![]() ![]() Principal Engineers: Ken Scott & Geoff Emerick The soundtrack LP featured four new Beatles songs and was in the shops eight weeks after the release of The Beatles … Pepper, no singles were released from ‘The White Album’ in the UK and USA during the sixties.Īmid the sessions for The Beatles, the animated film Yellow Submarine was given its UK premiere on 17th July. In the USA, it topped the chart for nine weeks and stayed in the album chart for an initial run of 65 weeks. ![]() It entered the UK chart at number one and remained there for a total of eight of the 22 weeks it was listed. There were four glossy colour photographs of the individual Beatles and a large fold-out poster displaying a photo collage on one side and lyrics on the other.ĭespite being an expensive double album, The Beatles was a huge seller. However, in contrast to this minimalist look, some generous inserts were slipped alongside the records. Early copies also had an individual number stamped on the front. The outside of the sleeve was completely white with the only lettering consisting of ‘The Beatles’ embossed on the front and also printed on the spine with the catalogue number. Pepper or Magical Mystery Tour were immediately overturned. It was the first Beatles record to be pressed with the Apple label and the Parlophone imprint was also replaced for the two LP discs comprising The Beatles.Īny expectations of a cover to rival the vivid artwork of Sgt. Two songs from this period were released as a single on 30th August, 1968 – ‘Hey Jude’ and ‘Revolution’. They began recording these new songs at Abbey Road on 30th May and studio work occupied most of their time until the final session on 16 October. Soon after it was recorded, the Beatles flew to Rishikesh, India for several weeks of meditation with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and they enjoyed a prolific period of song writing at this remote location. The first music of the year came in March with the arrival of their seventeenth single ‘Lady Madonna’. The Beatles released 34 new tracks in 1968 – returning to the high level of productivity they had maintained from 1963 to 1965. The double-LP was issued on the fifth anniversary of the release of their second album With The Beatles – 22nd November, 1968. ![]() The group’s ninth album in the UK was called simply The Beatles but quickly became better known as ‘The White Album’. ![]()
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