The Beatles - The Beatles (The White Album) (180g 2LP Vinyl)

Released in November 1968, The Beatles, better known as The White Album, is the band's sprawling double album of contrasts. After the shared psychedelic vision of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr pursued increasingly individual musical ideas. The result moves between intimate acoustic songs, hard rock, music-hall pastiche, blues and radical studio experimentation without losing the Beatles' gift for melody.

Much of the material took shape during the group's stay in Rishikesh, India, before recording sessions at EMI Studios in London. Producer George Martin helped bring together a remarkably diverse set of performances, even as tensions within the band became more apparent. Harrison's While My Guitar Gently Weeps features a memorable guitar contribution from Eric Clapton; McCartney's Blackbird uses a spare acoustic arrangement to striking effect; and Lennon's Dear Prudence unfolds from delicate fingerpicking into a hypnotic ensemble performance.

The opening Back in the U.S.S.R. mixes exuberant rock with affectionate musical parody, while Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da embraces a playful ska-influenced bounce. Happiness Is a Warm Gun shifts through multiple contrasting sections, Julia offers one of Lennon's most intimate performances, and Starr's Don't Pass Me By adds a distinctive country flavour. On the later sides, Helter Skelter pushes towards ferocious guitar rock, Revolution 1 slows a political anthem into a bluesy groove, and the sound collage Revolution 9 remains deliberately challenging.

Despite its stylistic extremes, the album's recurring themes of affection, unease, nostalgia and reinvention give it a unique emotional identity. This 180g double-vinyl edition, barcode 602567696865, presents the complete thirty-track album across four sides.

Supplied brand new and sealed.

Available from Heathen Records, your independent Australian online record store specialising in new and collectible vinyl.

Details

• Artist: The Beatles
• Album: The Beatles (The White Album)
• Format: 180g vinyl 2LP
• Genre: Rock / Pop / Experimental
• Original Release: 1968
• Number of Records: 2
• Tracks: 30
• Barcode: 602567696865
• Condition: Brand new & sealed

Track List:

A1 Back In The U.S.S.R.
A2 Dear Prudence
A3 Glass Onion
A4 Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
A5 Wild Honey Pie
A6 The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill
A7 While My Guitar Gently Weeps
A8 Happiness Is A Warm Gun
B1 Martha My Dear
B2 I'm So Tired
B3 Blackbird
B4 Piggies
B5 Rocky Raccoon
B6 Don't Pass Me By
B7 Why Don't We Do It In The Road
B8 I Will
B9 Julia
C1 Birthday
C2 Yer Blues
C3 Mother Nature's Son
C4 Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
C5 Sexy Sadie
C6 Helter Skelter
C7 Long, Long, Long
D1 Revolution 1
D2 Honey Pie
D3 Savoy Truffle
D4 Cry Baby Cry
D5 Revolution 9
D6 Good Night