Mobile Fidelity The Beatles White Album

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Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs Original Master Recording  The Beatles "White Album"

Record - NM   Cover - VG+ ("ok" written on front right corner, slight discoloration on edges)

Includes all original packing and sleeves.

Visually graded using Goldmine grading guidelines.

Track List & Song Info:

Side One
1. "Back in the USSR" (Lennon-McCartney)
      Paul's parody of The Beach Boys, Chuck Berry and Hoagy Carmichael
2. "Dear Prudence" (Lennon-McCartney)
      Inspired by Mia Farrow's sister, who was with The Beatles in India
3. "Glass Onion" (Lennon-McCartney)
      Lennon's joke on those who searched for nonexistent hidden meanings in Beatles lyrics
4. "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" (Lennon-McCartney)
      A bow to the emerging reggae movement, with a little honky tonk for good measure
5. "Wild Honey Pie" (Lennon-McCartney)
      Paul provides the vocals and plays all the instruments in this experiment
6. "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill" (Lennon-McCartney)
      Another song inspired by the band's visit with the Maharishi in India
7. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (George Harrison)
      The other Beatles weren't interested, so George enlisted Eric Clapton to play lead guitar
8. "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" (Lennon-McCartney)
      John once referred to it as a "history of rock and roll"

Side Two
1. "Martha My Dear" (Lennon-McCartney)
      Martha was Paul's sheep dog
2. "I'm So Tired" (Lennon-McCartney)
      During their visit to India, John wrote this in the middle of a sleepless night
3. "Blackbird" (Lennon-McCartney)
      Another India-inspired song, after Paul was awakened by a singing bird early one morning
4. "Piggies" (George Harrison)
      George's satrical commentary on corporate greed
5. "Rocky Raccoon" (Lennon-McCartney)
      This song came to Paul as he jammed with John and Donovan in India
6. "Don't Pass Me By" (Ringo Starr)
      Ringo's first solo writing credit; he recorded just one take on the vocals, mistakes included
7. "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?" (Lennon-McCartney)
      McCartney's inspiration: an incident in India involving two monkeys
8. "I Will" (Lennon-McCartney)
      Written and performed by Paul for his future wife, Linda
9. "Julia" (Lennon-McCartney)
      Julia was John's mother, killed by a drunk driver when Lennon was a teenager

Side Three
1. "Birthday" (Lennon-McCartney)
      Backup vocals by Yoko Ono, Patti (Mrs. George) Harrison and the future Linda McCartney
2. "Yer Blues" (Lennon-McCartney)
      Intended as a parody of Brit blues, most fans took it seriously
3. "Mother Nature's Son" (Lennon-McCartney)
      McCartney was inspired by a lecture by the Maharishi
4. "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey" (Lennon-McCartney)
      John said he wrote it "about me and Yoko"
5. "Sexy Sadie" (Lennon-McCartney)
      Lennon's song about his falling-out with the Maharishi at the end of their visit in India
6. "Helter Skelter" (Lennon-McCartney)
      McCartney's effort to write something louder and wilder than The Who's "I Can See For Miles"
7. "Long, Long, Long" (George Harrison)
      George was writer and sole vocalist on this love song

Side Four
1. "Revolution 1" (Lennon-McCartney)
      One of three recorded versions of the song, this is the acoustic one
2. "Honey Pie" (Lennon-McCartney)
      Not to be confused with "Wild Honey Pie," this is another McCartney ode to Linda
3. "Savoy Truffle" (George Harrison)
      Harrison was inspired by his friend Clapton's fondness for chocolate
4. "Cry Baby Cry" (Lennon-McCartney)
      Inspired by a fairy tale Lennon remembered from his childhood
5. "Revolution 9" (Lennon-McCartney)
      The experimental version, loaded with electronic effects
6. "Good Night" (Ringo Starr)
      Originally written by John as a lullaby for his son, Julian

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