The Rarest Beatles White Album Ever? The Story of the Lost Harrison Rejected Mix!

[@papilloncycles3463]

Sort of off topic but here at the bike shop we had a customer years ago who only would speak or respond to questions using beatles lyrics. The guy had to have been a super genius, the amazing thing was, not only was everything he ever said beatles lyrics, they somehow applied to whatever he was trying to convey. I'll bet He has listened to the white album a few times!

[@poppinpatty2507]

I’ve got a feeling all you need is love is all too much in a yellow submarine across the universe back in the USSR in Strawberry Fields for the benefit of Mr. kite in an octopuses garden, with Julia, Michelle, mean, Mr. mustard and Sergeant Pepper. I’ve done it a few times before, sorry that was not my best, LMAO.🤣

[@Squirrelconga]

Number 9...number 9.....

[@emilysmith4003]

I absolutely love that!!!

[@RUfromthe40s]

@@Squirrelconga i remenber hearing that several times where is that?normally when they asked me to choose a number i always reply number 9

[@13donstalos]

He keeps a ten-bob note up his nose

[@johnunderwood3198]

Hi - this one may be rarer - about 50 miles from me - This original 'BLUE' vinyl copy of The Beatles White album has been kindly loaned to The Beatles Story. It is the only version in existence according to Christie's and Sotheby's auction houses. During the late 1970's its owner was working for a West London record pressing plant that was printing a special order for the double LP 'The Beatles' - universally known as The White Album. At the same time the pressing plant also happened to be running Linda Rostandt's 'Blue Bayou' that was to be printed on a blue vinyl. The owner seized the opportunity to make a unique version of the White Album for himself. He moved the White Album master copy onto the Blue Bayou press and produced one totally blue vinyl version of the White Album. Years later he met Paul McCartney at a TV studio and took the LP along for Paul to sign. See this and many other great items of memorabilia only at the Beatles Story, Liverpool.

[@douglasweston126]

Hi - I am originally from the Manchester area in the UK, now living in Australia. I am a massive Beatles fan. On my last visit to the UK, we went to the Beatles Story and I saw that blue vinyl copy of the White album, it was housed in a glass case not far from the exit -from memory - the only one in existence. An amazing story. Cya

[@tfranks4]

Don't want to show boat, but my copy came with an extra photo of Ringo! Ringo!! LOL! I went to London and stood on the street, in front of the building where they played their last unofficial concert. It was an emotional experience. Love the Beatles!

[@noblerecords]

Hahahah!

[@samoset4_beatlesvinyl644]

I just found a copy today with the B29 B28 matrix in a small record store in Alabama!! He had a box of about 30 white albums and I went through all of the US versions and it was the last copy in the box!

[@noblerecords]

Wow! Congrats!

[@splitnmelba]

I can't see anyone else mentioning it, but just in case: the big thing about the UK Mono White Albums is that a lot of the songs are different MIXES to the stereo. Particularly Helter Skelter (drums are different and no Ringo yell at the end), Don't Pass Me By (is a totally different take, faster and different violin), Blackbird (different blackbird noises) and more.

[@adelaideloop9732]

The story is that George was coincidentally in Los Angeles when Capitol Records was preparing to create master lacquers of the White Album that would have been used to create stampers used to manufacture the actual vinyl records we as consumers would purchase. These stampers would be delivered to various pressing plants around the country for final manufacturing. The way the songs were sequenced by the Beatles caused some sides to be dangerously close the maximum length Capitol felt comfortable manufacturing. If the length of a record side is too long, and if the volume the lacquer is cut is on the higher side, there is a greater chance for manufacturing errors and more skips on the final records, thus more returns from consumers. Apparently Capitol Records was adding additional compression and EQ to the master lacquers to eliminate the chance of skips when the records were finally stamped. George was unhappy with that additional compression and EQ and insisted that it be removed. Several pressing masters had been produced before George interceded, and he requested Capital try again without the compression and EQ. It is likely that a master lacquer with the compression and EQ survived and that some records were ultimately stamped with the added compression and EQ. It has nothing to do with a different mix, like the “Lost Harrison rejected mix” you mention in the title of your video. It sounds like you’re confusing “mix” with “master”. What’s more, George was certainly familiar with the song sequencing that the Beatles had decided on. Capitol was simply trying to play it safe by adding compression and EQ, which could have reduced manufacturing errors at the cost of higher fidelity.

[@markspooner1224]

That's cool, who wouldn't want that! I can never understand people saying that it should've been a single album, that's so wrong!

[@doodahdavesrecords4319]

Agree 1000%! My fav Beatles album

[@mc2mc277]

That artwork on the White Album is VERY cool! Nice find.

[@sonicyouth29]

My favorite album of all time by anyone.

[@birdy1numnum]

*Another great video Beardo...you have a lot of rare vinyls.*

[@brucybabyy7355]

that drawn copy should be a record store day exclusive!

[@cheapcheerfulrecordcollect8071]

I only have 2 copies of the White album. An original from 1968 so of course I had to go check the dead wax. Of course it’s 47,48 etc. Didn’t expect to have that rare Harrison mix. Also have a 2012 US remastered copy. I’d love to get a copy of the mono mix. Actually going to London next month, with an afternoon for record buying. I’ll be looking for a mono copy. Wish me luck !

[@Onteo1]

Cool information about a great LP. I bought my copy 3 days after Christmas 68 with money I got. You are spot on as I remember it costing $11.98 at Sears and that was a lot for a 12 year old. You can’t love the Beatles and own just one copy of any of the records. Don’t sell yourself short, I think we’d love to hear your thoughts on Beatles records especially being in the retail end. It’s always nice to see a younger generation passionate about something we can lol agree on. Now I’m off to check my matrix numbers.

[@_Butterscotch_]

This was such a cool video always love learning new stuff about the white album. Keep up the amazing videos. 🤘

[@noblerecords]

Thanks so much!

[@_Butterscotch_]

Your video must have given me some type of luck I just found 68’ repress of the white album for 5 bucks at a book store.

[@R3TR0R4V3]

The 80's German DMM is the best I've ever heard this sound on wax. A lot of people tend to always go for the white colored ones, but the unmarked DMM versions on standard black wax are kind of "sleepers" and are a good way to get the same exact sound quality, but at a much cheaper price! 😎

[@thomosburn8740]

I have all 3 of the red/white/blue DMMs, they always sounded a little fizzy on top and too dry on the bottom to me, but I kept them because it was akin toviewing the recording session thru a different lens.

[@blaster1093]

Great find.. ❤❤ I had no idea about this George Harrison story. I have a copy of the White Album pressed in India in 1969, that I picked up from a record store in Kendall Park (NJ) many years ago. Never seen an Indian pressing anywhere since.

[@Localbandography]

Pretty happy with my 1978 US Copy that still has the cards and poster.

[@MarkHolliday-x2n]

Really enjoy your videos down here in New Zealand! Always learn something.

[@noblerecords]

Thanks so much!

[@barbury-loves-islands]

Was my favorite Beatles album too. AND...it was the very first album I ever bought. Thanks for loaning me the money way back then mom (deceased), luv ya mum. In the end the White and Abby Road are equally my favorite albums by that little band.

[@noblerecords]

I agree!

[@grantross2609]

a little band with a long long shadow tho.......

[@RUfromthe40s]

@@grantross2609 a litle band with a huge working machine with them but my favorite album is from rubber soul till abbey road and if i have to choose one would be the blue doble album compilation

[@RUfromthe40s]

the record the cd only 40% of the beatles sound

[@glendepietro1521]

I got a copy of the White Album Signed by Lynette Squeaky Fromme.. she lives near me.. she even mentioned Manson and Spahn ranch when she signed it.. I love it .. Great show man..

[@noblerecords]

Haha that’s hilarious

[@RnR-Rebel]

Dillon what you said at the end about being a “geek” wondering where it’s been & know the history etc… makes you a scholar. IMO a true scholar can convey the intricacies within their area of expertise so anyone can understand & learn. That’s you bro! Loved this & I’m not a massive Beatles fan, but this is my fave album & “Helter Skelter” my fave song of theirs so I’m terribly curious now! Have a fab week! Jet 🧡🎸🎶⚡️🏍🦋

[@noblerecords]

Hey thanks! I appreciate it!

[@RnR-Rebel]

@@noblerecords - PS forgot- George was always my fave & when we moved in the 70s I went to school w/ his niece! His sister came & did a talk for the school which was pretty fun! J. 😘🧡

[@johnleeson6946]

Anybody who calls you a "math, science, music, physics, etc," geek is a person who isn't as intelligent as you and is trying to put you down. Don't fall for it. If the dummy calls you a geek, be proud and reply, "Why didn't your study harder in school, you slacker?!" Be proud of you intelligence and knowledge!!! Still got my Capitol Records recording of the White Album with the pictures and the poster. Played Revolution 9 backwards a few times...

[@dwcinnc]

A thousand white albums, wow. Here is my list as I remember it: 1. In 1970 I purchased my first White Album 2. In 1971 I purchased the 8-track tape. 3. In the late seventies I purchased an orange label that had an unusual amount of tape hiss. 4. In 1982 I purchased a MOFI 5. In 1982 I purchased a 1976 Japan pressing 6. In 1983 I purchased and a Japan red vinyl mono. 7. In 1986 I purchased a German DMM white vinyl. 8. In 2014 I purchased the mono reissue. 9. In 2014 I purchased the 2009 remaster. 10. In 2018 I purchased the Giles Martin remix. The only vinyl I still have are the 1976 Japan, the DMM white vinyl, and the 2009 stereo, the 2014 mono, and the 2018 remix. And then there are the CDs from 1987, 2000, 2009 and 2018. Would anyone like to read about my "Band On The Run" or "All Things Must Pass" collection?

[@bacarandii]

I love those UK top-loaders, too! I have somehow managed to accumulate seven vintage White Albums over the years (stereo and mono), only a couple of which I actually tried to find. But you can never really have too many White Albums, can you? FWIW (and I'm not sure it's "worth" anything), I have a couple early US pressings that have misspellings on the labels: "OB-LA-DI OB-LA-DA" (the song titles are in all caps) appears as "OBLADI OBLADA"; "THE CONTINUING STORY OF BUNGALOW BILL" is truncated to simply "BUNGALOW BILL"; "ROCKY RACCOON" loses a "C"; and "REVOLUTION NO. 1" AND "REVOLUTION NO. 9" appear as just "REVOLUTION 1" and "REVOLUTION 9." I find this interesting because we always called John's experimental track "Revolution Number 9," just like the voice on the track itself: "Numbah Niyn, Numbah Niyn...." Quick story: The White Album came out the week before I turned 11. I heard the whole thing for the first time when I was I was babysitting for some new neighbors who were probably in their 20s and had a new baby. They had the White Album and "Led Zeppelin II" on reel-to-reel, both of which I listened to late at night in a mostly unfamiliar house over headphones. From the plane landing in "Back to the USSR" to the swirling stereo in "Revolution No. 9" (and "Whole Lotta Love" on the Zep tape), my mind was blown. I got dizzy and broke into a sweat. A whole new world opened up before me. Never been the same since...

[@rick4electric]

That's the way I heard it!

[@DavidCKendall]

I was sleeping over at my best friends house in the living room (age 12) and we had Side 4 on the console stereo while pretending to sleep. When Rev. 9 came on, we both went into shock, but were too cool to admit it until later. Then 'Good Night' put me to sleep. Great memories, rites of passage.

[@twostikks1]

What a cool video! I happen to have a ‘70’s US pressing of a White Album, on white vinyl, with the purple Capital Records labels. It’s in NM condition, and has all the inserts, so I’m guessing it’s worth probably around $100, but I never did check the matrix # in the dead wax. Will do that later today. Man, you can learn A LOT from this channel, THANKS Dylan!

[@Jah_Rastafari_ORIG]

As someone who bought the White Album (Actually rx'd it for Xmas '68 then returned it 6x...), _nobody_ actually charged MSRP back then. It went for 5.99-7.99, depending on the store.

[@TheSalMaris]

That's my recollection exactly--I never paid anywhere near $11.00 for any record. Most single LPs went for $3.67 and less.

[@wodrummerworld]

Yes, it went for $8.00 in '68. I remember seeing an ad for it, and my brother bought it for me for Christmas.

[@Jah_Rastafari_ORIG]

​​@@wodrummerworldDid yours skip like a mofo on side-2? I rode my bike back to the store (I was 9...) repeatedly to get a replacement until someone explained the concept of 'the master' to my kid's brain. Whatever 1st pressing that we got in San Francisco was unplayable on side-2 for first few months (no gaps between the tracks; I vividly remember that aspect).

[@wodrummerworld]

@@Jah_Rastafari_ORIG Sort of. "Martha My Dear" started skipping after a few plays. The record players that it was played on were not very good though.

[@Jah_Rastafari_ORIG]

@@wodrummerworld Yeah, I think our collective resources were more deficient back then...but still, every copy skipped in the same places; even though I received that album for Christmas '68, I never heard the little tom tom intro to Birthday until the following June...

[@jjquinn2004]

Some useless trivia for you: if you were wondering why the Scranton record plant uses "SWB" as a prefix, my guess is that they've used the abbreviation for the metro area of which Scranton is a part of: Scranton - Wilkes Barre. Same thing as saying Dallas-Fort Worth.

[@bigsweetc6]

If you sell it for big bucks your store manager deserves a big bonus for spotting that one for ya!

[@noblerecords]

I take care of him for sure.

[@TommyBurton75]

Wow! What a find. I'm glad someone did a video explaining the history of the US mix and George Harrison. When you get ready to sell it, I have a twenty dollar bill with your name on it...

[@noblerecords]

Haha! I’ll let you hear it for that!

[@TommyBurton75]

@@noblerecords That doesn't sound like a bad deal...

[@mattthehandyman]

Dope video, I’m checking all mine now! Wondering if I had one because I’ve sold so many nice White albums. Even bad ones with fire damage, graffiti & mice damaged covers. Like a VG+ album that survived a fire, another graffitied with arithmetic over the whole cover, front, back, inside & a NM copy a mouse chewed a corner. All still sold surprisingly quick. There’s a collector for everything.

[@ajznig]

I had heard about this story but what I thought was that George simply re-ordered the track order because the U.S. Engineers were messing it up---did not realize that it had gone as far as the packers! Way to go George!

[@mlblue5355]

Very cool! An awesome piece of history! Keep it!

[@ThomasHealy-c6e]

It’s my favorite album as well,thanks for a very interesting video.👍🏻

[@robertlouisburns]

Wonderful story! Always something always new to learn about the Beatles.

[@macorourke2222]

Great video Brother Thanks for sharing Your passion and adventures from Toronto Ontario Canada 😎👍♥️🔊🎶🎶🎶🎶✨️✨️✨️✨️💯💯💯💯💯✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️

[@sjbang5764]

Very fun and informative video, Dillon. Regarding the prices of vinyl today and back in the stone age, The Beatles were infamous for lack of a better term, price gouging. I remember a single lp was around $4.00, that is until Abbey Road which was $7.00. I've done the same inflation calculation myself, and was quite frankly surprised, records today are actually comparatively priced or even cheaper than back in the day. I still can't figure out how at age 12 I had the money to afford these records. Keep up the fantastic work, I always dig your videos.

[@noblerecords]

Yeah it’s nuts! Thanks so much for watching!

[@agomodern]

I’m sure the inflation calculator is inflated. Back in the day it was a lot easier to buy a house with one income unlike today, but it doesn’t mean that someone was making tons of money.

[@noblerecords]

The average cost of a car in 1969 was $2000. Now it’s $30k+. There’s a lot of truth to $11.98 back then being at least in the same ballpark as $100 now.

[@paulfoster3316]

Found countless copies in uk charity shops over the years including first withdrawn UK mono pressings etc... my favourite Beatles album too it's a masterpiece.

[@boogiewoogie9770]

Withdrawn mono mix? Tell me more. Never heard of this.

[@paulfoster3316]

@@boogiewoogie9770 not mix but original pressings had a label error

[@boogiewoogie9770]

@@paulfoster3316 Not heard of that either. What was the label error? Are you sure this issue was withdrawn? Unusual for a label misprint.

[@paulfoster3316]

@@boogiewoogie9770 This was released in error omitting the text 'E.M.I. Recording' on the label, so a second version The Beatles was promptly released with the corrected labels.,, this version is highly valuable as the numbers were very low

[@killingjar1965]

Not sure about criticizing you for talking numbers, YOU OWN A RECORD STORE. Great, informative info, I didn’t know this story. Thanks.

[@noblerecords]

Haha yes true, but people criticize anyways 🤣 Thanks for watching! 🙏

[@RNH31214]

I have this copy! NM copy too! Not sure how many of these are out there in the shape I got it in! One of my collection grails!!

[@bengtl331]

A rare version of the White Album is the UK export on the yellow/black Parlophone label (P-PCS 7067/8) sold in Portugal, where the Apple logo had not yet been registered.

[@noblerecords]

Wow, sounds cool!

[@langerlomysterioso]

Not sure you've played it, but that German white vinyl copy you showed is a great listen for the stereo version of the album - and quite unique. Spin it. Those are not mastered quite like any other - there was a black vinyl version too. Quite a few German DMM Beatles pressings have special sonic qualities.. a bit more extended sounding than other versions.

[@RUfromthe40s]

yes , compared to the cds some things are missing but i have the white album in stereo maybe the only i bought after the ones released i wanted that in white ,the other was yellow and in mono

[@charlesduncan3194]

Hello dillon , back in the mid 1980s by then i had all the beatles albums, i needed one more to collect because it was my least favourite, and that was the white album. One Saturday morning i received a phone call from my local record shop telling me in 2 weeks time they was no more orders for vinyl because there where moving to cd only, so i went to the shop to see what was left. Luckly there was a copy of white album, so when i got home and started to play it when i play side four it was strawberry fields then penny lane and so on tracks from 1967...1970 blue album. That's one hell of a miss press i still have it to this day mint and played once

[@thehighllama8101]

If anyone out there actually bought the White Album in 1968, did buying the album for $11.98 really feel like you were buying something for $103+ at the time. I just can't believe that. I mean, there's another KZbinr out there, a British auctioneer, who mentions something similar, like the Red and Blue albums, when they came out in the U.K. in 1973, basically cost the equivalent of 125 pounds each, or something like that. Something's got to be off. I mean, I remember when I bought Sgt. Pepper on CD back in 1987, when I was 13 years old. Let's say it cost the equivalent of $22 at the time (with tax). According to the government's inflation calculator, $22 at the time was worth $59 in today's money. Simply no way.

[@noblerecords]

Inflation is nuts. I believe it!

[@bertroost1675]

Yeah, something is off in these calculations.

[@R3TR0R4V3]

Parlogram Auctions.. Andrew knows his stuff! ;)

[@thehighllama8101]

@@R3TR0R4V3 Yes. Andrew has a great channel. It's mind blowing, though, that there were so many Brits who had 250 pounds to spend on the Red and Blue albums (125 pounds each, if I'm rememebering Andrew correctly), And in America, I just can't believe there were millions of teenagers or early twenty year olds in 1968 who spent $103+ dollars on the White Album. Yes, I understand many adults bought the album and parents bought the album for their kids for Christmas. But I'm sure many teenagers spent their own money on the album. Still, today, in 2023, or even in 1985 or 1995, how many teenagers or adults would spend, or could afford, $100+ on a record album. Maybe there's some other factor regarding inflation I'm not understanding.

[@briangonigal3974]

Ok, I’m no economist, but even I know that inflation is just Not That Simple: the prices of things do not all rise at the same universal rate. For many things the prices are quite stable and can change very little over the course of 20 years or even longer. When I first started buying records in the 80’s, a new album cost about $12.99, only about two dollars more than the White Album retailed at in 1868 (granted, it was a double album, but at least in the 80’s double albums weren’t all *that* much more than single albums). And from there, prices on new vinyl records never really increased much at all right up until the time they disappeared from what had become CD stores in the 90’s. It’s only when vinyl made its unexpected return as a niche item that the price of new records started to go up significantly. I do know that when economists calculate the inflation rate, they deliberately avoid those items whose prices. change the least and instead mostly look at the prices of things like food and gasoline which A) Are things that everyone needs to buy on a pretty constant basis and B) who’s prices are subject to the greatest amount of fluctuation, being heavily impacted by weather, political instability and countless other things. Those are the items, whose prices tend to change the most, that are used to calculate “the inflation rate”, but nowadays whenever anyone comes across a mention of the price of some random thing in the past they can just ask Google “X dollars in 1968 is equal to how much now”, and Google will spew out some number Based on the overall inflation rate that might have nothing to do with the rate that the price of the specific item in question has changed.

[@duhusker73]

Another rare version. The album was remixed in the early 80s from the original tapes into a quadraphonic mix to be tested in stereo stores in Australia. There were fifty copies made and my friend who is a record dealer in Sydney has one of them - sounds great on his set up. I’m not sure it’s even on Discogs but they’re out there.

[@mikemarth1009]

Excellent I love you’re videos!

[@dimebagdave77]

That was a lot of fun 🤘Manythnx!

[@kevincorcoran6493]

I live not far from the Scranton Factory which closed years ago but still stands. You could see the Capitol Records painted on the side of the building. I'll have to check my American albums to see if they were printed in Scranton. I have a copy of The White Album but it was purchased around 1976. I know they had two other factories one was in Los Angeles I believe and the other was in West Chester Virginia. Very informative and interesting video!

[@kingofallmediums2123]

Have the White Album on reel to reel! 😊😊😊😊😊

[@PDid-nv1yl]

Firstly, I think it’s very cool that you found a copy of this in good shape. Congrats! I’m familiar with this whole story and the part of it that I have never understood is how would George Harrison know, single handedly, without George Martin or any of the other Beatles present how to make the US White Album sound exactly like the UK stereo? Because otherwise, presumably, if this story is accurate all US stereo copies of the White Album would sound slightly different than the UK ones and in my experience they do not. So either all US Whitle Albums would be an at least somewhat unique George Harrison mix, or instead Harrison was able to revert the US stereo version to being exactly the same as the UK stereo all by himself. How would he be skilled enough for that? I could see George Martin being able to do that but it seems kind of hard to believe any single Beatle could. I could be wrong though. And on that note speaking of unique cuttings and also, incidentally of white vinyl pressings, there is the 1978 UK white vinyl stereo pressing which was recut by Harry Moss which indeed does sound noticeably different and to many better, but now we are talking about a pressing that is worth $500+ in good shape. Again I can’t understand how Harrison by himself made the US album simply sound the same as the original UK stereo by himself.

[@jacquescousteau217]

George didn’t hang around Capitol, and remix the album, he just told them to hold the presses. There were as I wrote above - to the best of my knowledge - approx 10,000 that had been pressed, and sleeved, or so I was told by someone who should know . I know Capitol Records ,and I would believe those 10,000 copies may have gone to retailers at some point . I COULD BE WRONG ,but quite certain there were 10,000 albums already pressed . That has nothing to do with the lacquers which Capitol could just destroy. George didn’t have to be I L.A. for the remix . I would imagine he had EMI send the notes, sequencing ( of songs ) ,and what was on each track as it was the Beatles first EIGHT TRACK recording. Any engineer - Ken Scott ,and I think Emerick engineered the White Album - They would have notes on EQ,limiters, ( Fairchild ) what instruments were bounced to each track etc. Point being .George could have taken a copy of Capitols White back to the UK, and given it to Ken, and tell him to give Capitol the MASTER TAPE the way it was mixed in the UK, and not to make a lot of changes eg. Echo,Compression, Instruments,panning etc. It’s difficult to believe but the masters sent to the labels were 1/4 “ or possibly 1/2 inch for some elite release. The tape running at 15 or 30 ips. Different companies use different formats . Obviously a 1/2 “ running at 30 ips would be great ,but there are downsides to everything in either format. Ps. I did something on a recording at EMI - Abbey Road about thirty years ago. When you walk into Studio Two you get light headed walking on the parquet floor which the Beatles used for a majority of their recordings. The other thing is Studio Two is HUGE so they had a lot of room ambience. Studio One is the big canon for large classical ensembles ( Can seat over a hundred players ) . I didn’t record there in the studio, just mixed .

[@JWD1992]

I used to follow that Instagram page when I was still on Instagram! What a great idea. I have heard about this rejected version before. Funny how it's like the opposite of the RL Zeppelin II. That cut got replaced for sounding too good (for cheap record players to handle), this one got rejected for not sounding good enough. Still a piece of history. I will keep my eyes peeled. And on the topic of The White Album not being rare in general, this copy helps illustrate it. They had cut 33 sets of lacquers to produce the first run in 1968. That makes a TON of records. Yes, those ones got rejected, but it goes to show how much demand was anticipated.

[@glen-scott]

Hey Dillon, great video, always love hearing about the White Album. By the way, that DMM version you showed does have a number, but it's embossed rather than printed so not easy to see!

[@Universityofvinyl]

Hi Dillon! I have that same German ‘85 DMM on white, it’s in Discogs with current median of $214. Parlogram Auctions ranked it in top 3 for overall sound quality of all pressings!

[@noblerecords]

That’s what people have been telling me, thanks for the info!

[@asmallwhitedog0479]

When the white vinyl versions came out I bought a UK import in California. At one point I had a French, US,UK and the German DMM versons. The DMM version is the best sounding but I wish I still had the UK pressing ,but the cost is through the roof. My copy had been played maybe twice and a NM copy is on Ebay now with 9 hours left at 350.00.

[@R3TR0R4V3]

The German DMM is definitely the one to have. It sounds absolutely amazing! Besides the White colored Taldec pressing, there's also a couple different unmarked DMM pressings on standard black wax pressed by Electrola instead of Taldec. They're the same thing, but not as many people are hip to them. One doesn't say DMM on the labels, and the other one only says DMM on sides 3 & 4.

[@turquoisecapricorn]

Cool story ,never heard of it! Their White Album is also my favourite Beatles album, it's like the Sandinista album, that's my favourite Clash album! The little White album fact that I wanna add is that Eric Clapton played on that wonderful song "While my guitar gently wheeps". But a lot of you will know that fact already. greetings from Belgium Jason Basson

[@georgeprice4212]

My first White Album was bought in a pawnshop on vinyl (it was the early 80’s) for 50 cents, 1976 Orange Capitol labels, no goodies that I recall (got those in the blue box- BC13- pressing of the White Album).

[@francochan]

Awesome deep dive into the white albums of the world… thanks man! Could I ask if the LED light behind your LPs can risk light damaging the sleeve art and adding unintended light damage?

[@Thomasgene]

Thank you! Who was the mastermind that almost screwed up "my take to the island record album" It's my Favorite Beatle album/ Favorite 60's album/ And My favorite all time album. Yes All of it! Thanks for your hard work! BTW I have 14 copies 6cds 2 cass and 6 Vinyl. Bought the cassettes early in the early 70's. Worn them out before college when I bought my first vinyl copy! 1975!

[@doodahdavesrecords4319]

Great review I love the white album lost my original copy to some friends who pillaged my collection I think..,.bought in 68 I remember that Christmas and then birthday played on my 12 th birthday in 69

[@noblerecords]

Ah that sucks! Hope you can find another one!

[@sethallison5682]

I’ve got 3 copies: a 70’s/80’s UK stereo pressing, a 2014 mono reissue and the 2018 remix. I’m looking for an original us pressing in good shape just to have… but they’re ALWAYS lunched.

[@davidotis5598]

Dude. I love that story

[@mattyrossfilms]

Cool video. Regarding how you've shot it it looks like log footage. If you put a lut on it or a rec709 conversation lut youll be able to get the colours more vibrant instead of looking washed out.

[@noblerecords]

Used my iPhone actually. I wish u had more time and resources to make better videos. I do my best 😅

[@joedepoto]

Well done! I also follow the Instagram account and your store is my first stop next time passing through North Carolina!😮

[@noblerecords]

Hey thanks! We try!

[@kitrichardson2165]

I never heard that story before I would love to hear the Harrison reject. I’m surprised the other guys in the band didn’t reject it also given that what you’re saying is true I’ll be looking at white albums now and every flea market man and every used record store, sort of like looking for a silver quarter in a roll of bank coins. Good luck!😊

[@davidjordan2336]

I like how the version that George Harrison made Capital destroy is referred to as the "Harrison Mix."

[@lakerfan2874]

For me, I have a black fatbox US reissue without a matrix run, and it has the barcode that I found at a local Rite Aid. I'm not so sure about it as it's hard to find out the whole story about when it was made as it has no matrix, or any SID codes on the disk, but it had the whole get up on the label side. The other thing the CDs have is 6443 - 1 for the first disk and 6444 - 2 for the second disk.

[@backbaconnbeer]

The 1st 4 copies of the White Album were numbered 0001 and given to each of The Beatles. I believe Ringo's copy was or about to be sold. What was the number(s) on the George Harrison mixed White Album cover ?

[@moxievision]

One of my favourite finds was a numbered Spanish copy of the White Album on Odeon, for 50 cents in a thrift shop a few decades ago. It's beat to crap, doesn't sound great, but I'm still happy to have it.

[@poppinpatty2507]

I grew up, listening to a white album with a skip in the beginning of happiness is a warm gun, I’m almost, oops, let’s just say I’m not as young as I used to be and leave it at that, LMAO, and it still sounds a little weird without the skip. I really enjoyed finding out more about the white album. Great story, great video, very interesting! I have a vandalized Madonna album (it was free with a bunch of other records a friend got doing a clean out of an old house in the neighborhood.) and an old copy of Clifford Brown, Max roach study in brown with a previous owners name, written on the front of the cover (hey, it adds character and the album sounds great for being so old). Keep up the great content and keep it Poppin👍👍 Patty Raccoon stepped into her room only to find…

[@Squirrelconga]

Happineeesssss IS a light skip...

[@poppinpatty2507]

@@Squirrelconga I need a skip cause I’m going down, down to the skips I skipped uptown☺️

[@Xpatriots3232]

I loved this content very good job

[@seamuscolgan7654]

Hi Dillon, loved the video! I definitely learned something brand new today about the White Album. Can't say that often 😉

[@noblerecords]

Thanks for watching! 🙏

[@seamuscolgan7654]

@@noblerecords Dillon I have to tell you that newest videos were all tremendous! You are getting better and better and better.... ..

[@bean-spiller]

The German Weiss pressing on white vinyl is a direct metal master and is one of the best sounding white albums out there. It beats the Mo-Fi pressing hands down to my ears. I had two copies and sold the lesser one on eBay for $400 about a decade ago. They are hard to come by.

[@TheJayson8899]

I have a needle drop of it. It’s the best I’ve heard.

[@cameronstevens4176]

I have that pressing too, and love it. Dillon, it's not crazy rare - but it might be the best sounding stereo version. So it's well worth keeping!

[@jptrsmn1126]

My copy isn’t on Discogs; it has a distinct white background on the apple logo & barcode. Whatever or wherever it’s from it sounds better than any other copy I’ve had!

[@seekingathread]

Of course I went and double checked...😅. Nice work

[@BlackAndWhiteBand]

Hey man, I was hoping you'd mention one particular US copy that I personally own (I know, you couldnt possibly list them all in one video) and thats the one with 7 song title errors on the labels (i.e. "GOODNIGHT" instead of "GOOD NIGHT", etc). Any idea the value for a VG+/VG copy?

[@joepease3132]

My sister was a good artist. She had a White album, she drew an apple in the lower right hand corner with a hole in it, and a worm with a smile on its face coming out. I wish I had that record.

[@noblerecords]

So cool!

[@mattmelcher4435]

Serial number one is mega valuable

[@dustincampbell5170]

Cool video bro!

[@christianmotos]

Is there a vinyl rip of this? I'm so interested to listen to the difference in sound.

[@craigshewchuk9018]

I do have an original Burnt Suite album from the 70s, that is a very rare record and is worth few hundred

[@nickmannion3879]

Being an elder statesman of collecting....and born in a small town 20 miles from Liverpool..and without going into explaining UK healthcare (NHS).....l was taken into hospital in 1970 (aged 10) life threateningly ill. Obviously...I slowly recovered (was in for 18 months all told) but in that spring of 70 I was on a ward on the floor below the 'private' ward, ie those who could pay for a 'better' service. Apparently there was a parent of someone very famous (in 1970 we are talking world world world) in for a minor operation, paid for by the son no doubt. As I had already become a bit of an in house celeb for recovering thus far, the nurses had a word with said son when he cam to visit parent and said would he like to come and say hello toa very poorly child. You may all have seen the John and Yoko bed pics....but I have a George Harrison (sat on edge of) and me bed pic! It's a long time ago but I dont recall him mentioni g these tapes/mi😧

[@nickmannion3879]

Arrgh sent too soon but you get the drift. Am not a massive Beatles fan tbh (they finished 3rd in a talent contest in my home town in 1962!) but appreciate the 'value' of these things!

[@Beckola44]

The U.K. pressings are a lot better than the U.S. pressings. The Double White album on white vinyl were made in the mid 70's around the same time Picture Disks came out. I still have a sealed copy. Thank you for the video.

[@okalright8980]

Great video

[@lucaiseli6818]

Hi Dillon, two questions: 1. This Lost Harrison Rejected Mix is not listed at Discogs, is it? 2. How do you clean up your record covers, especially the white album ring wear? Thanks and greetings from Switzerland

[@jonsrecordcollection7172]

What about people who collect versions of the White Album printed with really low numbers? I think Ringo sold a personal copy for a charity auction that was No. 0001 & the other Beatles had copies that were 0001 through 0004.

[@joecummings9662]

Hello my friends and I argue one which side of the white album cover looks better the front or the back I’m kind of partial to the back I think it looks better than the front

[@noblerecords]

Very interesting! I like the spine myself!

[@Sax-And-Bones]

I found an original white album recently or so I thought. It has an A then 02 million something. I always thought the A was the first very first pressings, but I found out that is wrong. It's just different record plants did different ways of putting a symbol or letter before the number and some just had a number. On side 2 and side 4 we see the capitol logo. A record store guy told me it means it's an earlier pressing. Is this true? Are there white albums with no capitol logo?

[@moxievision]

Anyone else have the Japanese pressing from the '70s? A bit light on the bottom end, like a lot of Japanese pressings I've heard, but super quiet vinyl and very clear-sounding as I recall. A friend of mine had a Canadian white vinyl copy from the late '70s (they released a slew of things on coloured vinyl up here, including a marble Sgt. Pepper), and I remember that was one of the better sounding titles in that line (my marble Sgt. Pepper sounds like crap).

[@el0blaino]

Cool story!

[@MikeGervasi]

My "Wiess" (with the sticker) German GEMA white vinyl DMM pressing is still the best one I've heard.

[@RUfromthe40s]

i started to hear more beatles when rubber sould came out but i had a reel with the most atractive to me songs from older albums and have some rarities bought in stores at the time, about 1st pressings ,most of the albums weren´t sold in my country because of a dictatoship system imposed in my country so i would travel to england and buy everything i wanted and some that my friends asked me, so when visting my sister and brother in london and in scotland, so i used to buy them when released, or my sister or my brother when they came out to bring them to me when coming to Portugal. So one modern kid that knows all the codes and numbers on the cover and record, started to be amazed when seeing my records, my records normally the covers are thorn appart but the record itself no noises or anything on them just well cared off but with the years and lot´s of usage the covers start to be all cutted on each side, not because they were vandalised or mistreated just by taking the record of the cover that happens and most of them are 1st press, american bands till the 90´s included i used to order them by mail, but what about it 1st press they do sound what ,in mono first ,stereo came after in beatles case the abbey road was the first released stereo, the second i bought were the blue and red compilations because they were in stereo and with great sound ,cds don´t make justice to their music or anyones music recorded before the 2000´s , the only thing i notice is the bass is not heardable as the drums ,the original bass line was heavy and you can see it in this new version of let it be recording or get back ,the music let it be in cd is shamefull it as so many great arregements that none are heard in the cd ,don´t let me down as a bass line or get back more heavy than primus in the 90´s but all was lost to the wonderfull compact disc , let it be naked what was that? nothing new, in the two blue and red compilations they in the 90´s released it with the same type ,doble cd instead of one cd that was more than enough but i noticed that don´t let me down and ballad of john and yoko were in the blue cd2 ,well they were never on the record compilation but in the single of get back with old brown shoe that was in the blue compilation as get back ,i have the four track single since i don´t remenber but when new ,that´s a thing to be discussed amongst colectors , as i never had seen the magical mistery tour album because it was a book with two singles with the new music and drawings and written on them about the trip they made on the movie, is this rare, you seem to know this things as the record sold in hamburg by their hand in the brewery they used to play everynight ,a friend of mine in the 90´s went to my home and started to see the backbeat film that had a OST with at the time known musicians playing their old songs but today i can´t remenber one song of that cd only these friend i have when seeing the scene where they want to salle the singles without cover with she loves you and in german on the b side and this friend because we had a war in africa in three fronts at the same time kind of vietnam war multiplied by 100 but three of them,some things can´t be said here but he ruuned to europe and stayed in hamburg and he was telling me while watching the movie that it made him remenber the time when he was living in hamburg, after the scene of paul selling the records to the drunken customers in the brewery he went home and when returning he had the single in his hand, and it was the same ,he said to me "i know the beatles but at time i didn´t knew those kids playing everynight normally one would complain about the noise", is this single valuable?i have others not only from the Beatles but the velvet underground album with Nico it as a cover and poster said to be valuable,is it?i have more than 15.000 records it´s my records plus my father colection ,normally covers from the albums i most heard are all cutted but the vinil is very good ,better than some records i bought 4 years ago ,i think i saw a Yes album there is it valuable the 1st edition?where can one see if it´s first or not edition, my yellow album from the beatle´s white album had litle black spots on the bottom part of the cover and when trying to take them i discovered it was haxixe bought in m,arrocos that we used to brake in litle bits before roll them with tobacco some fell and are in several records covers on albums i was hearing at the time

[@k33l4n]

Hey Dylan! Off-topic from the video but do you happen to have any Björk records?

[@bobsoldrecords1503]

My favourite stereo white album is the early eighties Wally Traugott Capitol retro rainbow rainbow version.

[@geomitche8]

Does anyone know the Discogs link for that rejected mix pressing?

[@koolkenoct]

Nice record lean !!!

[@noblerecords]

Thanks for watching! 🙏

[@hednerschran166]

Hello, Dillon. In your opinion, what is the fair price for a first press from UK, in mono mix and in NM condition? Greetings from Brasil!

[@ralphalder14]

My copy (only copy) is a German DMM pressing, with GEMA written on the labels as well as STEMRA. Sadly it has a bar code on the rear sleeve, which kind of spoils the look for me, but the sound quality is great, and the discs themselves are super clean. I have the poster and 4 photos too. (I’m in the UK).

[@jacquescousteau217]

GEMA is German pressing …

[@miketomlin6040]

I sell strong vg, weak vg plus USA pressings with the photos/poster for 40-50$. They do tend to sell at this price.

[@bluemonsterblake8641]

Ive got a first pressing stereo US. The error copy Vg++ Vg++ With photos and poster. How much would that be.

[@greghawkins229]

I’d take it. My favorite Beatles record too

[@noblerecords]

👍👍👍

[@mc2mc277]

How much are the White Album test pressings worth and who has them?

[@juliosanchez95]

George Harrison was the only Beatle that was an audiophile (meaning very discerning about how their record sounded)

[@noblerecords]

Yes!! Thanks for watching! 🙏