8 Curious Facts About The White Album

The 2018 Remix of the White Album has brought fresh attention to the Beatles' most intriguing and controversial album. Here are 8 things you might not have known about the White Album.
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[@kijekuyo9494]

I haven't read all 2000 comments, but I wanted to mention that the most obvious difference between the mono and stereo versions of this album is that "Helter Skelter" does not return after the first fade-out. It fades out once, and Ringo never gets blisters on his fingers.

[@laslalal8451]

Stereo version is better just for that alone

[@skinovtheperineum1208]

Led Zeppelin vs The Beatles

[@NuisanceMan]

Ringo MUST get blisters on his fingers.

[@miker.9138]

It's so weird to think there was a time in rock music when going a year and a half between records was considered a long time.

[@andrewyoung2796]

Magical mystery tour?

[@robroufla]

Yeah Magical Mystery Tour, the movie, All you need is love first eurovision broadcast, Penny Lane Strawberry fields, I am The Walrus, what a gap that was ...

[@theccarbiter]

@@andrewyoung2796 that wasnt an album in the uk it was just a 6 song ep

[@oliver_l9028]

magical mistery tour was released less than a year before

[@theccarbiter]

@@oliver_l9028 wasn’t an album

[@sitvisjes]

It annoys me when people say Paul was a better drummer than ringo. He's definitely not. I think Paul gets enough credit for his singing,bass,guitar and pianoplaying AND songwriting so give some love to Ringo man!

[@NoirL.A.]

i've never actually heard that but yes it's ridiculous. plus it took PAUL hundreds of takes to finally get the drums right and they had to piece it together from different takes.

[@hewgrebe4771]

I am with you there. There are so many pictures of Paul drumming before they got Pete Best. He was okay. He did do “Back In The U.S.S.R.” and “Dear Prudence”, but that just the men recording for fun, though.

[@worldwidehappiness]

Paul's drumming is a bit generic compared to Ringo's drumming.

[@new_filler]

Paul getting credit for what Paul does doesn't mean Ringo gets credit for what Ringo doesnt do you jackass.

[@Galantski]

A quote misattributed to John Lennon, but said by a comic of the day: “Ringo wasn’t the best drummer in the world… Let’s face it, he wasn’t even the best drummer in The Beatles” . Now, I'm not saying Paul was better than Ringo, but he was by far the most talented musician overall in the group. I don't think there's any serious debate in that regard, and as for his drumming, it was competent enough to be featured on songs released by the world's biggest rock group, which would never happened if George Martin, the perfectionist producer, thought it sounded sub par.

[@dustincooper9311]

That "Welcome back Ringo" story got me all mushy.

[@FigmentSALabel]

That was the day they filmed the video for Revolution.

[@jamesguy1030]

Dustin Cooper ~ Yeah, Check out the amazing documentary footage called = “The Winged Beatle” It’s one of the best films about The Beatles to date and is must see for everyone that is a true fan of the Beatles ENJOY

[@jhgood2101]

"Best" part of the story, thanks for noticing, j

[@qwertyiuwg4uwtwthn]

that warmed my heart

[@modulo3664]

He also got the album serial numbered 0000001 which sold for almost $800,000 a few years ago

[@Black0ysterPearl]

The crap I used to get when I told people that I didn't think Ringo was playing the drums on every song, back when that album came out.

[@fnjesusfreak]

To be fair, Paul's drumming was inspired by Ringo's, so even though it wasn't Ringo's, it was still pretty close to Ringo's style.

[@Black0ysterPearl]

@@fnjesusfreak ...it's harder than people think. I've been trying to cop his style and feel ever since his Sullivan appearance. Still haven't nailed it.

[@sacluvsBM]

@@fnjesusfreak the problem was Paul replaced some of Ringo's drumming without telling Ringo he did so.

[@gloriboigaming7583]

@@sacluvsBM that's shady broooo

[@harlow743]

Paul's drumming on Dear Prudence is EXCELLENT

[@chhu1846]

The white album does not contain the shortest song the Beatles made its actually Her Majesty on Abbey Road

[@YouCantUnhearThis]

Her Majesty has an interesting story: It was initially intended to be included in the first "medley" on Side 2 of Abbey Road but the band decided to take it out. It was mistakenly added to the very end of Abbey Road (after the ~10 silence) as a mistake during the final mixdown of the master tape. I know it's nitpicking, but I don't consider it a full "song" as such. It's more like "Can You Take Me Back?" at the end of Cry, Baby, Cry.

[@BarryWarne]

@@YouCantUnhearThis yeah something like that ..Her Majesty conjours another Beatle-esque moment of unconventional music making or happy accident. It helps resolve the Final Moment of All Time and The Last Beatles Recording ... making them human-sized again. Or something like that.

[@dougr3142]

@@YouCantUnhearThis The story was Paul decided he didnt want "Her Majesty" in the medley so he had it cut out. When asked by engineer John Kurlander what he should with it, Paul told him to throw it away. Kurlander had been told by management never to just throw anything away, so he put the song at the end of the master tape. Later, when Paul listened to the tape and unexpectedly heard "Her Majesty" 14 seconds after "The End", he thought it was great and left it there. The song was originally in the medley between "Mean Mr. Mustard" and "Polythene Pam". The loud chord at the beginning of the song is the final chord of "Mean Mr. Mustard".

[@vitorjunior2023]

@@YouCantUnhearThis Her Majesty was intended to appear between Mean Mr Mustard and Polythene Pam, the first chord of "Her Majesty" is actually the end of Mean Mr Mustard. Paul want to rip it off from the Medley. The sound engineer did not notice that there was a song after the tape leader, and send the copy to the disc pressing. Another day, they arrived with an acetate master and delivered it to Paul McCartney and he simply liked the "accident", and decided to keep it the way it was, and did not include it in disc sleeve in the first pressings. It was only included years later. And about "Can you take me back?", This track does not really belong to "Cry Baby Cry", it's just an uncredited song, a snippet, as well as the conversation between George Martin and Alistair Taylor about a bottle of Claret , before Revolution # 9, but both snippets were joined in each track in the master, staying out on the sleeve.

[@robertmcnamara2397]

John Lennon’s album Walls and Bridges features “Nutopian National Anthem”, coming in at a sly 0:01

[@BarryWarne]

9. Both Ringo and McCartney were left-handed but played right-handed drum kits 10. Lennon and Harrison would play Fender VI bass lines on some of the songs 11. The only solo-Lennon performance in the Bealtes catalog is Julia 12. Geoff Emerick walked out during the recording of this very emotionally intense time period 13. Lennon was keen to work quickly through their recording contract which is one reason there are 30 songs on the album 14. 1968 was a tumultuous year for Lennon with his divorce from Cynthia and his public relationship with Yoko

[@YouCantUnhearThis]

Thanks for sharing those! There are so many interesting things about the White Album.

[@BarryWarne]

I could go on all day ....

[@NoirL.A.]

JOHN and GEORGE actually played bass on quite a few songs and it wasn't always the fender VI. GEORGE also had a fender jazz given to him when LEO FENDER dumped tons of free equipment on to them when they got back from india. JOHN plays bass on 'helter skelter' and 'back in the ussr' and GEORGE plays bass on 'you never give me your money' and 'maxwell's silver hammer as an example.

[@gabrielbennett9376]

Fender VI, really? I didnt even think those were around back then, I thought they were a relatively new thing, that's really interesting.

[@NoirL.A.]

@@gabrielbennett9376 there's footage of both JACK BRUCE and JOHN ENTWISTLE (along with a few other bassists) using one before THE BEATLES even had one.

[@kennethlatham3133]

Fifty-two years later and a Beatles fan like my 63-year old self can STILL get lost in the White Album.

[@time.5316]

My girlfriend in 1968 bought me this album. That's about the only decent thing she ever did for me.

[@TheJayson8899]

52 hears and still not over it? Lol

[@jeaniechowdury576]

Tim E. Yeah but at least she gave you a wonderful slbum!!!!!!

[@alanlinnebur3139]

What about the indecent things she did for you?

[@time.5316]

@@alanlinnebur3139 Hah!! Not nearly so memorable as the album!!

[@alanlinnebur3139]

@@time.5316 Funny, and from personal experience, I would agree. ;-)

[@hifrommike2120]

Number nine (number nine, number nine, number nine) oddity: John sings 45 seconds without taking a breath on "I'm So Tired."

[@Weshopwizard]

This album really spoke to me! - Charles Manson.

[@keefy008]

Underrated comment!

[@DrSpaceman69]

😂

[@brunandre]

This comment was so good that I gave the 43rd like, breaking a very important rule pf my life! Lol

[@chadgriffin5088]

Hahaha!

[@user-fu2mi1nd5l]

That's cause the bastard played it in reverse Another interesting fact about WHITE ALBUM is that there are SO MANY hidden reverse messages on there Check out BEATLES REVERSED

[@andrewwian4921]

No band will ever compare to The Beatles..

[@fowlae4414]

And that’s an opinion.

[@gabesstarwarscollection]

stfu

[@gribwitch]

@@fowlae4414 "...And that’s an opinion....". Yes, but it's an EDUCATED opinion !

[@fowlae4414]

Doesn’t take much education to compare them to Pink Floyd or Radiohead.

[@gabesstarwarscollection]

@@fowlae4414 It's an opinion that that's a opinion on that opinion on that opinion

[@Bixfan78]

Regarding item number 4, between "Sgt. Pepper" in June 1967 and the White Album in late November 1968, the Beatles released the single "All You Need Is Love"/"Baby, You're a Rich Man," the "Magical Mystery Tour" double EP and hour-long TV special, the singles "Hello Goodbye" (a new track)/"I Am the Walrus" (from the MMT soundtrack), "Lady Madonna"/"The Inner Light" and "Hey Jude"/"Revolution" (their biggest selling single ever). They also promoted the "Yellow Submarine" movie, which came out in England in July of '68 and in the States two weeks before the White Album in late November, and the accompanying soundtrack LP had four new songs. So, it's not as if we hadn't heard anything from the Beatles for a year and a half, as the narration implies. I was a huge Beatles fan at this time (still am), and I recall that 1967-68 period as being one of their most visible and prolific.

[@StudioMargalima]

Well said, you're right

[@54tristin]

Ringo was incredibly underrated artist no other drummer that I know of could’ve done what Ringo did with the Beatles music the problem is he hung back in the mix for the benefit of the song

[@greebo7857]

Ringo was the drummer for The Beatles. Nothing else needs to be said.

[@jeremyw.norwood1453]

It doesn't matter how old you are, what year it is, or if you're a boy or a girl.... The Beatles are such sublime music that everyone, everywhere, and of every age will fall in love with it; it's like a siren's call.

[@shannonlucas2980]

only 8 oddities on the White Album? It's a double disc masterpiece of oddities. Almost every song sounds like a different band, while simultaneously sounding NOTHING like they'd ever done. Amazing. I love them.

[@dhpbear2]

1:09 - Wasn't Magical Mystery Tour the follow-up to Sgt. Pepper?

[@ingenito919]

It's debated - it was an American LP but was a double EP in the UK. If you get the 2009 remastered notice how MMT's cd disc shows a Capitol Records instead of Apple or Parlophone. Plus the music from MMT was already released as singles officially by the Beatles in 1967. Hope that clarifies your question

[@BarryWarne]

MMT was an EP of sorts to go with the Film released on Boxing Day (I think that's when it was released on BBC?) and was critically decimated. Epstein had died between Sgt. Pepper's high point and MMT's low point which underlines the emotional rudder that Epstein was for the Beatles. He may not have been the best manager in the world* but he deeply cared for them and (debate-ably) provided a show-biz Mother Figure to John and Paul in comparison to George Martin's Father Figure. * how could any manager have foreseen the impact and global domination of The Beatles, let alone stay ahead of that marketing behemoth? Epstein did his best, he got them well on the way and may have lost them merchandise revenue but he was always on their side and intended the best for them. He knew he failed them and knew they were slipping away. That is the biopic that would be interesting as hell and more moving than Bohemian Rhapsody.

[@dougr3142]

As others have said, "Magical Mystery Tour" was orginally released as a double EP in England. In the US, Capitol issued it as an LP with the "Magical Mystery Tour" songs on side 1, and the rest of the songs the Beatles issued as singles in 1967 on side 2. It was never considered an "official" LP by the Beatles, they had nothing to do with compiling and releasing it as an album with the additional songs in the US. The LP wasn't even available in the UK until 1976. After the demise of EPs, the LP replaced the 2 EP set in the UK and has been considered a canon Beatles album ever since.

[@VinnyDrysdale]

It's not a proper album, but I think it counts. New songs, and the rest didn't appear on any previous albums.

[@JohnPMitten]

@@VinnyDrysdale I didn't care for one of the last albums, I think it's called Hey Jude. George Martin was not on this LP.

[@davidhumphreys1422]

I miss the Beatles. They were so much fun. No other has held my interest. Or my heart.

[@jessetwo1]

David Humphreys please use the proper title it’s The Beatles, not the Beatles. However some people believe that the name was changed to Beatles after the supposedly death of Paul McCartney.

[@melissastone5755]

Didn't hold your hand then?

[@loilt5091]

Don't invite those conspiracy clowns 'round these parts!

[@DaPoopIsInDaPudding]

jessetwo1 what the fuck ever

[@gregdahlen4375]

heartbeat(les)

[@daddyalbert61]

I always get distracted cuz I just sing along with the music in the background

[@pretorious700]

None of these things are "oddities", just characteristics.

[@jeeedel2491]

pretorious700 Might be different depending where youre from but oddities and characteristics mean pretty much the same

[@figlermaert]

Clickbait to get views

[@d-rockanomaly9243]

No, oddities is a much more fitting word than characteristic. Paul filling is for Ringos drumming is a characteristic? What are you even talking about? 92 morons voted this up?

[@chriscauwelier]

The Mono/Stereo oddities are just phase problems so that some sounds from left and right eliminate each other in the mono downmix.

[@vitorjunior2023]

@@chriscauwelier not only, but also! Primarily, the mono mixes are slighly different takes too.. A bit of marketing things, you know, to buy the two versions (mono/stereo). Have u heard a mono copy of "Got to Get You Into My Life", in "Revolver" album, for example?

[@eddiegarcia1158]

You should pick up this KZbin channel again. I see with this vid you have, but I think you can really make a mark. Great narration! Plus, I'm an avid The Beatles fan and still I learned some thing I never knew, like the whole Ringo leaving bit. Keep it up man.

[@YouCantUnhearThis]

Thanks for watching! More episodes coming soon. And feel free to share ideas and suggestions for topics!

[@miiihuel6228]

You Can't Unhear This why don’t you talk about Sting accidentally putting his hand on a piano in the beginning of Roxanne and people clapping John Frusciante on If you have to ask by RHCP? Could be great Love your stuff

[@josephcontreras8930]

You should check out those Beatles info podcasts like nothing is real, I know something about the Beatles and completely Beatles. They're chock full of info .

[@Mrsitarman]

It was one of the best albums of all time! As most of their albums!

[@jamiehogg8989]

Sargent Pepperland massive Beatles fan but, dark side of the moon was definitely better :)

[@johnnymoondogs1816]

Jamie Woodstock nope sgt pepper is the best album ever made dsotm is top 10 at his best

[@d.e.b.b5788]

Music bests and worsts are completely subjective. Just look at the huge number of people who think the Greatful Dead's singing are the epitome of musical works, though to many, they all sound off key.

[@jamesguy1030]

D. E. B. B ~ Yeah, Check out the amazing documentary footage called = “The Winged Beatle” It’s one of the best films about The Beatles to date and is must see for everyone that is a true fan of the Beatles ENJOY

[@biggawinnacrapsa3870]

@@johnnymoondogs1816 - Sgt. Pepper isn't even in my top 100. And Pink Floyd's 'Obscured By Clouds' beats Dark Side.

[@andrewpappas9311]

The Beatles were the first band I ever got really into when I was a kid (10 years old, I’m currently 21) and they definitely made me see music in a whole different way, as well as making me want to play guitar, While My Guitar Gently Weeps being one of the first guitar solos I learned to play (and one of my favourite songs). I can also remember getting the album a couple years ago for Christmas, and it’s still one of my favourite albums from them

[@albertparish1729]

that "keep off the grass" photo is really nice.

[@MichaelForYou402]

I always thought that “Her Majesty” was the shortest track? I could be mistaken.

[@YouCantUnhearThis]

Good point! Her Majesty is indeed shorter but it has an interesting origin that puts it into a unique category: although initially slated as part of the Side Two medley on Abbey Road (between Mean Mr. Mustard and Polythene Pam), Paul eventually decided against including it on the album at all. During the final mixdown, it was mistakenly copied onto the very end of the master tape. In fact, initial pressings did not even list the track! That's why I don't consider it an intentional, full "song" but rather as one element of the medley that wasn't even supposed to be on the album at all. To me, it's more like the "Can You Take Me Back?" snippet that is on the White Album following Cry Baby Cry and so I don't consider it their shortest "full song."

[@billvegas8146]

@@YouCantUnhearThis You are correct Micheal that's why I gave this long-winded answer to cover up my mistake.

[@hewgrebe4771]

The shortest track in England, until 1988, was "Sgt. Pepper Inner Groove", only on U.K. Sgt. Pepper albums. 8 seconds on the ring of the album that just kept going and going until someone lifted the record needle. Funny.

[@coyote728]

Her Masjesty IS the shortest Beatles song even if it was a hidden track initially.

[@karloff604]

@@hewgrebe4771 Actually, it could be the longest track the Beatles ever made if you just let the record keep spinning and spinning and spinning....

[@lpkvideodesigns4998]

For some amazing reason, I didn't get to hear this album until it had been out for 12 years. It instantly stood the test of time and quickly became my favourite album ever. I had forgotten just how good they were! What a treat to have something of that quality in the 80"s

[@davidstewart4780]

The quick Spanish guitar intro to Bungalow Bill is actually a pre-recorded track from a Mellotron tape. There's a rare one for you

[@lynnturman8157]

I always wondered about that. Is that George playing? Whoever it is had amazing chops.

[@kdmdlo]

As for number 2, my understanding is that they opted for the plain white cover as a minimalist conception. This stood in stark contrast to the over-the-top covers of Pepper and Magical Mystery Tour.

[@mysongs6745]

I've read that McCartney was very particular about the positioning and size of the lettering of the album's title on the front cover. I find this interesting yet ironic because the cover is so minimalist. Maybe that's why Sir Paul felt the need to be so precise.

[@kdmdlo]

@@mysongs6745 Have never heard that before. Thanks.

[@evanrivas3944]

Great quality of video you deserve more recognition! Have a good day!

[@johnlennon4047]

Did you know that Ringo wrote 'Octopuses Garden' while he were absent?

[@paskuniag]

He was off the coast of Sardinia, on his friend Peter Sellers' boat, when he noticed an octopus collecting stones under water. The rest is musical history.

[@hewgrebe4771]

Great to hear about that. I just thought he was in the studio when it came to him. Thanks.

[@filthycade2399]

paskuniag i think he was told story about ictopus

[@jennifursun3303]

@@hewgrebe4771 nope that is a true story

[@raysmith2940]

Under the sea?

[@williamgarrett2881]

So unfortunate that there are so few video session out takes, but you guys do a great job piecing together things we've not been attuned to in the web of audio tracks. Kudos!

[@checkma8s]

i love your channel . im 20 and i only discovered beatles 3 years ago after listening to across the universe

[@mattkik]

I wasn't much younger than you when I first fell in love with the Beatles music. For me it was hearing Twist and Shout on Ferris Bueller's Day Off. It's great to hear about young people discovering their music.

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

Ringo gets a lot of stick but there are two things to keep in mind about him. The first is that he was very steady. That was very important in an era before drum machines and click tracks. In that section of Paul playing you can hear his tempo wobble and it only lasted a few seconds. You didn't get that with Ringo. Secondly, Ringo was incredibly reliable. Mark Lewisohn, who has listened to everything The Beatles recorded in studio, estimated that over the years fewer than 10 takes broke down because of a drumming mistake. That's simply incredible. The second fact also points to Ringo's brilliance: he knew and knows his limitations as a drummer and how to work within them, but still serve the music. His parts seem simple but they have a way of being noticable and catchy while not overwhelming the song. "Any drummer can play those parts" is a knock used against Ringo but it's also an argument in his favor. Any drummer COULD play those parts but not every drummer WOULD. He didn't care about how many beats per minute he could play, showing off his double bass drum proficiency or breaking out a super complex fill. For Ringo the song and the record were what was important, not showing off his technique. I'm not saying incredible technique is a bad thing in and of itself and that it doesn't have it's place. It certainly does, and as a drummer I enjoy listening to it. SOMETIMES. However, if you were playing on records as good as what The Beatles created the most *musical* choice is probably the one Ringo made: don't try to draw attention to what you're doing. The song and the ensemble are what really matter.

[@BillPeschel]

I have to add, two years after you posted this, that Ringo's reputation among other drummers is very high.

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

@@BillPeschel Oh, I know. I was listening to The Beatles Decca audition and their first run throughs of "Love Me Do" after they were signed by Parlophone, both with Pete Best still in the band. He was absolutely awful. If anyone wants to hear the kind of difference a good drummer can make to a band all you have to do is listen to how much better The Beatles were with Ringo.

[@philip6502]

Agree. He was rock-steady and never got in the way of the music. He turned me into a drummer when I was in grade school. 🥁

[@philip6502]

@@BillPeschel I agree. Anyone who sat in a room with Ringo playing would be knocked over. 💯

[@user-fu2mi1nd5l]

@@philip6502 Keith Moon was Oh yeah cause him and Ring were drunk

[@brb.8962]

The White Albums is a big collection of the best and worst songs they ever made

[@throwaway3005]

cough cough revolution 9

[@mikenyny755]

As I stated (15 comments above), I love 15 and hate the other 15; this has been the case since I first listened to it in 1977.

[@pagapollo5601]

@@throwaway3005 yeah, one of the best

[@srldwg]

(Strangely), that's one of the reasons that I love it. The less than great songs on there still have such a unique quality, that I feel adds to the experience of listening to the album as a whole.

[@brb.8962]

@@srldwg I kove it for that reason too. You'll never know what the next song will sound like and that's just a really cool feeling.

[@mariaclark6313]

Love them..love their creative originality in every album

[@spoonfishing]

They were just way ahead of everyone else all the time, every time again and again. You had to be there to understand that now. They didn't do it on purpose, but they intimidated every other band out there-every band. That is no exaggeration.

[@philip6502]

I rather believe they inspired as opposed to intimidated.

[@adriangonzalez4877]

Everyone other than like the mothers of invention maybe. But the Beatles were far more accessible

[@steveshattah]

The Sergeant Pepper album cover also does not feature four Beatles. Depending on how you look at it, there's either five or nine Beatles on the front cover.

[@michaellynch9086]

This guy is an incredible content creator. I think his videos are near perfect little docs.

[@michaeldebellis4202]

I really love your videos. I like the little oddities and questions like who is playing bass on some song. But I would love to see more videos where you just analyze songs from all the interesting perspectives you have. They don’t all have to be mysterious or things we don’t know. I just love hearing you talk about how they made music. They were such an amazing creative band.

[@deadbeatdynamo]

"8 Things You Are Disappointed To Find Out You Already Know About the White Album."

[@MsVanorak]

'Album' is latin for white as in egg white is albumen. The latin bit is imqortant too as many Nazi scientists were hidden there - all going down decades before louise brown. try that for a bit of intrigue and then look at the start of this iqload again!

[@erestube]

Eric Clapton was the only guest guitarist, but the opening guitar on Bungalow Bill wasn't a Beatle. It was a loop on the Melotron!

[@coreyzimmerman9782]

Erestube.........could you explain how that was done. It always sounded like a flamanco guitar to me.... Thanks!

[@martinsullivan708]

@@coreyzimmerman9782 mellotron sample of some flamenco

[@simonrussell4986]

@@coreyzimmerman9782 The Mellotron is a keyboard with a tape on each note (magnetic tape, like casette). Press the note, the tape plays. Technically any sound could be on any key - some notes had rhythms. The bottom note of one set of sounds was the flamenco guitar used in the song. All you had to do was press the first note and presto! The intro to Strawberry Fields was the flute sound on a Mellotron. Technically it's not a loop - the tape rewound (sprang back?) when the note was released. As such, there was a time limit for each note (7 seconds?). Apologies - a bit sketchy, but might help.

[@erestube]

@@coreyzimmerman9782 The Melotron had hundreds of interchangeable short tape loops of all kinds of instruments (like the flute in Strawberry Fields). It also had percussion, horns, ooh and ahh voices, etc. There were also some short performance loops from single instruments. The Bungalow Bill flamenco guitar was one of them. If you listen carefully, you can tell the ambience is much different from when the band kicks in because it was recorded differently. You can also hear a Melotron loop on the right side during the verses of the song, the rapid strumming-type sound. The organ-like glissando later in the song may have been the Melotron too. The same loop glissandoed? The horn-like sound near the end of the song sounds like the Melotron too. Like they say, the Beatles were in separate studios working on their own stuff during the White Album. A lot of John's band on this song was the Melotron!

[@notvalidcharacters]

@@erestube "Rapid-strumming" -- you mean the mandolin? Hey you might be right, I just listened up close and it cuts suddenly at the end of each measure instead of gliding to a stop like a human would. The reedy keyboard that fades out at the end sounds like Lennon's Clavoline (he played it on Baby You're a Rich Man).

[@markstyles5103]

What I love about this album, is that John, Paul, and George, each worked a lot on their own songs. So this album covers much more sonic territory than their other albums. Plus with all those songs, it took many more listenings before you wear it out.

[@sagemorrison360]

Dude, you NEED to upload more, I love your videos!

[@haldumille5594]

Magical Mystery Tour release date was Nov. 67 followed by Yellow Submarine in July of '68. Both came out in between Sgt. Pepper and the White Album. They also released 4 GREAT singles in between those two albums. Whoever was wondering if they had lost their 'edge' didn't have a clue what they were talking about.

[@rhysthomas5811]

The white album also contains the only solo singing line by someone who is not a member of the Beatles .The line " Not when he looked so fierce " on The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill" Sung ?(Shrieked ) by Yoko Ono

[@paultreneary]

How about 'Across the Universe'? one of the versions has two guest female backing singers (two of the Apple Scruffs IIRC) - it's the version off 'Mono Masters' and 'Rarities' - that dark blue with gold writing vinyl release from the 70s. I think it was referred to as 'The Wildlife' version due to the sound of swans(?) taking off at the start.

[@user-fu2mi1nd5l]

Backing vocals on "BIRTHDAY" has Yoko and Patty H singing

[@IgnorancEnArrogance]

I think it's crazy how the year and half gap between albums caused people to doubt the Beatles, when they had released a dozen singles in between the albums, and a movie, which became the magical mystery tour later on.

[@TheNagualZone]

such a well made vid! ty for the upload

[@waldornprime5567]

Fun fact: People need to listen to Honey Pie more. It’s good for you.

[@wornstrat5517]

Its so relaxing

[@giovannaliviana505]

In my opinion, what makes "The White Album" so special is the fact that The Beatles did pretty much every genre around at the time on that album and showed that they were masters of each.

[@Black0ysterPearl]

Happy Birthday, Ringo ! I'm so thankful to him for all the great music and inspiration.

[@randomaccount742]

Keep posting!

[@ayersd82]

Wonderful work, thank you so much !

[@brianarbenz7206]

I used to hear the White Albun criticized as erratic and poorly arranged, but I loved it and defended it. Glad to see you recognize it for its great strengths! Here’s to the White Album! 🎵

[@x19guy]

So true about a sample of every genre, when I listen to the whole album it's like a journey through time. In this last few songs you can almost hear the 90's.

[@benjaminclasper9355]

I love the information on stereo and mono sound differences you gave.

[@marcelmoulin3335]

Nicely done. Thank you!

[@willk7184]

Hey Bulldog, Don't Pass Me By - bring me a Savoy Truffle for my Wild Honey Pie, it's her Birthday.

[@hewgrebe4771]

Will K Funny. 😄

[@mysongs6745]

"Hey Bulldog" is John's masterpiece with the Beatles IMHO. The song just sends chills up my spine when he sings "some kind of happiness is measured out in miles ... you can talk to me..." Then there's that great guitar riff which turns into a solo. A very powerful rocker. I also love "Not A Second Time." It's hard to believe that those two songs were written and recorded just four year apart.

[@russellbertolino3014]

once in the history of the world...there never has been or will be anything like the Beatles again.

[@MagCynic]

I'll never get why people think this is their best album. This would've made a MUCH better normal, single album.

[@ClarenceHW]

I liked your delivery, smooth, objective and no over-the-top fanboy exclamations.

[@57kibbi]

Just ordered The BEATLES thru your link. Thanks for what you do.

[@tobydigiovanni5838]

A good "you can't un hear it" is the drumming during the 4th verse in dear prudence. If paul did that, thats crazy

[@thinmanthewise]

It's overdubbed.

[@notvalidcharacters]

McCartney did the drums on that entire song as Ringo was still absent (early in the sessions). It's a fine example of the difference in feel between the two, being so stiff and uninspired compared to Ringo's work.

[@nureinherz]

Wow, thank you so much! There are a couple of details you point out that I didn't know of before, although I've been a Beatles-fan for many years. Thanks, mate 👍

[@karloff604]

One of my favorite albums of all time. It's such a wonderful group of eclectic songs. I have eight versions of the album, including the original copy I bought in late 1968 and the phenomenal 2018 mix on vinyl.

[@hifrommike2120]

Even John called it the White Album in the Rolling Stone interview. This is my desert island album, the one I'd take if I only had access to one album for the rest of my life.

[@debradonato7363]

I Am A BeAtle Fan for 57 yrs♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@Leezl41]

Very nice!! Thank U 4 posting.

[@belovedconsole]

This was really great. Want more mini-docus like this

[@FuckPunkers]

I keep getting distracted by the backing music

[@robertsanders7061]

Nobody is a better drummer than Ringo

[@Lessontobe]

Very informative!

[@hewgrebe4771]

Great video. So informative. Thanks.

[@MultiJimmyb]

Longest gap between albums? Guess he forgot about magical mystery tour and yellow submarine LPs!

[@1sttvbn]

MultiJimmyb MMT was basically a collection of singles, and b sides. Only about three new songs on it. Yellow Submarine came out two month’s after the White Album, in January ‘69.

[@calmbbaer]

@@1sttvbn - This is from a native (UK) perspective. In the UK, Magical Mystery Tour was released as a 6-song double EP, not the better-known 11-song American LP known today due to its being chosen as the only non-UK format for CD re-release.

[@hewgrebe4771]

calmbbaer I always wondered why the U.S. had an album and the U.K. Had single sized records. From the U.S., myself but, wish Capital records would have just reproduced the U.K. Collection, the same, not reproduced it.

[@calmbbaer]

@@hewgrebe4771 - EPs were nearly dead by the time Capital put the Beatles on CD for the American market, so it made some practical sense. It also made business sense: They couldn't have charged full price for an EP of less than 20 minutes, and the remaining tracks would have gone on Past Masters, which would be the same price whether they were 45 minutes each or 55 minutes each. The Beatles catalog was always milked thoroughly, and this choice was no exception.

[@flyinpigmusic331]

The Beatles didn't treat magical mystery tour as a proper album. They released it as a double EP. Their US record label, capitol, knew that EP's were a dead format in the states, so they added in all the 1967 non - album singles and, voila, you've got yourself a makeshift Beatles album. Needless to say, they did this without the Beatles permission. Yellow submarine came out in early '69, after the white album was released.

[@machavez00]

I have the original CD release of “The Beatles”. It is numbered as was the original vinyl pressing.

[@heatherthyne2307]

This album was a gift to me for a birthday when I was in sixth grade.

[@billboys9283]

That was awesomely informative...Thanks!

[@hewgrebe4771]

Bill Boys This was such an informative video. So fun to watch.

[@billboys9283]

@@hewgrebe4771 Yeah...Entertaining and informative

[@LouisHansell]

White is the reflection of all colors. The White Album reflected musical styles of all the then current bands, The Beach Boys, Jimmy Hedrix Experience, etc.

[@kurthallsman]

The album cover was originally meant to mimic a bootleg. These illegal records, purchased on a street corner, often came in blank white sleeves.

[@NoirL.A.]

it was also meant to represent the polar opposite of the elaborate covers for their last few albums before it. btw, it was originally gonna be called 'A DOLL'S HOUSE'.

[@Jason_Quinn]

That it also resembled a giant square of blotter paper was also a statement of the times.

[@luvmyrecords]

I have heard that the photo used inside the gatefold of the Beatles so-called red and blue albums was the originally intended cover of "The Beatles", but I have not seen this substantiated anywhere.

[@WAKPROD]

see my comments

[@docsavage8640]

no it wasn't, kurt, try again

[@audreypugh6273]

i always loved how beatles music in particular would sound very different if you took out one earbud....now i know why. absolutely love it

[@SylentEcho]

It's simple - I see ANY Beatles video on KZbin, I like and subscribe!

[@lilooh8126]

I bought the 3 cd version with the demos. Great album.

[@debwallis9935]

Me too. It's brilliant

[@hewgrebe4771]

There are so many versions out now. I want to get the Esher demos. I heard they were mostly recorded at George Harrison’s home studio.

[@StringShredder05]

What I have always loved about this album is the production or rather lack of. It feels more "real" and without as much studio treatment🎸🎸🎸

[@mojo2382]

Amazing who knew!!! Thank you for these Informative Facts about the White Album.

[@Kelly14UK]

Okay, uploader, you won me over HERE. Very interesting points. Subbbed. Favourite Beatles album.

[@warren52nz]

*I've got a copy of this album on CD autographed by Paul when he was in Australia.*

[@mountzod]

Their finest record IMO. A sprawling masterpiece I put in my top ten of all time

[@jasonmatteson2721]

5th best

[@nunyabidness117]

That and Abbey Road.

[@hewgrebe4771]

Such great information, here. Thanks.

[@madiserket2]

you are an amazing youtuber! hope you get bigger!

[@YouCantUnhearThis]

Wow, thanks for the kind words. More episodes coming very soon!

[@notvalidcharacters]

Here's another "oddity" for ya. The violin player on "Don't Pass Me By" isn't playing a violin, it's a viola. You can tell from his noodling at the end where he hits a note too low for the violin.

[@RaiderfanCali]

notvalidcharacters It might be blasphemy to some people but I have to agree

[@hewgrebe4771]

I never knew that about what instrument that was. A viola. I have heard this song on the same album, one mono and one stereo, and the mono one has a faster vocal. Also on the Rarities album, too.

[@luvmyrecords]

@@hewgrebe4771 Not only is the vocal faster, the whole recording is; it's played up a half step. The same thing occurs between the mono (key of F) and stereo (key of E) versions of "She's Leaving Home" ("Pepper").

[@notvalidcharacters]

@@luvmyrecords That was common -- in their studio experimentation they would vary the tape speeds by varying the current frequency coming in from the mains (e.g. run it at 48 or 52 cycles per second instead of the European standard 50 cycles) which would make the capstan run faster or slower. Some tunes would end up in a quarter-tone between standard pitches. Lennon's slowed-down voice in Strawberry Fields is an obvious example but other than eerie Lennon effects like that they wouldn't normally slow a lame Ringo song down, though it is possible that it could have been a violin after all and the tape slowed it down. But it does sound like a natural voice to me, so I think it's a viola. I figured that out when I started playing violin.

[@mickmahoney956]

it was played by GEORGE. I can't believe that was left out.

[@somerset1924]

The mono version also has a different ending to Helter Skelter to the stereo version. Stereo has "I got blisters on my fingers!" The mono version doesn't. Overall though, the mono release of the 'white album' sounds punchier, guitars are more upfront and the vocals sit in a better place in the mix.

[@moshezarviv1252]

great job. thank you

[@byronlawsonjoce7562]

I must go back and listen again. I did not know about Paul's drumming on this double LP!

[@lorenzor2555]

When my parents gave me the White Album as a Christams gift, and I first heard it through some new stereo earphones... Wow! I was completely blown away. The deepest and profound sensation that I have ever experienced in my life. I've listend it over and over, hundreds of times. I was 14yo, I fell in love with music, started to play guitar and sing. the four Beatles (and George Martin) were genius, their alchemy was something out of this world

[@fredneecher1746]

Everything you hear for the first time at age 14 is like that.

[@gabrielbennett9376]

@@fredneecher1746 I heard Bruno Mars and Miley Cyrus when I was 14. I was not impressed.

[@gordoncrawford6300]

Top 1 oddities in the White Album #1 The White Album

[@thegreengoddess8850]

You say that this album has no images of the Beatles. It did however, contain 8x11 portraits of each of them inside the sleeve that could be taken out and framed or taped to the wall. My dad had the original so I know this as fact.

[@quentinmitchell3047]

He said that it is the only album cover...... He also literally shows various times the gate fold which has photos of the beatles

[@joekurtz8303]

My uncle has a serial number white album ,I bought my copy, but on limited production white vinyl in early 80's , by play my CD to preserve for my kids all my vinyl albums.

[@TheNedH]

The Stereo vs Mono issue became really interesting to me once the Anniversary remixes started coming out, first with Sgt. Pepper, then The Beatles, and soon with Abbey Road. Giles Martin, who produced the re-mixes has said in interviews that the guys would labor over the mono mixes like they did everything they touched in those days. They were utterly meticulous. But, once that was done, they would leave it to the engineer to suss out the stereo mixes. Mono was their main focus, I suppose, as a hold-over from that having been their only medium for so long, and also, I imagine, because of the relative rarity of stereo systems at that time. The two extant anniversary remixes are revelatory, however, and I cannot wait to hear Abbey Road's remix. I don't know if you've done one of these videos that explains the recording-mixing process and how these new remixes un-pack all of that for modern equipment, but I find the subject fascinating.

[@hewgrebe4771]

Ned Hastings with you there. On the White Album, on Ringo’s song “Don’t Pass Me By,” in mono, you get him speeded up with a longer fiddle break! I did not know this being as I just have the stereo albums. That, too. Why would you need a mono album. We even had a quadrophonic album with four speakers that came out. I never owned one of those but dang, four places for noise to come from. I could hear that four sound thing on Lennon’s “Tomorrow Never Knows.” Those breaks would have been fun to hear.

[@tamajared]

I hope this series is picked up by PBS Digital Studios!

[@MakianTheWorld]

The ice ability and the way his user wears it like a armor

[@YuutaShinjou113]

Also the sudden switch from rock beat to eerie orchestral sequence in Glass Onion.

[@mysongs6745]

"Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah." Those strings in the background send chills up my spine.