Name: The Beatles (White Album) - 50th Anniversary
Brand: The Beatles

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

B002883101

{"blocks": [{"data": {"text": "B002883101"}, "type": "paragraph"}]}

Colour

Colour details

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Double 180-gram LP vinyl set featuring the new stereo album mix Packaging faithful to the original album.

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2018-11-09

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Unive­rsal

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

602567696865

{"blocks": [{"data": {"text": "602567696865"}, "type": "paragraph"}]}

Total Cap

LPx2

Artist

The Beatles

Genre US

60s & 70s

Label US

Apple

Our curated collection of essential albums on vinyl, CD, and tape at Rough Trade.

Rough Trade Essential

Emerging from Liverpool, England in 1960, The Beatles were a seminal British group that evolved from rock/pop origins into pioneers of musical experimentation. The band solidified its iconic lineup in 1962, featuring John Lennon (vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards), Paul McCartney (vocals, bass, guitar, keyboards, percussion), George Harrison (guitar, vocals, sitar), and Ringo Starr (drums, vocals, percussion) after signing a recording contract with EMI.Initially recognized for their Merseybeat style, The Beatles soon ventured into uncharted musical territories. They explored psychedelia and pioneered innovative production techniques that incorporated tape loops and other effects. Over their active years they created a legacy of 12 studio albums.Their profound impact on rock and roll was acknowledged in 1988 when they were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame as a group. By 2015 each member had also received individual recognition for their contributions as solo artists within the Hall of Fame.

In November 1968, millions of double LPs were shipped to record stores worldwide ahead of that tumultuous year’s most anticipated music event: the November 22nd release of The Beatles (soon to be better known as ‘The White Album’). With their ninth studio album, The Beatles took the world on a whole new trip, side one blasting off with the exhilarating rush of a screaming jet escorting Paul McCartney’s punchy, exuberant vocals on Back In The U.S.S.R. Dear Prudence came next, John Lennon warmly beckoning his friend and all of us to “look around.” George Harrison imparted timeless wisdom in While My Guitar Gently Weeps, singing, “With every mistake we must surely be learning.” <a></a>Ringo Starr’s Don’t Pass Me By marked his first solo songwriting credit on a Beatles album. For 50 years, ‘The White Album’ has invited its listeners to venture forth and explore the breadth and ambition of its music, delighting and inspiring each new generation in turn. The Beatles release a suite of lavishly presented ‘White Album’ packages (Apple Corps Ltd. / Capitol / UMe). The album’s 30 tracks are newly mixed by producer Giles Martin and mix engineer Sam Okell in stereo and 5.1 surround audio, joined by 27 early acoustic demos and 50 session takes, most of which are previously unreleased in any form. All the new ‘White Album’ releases include Martin’s new stereo album mix, sourced directly from the original four-track and eight-track session tapes. Martin’s new mix is guided by the album’s original stereo mix produced by his father, George Martin.

3CD - Expanded 3CD package features the new stereo album mix on 2CDs and adds a third CD of the ‘Esher Demos’.

7CD - 6 CD and 1 Blu-ray Set. CD1 and CD2: New ‘The Beatles’ stereo album mix CD3: Esher demos CD4 and CD5 and CD6: Outtakes – 2 hours and 45 minutes of music and studio chat of alternate takes of nearly every song from the album DISC 7 (Blu-ray): 5.1 surround of whole album / hi-res stereo mix of album / hi-res mono mix of album.

2LP - Double 180-gram LP vinyl set featuring the new stereo album mix Packaging faithful to the original album.

4LP - Limited Four 180-gram LP vinyl set housed in a 2 piece lift off lid box with 16 page 12”x12” stapled book 2 x 2LP in gatefold sleeves LP1 and LP2 (gatefold): New ‘The Beatles’ stereo album mix LP3 and LP4 (gatefold): Esher demos.