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2018 marks [D] the 50th anniversary of one of the Beatles' most well-known, influential,
and beloved works, The [G] White Elf.
Here are 8 [C] things you might not have known about what [Bb] some consider to be their greatest album.
[A] 1.
The actual title of the [E] album isn't The [Bb] White Elf.
It's actually called The [E] Beatles, so it's self-titled.
As you can imagine, that's [D] a bit confusing, so hence the nickname drawn from its iconic [Dbm] white cover.
[Db] 2.
[Eb] It's the [Ab] only Beatles album cover [Eb] that doesn't feature [Ab] the four Beatles in any [Eb] form.
The white album symbolizes purity, a canvas that [Ab] invites the listener to [Eb] approach the
album free of [Fm] expectations.
[Bb]
3.
[E] The original release of the vinyl album was printed with a serial number on the front
cover, denoting the region and how early in the run the [Bm] copy was printed.
[Eb] It's rumored that the first four [Gb] albums went to the Beatles themselves, and today albums
with low serial numbers still fetch high prices at auction.
[E]
4.
[A] It [Am] was the longest gap between Beatles albums.
[Cm] Released in [A] November of 1968, [G] The White Album came almost a year and a [E] half after their
landmark Sgt.
[A] Pepper's Lonely Hearts [Am] Club Band album.
Critics and fans wondered if the Beatles had lost their [Cm] way.
They, of course, [G] would soon be proved wrong.
5.
For [E] a brief period of the 1960s, vinyl albums were sold in two formats.
One was in mono, which meant that all of the instruments and vocals were combined into
a single channel, meant to be heard [Gb] through just one speaker.
By the mid-1960s, however, you could also [A] spend a bit more and buy the album in a fancy
new format called [G] stereo, and if you owned a [E] stereo, you could actually hear different
sounds from the [B] left and right speakers.
Some Beatles albums, like Rubber Soul, Revolver, and Sgt.
[C] Pepper's, had significant differences, with weird things in the stereo versions, like
the [D] lead vocals [E] isolated onto the right side while the drums and guitars are on the left side.
By the end of the 1960s, however, the mono format was dying out, much like 4K and HD
had now replaced standard-definition [Gb] television.
[Gbm] The White Album, released in late 1968, [A] was on the cusp of this transition, and so it
was the last Beatles album to [D] receive dedicated mixes from mono and stereo versions.
The cool part is that if [B] you compare the two versions closely, [F] you'll notice a bunch of
odd little differences.
For example, [Bb] the stereo version of the song Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da has hand clapping, while
the mono version doesn't.
[F] Ringo's song Don't [C] Pass Me By is much faster on the mono version than the stereo version,
and the fiddle at the end [C] plays a few different notes.
It's a [G] fun artifact of a different [Am] era.
The White Album [Am] features the only guest guitarist to [D] ever play on a Beatles album.
[F] The guest star is Eric Clapton, who [Am] plays the scorching lead guitar on his friend George
[G] Harrison's phenomenal track, [D] While My Guitar Jambers Off.
[E]
[Am] [C]
Creative tensions had [D] been brewing among the four Beatles ever since they had become primarily
a studio band.
In the [D] middle of the [G] recording sessions, Ringo, sensing that his playing and his sanity was
suffering because of the [Em] low morale, announced on [Gb] August 22nd that he was leaving the [Am] group.
After about a week, John, Paul, and [D] George realized how much they had felt Ringo was
[G] irreplaceable, so they sent him a telegram, asking him to [Bm] come back.
He agreed, [Am] and he was greeted with a display of flowers on his drum [Bm] kit, arranged to [Am] spell
Welcome Back Ringo.
[Em] One of the byproducts of Ringo's absence [D] during some of the sessions is that Paul McCartney
actually stepped in to play drums on a couple of tracks, and his drum [G] playing is on the
album's first two songs, [C] Back in the USSR and [Bb] Dear Prudence.
[E] [G]
[D] It's the longest [E] Beatles album by far, with 30 songs clocking in at nearly 94 [A] minutes.
[E] The album contains the Beatles' shortest full song, [Gb] and their longest track.
No other album in their catalog shows off the breadth of talent and creativity of the
four Beatles, [B] and in that hour [E] and a half, the [B] Beatles sample virtually [Db] every genre and
[E] style of 20th century music up to that point.
[G] And that's a big part [Eb] of why fans love this album [E] so much.
There's a little bit of everything.
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the album's release, [G] Beatles producer George Martin's
son supervised a [D] brand new remix of the entire album, [G] and it sounds amazing.
There's [C] also a ton of outtakes, and a set of [A] acoustic demos that would evolve into the
final [G] songs on the White [C] Album.
Check out the link in [G] the description if you want to pick up a copy, [D] and if you enjoyed
this video, please [G] subscribe to my channel.
Thanks for watching.
[E]
and beloved works, The [G] White Elf.
Here are 8 [C] things you might not have known about what [Bb] some consider to be their greatest album.
[A] 1.
The actual title of the [E] album isn't The [Bb] White Elf.
It's actually called The [E] Beatles, so it's self-titled.
As you can imagine, that's [D] a bit confusing, so hence the nickname drawn from its iconic [Dbm] white cover.
[Db] 2.
[Eb] It's the [Ab] only Beatles album cover [Eb] that doesn't feature [Ab] the four Beatles in any [Eb] form.
The white album symbolizes purity, a canvas that [Ab] invites the listener to [Eb] approach the
album free of [Fm] expectations.
[Bb]
3.
[E] The original release of the vinyl album was printed with a serial number on the front
cover, denoting the region and how early in the run the [Bm] copy was printed.
[Eb] It's rumored that the first four [Gb] albums went to the Beatles themselves, and today albums
with low serial numbers still fetch high prices at auction.
[E]
4.
[A] It [Am] was the longest gap between Beatles albums.
[Cm] Released in [A] November of 1968, [G] The White Album came almost a year and a [E] half after their
landmark Sgt.
[A] Pepper's Lonely Hearts [Am] Club Band album.
Critics and fans wondered if the Beatles had lost their [Cm] way.
They, of course, [G] would soon be proved wrong.
5.
For [E] a brief period of the 1960s, vinyl albums were sold in two formats.
One was in mono, which meant that all of the instruments and vocals were combined into
a single channel, meant to be heard [Gb] through just one speaker.
By the mid-1960s, however, you could also [A] spend a bit more and buy the album in a fancy
new format called [G] stereo, and if you owned a [E] stereo, you could actually hear different
sounds from the [B] left and right speakers.
Some Beatles albums, like Rubber Soul, Revolver, and Sgt.
[C] Pepper's, had significant differences, with weird things in the stereo versions, like
the [D] lead vocals [E] isolated onto the right side while the drums and guitars are on the left side.
By the end of the 1960s, however, the mono format was dying out, much like 4K and HD
had now replaced standard-definition [Gb] television.
[Gbm] The White Album, released in late 1968, [A] was on the cusp of this transition, and so it
was the last Beatles album to [D] receive dedicated mixes from mono and stereo versions.
The cool part is that if [B] you compare the two versions closely, [F] you'll notice a bunch of
odd little differences.
For example, [Bb] the stereo version of the song Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da has hand clapping, while
the mono version doesn't.
[F] Ringo's song Don't [C] Pass Me By is much faster on the mono version than the stereo version,
and the fiddle at the end [C] plays a few different notes.
It's a [G] fun artifact of a different [Am] era.
The White Album [Am] features the only guest guitarist to [D] ever play on a Beatles album.
[F] The guest star is Eric Clapton, who [Am] plays the scorching lead guitar on his friend George
[G] Harrison's phenomenal track, [D] While My Guitar Jambers Off.
[E]
[Am] [C]
Creative tensions had [D] been brewing among the four Beatles ever since they had become primarily
a studio band.
In the [D] middle of the [G] recording sessions, Ringo, sensing that his playing and his sanity was
suffering because of the [Em] low morale, announced on [Gb] August 22nd that he was leaving the [Am] group.
After about a week, John, Paul, and [D] George realized how much they had felt Ringo was
[G] irreplaceable, so they sent him a telegram, asking him to [Bm] come back.
He agreed, [Am] and he was greeted with a display of flowers on his drum [Bm] kit, arranged to [Am] spell
Welcome Back Ringo.
[Em] One of the byproducts of Ringo's absence [D] during some of the sessions is that Paul McCartney
actually stepped in to play drums on a couple of tracks, and his drum [G] playing is on the
album's first two songs, [C] Back in the USSR and [Bb] Dear Prudence.
[E] [G]
[D] It's the longest [E] Beatles album by far, with 30 songs clocking in at nearly 94 [A] minutes.
[E] The album contains the Beatles' shortest full song, [Gb] and their longest track.
No other album in their catalog shows off the breadth of talent and creativity of the
four Beatles, [B] and in that hour [E] and a half, the [B] Beatles sample virtually [Db] every genre and
[E] style of 20th century music up to that point.
[G] And that's a big part [Eb] of why fans love this album [E] so much.
There's a little bit of everything.
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the album's release, [G] Beatles producer George Martin's
son supervised a [D] brand new remix of the entire album, [G] and it sounds amazing.
There's [C] also a ton of outtakes, and a set of [A] acoustic demos that would evolve into the
final [G] songs on the White [C] Album.
Check out the link in [G] the description if you want to pick up a copy, [D] and if you enjoyed
this video, please [G] subscribe to my channel.
Thanks for watching.
[E]
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_ _ 2018 marks [D] the 50th anniversary of one of the Beatles' most well-known, influential,
and beloved works, The [G] White Elf.
Here are 8 [C] things you might not have known about what [Bb] some consider to be their greatest album.
_ [A] 1.
The actual title of the [E] album isn't The [Bb] White Elf.
It's actually called The [E] Beatles, so it's self-titled.
As you can imagine, that's [D] a bit confusing, so hence the nickname drawn from its iconic [Dbm] white cover.
_ [Db] 2.
_ [Eb] It's the [Ab] only Beatles album cover [Eb] that doesn't feature [Ab] the four Beatles in any [Eb] form.
The white album symbolizes purity, a canvas that [Ab] invites the listener to [Eb] approach the
album free of [Fm] expectations.
[Bb] _ _
3.
_ [E] The original release of the vinyl album was printed with a serial number on the front
cover, denoting the region and how early in the run the [Bm] copy was printed.
[Eb] It's rumored that the first four [Gb] albums went to the Beatles themselves, and today albums
with low serial numbers still fetch high prices at auction.
[E] _
4.
[A] It [Am] was the longest gap between Beatles albums.
_ [Cm] Released in [A] November of 1968, [G] The White Album came almost a year and a [E] half after their
landmark Sgt.
[A] Pepper's Lonely Hearts [Am] Club Band album.
Critics and fans wondered if the Beatles had lost their [Cm] way.
They, of course, [G] would soon be proved wrong.
_ _ _ 5.
For [E] a brief period of the 1960s, vinyl albums were sold in two formats.
One was in mono, which meant that all of the instruments and vocals were combined into
a single channel, meant to be heard [Gb] through just one speaker.
By the mid-1960s, however, you could also [A] spend a bit more and buy the album in a fancy
new format called [G] stereo, and if you owned a [E] stereo, you could actually hear different
sounds from the [B] left and right speakers.
Some Beatles albums, like Rubber Soul, Revolver, and Sgt.
[C] Pepper's, had significant differences, with weird things in the stereo versions, like
the [D] lead vocals [E] isolated onto the right side while the drums and guitars are on the left side.
By the end of the 1960s, however, the mono format was dying out, much like 4K and HD
had now replaced standard-definition [Gb] television.
[Gbm] The White Album, released in late 1968, [A] was on the cusp of this transition, and so it
was the last Beatles album to [D] receive dedicated mixes from mono and stereo versions.
The cool part is that if [B] you compare the two versions closely, [F] you'll notice a bunch of
odd little differences.
For example, [Bb] the stereo version of the song Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da has hand clapping, while
the mono version doesn't. _
[F] _ Ringo's song Don't [C] Pass Me By is much faster on the mono version than the stereo version,
and the fiddle at the end [C] plays a few different notes.
It's a [G] fun artifact of a different [Am] era. _
_ The White Album [Am] features the only guest guitarist to [D] ever play on a Beatles album.
[F] The guest star is Eric Clapton, who [Am] plays the scorching lead guitar on his friend George
[G] Harrison's phenomenal track, [D] While My Guitar Jambers Off.
_ [E] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ Creative tensions had [D] been brewing among the four Beatles ever since they had become primarily
a studio band.
In the [D] middle of the [G] recording sessions, Ringo, sensing that his playing and his sanity was
suffering because of the [Em] low morale, announced on [Gb] August 22nd that he was leaving the [Am] group.
_ After about a week, John, Paul, and [D] George realized how much they had felt Ringo was
[G] irreplaceable, so they sent him a telegram, asking him to [Bm] come back.
He agreed, [Am] and he was greeted with a display of flowers on his drum [Bm] kit, arranged to [Am] spell
Welcome Back Ringo.
_ [Em] One of the byproducts of Ringo's absence [D] during some of the sessions is that Paul McCartney
actually stepped in to play drums on a couple of tracks, and his drum [G] playing is on the
album's first two songs, [C] Back in the USSR and [Bb] Dear Prudence.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [G] _ _
[D] It's the longest [E] Beatles album by far, with 30 songs clocking in at nearly 94 [A] minutes.
[E] The album contains the Beatles' shortest full song, _ [Gb] and their longest track.
No other album in their catalog shows off the breadth of talent and creativity of the
four Beatles, [B] and in that hour [E] and a half, the [B] Beatles sample virtually [Db] every genre and
[E] style of 20th century music up to that point.
[G] And that's a big part [Eb] of why fans love this album [E] so much. _
There's a little bit of everything.
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the album's release, [G] Beatles producer George Martin's
son supervised a [D] brand new remix of the entire album, [G] and it sounds amazing.
There's [C] also a ton of outtakes, and a set of [A] acoustic demos that would evolve into the
final [G] songs on the White [C] Album.
Check out the link in [G] the description if you want to pick up a copy, [D] and if you enjoyed
this video, please [G] subscribe to my channel.
Thanks for watching.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
and beloved works, The [G] White Elf.
Here are 8 [C] things you might not have known about what [Bb] some consider to be their greatest album.
_ [A] 1.
The actual title of the [E] album isn't The [Bb] White Elf.
It's actually called The [E] Beatles, so it's self-titled.
As you can imagine, that's [D] a bit confusing, so hence the nickname drawn from its iconic [Dbm] white cover.
_ [Db] 2.
_ [Eb] It's the [Ab] only Beatles album cover [Eb] that doesn't feature [Ab] the four Beatles in any [Eb] form.
The white album symbolizes purity, a canvas that [Ab] invites the listener to [Eb] approach the
album free of [Fm] expectations.
[Bb] _ _
3.
_ [E] The original release of the vinyl album was printed with a serial number on the front
cover, denoting the region and how early in the run the [Bm] copy was printed.
[Eb] It's rumored that the first four [Gb] albums went to the Beatles themselves, and today albums
with low serial numbers still fetch high prices at auction.
[E] _
4.
[A] It [Am] was the longest gap between Beatles albums.
_ [Cm] Released in [A] November of 1968, [G] The White Album came almost a year and a [E] half after their
landmark Sgt.
[A] Pepper's Lonely Hearts [Am] Club Band album.
Critics and fans wondered if the Beatles had lost their [Cm] way.
They, of course, [G] would soon be proved wrong.
_ _ _ 5.
For [E] a brief period of the 1960s, vinyl albums were sold in two formats.
One was in mono, which meant that all of the instruments and vocals were combined into
a single channel, meant to be heard [Gb] through just one speaker.
By the mid-1960s, however, you could also [A] spend a bit more and buy the album in a fancy
new format called [G] stereo, and if you owned a [E] stereo, you could actually hear different
sounds from the [B] left and right speakers.
Some Beatles albums, like Rubber Soul, Revolver, and Sgt.
[C] Pepper's, had significant differences, with weird things in the stereo versions, like
the [D] lead vocals [E] isolated onto the right side while the drums and guitars are on the left side.
By the end of the 1960s, however, the mono format was dying out, much like 4K and HD
had now replaced standard-definition [Gb] television.
[Gbm] The White Album, released in late 1968, [A] was on the cusp of this transition, and so it
was the last Beatles album to [D] receive dedicated mixes from mono and stereo versions.
The cool part is that if [B] you compare the two versions closely, [F] you'll notice a bunch of
odd little differences.
For example, [Bb] the stereo version of the song Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da has hand clapping, while
the mono version doesn't. _
[F] _ Ringo's song Don't [C] Pass Me By is much faster on the mono version than the stereo version,
and the fiddle at the end [C] plays a few different notes.
It's a [G] fun artifact of a different [Am] era. _
_ The White Album [Am] features the only guest guitarist to [D] ever play on a Beatles album.
[F] The guest star is Eric Clapton, who [Am] plays the scorching lead guitar on his friend George
[G] Harrison's phenomenal track, [D] While My Guitar Jambers Off.
_ [E] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ Creative tensions had [D] been brewing among the four Beatles ever since they had become primarily
a studio band.
In the [D] middle of the [G] recording sessions, Ringo, sensing that his playing and his sanity was
suffering because of the [Em] low morale, announced on [Gb] August 22nd that he was leaving the [Am] group.
_ After about a week, John, Paul, and [D] George realized how much they had felt Ringo was
[G] irreplaceable, so they sent him a telegram, asking him to [Bm] come back.
He agreed, [Am] and he was greeted with a display of flowers on his drum [Bm] kit, arranged to [Am] spell
Welcome Back Ringo.
_ [Em] One of the byproducts of Ringo's absence [D] during some of the sessions is that Paul McCartney
actually stepped in to play drums on a couple of tracks, and his drum [G] playing is on the
album's first two songs, [C] Back in the USSR and [Bb] Dear Prudence.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [G] _ _
[D] It's the longest [E] Beatles album by far, with 30 songs clocking in at nearly 94 [A] minutes.
[E] The album contains the Beatles' shortest full song, _ [Gb] and their longest track.
No other album in their catalog shows off the breadth of talent and creativity of the
four Beatles, [B] and in that hour [E] and a half, the [B] Beatles sample virtually [Db] every genre and
[E] style of 20th century music up to that point.
[G] And that's a big part [Eb] of why fans love this album [E] so much. _
There's a little bit of everything.
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the album's release, [G] Beatles producer George Martin's
son supervised a [D] brand new remix of the entire album, [G] and it sounds amazing.
There's [C] also a ton of outtakes, and a set of [A] acoustic demos that would evolve into the
final [G] songs on the White [C] Album.
Check out the link in [G] the description if you want to pick up a copy, [D] and if you enjoyed
this video, please [G] subscribe to my channel.
Thanks for watching.
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