THE BEATLES – THE WHITE ALBUM 2LP – Nr MINT/EXC+ UK ORIG NUMBERED TOP OPENING STEREO

The Beatles – The White Album
(Apple Records  1968  PCS7067/8  Stereo)
UK Pressing – Top Opening
Numbered on front: 0462474
1st Press

G&L Top Opening Embossed Gatefold Sleeve in Excellent condition
– some discolouration, mainly along top edge – a few small marks – back cover has a few scratch marks
Poster in Nr MINT- condition
first fold on right has tiny split and small discolouration mark
Original Black inner sleeves in Excellent+ condition
The 4 band member photos in Nr MINT condition
– Photos have blank sheet on top to protect them – I imagine this is original

Double Vinyl in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from some light pops/crackles)

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. With members John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they became widely regarded as the foremost and most influential act of the rock era. Rooted in skiffle, beat and 1950s rock and roll, the Beatles later experimented with several musical styles, ranging from pop ballads and Indian music to psychedelia and hard rock, often incorporating classical elements and unconventional recording techniques in innovative ways. In 1963 their enormous popularity first emerged as “Beatlemania”, and as the group’s music grew in sophistication in subsequent years, led by primary songwriters Lennon and McCartney, they came to be perceived as an embodiment of the ideals shared by the counterculture of the 1960s.

The Beatles is the ninth official album by English rock group the Beatles, a double album released in 1968. It is also commonly known as “The White Album”, as it has no graphics or text other than the band’s name embossed (and, on the early LP and CD releases, a serial number) on its plain white sleeve.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Lennon–McCartney, except where noted.

Personnel

The Beatles

• John Lennon – lead, harmony and background vocals; acoustic, lead, bass and rhythm guitars; keyboards (electric and acoustic pianos, Hammond organ, harmonium and mellotron); extra drums and assorted percussion (tambourine, maracas, cymbals, thumping on the back of an acoustic guitar, handclaps and vocal percussion); harmonica, whistling and saxophone; tapes, tape loops and sound effects (electronic and home-made)
• Paul McCartney – lead, harmony and background vocals; acoustic, lead, rhythm and bass guitars; keyboards (electric and acoustic pianos and Hammond organ); assorted percussion (timpani, tambourine, cowbell, hand shake bell, handclaps, foot taps and vocal percussion); drums (on “Back in the U.S.S.R.” and “Dear Prudence”); recorder and flugelhorn; sound effects
• George Harrison – lead, harmony and background vocals; acoustic, rhythm, bass and lead guitars; Hammond organ; extra drums and assorted percussion (tambourine, handclaps and vocal percussion) and sound effects
• Ringo Starr – drums and assorted percussion (tambourine, bongos, cymbals, maracas and vocal percussion); electric piano and sleigh bell (on “Don’t Pass Me By”), lead vocals (on “Don’t Pass Me By” and “Good Night”) and backing vocals (“The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill”)

Guest 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”
• Grant Mansell – drums on “Martha My Dear”
• 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, brief 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”
• 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”

Production team

• Geoff Emerick – engineer, speech on “Revolution 9”
• George Martin – record producer and mixer; string, brass, clarinet, orchestral arrangements and conducting; piano on “Rocky Raccoon”
• Ken Scott – engineer and mixer
• Barry Sheffield – engineer (Trident Studio)
• Chris Thomas – producer; Mellotron on “The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill”, harpsichord on “Piggies”, piano on “Long, Long, Long”^[ Saxophone arrangement on “Savoy Truffle”^[