Rank the White Album

in that particular post

lol okay dude.

i have 20 year recording experience myself. who are you, George Martin Jr.?

for one thing, they had an 8-track at that point

that was over at Trident studios, they used it for Hey Jude, most recording at Apple was on 4-track

The Beatles recorded "Hey Jude" and "Dear Prudence" at Trident because it had an 8-track recorder.

syncing and splicing drum takes together is totally something that engineers in lab coats could do w 8-track tape

just check Lewhisohn you are right they recorded Dear Prudence on the 8-track at Trident!

still, seems really tough to record a new drum part the replacing an old one without having it go out of sync w the rest of the song. i have tried this before.

it's a bitch, sure but 1) this is Ringo we're talking about, and 2) the Beatles were getting kinda sloppy at this point and the drum part in question is a bunch of fills and shit at the end so maintaining tempo might not have been foremost in their minds.

that being said I don't really have an opinion on whether or not it *is* Ringo, it does seem like a weird and near pointless thing to do to try and get him on the track, but I don't think it's outside the realm of possibility.

it's feasible that they left McCartney's original drum take and Ringo just added toms/percussion on top after the fact

if it was recorded to a click track they would have an easier time. the song definitely speeds up at the end though.

I have more time for Paul's tossed-off charm than any of George's lame pondering.

they did it in strawberry fields

Not taking a side either but the arguments I've heard that it's Ringo not Paul at the end of Dear Prudence basically boil down to a. Paul wasn't good enough to play that; it doesn't match his usual rudimentary style and b. there are identifiable Ringo-isms in those fills

it really doesn't make any sense at all though. Ringo quit the band bc he "felt unloved and out of it" and they send him flowers and plead to have him back saying "you're the best rock drummer, come on home" then once he's back, "psyche, just need to you do the ending on this one, don't worry about playing on the rest of the track Paul got it right for you".

it's really not that far from "Momma Miss American" imo

John might have said "Blimey Paul, the drumming at the end is a bit lump lump lump, what you think Rings?"

Not getting into the technical aspect but yeah, it would seem very weird to ask Ringo to add to the drum track some fills at the end !
by all accounts, Ringo isn't part of the recording of "Dear Prudence"...

And "Martha My Dear" is nice !
The other "worst track" on the album would be "Bungalow Bill" for me.

my worst tracks: Birthday, Yer Blues, Rocky Raccoon, Piggies, Wild Honey Pie

1. Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
2. Happiness Is a Warm Gun
3. Can You Take Me Back?
4. I Will
5. Why Don't We Do It In the Road?
6. Dear Prudence
7. Birthday
8. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
9. Revolution 1
10. Blackbird
11. Martha My Dear
12. Honey Pie
13. Good Night
14. Julia
15. Don't Pass Me By
16. Piggies
17. Cry Baby Cry
18. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
19. I'm So Tired
20. Mother Nature's Son
21. Back in the USSR
22. Long, Long, Long
23. Helter Skelter
24. Yer Blues
25. Glass Onion
26. Revolution 9
27. Savoy Truffle
28. Sexy Sadie
29. The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
30. Rocky Raccoon
31. Wild Honey Pie

apparently Paul plays flugelhorn on Dear Prudence...? I don't hear it, anyone care to point it out to me?

I can't really make it out on the full track, but you can hear it starting around 1:58 here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX4NmRqeHPs

lol what a minor detail

macca is such an incredible bass player.

and flugelhorn player

Wait, Dear Prudence is one of the songs Paul played drums on when Ringo quit, right?

Yes

I guess he's not really the best drummer in the Beatles but damn if that doesn't sound good isolated like that

Well you can totally hear where he speeds up

A flugelman moves...

I can't really make it out on the full track, but you can hear it starting around 1:58 here

Either that or a car just drove by the studio.

The Beatles‘ classic 1968 record ‘The White Album’ is set to be re-released in November to celebrate the album’s 50th anniversary.

The band’s iconic double LP – which was their ninth studio album – features such timeless tracks as ‘Back in the U.S.S.R.’, ‘Helter Skelter’ and ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’.

As well as the original tracks, 27 early acoustic demos and 50 session takes – most of which have never been officially released – will also be included in the special re-release.

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Sir Paul McCartney says of the album’s place in the Beatles’ history: “We had left Sgt. Pepper’s band to play in his sunny Elysian Fields and were now striding out in new directions without a map.”

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– Esher Demo tracks 1 through 19 sequenced in order of the finished song’s placement on ‘The White Album.’ Tracks 20-27 were not included on the album.
CDs 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, sequenced in order of their recording start dates.
Blu-ray:
– 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

Deluxe: The BEATLES (‘White Album’) 2018 stereo album mix + Esher Demos
The 3CD; 180-gram 4LP vinyl box set (limited edition); and digital audio collections pair the 2018 stereo album mix with the 27 Esher Demos.

Standard 2LP Vinyl: The BEATLES (‘White Album’) 2018 stereo mix
180-gram 2LP vinyl in gatefold sleeve with faithfully replicated original artwork

CD 1: The BEATLES (‘White Album’) 2018 Stereo Mix
Back in the U.S.S.R.
Dear Prudence
Glass Onion
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Wild Honey Pie
The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Happiness is a Warm Gun
Martha My Dear
I’m so tired
Blackbird
Piggies
Rocky Raccoon
Don’t Pass Me By
Why don’t we do it in the road?
I Will
Julia

CD 2: The BEATLES (‘White Album’) 2018 Stereo Mix
Birthday
Yer Blues
Mother Nature’s Son
Everybody’s Got Something to Hide
Except Me and My Monkey
Sexy Sadie
Helter Skelter
Long, Long, Long
Revolution I
Honey Pie
Savoy Truffle
Cry Baby Cry
Revolution 9
Good Night

CD 3: Esher Demos
Back in the U.S.S.R.
Dear Prudence
Glass Onion
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Happiness is a Warm Gun
I’m so tired
Blackbird
Piggies
Rocky Raccoon
Julia
Yer Blues
Mother Nature’s Son
Everybody’s Got Something to Hide
Except Me and My Monkey
Sexy Sadie
Revolution
Honey Pie
Cry Baby Cry
Sour Milk Sea
Junk
Child of Nature
Circles
Mean Mr. Mustard
Polythene Pam
Not Guilty
What’s the New Mary Jane

CD 4: Sessions
Revolution I (Take 18)
A Beginning (Take 4) / Don’t Pass Me By (Take 7)
Blackbird (Take 28)
Everybody’s Got Something to Hide
Except Me and My Monkey (Unnumbered rehearsal)
Good Night (Unnumbered rehearsal)
Good Night (Take 10 with a guitar part from Take 5)
Good Night (Take 22)
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (Take 3)
Revolution (Unnumbered rehearsal)
Revolution (Take 14 – Instrumental backing track)
Cry Baby Cry (Unnumbered rehearsal)
Helter Skelter (First version – Take 2)

CD 5: Sessions
Sexy Sadie (Take 3)
While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Acoustic version – Take 2)
Hey Jude (Take 1)
St. Louis Blues (Studio jam)
Not Guilty (Take 102)
Mother Nature’s Son (Take 15)
Yer Blues (Take 5 with guide vocal)
What’s the New Mary Jane (Take 1)
Rocky Raccoon (Take 8)
Back in the U.S.S.R. (Take 5 – Instrumental backing track)
Dear Prudence (Vocal, guitar & drums)
Let It Be (Unnumbered rehearsal)
While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Third version – Take 27)
(You’re so Square) Baby, I Don’t Care (Studio jam)
Helter Skelter (Second version – Take 17)
Glass Onion (Take 10)

CD 6: Sessions
I Will (Take 13)
Blue Moon (Studio jam)
I Will (Take 29)
Step Inside Love (Studio jam)
Los Paranoias (Studio jam)
Can You Take Me Back? (Take 1)
Birthday (Take 2 – Instrumental backing track)
Piggies (Take 12 – Instrumental backing track)
Happiness is a Warm Gun (Take 19)
Honey Pie (Instrumental backing track)
Savoy Truffle (Instrumental backing track)
Martha My Dear (Without brass and strings)
Long, Long, Long (Take 44)
I’m so tired (Take 7)
I’m so tired (Take 14)
The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill (Take 2)
Why don’t we do it in the road? (Take 5)
Julia (Two rehearsals)
The Inner Light (Take 6 – Instrumental backing track)
Lady Madonna (Take 2 – Piano and drums)
Lady Madonna (Backing vocals from take 3)
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)
Deluxe [3CD digipak / 180-gram 4LP vinyl box set (limited edition) / digital audio collection]
The BEATLES (‘White Album’) 2018 Stereo Mix
Esher Demos

Standard 2LP Vinyl [180-gram]
The BEATLES (‘White Album’) 2018 Stereo Mix

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