Let's try and get to the bottom of the White Album…. See the results below. It's likely a one-off mastering cut on a solid-state Neumann lathe. When buying a used UK copy of The White Album or any EMI pressing, it's helpful to know the mother and stamper codes. START OF A BEATLES TITLE FROM THE WHITE ALBUM.
The White Album not only stretched the rules for making an album, it broke them. The Beatles entered Abbey Road Studios to start recording on 30 May, and administered the finishing touches on 14 October. For The Beatles, it was the start of a new era: the record was released on their own Apple label and featured 30 songs, all showcasing the different personalities within the band. Only decades later did Paul McCartney reveal that Blackbird was meant to be an ode to the women of the civil rights movement. You can if you use our NYT Mini Crossword Start of a Beatles title from the "White Album" answers and everything else published here. Charles Manson thought this song was about the apocalypse, but it's actually about a funfair. And be sure to come back here after every NYT Mini Crossword update.
Somehow, Klaus Voorman's iconic album cover art just wouldn't have been the same with that name. The names of the sweets are all genuine and from a box of Good News chocolates. Charles Manson, notoriously, had his own theories. For about $20, a later US purple label reissue sounds better and is cheaper. Nigerian musician Jimmy Scott was a friend of The Beatles and used this phrase to mean "whatever will be, will be". Unfortunately, obtaining a really clean copy of this rare top-loader can be difficult and expensive. Just be aware that the quieter songs are mastered louder to more closely approximate the dynamics of the rockers. Later re-recorded in a more uptempo version as the B-side to Hey Jude. An excellent condition copy of the 1982 UK mono reissue runs about $150, and the Japanese red vinyl mono with obi goes for around $200. The code is based on the letters G R A M O P H L T D, with "G" being 1 "R" being 2 etc. Some '68 radicals resented The Beatles' distance from the frontlines (and scolded Lennon to his face) but The White Album didn't need to describe the year's events in order to capture its wild, whirling spirit. It is very detailed and incredibly revealing of what must be on the master tape.
This actually works pretty well on several tracks like Paul's raucous "Rocky Raccoon". The cymbals can sound a little splashy at times, and on some systems this pressing may not be as laid back as you might like. To many people, 1968 felt exciting, infuriating, liberating, terrifying, funny, sad, depressing, exhausting and bewildering. As I unloaded the boxes with another store employee he told me the kids had started lining up early in the morning. The sleeve, designed by Pop artist Richard Hamilton, was famously blank (Credit: Alamy). The copies that were reissued in the 1978 BC-13 stereo box and the 1982 UK mono box have unnumbered side loading covers, white inner sleeves, and later Apple labels. Found an answer for the clue Start of a Beatles' song title that we don't have? If it's ROP that's the 256th stamper, etc. If you have an American original, compare! Compared to the re-master, the original 1968 UK PCS 7067-8 stereo LP release with –1 lacquer numbers has the ability to convey all the excitement of this album without becoming the least bit hard or edgy. In the Sunday Times newspaper, Derek Jewell wrote that The Beatles were "created by, created for, their age" (Credit: Getty). Geoff Emerick served as balance engineer (as he had since Revolver) but abruptly left after nine songs.
And if you liked this story, sign up for the weekly features newsletter, called "If You Only Read 6 Things This Week". This pressing has unique hand etched matrix numbers, YEX709/YEX712, with no lacquer number. If it's MO, it's the 45th stamper. Looks like you need some help with NYT Mini Crossword game. First half of a Beatles title. Start of a Beatles refrain. A beautiful acoustic ballad written by Paul McCartney in India, with a lyric inspired by one of the Maharishi's lectures.
The editor trims and tweaks the tracklisting to create a more consistently satisfying record. I left early in the morning and arrived back in Ithaca as the sun was setting on a very cold Ithaca day. John Lennon and Paul McCartney still shared songwriting credit, but were being pulled apart by their differing creative and philosophical interests. With songs like "Back In The USSR", "Dear Prudence", "Glass Onion", "Rocky Raccoon", "Birthday", "Happiness Is A Warm Gun", "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "Blackbird" and "Mother Nature's Son" you can't go wrong. A cheery McCartney piano piece inspired by his Old English Sheepdog, Martha. Later this phrase was unfortunately taken up by the crazy Charles Manson and his murderous gang, who scrawled the phrase "PIGS" at the scene of their crimes. Older puzzle solutions for the mini can be found here. On the face of it, one of the busy, dissonant Pop Art collages that made Richard Hamilton famous might have been a more apt sleeve design for such a teeming album, but his blank-slate minimalism sends a different message: make of this what you will. It quickly became known as "The White Album" and was one of their biggest selling records - shifting over 3 million copies in the US in its first four days. More critical is the stamper number. In another big change for the group, the song features a brief vocal from Lennon's new girlfriend, Yoko Ono. The White Album) had a tranquil exterior that revealed little of the turmoil that lay beneath the surface.
Certainly when you see an EMI pressing represented as a "first pressing" simply because it has the proper label and cover art, you should ask the seller the stamper code, even if he or she has no idea what that means. While The White Album was being recorded, second-wave feminists protested the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City (Credit: Getty). As I studied them, I listened to multiple copies of side one playing simultaneously and slowly drifting out of sync, rendering these exceptionally famous songs eerie and strange. The producer Danger Mouse chopped it to pieces and recombined the fragments with vocals from Jay-Z's The Black Album to create his 2004 mash-up The Grey Album. However, be aware that there's no code for what number pressing a record is. After all, as someone wisely pointed out, it was a lot closer. Although he'd apparently been working on it for five years. Please check below and see if the answer we have in our database matches with the crossword clue found today on the NYT Mini Crossword Puzzle, August 6 2022. On the original UK version, you can see his pubic hair. Beatles nonsense syllables.
The image of Yoko Ono's head in bed with John so clearly visible in the UK poster (shown here) had been reduced to a black blob on the American poster. Another gentle acoustic McCartney ballad from the days spent in India. To be an editor is to presume that somehow The Beatles got it wrong and would rather have released 45 minutes of bangers. The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill. That's what keeps it alive.
Yes, this game is challenging and sometimes very difficult. The jam band Phish covered all 30 songs on stage on Halloween night, 1994. Perhaps that is why they called it The Beatles. Try listening to Lennon's "Everybody's Got Something To Hide But Me And My Monkey". A warm gun means you just shot something. By 1968, albums released in stereo were becoming increasingly popular, and this would be the last Beatles album to receive a dedicated mono mix (1969's Yellow Submarine mono soundtrack is a fold down). Listen to this article.
This set, aside from being the coolest packaging of all and destined to become a collector's item if it already isn't, sounds considerably sweeter and more detailed than the CD quality box set. And while the MFSL half-speed mastered pressings for several of the Beatles titles sound very good, like A Hard Day's Night, this one (MFSL 2-072) never takes off - even with all the jet noises on "Back in the USSR" urging it to do so. It comes off as a very clean transfer of what it must be like listening to The Beatles in Technicolor. Whether or not you consider it the best Beatles album (I do), it's certainly the most Beatles album. Since this was a limited edition export, it's getting hard to find and sells for over $100. Editor's note: Though this album was issued on Apple, EMI pressed it so it's mother and stamper code can be found in the "lead out" groove area. It's in these areas where the CD shines, but at the expense of realistic presence. A perfect solo performance.
Apple/EMI issued The Beatles a few weeks before Capitol's November 22nd release date (November 22nd remained a day seared in students' memories in 1968 you can be sure) so the store owner, Rick Mears imported many boxes of the UK pressings and dispatched me to the New York City docks to pick them up and drive them back to Ithaca the same day in his Volvo P-18 two seater. The subtle inner details of the guitars on "Back in the USSR" are revealed, and Ringo's double tracked drum fills are conveyed with powerful energy on "Glass Onion". Listening to midrange heavy tracks like McCartney's reggae-like "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da", this top loading seven-digit serial numbered album has a smooth presentation with excellent overall balance. At the "3 O'clock" position is a stamper code in letters that tells you the stamper number. Later German pressings with 1C 062, 1C 072, or 1C 092 numbers on the Apple label are usually cheaper. John later performed this with Clapton and Keith Richards in December 1968 as part of The Rolling Stones' Rock And Roll Circus, an unscreened TV special. If the stamper code indicates the record was pressed from a stamper with three letters, it's not worth "first pressing" prices. One example is Eric Clapton's guitar solo on the mono "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", which is more modulated and goes on longer before the fade-out. The last studio album released by the group came out after the Beatles had already broken up — but was recorded before Abbey Road.