” Some of the songs are infectious and  whimsical ("Piggies" has intriguing harpsichord-led verses and a funny chorus) ...of course the acid -illusions and controversial “Revolution 9” is the height of ‘60s self-indulgence. Maybe George Martin (who has a more subtle role this time as the album features more pure Beatles and less studio trickery) had a point when he felt that this should’ve been edited into a single album, but the album's glorious sprawl is also part of what makes it so much fun. After all, ask 100 people to pare this album down to a single cd and odds are that you'll get 100 different answers, and The White Album contains some of The Beatles prettiest and hardest rocking moments on one exemplary package.

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Recorded: August 22, 1968 at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubs added August 23, 1968
John Lennon - 6-string bass, background vocal
Paul McCartney - lead vocal, lead guitar, piano, drums, background vocal
George Harrison - jazz bass, background vocal (3:57) Recorded: August 28, 1968 at Trident Studios, London, England with overdubs added August 29-30, 1968
John Lennon - lead vocal, lead guitar, tambourine, background vocal
Paul McCartney - lead vocal, bass guitar, piano, drums, flugelhorn, background vocal
George Harrison - acoustic guitar, background vocal
Mal Evans - tambourine (2:17) Recorded: September 11, 1968 at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubs added September 12, 13, 16 and October 10, 1968
John Lennon - double-tracked lead vocal, acoustic guitar
Paul McCartney - bass guitar, piano, flute
George Harrison - lead guitar
Ringo Starr - drums, tambourine
Session musicians - orchestra (3:09) Recorded: July 3, 1968 at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubs added July 4-5, 1968, a remake July 8, 1968 and more overdubbing July 11, 1968 and July 15, 1968
John Lennon - maracas, background vocal
Paul McCartney - lead vocal, bass guitar, piano
George Harrison - acoustic guitar, background vocal
Ringo Starr - drums
Session musicians - brass (1:02) Recorded: August 20, 1968 at Abbey Road, London, England
Paul McCartney - vocals, bass guitar, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, drums (3:05) Recorded: October 9, 1968 at Abbey Road, London, England
John Lennon - lead vocal, acoustic guitar, organ
Paul McCartney - bass guitar, background vocal
George Harrison - acoustic guitar, background vocal
Ringo Starr - drums, tambourine, background vocal
Yoko Ono - background vocal, harmony vocal (chorus), lead vocal ("not when he looked so fierce")
Maureen Starkey - harmony vocal (chorus)
Chris Thomas - mellotron (4:45) Recorded: July 25, 1968 at Abbey Road, London, England, remade August 16, 1968 with overdubs September 3, 1968, and remade again September 5, 1968 with overdubs September 6, 1968
John Lennon - acoustic guitar, organ, harmony vocal
Paul McCartney - bass guitar, piano, harmony vocal
George Harrison - double-tracked lead vocal, acoustic guitar, lead guitar
Ringo Starr - drums, castanets, tambourine
Eric Clapton - Gibson Les Paul lead guitar (2:44) Recorded: September 23-24, 1968 at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubs added September 25, 1968
John Lennon - lead vocal, lead guitar, tambourine, background vocal
Paul McCartney - bass guitar, background vocal
George Harrison - lead guitar, background vocal
Ringo Starr - drums (2:29) Recorded: October 4, 1968 at Trident Studios, London, England with overdubs added October 5, 1968
John Lennon - bass guitar
Paul McCartney - double-tracked lead vocal, piano
George Harrison - lead guitar
Ringo Starr - drums
Session musicians - strings, brass (2:03) Recorded: October 8, 1968 at Abbey Road, London, England
John Lennon - lead vocal, acoustic guitar, lead guitar, organ
Paul McCartney - bass guitar, harmony vocal
George Harrison - lead guitar, rhythm guitar
Ringo Starr - drums (2:18) Recorded: June 11, 1968 at Abbey Road, London, England
Paul McCartney - double-tracked lead vocal, acoustic guitar, percussion
Blackbird - bird sounds (2:05) Recorded: September 19, 1968 at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubs added September 20, 1968 and October 10, 1968
John Lennon - tape loops
Paul McCartney - bass guitar
George Harrison - lead vocal, acoustic guitar
Ringo Starr - tambourine
Chris Thomas - harpsichord
Session musicians - strings (3:41) Recorded: August 15, 1968 at Abbey Road, London, England
John Lennon - harmonica, harmonium, background vocal
Paul McCartney - lead vocal, acoustic guitar
George Harrison - bass guitar, background vocal
Ringo Starr - drums
George Martin - honky-tonk piano (3:42) Recorded: June 5, 1968 at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubs added June 6, 1968 and July 12, 1968 and an edit piece (tinkling piano intro) recorded July 22, 1968
John Lennon - acoustic guitar, tambourine
Paul McCartney - bass guitar
George Harrison - violin
Jack Fallon - violin
Ringo Starr - lead vocal, drums, piano (1:41) Recorded: October 9, 1968 at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubs added October 10, 1968
Paul McCartney - double-tracked lead vocal, bass guitar, lead guitar, piano
Ringo Starr - drums (1:47) Recorded: September 16, 1968 at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubs added September 17, 1968
Paul McCartney - double-tracked lead vocal, bass guitar, acoustic guitar
Ringo Starr - drums, bongos, maracas (2:45) Recorded: October 13, 1968 at Abbey Road, London, England
John Lennon - double-tracked lead vocal, double-tracked acoustic guitar (2:43) Recorded: September 18, 1968 at Abbey Road, London, England
John Lennon - lead guitar, background and occasional lead vocal
Paul McCartney - lead vocal, piano
George Harrison - bass guitar, tambourine
Ringo Starr - drums
Yoko Ono, Patti Harrison - chorus (4:01) Recorded: August 13, 1968 at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubs added August 14, 1968 and the 'counted intro' added August 20, 1968
John Lennon - lead vocal, lead guitar
Paul McCartney - bass guitar
George Harrison - lead guitar
Ringo Starr - drums (2:48) Recorded: August 9, 1968 at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubs added August 20, 1968
Paul McCartney - double-tracked lead vocal, acoustic guitar, bongos, timpani
Session musicians - horns (2:55) Recorded: June 27, 1968 at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubs added July 1, 1968 and July 23, 1968
John Lennon - lead vocal, lead guitar, maracas
Paul McCartney - bass guitar, background vocal
George Harrison - rhythm guitar, firebell
Ringo Starr - drums (3:15) Recorded: July 19, 1968 at Abbey Road, London, England but remade July 24, 1968 and remade again August 13, 1968 with overdubs added August 21, 1968
John Lennon - lead vocal, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, organ,
background vocal
Paul McCartney - bass guitar, piano, background vocal
George Harrison - lead guitar, background vocal
Ringo Starr - drums, tambourine (4:30) Recorded: September 9, 1968 at Abbey Road, London, England with an overdub added September 10, 1968
John Lennon - bass guitar, lead guitar, saxophone, background vocal
Paul McCartney - lead vocal, bass guitar, lead guitar
George Harrison - rhythm guitar, background vocal
Ringo Starr - drums
Mal Evans - trumpet (3:04) Recorded: October 7, 1968 at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubs added October 8-9, 1968
John Lennon - acoustic guitar
Paul McCartney - bass guitar, piano, Hammond organ
George Harrison - double-tracked lead vocal, acoustic guitar
Ringo Starr - drums (4:16) Recorded: May 30, 1968 at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubs added May 31, June 4 and June 21, 1968
John Lennon - lead vocal, guitar, harmony vocal
Paul McCartney - bass guitar, piano, harmony vocal
George Harrison - guitar, harmony vocal
Ringo Starr - drums
Session musicians - brass (2:41) Recorded: October 1, 1968 at Trident Studios, London, England with overdubs added October 2, 1968 and October 4, 1968
John Lennon - lead guitar
Paul McCartney - lead vocal, piano
George Harrison - bass guitar
Ringo Starr - drums
Fifteen session musicians - brass (2:55) Recorded: October 3, 1968 at Trident Studios, London, England with overdubs added October 5, 11 and 14, 1968
John Lennon - lead guitar
Paul McCartney - bass guitar
George Harrison - double-tracked lead vocal, lead guitar, organ
Ringo Starr - drums, tambourine
Session musicians - two baritone saxophones, four tenor saxophones (3:11) Recorded: July 16, 1968 at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubs added July 18, 1968
John Lennon - lead vocal, acoustic guitar, piano, organ
Paul McCartney - bass guitar
George Harrison - lead guitar
Ringo Starr - drums, tambourine
George Martin - harmonium (8:13) Recorded: May 30, 1968 at Abbey Road, London, England with effects added June 6, 10, 11, 20 and 21, 1968
John Lennon - voice, tape loops
Paul McCartney - piano (at the beginning)
George Harrison - voice
Ringo Starr - voice (3:12) Recorded: July 22, 1968 at Abbey Road, London, England
Ringo Starr - lead vocal
Session musicians - instrumentation, background vocals

CONDITION:  STILL FACTORY SEALED ...GOLD Capitol Records PROMOTIONAL STAMP at top right corner BACK GATEFOLD cover. Not only a unique pre-release promo but one that has never been opened ...  final collection copy & investment item in this condition. NEVER OPENED - NEVER PLAYED ... no split seams, no delete marks, no writing, and has bright original colors just as released!

                                                     

                        

      

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

 

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