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7 October 1968

While recording "Long, Long, Long," it is discovered that a certain organ note makes a bottle of Blue Nun wine someone had left on a speaker rattle. Mics are set up to capture the effect and add it to the track.

Blue Nun, a semi-sweet German wine, was marketed as a wine you could drink "all through dinner," without worrying about pairing. Once very popular and associated with various public figures including Fleetwood Mac, it declined after a peak in the 80s and while still around, is more often seen as a callback to a less sophisticated age. For example, it is Alan Partridge's drink of choice.

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The Beatles recording “Long, Long, Long”, 66 takes worth, on October 7, 1968 for the White Album sessions. Photo of Paul, Ringo, and George along with George Martin by John Kelly © Apple Corps Ltd.(www.thebeatles.com).

“There’s a sound near the end of the song which is a bottle of Blue Nun wine rattling away on the top of a Leslie speaker cabinet. It just happened. Paul hit a certain organ note and the bottle started vibrating. We thought it was so good that we set the mikes up and did it again. The Beatles always took advantage of accidents.”

Chris Thomas

The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions, Mark Lewisohn