The White Album Recording Sessions Chronology

Bootleg by The Beatles

Released 2018

Tracklist

  • CD 1: REVOLUTION 1 (Take20) Abbey Road EMI Studio 3, London, UK 4 June 1968
  • 1
    Playback 1
  • 2
    Playback 2
  • 3
    Jam 1
  • 4
    Jam 2
  • 5
    Tuning / Dialogue 1
  • 6
    Jam Rehearsal
  • 7
    Jam
  • 8
    Overdub
  • 9
    Playback 3
  • 10
    Playback 4
  • 11
    Jam 4
  • 12
    Jam 5
  • 13
    Jam 6
  • 14
    Jam 7
  • 15
    Jam 8
  • 16
    Playback 5
  • 17
    Playback 6
  • 18
    Playback 7
  • 19
    Playback 8
  • 20
    Playback 9
  • 21
    Playback 10
  • 22
    Jam 9
  • 23
    Jam 10
  • 24
    Jam 11
  • 25
    Playback 11
  • 26
    Dialogue 2
  • 27
    Dialogue 3
  • 28
    Dialogue 4
  • 29
    Playback 12
  • 30
    Playback 13
  • 31
    Dialogue 5
  • 32
    Dialogue 6 / Tape Loop 1
  • 33
    Tape Loop 2
  • 34
    Dialogue 7
  • 35
    RM1
  • 36
    Edit Mono
  • CD 2: REVOLUTION 1 (Take20) Abbey Road EMI Studio 3, London, UK 4 June 1968
  • 1
    Complete Stereo Remix
  • 2
    Take Unknown
  • 3
    Take 3
  • 4
    Take 3 Tasu 5 Piano Overdub
  • 5
    Take 3 Tasu 5 Drums Overdub
  • 6
    Take 3 Tasu 5
  • 7
    Backing Tracks
  • 8
    Original Speed Mono
  • 9
    Edit Pieces / Sound Effects
  • 10
    Edit Pieces / Sound Effects
  • 11
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  • 12
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  • 13
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  • 14
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  • 15
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  • 16
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  • 18
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  • 19
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  • 20
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  • 21
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  • 22
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  • 23
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  • 24
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  • 25
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  • 26
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  • 27
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  • 28
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  • 29
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  • 30
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  • 31
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  • 32
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  • 33
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  • 34
    Edit Pieces / Sound Effects
  • 35
    Congratulations / Rehearsal 1
  • 36
    Rehearsal 2
  • 37
    Rehearsal 3
  • 38
    Helter Skelter / Blackbird / Gone Tomorrow Here the Today Rehearsal 4
  • 39
    Rehearsal 5
  • 40
    Tuning - Rehearsal 6
  • 41
    Rehearsal 7
  • 42
    Rehearsal 8
  • 43
    Rehearsal 9
  • 44
    Blackbird / Mother Natures Son - Rehearsal 10
  • 45
    Rehearsal 11
  • 46
    Rehearsal 12
  • 47
    Rehearsal 13
  • 48
    Rehearsal 14
  • 49
    Rehearsal 15
  • 50
    Rehearsal 16
  • 51
    Rehearsal 17
  • 52
    Rehearsal 18
  • 53
    Rehearsal 19
  • 54
    Dialogue - Rehearsal 20
  • 55
    Dialogue - Rehearsal 21
  • 56
    Rehearsal 22
  • 57
    Dialogue - Rehearsal 23
  • 58
    Take 4
  • 59
    Take Unknown
  • 60
    No Sound Effects
  • CD 3: BLACKBIRD Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, UK 11 June 1968
  • 1
    Take 32 RM 6
  • 2
    Bells
  • 3
    Sound Effects - Horns
  • 4
    Sound Effects - Crowd
  • 5
    Sound Effects - Applause
  • 6
    Sound Effects - Watusi
  • 7
    Sound Effects - Hold That Line
  • 8
    Sound Effects - Block That Kick
  • 9
    Sound Effects - Naked
  • 10
    Acetate Mono Version
  • 11
    Backing Track - Horns
  • 12
    Backing Track - Guitar
  • 13
    Basic Overdub
  • 14
    Take Unknown
  • 15
    Backing Tracks
  • 16
    Rehearsal
  • 17
    Rehearsal Remix
  • 18
    Studio Chat
  • 19
    Take 5
  • 20
    Take 5 Stereo Remix
  • 21
    Take 21
  • 22
    Studio Chat
  • 23
    Guitar Track
  • 24
    Drums Track
  • 25
    Vocal Track
  • 26
    Take 15
  • 27
    Overdub 1
  • 28
    RM4
  • 29
    Overdub 2
  • 30
    Bass Track
  • 31
    Take 16
  • 32
    Take 23 RM21 Mono
  • 33
    Take 23 RM21 Stereo Remix
  • CD 4: CRY BABY CRY Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, UK 16 July 1968
  • 1
    Take 1 (stereo remix)
  • 2
    Take 1 - Bass and Drums Track
  • 3
    Take 1 - Vocals and Guitar Track
  • 4
    Bass and Vocal Track
  • 5
    Main Vocal Track
  • 6
    Vocal and Backing Track
  • 7
    Take 2 (mono)
  • 8
    Take 2 - Bass Track
  • 9
    Take 2 - Vocals and Guitar Track
  • 10
    Take 2 - (stereo remix)
  • 11
    Take Unknown
  • 12
    Take 6
  • 13
    Take Unknown Chat - (mono)
  • 14
    Take Unknown Chat - (stereo)
  • 15
    Fuck a Duckie
  • 16
    Take Unknown - Monitor Mix 1
  • 17
    Brian Epstein's Blues
  • 18
    Unknown Take - Monitor Mix 2
  • 19
    Take Unknown - Monitor Mix 3
  • 20
    Take Unknown - Monitor Mix 4
  • 21
    Instrumental
  • 22
    Strings Overdub
  • 23
    Vocal Overdub
  • 24
    Vocal Track
  • 25
    Take 12 RM5 (mono)
  • 26
    Take 12 RM5 (stereo remix)
  • 27
    Take 34 RM6
  • 28
    Take 28
  • 29
    Take 1
  • 30
    Take 1 With Harmonium
  • 31
    Take 1 - Monitor Mix 1
  • 32
    Take 1 - Monitor Mix 2
  • 33
    Take 1 - Monitor Mix 3
  • 34
    Take 1 - Monitor Mix 4
  • CD 5: HEY JUDE Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, UK 29/30 July 1968
  • 1
    Take 2
  • 2
    Rehearsals 1
  • 3
    St. Louis Blues
  • 4
    Rehearsals 2
  • 5
    Studio Chat 1
  • 6
    Studio Chat 2
  • 7
    Rehearsals / St. Louis Blues / Take 7 / Take 9 (long version)
  • 8
    Take Unknown
  • 9
    Take 7
  • 10
    Las Vegas Tune
  • 11
    St. Louis Blues - (stereo mix)
  • 12
    Rehearsals - (stereo mix)
  • 13
    Take 8 Fragment
  • 14
    Take 9
  • 15
    Take 25 RS1
  • 16
    Piano Track
  • 17
    Bass Track (edit)
  • 18
    Vocal Track
  • 19
    Backing Track Mixdown
  • 20
    Orchestra Track
  • 21
    Early Stereo Mix
  • 22
    Take102 RM1
  • 23
    Take 2
  • 24
    Take Unknown
  • 25
    Guitar Track
  • 26
    Backing Track
  • 27
    Unknown Jam
  • CD 6: NOT GUILTY Abbey Road EMI Studio Abbey 2, London, UK 12 August 1968
  • 1
    Stereo Remix
  • 2
    Unknown Jam
  • 3
    16/17 RM3 Take
  • 4
    Take 2
  • 5
    Acetate (stereo mix)
  • 6
    Complete (stereo mix)
  • 7
    Stereo Remix
  • 8
    Take 8
  • 9
    Take 9
  • 10
    RM1
  • 11
    Vocal Track
  • 12
    Horn Track
  • 13
    Basic Track 1
  • 14
    Basic Track 2
  • 15
    Take 26 RM8
  • 16
    Take 1 RM6
  • 17
    Vocal Track
  • 18
    Backing Track
  • 19
    RM5 Unedited
  • 20
    Studio Rehearsals
  • 21
    Backing Track
  • 22
    Backing Track (stereo mix)
  • 23
    Drums Track
  • 24
    Piano and Guitar Track
  • 25
    Vocal Track
  • 26
    Vocal and Handclap Track
  • CD 7: BACK IN THE USSR Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, UK 23 August 1968
  • 1
    Take 6 RM1
  • 2
    Take 1 - Rehearsals
  • 3
    Drums and Side Guitar Track
  • 4
    Bass Track
  • 5
    Drums Track
  • 6
    Main Guitar Track
  • 7
    Piano Track
  • 8
    Vocal Track
  • 9
    Guitar Overdub
  • 10
    Side Guitar Track
  • 11
    Backing Vocals and Handclap
  • 12
    Take 1 - Mono Mix 1
  • 13
    Take 1 - Mono Mix 2
  • 14
    Take 1 - (stereo remix)
  • 15
    Take 1 Partial
  • 16
    Piano and Drums Track
  • 17
    Lady Madonna Rehearsals - Monitor Mix
  • 18
    Rehearsals - Monitor Mix
  • 19
    Bass Track
  • 20
    Guitar Track
  • 21
    Organ Track
  • 22
    Take 7 Tasu 8 Vocal Track
  • CD 8: HELTER SKELTER Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, UK 9/10 September 1968
  • 1
    Studio Rehearsals
  • 2
    Backing Track
  • 3
    Guitars and Track Drums
  • 4
    Vocal Track
  • 5
    Backing Chorus Track
  • 6
    Drums and Sax Track
  • 7
    Bass Track
  • 8
    RM2 Stereo Mixdown
  • 9
    Drums and Piano Track
  • 10
    Take 1
  • 11
    Take 19 - Can You Take Me Back
  • 12
    Take 30 - Down an in Havana
  • 13
    Take 34 - Step Inside Love
  • 14
    Take 35 - Los Paranoias
  • 15
    Take 36 - The Way You Look Tonight
  • 16
    Backing Track
  • 17
    Backing Track
  • 18
    RM1
  • 19
    Bass Voice Track
  • 20
    Vocal Track
  • 21
    Studio Rehearsals
  • 22
    Backing Track
  • 23
    Piano and Handclap Track
  • 24
    Vocal Track
  • 25
    RM1
  • 26
    Take Unknown / Backing Track
  • 27
    Vocal Track
  • 28
    Sounds Overdub
  • 29
    Guitar Track
  • 30
    Vocal Track
  • 31
    Vocal and Guitar Overdub
  • 32
    Organ and Piano Overdub
  • 33
    Bass Track
  • 34
    Take 65 (remix)
  • CD 9: GLASS ONION Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, UK 26 September 1968
  • 1
    Take
  • 2
    Sound RM2 33 Effects
  • 3
    Piano Track
  • 4
    Vocal Track
  • 5
    Backing Track
  • 6
    Piano Track
  • 7
    Guitar and Orchestral Track
  • 8
    Orchestral Track
  • 9
    Vocal Track
  • 10
    Intro Section
  • 11
    Vocal and Bass Track
  • 12
    Backing Track
  • 13
    Guitar Track
  • 14
    Early Mono Mix
  • 15
    Trident Mix
  • 16
    Guitar Track
  • 17
    Drums Track
  • 18
    Vocal Track
  • 19
    Take 3/6/9
  • 20
    Backing Track
  • 21
    Take 14
  • 22
    Vocal Track
  • 23
    Guitar and Keyboard - Monitor Mix 1
  • 24
    Monitor Mix 2
  • 25
    Monitor Mix
  • 26
    Monitor Mix 3+4
  • 27
    Monitor Mix 5
  • 28
    Monitor Mix 6
  • 29
    Monitor Mix 7
  • 30
    Vocal Track
  • 31
    Drums and Backing
  • 32
    Guitar and Track Chorus Track
  • CD 10: LONG LONG LONG Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, UK 9 October 1968
  • 1
    Take 67 RS8
  • 2
    Take 4
  • 3
    Take 4 - Vocal Track
  • 4
    Take 4 - Guitar Track
  • 5
    Take 4 - (stereo remix)
  • 6
    Backing Track
  • 7
    Take 4/5
  • 8
    Stereo Remix
  • 9
    Track Vocal
  • 10
    Bass and Drums Track
  • 11
    Vocal Track
  • 12
    And Backing Track Vocal
  • 13
    Brass and Keyboard Track
  • 14
    Take 2
  • 15
    Guitar Track
  • 16
    Take 3 Partial
  • 17
    Vocal Track
  • 18
    How Do You Do
  • 19
    Blackbird
  • 20
    The Unicorn
  • 21
    Lalena
  • 22
    Heather
  • 23
    Mr. Wind
  • 24
    The Warlus and the Carpenter
  • 25
    Land of Gisch
  • 26
    Reading Viewer Mail
  • 27
    Ventriloquism / Nellie Dean
  • 28
    Do You Like Me
  • 29
    Interviews 1
  • 30
    Interviews 2
  • 31
    Interviews 3
  • 32
    Interviews 4
  • 33
    Interviews 5
  • 34
    Interviews 6
  • 35
    Interviews 7
  • 36
    Interviews 8
  • 37
    Cameo TV Show
  • CD 11: PROMOTION FILM SESSION - The Beatles Twickenham Film Studios, Twickenham, London, UK 4 September 1968
  • 1
    By George It's the David Frost
  • 2
    Hey Jude Theme (take 1)
  • 3
    It's Now or Never
  • 4
    Hey Jude (take 2)
  • 5
    You Are My Sunshine
  • 6
    Hey Jude (take 3)
  • 7
    Revolution (take 1 Rehearsals)
  • 8
    Revolution (take 1)
  • 9
    Revolution (Rehearsals)
  • 10
    Revolution (take 2)
  • 11
    Dialogue
  • 12
    Dialogue (alternate)
  • 13
    Circus Jam
  • 14
    Yer Blues (take 1 - No vocal)
  • 15
    Yer Blues (Rehearsals)
  • 16
    Yer Blues (take 1)
  • 17
    Yer Blues (take 2)
  • 18
    Whole Lotta Yoko
  • 19
    Yer Blues (mono Acetate)
  • 20
    Whole Lotta Yoko (mono Acetate)
  • 21
    Dialogue (No Background)
  • 22
    Yer Blues (take 2 - stereo remix)
  • 23
    Whole Lotta Yoko (stereo remix)
  • CD 12: REMIX AND ALTERNATES
  • 1
    Back in the USSR (Love version)
  • 2
    While My Guitar Gentrly Weeps (Orchestra session)
  • 3
    While My Guitar Gentrly Weeps (Love version)
  • 4
    Revolution (Love version)
  • 5
    White Album Sessions (Anthology Medley)
  • 6
    Not Guilty (Anthology mix)
  • 7
    Step Inside Love / Los Paranoias (Anthology mix)
  • 8
    While My Guitar Gentrly Weeps (Anthology mix)
  • 9
    Sour Sea Milk (Unreleased remix)
  • 10
    What's the New Mary Jane (Anthology mix)
  • 11
    Back in the USSR (Rockband remix)
  • 12
    Dear Prudence (Rockband remix)
  • 13
    While My Guitar Gentrly Weeps (Rockband remix)
  • 14
    Birthday (remix Rockband)
  • 15
    Helter Skelter (Rockband remix)
  • 16
    Revolution (Rockband remix)
  • 17
    Dear Prudence (Us Capitol short edit)
  • 18
    Glass Onion (Us Capitol short edit)
  • 19
    Do Not Pass Me By (Us Capitol short edit)
  • 20
    We Do It in the Road (Us Capitol short edit)
  • 21
    Yer Blues (Us Capitol short edit)
  • 22
    Helter Skelter (Us Capitol short edit)
  • 23
    Revolution 9 (Capitol Us short edit)

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