The Beatles – The Beatles
Label: | Apple Records – SWBO-101, Apple Records – SWBO 101 |
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Format: | 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Numbered, Stereo, 1st Press, Capitol Text, Scranton Pressing |
Country: | US |
Released: | |
Genre: | Rock, Pop |
Style: | Pop Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Experimental, Vocal |
Tracklist
A1 | Back In The U.S.S.R. | 2:45 | |
A2 | Dear Prudence | 4:00 | |
A3 | Glass Onion | 2:10 | |
A4 | Obladi Oblada | 3:10 | |
A5 | Wild Honey Pie | 1:02 | |
A6 | Bungalow Bill | 3:05 | |
A7 | While My Guitar Gently Weeps | 4:46 | |
A8 | Happiness Is A Warm Gun | 2:47 | |
B1 | Martha My Dear | 2:28 | |
B2 | I'm So Tired | 2:01 | |
B3 | Blackbird | 2:20 | |
B4 | Piggies | 2:04 | |
B5 | Rocky Racoon | 3:33 | |
B6 | Don't Pass Me By | 3:52 | |
B7 | Why Don't We Do It In The Road | 1:42 | |
B8 | I Will | 1:46 | |
B9 | Julia | 2:57 | |
C1 | Birthday | 2:40 | |
C2 | Yer Blues | 4:01 | |
C3 | Mother Nature's Son | 2:46 | |
C4 | Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey | 2:25 | |
C5 | Sexy Sadie | 3:15 | |
C6 | Helter Skelter | 4:30 | |
C7 | Long, Long, Long | 3:08 | |
D1 | Revolution No. 1 | 4:13 | |
D2 | Honey Pie | 2:42 | |
D3 | Savoy Truffle | 2:55 | |
D4 | Cry Baby Cry | 3:11 | |
D5 | Revolution No. 9 | 8:15 | |
D6 | Goodnight | 3:14 |
Companies, etc.
- Manufactured By – Apple Records, Inc.
- Pressed By – Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Scranton
Credits
- Producer – George Martin
- Written-By – John Lennon-Paul McCartney* (tracks: A1 to A6, A8 to B3, B5, B7 to C6, D1, D2, D4 to D6)
Notes
First pressing has "Mfd. by Capitol...." in white rim text on sides 2 and 4, with various title mistakes and unique number on the front cover.
This 1st press has A4 "Obladi Oblada", A6 "Bungalow Bill", B7 'Why Don't We Do It In the Road' (without question mark) , D1 "Revolution No. 1", D5 "Revolution No. 9" and D6 "Goodnight".
Variant 5: has A4 "Obladi Oblada", A6 "Bungalow Bill", B7 'Why Don't We Do It In the Road?' (with question mark) , D1 "Revolution No. 1", D5 "Revolution No. 9" and D6 "Goodnight".
Cover has "The BEATLES" embossed, located towards the lower right corner, and sequentially numbered.
Pressed at Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Scranton, as identified by the "IAM" in a triangle stamp in the run-outs.
Comes with fold-out lyric poster and 4 glossy photos on card stock.
This 1st press has A4 "Obladi Oblada", A6 "Bungalow Bill", B7 'Why Don't We Do It In the Road' (without question mark) , D1 "Revolution No. 1", D5 "Revolution No. 9" and D6 "Goodnight".
Variant 5: has A4 "Obladi Oblada", A6 "Bungalow Bill", B7 'Why Don't We Do It In the Road?' (with question mark) , D1 "Revolution No. 1", D5 "Revolution No. 9" and D6 "Goodnight".
Cover has "The BEATLES" embossed, located towards the lower right corner, and sequentially numbered.
Pressed at Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Scranton, as identified by the "IAM" in a triangle stamp in the run-outs.
Comes with fold-out lyric poster and 4 glossy photos on card stock.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Rights Society: BMI
- Rights Society: ASCAP
- Matrix / Runout (Label side A): SWBO1-101
- Matrix / Runout (Label side B): SWBO2-101
- Matrix / Runout (Label side C): SWBO3-101
- Matrix / Runout (Label side D): SWBO4-101
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 1, runout A): SWBO-1-101-J46
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 1, runout B): SWBO-2-101-J46 #2
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 1, runout C): SWBO-3-101-J47
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 1, runout D): SWBO-4-101-J45 #2
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 2, runout A etched & stamped): SWBO1-101-J46 #2 IAM
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 2, runout B etched & stamped): SWBO2-101-J46 #2 IAM
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 2, runout C etched & stamped): SWBO3-101-J47 #3 IAM
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 2, runout D etched & stamped): SWBO4-101-J44 IAM
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 3 runout A, etched & stamped ): SWBO-1-101-J46¹¹ #2 IAM
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 3 runout B, etched & stamped): SWBO-2-101-J45¹¹ IAM
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 3 runout C, etched & stamped): SWBO3-101-J47 IAM
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 3 runout D, etched & stamped): SWBO4-101-J44 IAM
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 5 runout A, etched & stamped): SWBO-1-101-J46¹¹ #2 IAM
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 5 runout B, etched & stamped): SWBO-2-101-J45¹¹ #2 IAM
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 5 runout C, etched & stamped): SWBO3-101-J47¹¹ #2 IAM
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 5 runout D, etched & stamped): WBO4-101-J44¹¹ #3 IAM
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 6 runout A, etched & Stamped): SWBO1-101-J58 #4 IAM
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 6 runout B, etched & Stamped): SWBO2-101 J45 " #3 IAM
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 6 runout C, etched & Stamped): SWBO3-101-J48 #2 IAM
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 6 runout D, etched & Stamped): SWBO4-101-J44 #5 IAM
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 7 runout A, etched & stamped): SWBO-1-101-J46¹¹ #2 IAM
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 7 runout B, etched & stamped): SWBO-2-101-J45¹¹ #2 IAM
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 7 runout C, etched & stamped): SWBO3-101-J47¹¹ IAM
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 7 runout, etched & stamped): SWBO4-101-J44 IAM
Other Versions (5 of 803)
View AllTitle (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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Recently Edited | The Beatles (2×LP, Album, Numbered, Stereo) | Apple Records | PCSO-7067-8 | Australia | 1968 | ||
Recently Edited | The Beatles (2×LP, Album, Numbered, Stereo) | Apple Records, Apple Records | PMCQ 31513/4, SMO 2051/52 | Italy | 1968 | ||
Recently Edited | The Beatles (2×LP, Album, Misprint, Numbered, Mono) | Apple Records | PMC 7067/8 | UK | 1968 | ||
Needs Changes | The Beatles (2×LP, Album, Numbered, Grey number; Gatefold) | Apple Records | SMO 2051/52 | Germany | 1968 | ||
The Beatles (2×LP, Album, Numbered, Stereo) | Apple Records | PCS 7067/8 | UK | 1968 |
Recommendations
Reviews
- Grabbed a fairly ratty copy of this, it cleaned up beautifully and the sound I was able to coax out of these 53 year old grooves is downright astonishing. Mine has a few scratches and dings, yet surface noise is very, very minimal.
I used to be in the "shoulda been 1 LP" camp, I'd get a bit bored with White album on digital - that was before I picked up a vinyl copy. Sitting down and listening to all four sides - I now have a newfound appreciation for this ramshackle, scattershot, yet utterly brilliant masterpiece. I really felt I'd been on a journey. - My copy of this one had J46 #4 which I don't see as a listed variant. Should I just add it to the variants in the database? All the other identifiers match correctly.
- When opening up the gatefold I noticed that the inside is upside down. Is that normal? I have determined that I have this pressing based on the way the number is on the front cover and how the labels look. Etchings are variants though.
- Edited 10 years agoAs unpopular as the opinion may be, I'm with George Martin who claimed this would have been better edited down to one album.
My reflections some forty four years after this album's release: John Lennon simply KICKS ASS on this album. The curiously simple "Dear Prudence" has only become better with age. "I'm So Tired", "Yer Blues", "Sexy Sadie" and the magnificent "Happiness is a Warm Gun" are Beatles' (and Lennon) classics. The acoustic version of "Revolution" is a vast improvement over the electric one. "Everybody's Got Something to Hide" is joyful, rocking nonsense, while McCartney's "Helter Skelter" and "Birthday" are just nonsense. McCartney slips into terminal cuteness with the awful "Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da" and the fairly minor "Rocky Raccoon".
McCartney scores high for "Back in the USSR". "Martha My Dear" and "I Will" may be minor songs, but McCartney's charm shines through on these numbers, as well as "Honey Pie" and "Mother Nature's Son".
Now for the garbage. The following songs should have been doomed to unreleased acetates: "Don't Pass Me By" (terrible mix of violin and organ), "Revolution 9" (remains an uninteresting collection of sound effects), "Wild Honey Pie" (simply awful), "Long Long Long" which is essentially Harrison masturbating. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" may be considered classic, but the song has long since bored me and it is painful to listen to now.
Guilty pleasures: Paul's vocal on "Why Don't We Do It In The Road". Lennon's hauntingly hip "Cry Baby Cry" and Harrison's spirited "Savoy Truffle". "Goodnight" is terribly hokey but in the universe of the Beatles, the song strangely works.
I did say John Lennon kicked ASS on this album, didn't I?
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