The title, and many of the lyrics, come from a box of Mackintosh’s Good News chocolates.Īnother student of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in early 1968 was Prudence Farrow, the sister of Hollywood starlet Mia. Many Beatles fans will be aware that guitar legend Eric Clapton appears on the album, but what many may not know is that the track ‘Savoy Truffle’ was actually written by George Harrison as a tribute to Clapton’s fondness for chocolate.
This phrase is taken from the Yoruba tribe from Nigeria meaning ‘life goes on.’ It was a saying commonly used by conga player Jimmy Scott, an acquaintance of Paul’s.
In 2015, Ringo Starr’s personal copy number 0000001 sold for a world record $790,000 at auction.
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The cover featured a unique stamped serial number, “to create”, in Hamilton’s words, “the ironic situation of a numbered edition of something like five million copies”. The album’s sleeve was designed by pop artist Richard Hamilton. Most of the songs for The Beatles were written during the bands time at a Transcendental Meditation course with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Rishikesh, India, between February and April 1968.ĭid you know there’s actually no bass guitar on the song ‘I Will’? Those ‘bass’ notes you can hear are actually being made by Paul. Pepper’s band to play in his sunny Elysian Fields and were now striding out in new directions without a map,” says Paul McCartney in his written introduction for the new ‘White Album’ releases.ġ0 Facts About the White Album You Might Not Know 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. On November 9, The Beatles will release a suite of lavishly presented ‘White Album’ packages (Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol/UMe). 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. 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.” Ringo Starr’s “Don’t Pass Me By” marked his first solo songwriting credit on a Beatles album. 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’). In September of this year it was announced that the album would be reissued: Leave a comment with your favourite song from the albumīelow watch videos, maybe learn a few facts you didn’t know about the album and find out more about the 50th anniversary reissues. Plus, on Thursday, check out the LG Facebook page to win the 2LP 50th Anniversary vinyl White Album. Listen to Kelly and Graham on Thursday for your chance. We’ve got two copies of the 4LP 50th Anniversary vinyl White Album for YOU to win. White Album Thursday is in concert with Everything Liverpool Canada. The legendary Beatles double album ‘The White Album’ turns 50 this Thursday and we’re going to celebrate all day on LG104.3!
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