Beatles/White Album Recording Sessions Vol.2 1

The Beatles’ first album, released after they had completely given up on live performances and were concentrating on studio work, was “Sgt. Pepper’s.” This album, produced using a variety of dazzling sound effects, has a very lively atmosphere. The songs are great, but the album jacket is also elaborate, and the era did not keep up with the evolution and changes of the Beatles, so the interpretation of this album sparked debate in the public. LSD is a prime example of this over-interpretation. It was Paul who led this flashy “Sgt. Pepper’s.” If John was the leader of the band in the early Beatles, Paul caught up with him around Rubber Soul and Revolver, and it is clear that the musical leadership had at least shifted to Paul in “Sgt. Pepper’s.” The opening lyrics of “How Do You Sleep?”, which mocks Paul on the album “Imagine,” which mentions “Sgt. Pepper’s,” are John’s own admission that Paul was leading the band at this time. The transition from John to Paul as band leader had a subtle effect on the relationships between the members of the Beatles, who had a rock-solid unity, and it seems that the groundwork for their breakup began around this time. The album that followed Sgt. Pepper, which reflected this psychedelic era, was The Beatles, commonly known as the White Album. During this period, the Beatles established Apple Records, and their first self-label release was released. They also stayed in India to seek philosophical meaning and seek the teachings of the Maharishi, and most of the songs on the White Album were written during this stay in India. The stay in India was from February to April 1968. Then, after returning to the UK, all the members gathered at George’s house in May to record demos. The recordings from this time are called the Esher Demos. Based on these demos, full-scale recording began in June. The White Album was the Beatles’ first double album. As if in reaction to the extravagant previous album “Sgt. Pepper’s,” the album jacket is all white with the band name embossed and numbered, which is even simpler than this. The album title itself is simply “THE BEATLES,” whereas the previous album had a long fictitious band name. “The White Album,” which contrasts with the previous album, was released in November 1968 and was a huge success in terms of sales. As mentioned earlier, the shift in musical leadership from John to Paul was the foundation for the breakup of The Beatles, but in fact, during this period, Ringo boycotted recording and did not come to the studio, and recordings were not always done with all four members, and the seeds of the breakup can be felt everywhere in the episodes of “The White Album.” As part of this, when criticizing this album, the opinion is made that this is not a band album but a collection of solo songs. Indeed, in a sense, that is not wrong. The reason why it was a double album, which was disadvantageous in terms of sales, was because each member refused to leave out their own songs, even though George Martin suggested condensing the content and making it into a single album. Paul did not hide his dislike for “Revolution 9”, but the fact that his opinion to refuse to include it was not accepted shows the unstable balance of human relationships within the band. However, even in such a state, there is no doubt that the White Album is great. In fact, many fans say that this album is their favorite. Paul said this in an interview. “People say that this album has no context and is a collection of solo songs, but it’s The Beatles’ White Album. Shut up!” This work contains the session recordings of this White Album. It will be an unparalleled monumental work with an unprecedented volume and many first-time recordings. There have been many titles that have contained White Album session recordings in the past, but this work not only covers the previously recorded sources, but also contains many first-time recordings that no one has ever heard before. DISC ONE JULIA May 1968 01. Demo 02. Demo Tape copying August, 1968 KENWOOD DEMO SESSION 03. Rehearsal 04. Basic Take instrumental 05. Overdub Take 1 06. Demo playback 1 07. Overdub Take 2 08. Demo playback 2 BONUS TRACK 09. Stereo Demo October 13, 8 10. Rehearsal 1 11. Rehearsal 2 12. Take 2 13. Take 3 14. Take 3 SI (5.1. mix) 15. Take 3 extra vocal SI (5.1 mix) BIRTHDAY September 18, 1968 16. Take 1 (fragment) 17. Take 2 18. Unknown Take fragment MULTITRACKS 19. Take 20 organ S.I. 20. Take 20 maracas SI 21. Drums 22. Guitars 23. Bass SI 24. Tambourine, Piano, handclaps SI 25. Vocals SI 26. Take 22 27. Instrumental 28. RM 1 Acetate 29. Advance Acetate Rough Mix YER BLUES May 1968 30. Demo 31. Demo Tape copying August 13, 1968 32. Take 5 W/Rough vocal guide 33. Jam DISC TWO YER BLUES August 14, 1968 01. Vocals, Bass & extra Drum August 20, 1968 02. RM3 Acetate 03. Unreleased Mix 04. Advance Acetate Rough Mix MOTHER NATURE’S SON May 1968 05. Demo 06. Demo tape copying August 9, 1968 07. Take 2 08. Take unknown 09. Take 15 August 20, 1968 5.1 MIXES 10. Vocals 11. Brass 12. Bass Drum & 2nd guitar 13. RM8 14. Advance Acetate Rough Mix EVERYBODY’S GOT SOMETHING TO HIDE EXCEPT ME AND MY MONKEY May 1968 15. Demo 16. Demo tape copying June 26, 1968 17. Rehearsal June 27, 1968 18. Take 6 July 23, 1968 5.1 MIXES 19. Basic Vocals 20. All Vocals and Bass 21. Guitars UP 22. Drums and Bells UP 23. RM4 24. RM5 25. Acetate Advance Rough Mix DISC THREE SEXY SADIE May 1968 01. Demo 02. Demo tape copying July 19, 1968 03. Take 3 04. Take 6 05. Fuck a Duckie 06. Take unknown 07. Brian Epstein’s Blues 08. Jam 09. Who the Fuck 10. Take 21 play back July 24, 1968 11. Session fragment 12. Take 28 breakdown 13. Session fragment 2 August 21, 1968 14. Take 117 RM5 15. Advance Acetate Rough Mix EXTRAS 5.1. MIXES 16. Vocals, Bass & organ 17. Backing Vocals 18. Lead Guitar UP 19. Second Guitar 20. Drums , Bass and Piano UP HELTER SKELTER July 18, 1968 VERSION 1 21. Take 2 September 9, 1968 VERSION 2 22. Session Chat 1 23. Session Chat 2 24. Session Chat 3 25. Session Chat 4 26. (You’re So Square) Baby I Don’t Care 27. Take 17 28. Take 18 fragment + Take 19 29. Take 21 September 10, 1968 OVERDUBS 30. Bass SI with vocal guide 31. Guitar and Drums SI 32. Take 21 w/SI DISC FOUR HELTER SKELTER September 10, 1968 OVERDUBS 01. Paul Vocal 02. Backing Vocals 1 03. Backing Vocals 2 04. Take 21 MULTITRACK 05. Drums 06. Guitars 07. All Vocals September 17, 1968 08. RM1 Acetate 09. Acetate Advance Rough Mix LONG LONG LONG October 7, 1968 10. Session Chat 1 11. Session Chat 2 12. Session Chat 3 13. Session Chat 4 14. Take 44/Gathering October 7, 8 & 9, 1968 TAKE 67 OVERDUBS 5.1. MIXES 15. Main Vocal 16. Second Vocal SI 17. George & Paul backings SI 18. Guitar and organ 19. Bass and Drums REVOLUTION 1 May 1968 20. Demo 21. Demo tape copying May 30, 1968 22. Take 18 23. Take 18 isolated