The White Album diary
The Beatles, a.k.a. “The White Album”, was recorded and produced in exactly 20 weeks from 30 May to 17 October 1968.
Notes On The Esher Demos Week 0: India to Esher, and “Revolution” Week 1: More “Revolution 1”, and “Don't Pass Me By” Week 2: “Blackbird”, and then the calm before the storm Week 3: Paul's birthday, “Revolution 9”, and Paul goes AWOL Week 4: “Sour Milk Sea” and “Everybody's Got Something To Hide...” Week 5: Stirrings of “Good Night” and “Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da” Week 6: Remakes of “Ob-La-Di” and “Revolution” Progress Report #1: How their workflow compares to Sgt. Pepper Week 7: “Cry, Baby, Cry”, and Geoff Emerick quits Week 8: “Good Night” and “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” Week 9: “Hey Jude” at Trident Week 10: “Not Guilty” and “Mother Nature's Son” Progress Report #2: At the halfway point Week 11: “Sexy Sadie”, “Yer Blues”, “Mary Jane”, “Rocky Raccoon” Week 12: “Wild Honey Pie”, “Back In The U.S.S.R.”, and Ringo quits Week 13: “Dear Prudence” at Trident Week 14: Ringo returns, “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” remake Week 15: Enter Chris Thomas, “Helter Skelter”, and “Glass Onion” Week 16: “I Will”, “Birthday”, and “Piggies” Week 17: “Happiness Is A Warm Gun” Progress Report #3: Crunch time in Pepperland Week 18: “Honey Pie”, “Savoy Truffle”, and “Martha...”, all at Trident Week 19: “Long...”, “...Tired”, “...Bungalow Bill”, “...Do It In The Road?” Week 20: “Julia”, final overdubs, and marathon sequencing sesh The White Album Sessions In Review
And of course, the Get Back sessions kicked off exactly 11 weeks after the last White Album session. So in a very real way, the “White Album Beatles” are exactly who we're hanging with at Twickenham and Apple in January 1969...
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