Label: Walrus 008 / 009
2 CD's
CD 1:
1. The making of the Jet noise
2. Back In The U.S.S.R. Mono Mix, Rec. on Aug 23, '68
3. Dear Prudence Unreleased Take with different ending
and different backing vocals
4. Glass Onion Mono Mix, Rec. on Sept 26, '68
5. Paul Introducing "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
6. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da Early Take
7. Wild Honey Pie Alternate Take, Rec. and Mixed on Aug 20, '68
8. The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill Mono Mix, Rec. on Oct 8, '68
9. While My Guitar Gently Weeps Take 1, Rec. on July 25, '68
10. Happiness is a Warm Gun Mono Mix, louder bass at "I Need A Fix" part
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) Early take
14. Piggies Mono Mix, with different piggies sounds
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,
Rec. on June 5 and 6, '68
17. Paul Introducing "Why Don't We Do
It In The Road?"
18. Why Don't We Do It In The Road? Mono Mix, no handclaps in intro,
Rec. on Oct 10, '68
19. I Will Take 1, Rec. on Sept 16, '68
20. Julia Take 2, Rec. on Oct 13, '68
Bonus Tracks:
21. Promo "White Album" 25th Anniversary Part 1
22. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da Different mix, prefaced by a false start
of piano and laughter
23. Don't Pass Me By Different mix, it includes an 30 seconds reprise
of the first verse before the final
"Don't Pass Me By" chorus
24. Back In The U.S.S.R. Alternate mono mix, the jet noise at the beginning
and end lasts a few seconds longer and does not
have the beginning of "Dear Prudence" layered
over the end.
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
CD 2:
1. Paul Introducing "Birthday"
2. Birthday Mono Mix, Rec. on Sept 18, '68
3. Yer Blues Mono Mix, Rec. on Aug 14, '68
4. Mother Nature's Son Take 2, Rec. on Aug 9, '68
5. Everybody's Got Something To Hide
Except For Me And My Monkey Alternate Version, with Count-in and a significantly
different version of the lead vocal (many of John's
lines are not double tracked here, whereas on the
legitimate release all of his vocal is. Also noticeably
different is the "Come on, Come on" conclusion of the song.
6. Sexy Sadie Unedited version, the released take has an edit 2:56 into
the song, cutting out 38 seconds of music, and continuing on
with the last 17 seconds of the song. This outtake does not
contain this edit, and even continues on a hair longer at the fade.
7. Paul Introducing "Helter Skelter"
8. Helter Skelter Mono Mix, this version is shorter and has louder backing vocals
9. 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, besides differences in the backing vocals, the section that
falls between 1:37 and 1:58 on this outtake is significantly different, with
less time given to the transition between Ringo's vocal and the instrumental
string section, making the outtake six seconds shorter than the released version.
Bonus Tracks:
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 as on Anthology 3, Rec. in Aug, '68
© 1998 David Laurie