The Beatles is the ninth official British album and the fifteenth American album by The Beatles, a double album released in 1968. It is commonly known as The White Album as it has no graphics or text other than the band's name (and, on the early LP and CD releases, a serial number) on its plain white sleeve. The album was the first the Beatles undertook following the death of their manager, Brian Epstein, and the first released by their own record label, Apple. Originally entitled A Doll's House, the title was changed when the British progressive rock band Family released the similarly titled Music in a Doll's House earlier that year. The Beatles was written and recorded during a period of turmoil for the group. After visiting the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in India and having a particularly productive songwriting session in early 1968, the group returned to the studio for recording from May to October 1968, only to have conflict and dissent drive the group members apart. Ringo Starr quit the band for a brief time, leaving Paul McCartney to perform drums on some of the album's songs. Disc 1 01 - Back In The USSR 02 - Dear Prudence 03 - Glass Onion 04 - Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da 05 - Wild Honey Pie 06 - The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill 07 - While My Guitar Gently Weeps 08 - Happiness Is A Warm Gun 09 - Martha My Dear 10 - I'm So Tired 11 - Blackbird 12 - Piggies 13 - Rocky Raccoon 14 - Don't Pass Me By 15 - Why Don't We Do It In The Road 16 - I Will 17 - Julia Disc 2 01 - Birthday 02 - Yer Blues 03 - Mother Nature's Son 04 - Everybody's Got Something To Hide 05 - Sexy Sadie 06 - Helter Skelter 07 - Long Long Long 08 - Revolution 1 09 - Honey Pie 10 - Savoy Truffle 11 - Cry Baby Cry 12 - Revolution 9 13 - Good Night LINK
Alternate mixes, studio and home demos. Pear release. Disc 1 01 Back In The USSR 02 Dear Prudence 03 Glass Union 04 Ob-La-De, Ob-La-Da 05 Wild Honey Pie 06 The Continuing Story Of Bungalo 07 While My Guitar Gently Weeps 08 Happiness Is A Warm Gun 09 Martha My Dear 10 I'm So Tired 11 Blackbird 12 Piggies 13 Rocky Raccoon 14 Don't Pass By Me 15 Why Don't We Do It In The Road_ 16 I Will 17 Julia 18 Child Of Nature 19 Not Guilty 20 Circles 21 Sour Milk Sea 22 Junk 23 Hey Jude 24 Brian Epstein Blues 25 What's The New Mary Jean Disc 2 01 Birthday 02 Yer blues 03 Mother nature's son 04 Everybody's got something to hi 05 Sexy sadie 06 Helter skelter 07 Long, long long 08 Revoution 1 09 Honey pie 10 Savoy truffle 11 Cry baby cry 12 Revolution 9 13 Good night 14 I hate to see 15 Hey Jude 16 Las Vegas tune 17 Everyone had a hard year 18 A case of the blues 19 Happy rishikesh song 20 Oh my love 21 Gone tomorrow her today 22 Helter skelter 23 Wierd album sessions 24 Spiritual regeneration 25 Riskikesh No. 9 LINK
Outtakes and alternate mixes. Walrus release Disc 1 01. The making of the Jet noise 02. Back In The U.S.S.R. (Mono Mix, Rec. on Aug 23, '68) 03. Dear Prudence (Unreleased Take) 04. Glass Onion (Mono Mix, Rec. on Sept 26, '68) 05. Paul Introducing "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" 06. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (Early Take) 07. Wild Honey Pie (Alt. Take, Rec. and Mixed on Aug 20, '68) 08. The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill (Mono Mix, Rec. on Oct 8, '68) 09. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Take 1, Rec. on July 25, '68) 10. Happiness is a Warm Gun (Mono Mix) 11. Martha My Dear (Mono Mix, Rec. on Oct 4, '68) 12. I'm So Tired (Alternate Take, Rec. on Oct 8, '68) 13. Blackbird (Demo '68) 14. Piggies (Mono Mix Rec. on Sept 20 '68) 15. Rocky Raccoon (Take 8, Rec. on Aug 15, '68) 16. Don't Pass Me By (Instr. Take 3 and Vocal Take 5) 17. Paul Introducing "Why Don't We Do It In The Road?" 18. Why Don't We Do It In The Road? (Mono Mix, Rec. on Oct 10, '68) 19. I Will (Take 1, Rec. on Sept 16, '68) 20. Julia (Take 2, Rec. on Oct 13, '68) 21. Promo "White Album" 25th Anniversary Part 1 22. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (Different mix, false start) 23. Don't Pass Me By (Different mix) 24. Back In The U.S.S.R. (Alt. mono mix) 25. Why Don't We Do It In The Road? (Take 4, Rec. on Oct. 9, '68) 26. Blackbird (Take 4, Rec. on June 11, '68) 27. Piggies (Esher demo, Rec. in May, '68) Disc 2 01. Paul Introducing "Birthday" 02. Birthday (Mono Mix, Rec. on Sept 18, '68) 03. Yer Blues (Mono Mix, Rec. on Aug 14, '68) 04. Mother Nature's Son (Take 2, Rec. on Aug 9, '68) 05. Everybody's Got Something To Hide (Alt. Version) 06. Sexy Sadie (Unedited version) 07. Paul Introducing "Helter Skelter" 08. Helter Skelter (Mono Mix) 09. Long, Long, Long (Mono Mix, Rec. on Oct 7, '68) 10. Revolution 1 (Mono Mix) 11. Honey Pie (Esher demo, Rec. in May, '68) 12. George introducing "Savoy Truffle") 13. Savoy Truffle (Mono Mix, Rec. on Oct 3, '68) 14. Cry Baby Cry (Take 1, Rec. on July 16, '68) 15. Revolution 9 (Mono Acetate, Rec. on June 20, '68) 16. Good Night (Alternate take) 17. Promo "White Album" 25th Anniversary Part 2 18. Sexie Sadie (Take 6, Rec. on July 19, '68) 19. Helter Skelter (Take 2, Rec. on July 18, '68) 20. Step Inside Love/ Los Paranoias (Jam, Rec. on Sept 16, '68) 21. Not Guilty (Different take, Rec. in Aug, '68) LINK
Demos and outtakes from the White Album era. Some Paul and Donovan demos. 01 - Hey Bulldog 02 - Hey Bulldog 03 - Cry Baby Cry 04 - Cry Baby Cry 05 - Across The Universe 06 - Cry Baby Cry 07 - Across The Universe 08 - Cry Baby Cry 09 - The Inner Light (Take 5 Monitor Mix) 10 - Lady Madonna (Edit Of Takes 3 & 5) Rs95 11 - Across The Universe (Take 2 Monitor Mix) 12 - Across The Universe (Take 2) Rs95 13 - Lady Madonna (Take 5) Rs82 (A) 14 - Lady Madonna (Take 5 Stereo Mixing Session) 15 - Lady Madonna (Take 5 Monitor Mix (A) ) 16 - Lady Madonna (Take 5 Monitor Mix (B) ) 17 - Lady Madonna (Take 5 Monitor Mix (C) ) 18 - Lady Madonna (Take 5 Monitor Mix (D) ) 19 - Lady Madonna (Take 5) Rs82 (B) 20 - Across The Universe (Take 8) Rs 68 21 - Across The Universe (Take 8) Rs 82 22 - How Do You Do (Paul & Donovan) 23 - Blackbird (Paul & Donovan) 24 - The Unicorn (Paul & Donovan) 25 - Lalena (Paul & Donovan) 26 - Heather (Paul & Donovan) 27 - Mr Wind (Paul & Donovan 28 - The Walrus And The Carpenter (Paul & Donovan) 29 - Land Of Gish (Paul & Donovan) LINK
Uriel were an English psychedelic/blues band formed in 1968, consisting of Steve Hillage (guitar/vocals), Dave Stewart (organ), Clive Brooks (drums) and Mont Campbell (bass/vocals). The band produced their sole album under the name Arzachel in June 1969. This is one of the real delights of late '60s heavy psych. The album Arzachel was recorded and mixed in a single session in London. The level of musicianship and high-octane energy level lift Arzachel above most records of the genre. 01 - Garden Of Earthly Delights 02 - Azathoth 03 - Queen St. Gang 04 - Leg 05 - Clean Innocent Fun 06 - Metempsychosis LINK
Great and fantastic psychedelic LP from this Texas group, recorded in 1969 but released just in 1989. Dark psych explorations sometimes reminding 13 Floor elevators, sometimes the darkest Doors sounds ,HP Lovecraft,etc. There is a controversy on this album: which is the name of the band? Cold Sun or Dark Shadows? "As with many things in their history, the name "Cold Sun” is enigmatic. The 1989 retrospective album on the Rockadelic label that first brought the Sonobeat recordings to light didn’t even appear under that name, but as "Dark Shadows” which is the title of a popular 1960s mystery TV series. In the liner notes Miller denied ever having been in a band called Cold Sun, and suggested that they had always been called Dark Shadows. However he had referred to the band’s real name in a 1976 interview, where he mentioned that before playing with Roky Erickson in the Aliens he "spent seven years developing the electric auto-harp with a band called Cold Sun”.(from Fantasy)
01 - South Texas 02 - Twisted Flower 03 - Here In The Year 04 - Forever 05 - See What You Cause 06 - Fall 07 - Rama
Gravy Train were a progressive rock group from Lancashire, England, formed by vocalist and guitarist Norman Barratt in 1970. Together with J.D. Hughes (keyboards, vocals, wind), Lester Williams (bass, vocals) and Barry Davenport (drums) they recorded four studio albums. The first two were released on the Vertigo label and the latter two by Dawn Records. The band was dissolved in 1974. Little is known what happened with its members except for Norman Barratt, who appeared in Mandalaband for their second and final album in 1978. He went on to found the Barratt Band, which recorded albums in the early 1980s. 01 - Starbright Starlight 02 - Bring My Life On Back To Me 03 - Never Wanted You 04 - Staircase To The Day 05 - Going For A Quick One 06 - The Last Day 07 - Evening Of My Life 08 - Busted In Schenectady LINK
Lulu Kennedy-Cairns OBE, best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scottish singer-songwriter, actress, and television personality who has been successful in the entertainment business from the 1960s through to the present day. She is most famous worldwide for her hit "To Sir, with Love" and in the UK for "Shout". 01 - To Sir With Love 02 - The Boat That I Row 03 - Rattler 04 - Morning Dew 05 - Love Loves to Love Love 06 - Best of Both Worlds 07 - Day Tripper 08 - Let's Pretend 09 - Take Me in Your Arms (And Love Me) 10 - To Love Somebody 11 - You and I 12 - Dreary Days and Nights 13 - Me, the Peaceful Heart 14 - Lookout 15 - Boy 16 - Sad Memories 17 - I'm a Tiger 18 - Without Him 19 - This Time (Bistro) (From 'Hot Millions') LINK
Live at The Piper Club, Rome, Italy 01 - Intro , You Don't Miss Your Water 02 - Hickory Wind 03 - Feel A Whole Lot Better 04 - Chimes Of Freedom 05 - The Christian Life 06 - Turn, Turn Turn 07 - Medley; My Back Pages , B.J. Blues , Baby What You Want Me To Do 08 - Mr. Spaceman LINK
The Dimensions were a garage band from Park Ridge, near Chicago, Illinois. Barre 'Emil' Probst (guitar, vocals), Steve 'Chrlie Tuna' Purnell (guitar, keyboards), Jim 'Sieb' Sebastian (vocals), Tom 'Happy Tooth' Parnell (bass guitar) and Jack 'Cheta' Brunsfield (drums).
01 - Carol 02 - Gloria 03 - Little Latin Lupe 04 - Hi Heel Sneakers 05 - Route 66 06 - Around And Around 07 - Do You Love Me 08 - I Need You 09 - Just Like Me 10 - Empty Heart 11 - Mean Woman Blues 12 - Mary Lou
