By Stephen Pate – Amazon has slashed the price of The Beatles White Album 50th Anniversary Box Set to $138.74. The release date is November 9th, 2018.
The original release price was $179.99. Amazon also guarantees that if you pre-order you will get any further price reductions between now and November 9th.
International links are – Canada, and Germany. Somewhat weirdly, each country has a slight different name for each set. The best way to tell is the number or disks, the price and directly through the links.
Last year I pre-ordered the Sargeant Pepper’s 50th Anniversary Box Set – which was totally worth it – and there was a last week extra savings of $13. Amazon.com Slashes Price On The Beatles Sgt. Peppers Box Set
Apple says this “is the first time The BEATLES (‘White Album’) has been remixed and presented with other demos and session recordings. To create the new stereo and 5.1 surround audio mixes for ‘The White Album,’ Martin and Okell worked with an expert team of engineers and audio restoration specialists at Abbey Road Studios in London. ”
The Beatles (White Album) Anniversary Edition (7 Disc) (Image Apple)
The 7 Disc box set includes 6 CD’s including a 2018 re-mix of the album, the Esher acoustic demo tapes of The Beatles recording the songs at home, various outtakes and a Blu-Ray of the digital audio. There is also a 168-page hardcover book about The White Album and various pieces of original artwork.
- CDs 1 & 2: 2018 stereo album mix
- CD3: Esher Demos
- CDs 4, 5 & 6: Sessions
– 50 additional recordings, most previously unreleased, from ‘White Album’ studio sessions; all newly mixed from the four-track and eight-track session tapes, sequenced in order of their recording start dates. - Blu-ray:
– 2018 album mix in high-resolution PCM stereo
– 2018 DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 album mix
– 2018 Dolby True HD 5.1 album mix
– 2018 direct transfer of the album’s original mono mix
Other versions of the White Album Anniversary release
The Anniversary Edition also comes in the following formats with Amazon’s discounted prices. Outside the USA, the links will direct you to Amazon in your country.
The Beatles (White Album) (3CD) $23.55
The Beatles White Album 50th Anniversary 3 CD
International links are – Canada and Germany.
This 3CD ‘White Album’ release includes Martin’s new stereo album mix, sourced directly from the original four-track and eight-track session tapes. Martin’s new mix is guided by the album’s original stereo mix produced by his father, George Martin.
During the last week of May 1968, The Beatles gathered at George’s house in Esher, Surrey, where they recorded acoustic demos for 27 songs. Known as the Esher Demos, all 27 recordings are also included in the 3CD Deluxe package, sourced from the original four-track tapes.
The Deluxe 3CD set is presented in an embossed digipak with the fold-out poster and portrait photos, plus a 24-page booklet.
The Beatles The White Album 2-LP Vinyl $36.09
The Beatles White Album 50th Anniversary 2 LPs
International links are – Canada and Germany.
This is the new stereo mix.
Apple also lists the old 2009 re-mix.
The link above is the new release.
The Beatles The White Album 4-LP Vinyl $83.81
International links are – Canada and Germany.
The Beatles White Album 50th Anniversary 4 LPs
The deluxe 4LP vinyl set presents the 2LP album in an embossed reproduction of its original gatefold sleeve with the fold-out poster and portrait photos, paired with the 2LP Esher Demos in an embossed gatefold sleeve.
The Beatles White Album
The White Album is the last great album by The Beatles. They worked together as a band on new material.
It has so many favourite Beatles songs many people forget they were originally on the 2 record set. Blackbird, Back In The USSR, Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Rocky Raccoon, Why Don’t We Do It In The Road, I Will, Julia, Birthday, and Helter Skelter and more.
John Lennon provided more songs than McCartney on The White Album and we got to see both his edgy rock and sensitive sides. Paul McCartney both rocks out and amuses. For George Harrison it was the beginning of his songwriting genius explodes.
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