The Beatles (The White Album)
UK Release: November 22, 1968
Apple Records PMC 7067-8 (Mono) ● PCS 7067-8 (Stereo)
US Release: November 25, 1968
Apple Records SWBO 101 (Stereo Only)
Produced by: George Martin
Side One
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Back in the U.S.S.R.
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Dear Prudence
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Glass Onion
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Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
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Wild Honey Pie
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The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
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While My Guitar Gently Weeps
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Happiness Is a Warm Gun
Side Two
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Martha My Dear
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I'm So Tired
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Blackbird
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Piggies
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Rocky Raccoon
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Don't Pass Me By
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Why Don't We Do It in the Road?
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I Will
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Julia
Side Three
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Birthday
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Yer Blues
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Mother Nature's Son
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Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
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Sexy Sadie
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Helter Skelter
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Long, Long, Long
Side Four
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Revolution 1
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Honey Pie
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Savoy Truffle
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Cry Baby Cry
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Revolution 9
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Good Night
Additional Musicians:
• Eric Clapton – lead guitar on “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”
• Mal Evans – backing vocals and handclaps on “Dear Prudence”, handclaps on “Birthday”, trumpet on “Helter Skelter”
• Jack Fallon – violin on “Don't Pass Me By”
• Pattie Harrison – backing vocals on “Birthday”
• Jackie Lomax – backing vocals and handclaps on “Dear Prudence”
• Maureen Starkey – backing vocals on “The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill”
• Yoko Ono – backing vocals, lead vocals and handclaps on “The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill”, backing vocals on “Birthday”, speech, tapes and sound effects on “Revolution 9”
Session Musicians:
• Ted Barker – trombone on “Martha My Dear”
• Leon Calvert – trumpet and flugelhorn on “Martha My Dear”
• Henry Datyner, Eric Bowie, Norman Lederman and Ronald Thomas – violin on “Glass Onion”
• Bernard Miller, Dennis McConnell, Lou Soufier and Les Maddox – violin on “Martha My Dear”
• Reginald Kilby – cello on “Glass Onion” and “Martha My Dear”
• Eldon Fox – cello on “Glass Onion”
• Frederick Alexander – cello on “Martha My Dear”
• Harry Klein – saxophone on “Savoy Truffle” and “Honey Pie”
• Dennis Walton, Ronald Chamberlain, Jim Chest and Rex Morris – saxophone on “Honey Pie”
• Raymond Newman and David Smith – clarinet on “Honey Pie”
• Art Ellefson, Danny Moss and Derek Collins – tenor sax on “Savoy Truffle”
• Ronnie Ross and Bernard George – baritone sax on “Savoy Truffle”
• Alf Reece – tuba on “Martha My Dear”
• The Mike Sammes Singers – backing vocals on “Good Night”
• Stanley Reynolds and Ronnie Hughes – trumpet on “Martha My Dear”
• Chris Shepard – stumpf fiddle on “The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill”
• Tony Tunstall – French horn on “Martha My Dear”
• John Underwood and Keith Cummings – viola on “Glass Onion”
• Leo Birnbaum and Henry Myerscough – viola on “Martha My Dear”
Officially titled, The Beatles, but known as The White Album (for obvious reasons). The album hit #1 in Australia, Canada, France, Norway, Germany, the U.K. and the U.S. The White Album even hit #4 in Japan in 1987 when the CDs were released and returned to the U.S. Billboard Top 10 in 2009 with the remasters when it hit #7. And as of now, The Beatles' White Album has been reported to sell over 9 million copies just in the U.S. alone.
"Hey Jude" and its B-Side, "Revolution" were recorded during these sessions. Also recorded for the album, George Harrison's "Not Guilty" - which was re-recorded for his 1979 album, George Harrison. The original session recording was made available on The Beatles' Anthology 3 and Anthology Highlights.
Most notable: The White Album is the first Beatles album to be released on their newly formed Apple Records.