Les Beatles plus blanc que blanc !

Helter Skelter ! 50 ans après sa sortie, l’historique Double Blanc des Beatles est de retour dans une mirifique White Album Anniversary Edition.

Attendue depuis plusieurs mois, l’annonce de la réédition 50ème anniversaire du légendaire White Album des Beatles vient enfin de tomber ! Au programme : deux éditions Deluxe contenant, entre autres, une myriade de works in progress et surtout les fameuses Esher Demos, 27 maquettes unplugged proposant des versions guitare/piano/voix de 19 titres de l’Album Blanc et les prototypes de « Junk », « Polythene Pam » et « Child of Nature », à l’origine du « Jealous Guy de John Lennon – tracklistings complets ci-dessous.

PS : Muziq reviendra bientôt en profondeur sur la Fabuleuse année 1968 des Fab Four. À suivre…

The Beatles White Album Anniversary Edition (Apple/Universal). Éditions Deluxe 3-CDs, 4-LPs et Super Deluxe 6-CDs/1LP disponibles le 9 novembre.

Tracklistings :

Édition Deluxe [3CD]
CD 1
Back In The U.S.S.R.
Dear Prudence
Glass Onion
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Wild Honey Pie
The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Happiness Is A Warm Gun
Martha My Dear
I’m So Tired
Blackbird
Piggies
Rocky Racoon
Don’t Pass Me By
Why Don’t We Do It In The Road?
I Will
Julia

CD 2
Birthday
Yer Blues
Mother Nature’s Son
Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
Sexy Sadie
Helter Skelter
Long, Long, Long
Revolution 1
Honey Pie
Savoy Truffle
Cry Baby Cry
Revolution 9
Good Night

CD 3
Back In The U.S.S.R. (Esher Demo)
Dear Prudence (Esher Demo)
Glass Onion (Esher Demo)
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (Esher Demo)
The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill (Esher Demo)
While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Esher Demo)
Happiness Is A Warm Gun (Esher Demo)
I’m So Tired (Esher Demo)
Blackbird (Esher Demo)
Piggies (Esher Demo)
Rocky Raccoon (Esher Demo)
Julia (Esher Demo)
Yer Blues (Esher Demo)
Mother Nature’s Son (Esher Demo)
Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey (Esher Demo)
Sexy Sadie (Esher Demo)
Revolution (Esher Demo)
Honey Pie (Esher Demo)
Cry Baby Cry (Esher Demo)
Sour Milk Sea (Esher Demo)
Junk (Esher Demo)
Child Of Nature (Esher Demo)
Circles (Esher Demo)
Mean Mr Mustard (Esher Demo)
Polythene Pam (Esher Demo)
Not Guilty (Esher Demo)
What’s The New Mary Jane (Esher Demo)

Édition Super Deluxe [6CDs+1Blu-ray]
CD 1 : The BEATLES (‘White Album’) 2018 Stereo Mix
Back in the U.S.S.R.
Dear Prudence
Glass Onion
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Wild Honey Pie
The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Happiness is a Warm Gun
Martha My Dear
I’m so tired
Blackbird
Piggies
Rocky Raccoon
Don’t Pass Me By
Why don’t we do it in the road?
I Will
Julia

CD 2 : The BEATLES (‘White Album’) 2018 Stereo Mix
Birthday
Yer Blues
Mother Nature’s Son
Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
Sexy Sadie
Helter Skelter
Long, Long, Long
Revolution I
Honey Pie
Savoy Truffle
Cry Baby Cry
Revolution 9
Good Night

CD 3 : Esher Demos
Back in the U.S.S.R.
Dear Prudence
Glass Onion
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Happiness is a Warm Gun
I’m so tired
Blackbird
Piggies
Rocky Raccoon
Julia
Yer Blues
Mother Nature’s Son
Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
Sexy Sadie
Revolution
Honey Pie
Cry Baby Cry
Sour Milk Sea
Junk
Child of Nature
Circles
Mean Mr. Mustard
Polythene Pam
Not Guilty
What’s the New Mary Jane

CD 4 : Sessions
Revolution I (Take 18)
A Beginning (Take 4) / Don’t Pass Me By (Take 7)
Blackbird (Take 28)
Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey (Unnumbered rehearsal)
Good Night (Unnumbered rehearsal)
Good Night (Take 10 with a guitar part from Take 5)
Good Night (Take 22)
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (Take 3)
Revolution (Unnumbered rehearsal)
Revolution (Take 14 – Instrumental backing track)
Cry Baby Cry (Unnumbered rehearsal)
Helter Skelter (First version – Take 2)

CD 5 : Sessions
Sexy Sadie (Take 3)
While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Acoustic version – Take 2)
Hey Jude (Take 1)
St. Louis Blues (Studio jam)
Not Guilty (Take 102)
Mother Nature’s Son (Take 15)
Yer Blues (Take 5 with guide vocal)
What’s the New Mary Jane (Take 1)
Rocky Raccoon (Take 8)
Back in the U.S.S.R. (Take 5 – Instrumental backing track)
Dear Prudence (Vocal, guitar & drums)
Let It Be (Unnumbered rehearsal)
While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Third version – Take 27)
(You’re so Square) Baby, I Don’t Care (Studio jam)
Helter Skelter (Second version – Take 17)
Glass Onion (Take 10)

CD 6 : Sessions
I Will (Take 13)
Blue Moon (Studio jam)
I Will (Take 29)
Step Inside Love (Studio jam)
Los Paranoias (Studio jam)
Can You Take Me Back? (Take 1)
Birthday (Take 2 – Instrumental backing track)
Piggies (Take 12 – Instrumental backing track)
Happiness is a Warm Gun (Take 19)
Honey Pie (Instrumental backing track)
Savoy Truffle (Instrumental backing track)
Martha My Dear (Without brass and strings)
Long, Long, Long (Take 44)
I’m so tired (Take 7)
I’m so tired (Take 14)
The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill (Take 2)
Why don’t we do it in the road? (Take 5)
Julia (Two rehearsals)
The Inner Light (Take 6 – Instrumental backing track)
Lady Madonna (Take 2 – Piano and drums)
Lady Madonna (Backing vocals from take 3)
Across the Universe (Take 6)

Blu-ray : The BEATLES (‘White Album’)
Audio Features:
: PCM Stereo (2018 Stereo Mix)
: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (2018)
: Dolby True HD 5.1 (2018)
: Mono (2018 Direct Transfer of ‘The White Album’ Original Mono Mix)

Édition 4 LPs
SIDE A
Back In The U.S.S.R.
Dear Prudence
Glass Onion
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Wild Honey Pie
The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Happiness Is A Warm Gun

SIDE B
Martha My Dear
I’m So Tired
Blackbird
Piggies
Rocky Racoon
Don’t Pass Me By
Why Don’t We Do It In The Road?
I Will
Julia

SIDE C
Birthday
Yer Blues
Mother Nature’s Son
Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
Sexy Sadie
Helter Skelter
Long, Long, Long

SIDE D
Revolution 1
Honey Pie
Savoy Truffle
Cry Baby Cry
Revolution 9
Good Night

ESHER DEMOS
SIDE A
Back In The U.S.S.R. (Esher Demo)
Dear Prudence (Esher Demo)
Glass Onion (Esher Demo)
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (Esher Demo)
The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill (Esher Demo)
While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Esher Demo)

SIDE B
Happiness Is A Warm Gun (Esher Demo)
I’m So Tired (Esher Demo)
Blackbird (Esher Demo)
Piggies (Esher Demo)
Rocky Raccoon (Esher Demo)
Julia (Esher Demo)
Yer Blues (Esher Demo)

SIDE C
Mother Nature’s Son (Esher Demo)
Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey (Esher Demo)
Sexy Sadie (Esher Demo)
Revolution (Esher Demo)
Honey Pie (Esher Demo)
Cry Baby Cry (Esher Demo)
Sour Milk Sea (Esher Demo)

SIDE D
Junk (Esher Demo)
Child Of Nature (Esher Demo)
Circles (Esher Demo)
Mean Mr Mustard (Esher Demo)
Polythene Pam (Esher Demo)
Not Guilty (Esher Demo)
What’s The New Mary Jane (Esher Demo)