Since a lot of us will be revisiting 'The Beatles', the double LP known as the White Album after it's all white cover, this weekend, I thought it would be fun to get the memories of your first play. Especially you old timers (like me). Coming after Sgt Pepper and Magical Mystery Tour, here was this double LP with all kinds of tunes that covered many different styles of music. From Granny to Bizarre!
With a nod towards this being a bit SHF-ish, let's try it and keep on topic and stay cordial with each other.
I'll go first:
I was a junior in High School at the time of it's release. A big Beatles guy. The White Album arrived and I pretty much locked myself in my room and listened to it over and over, looking at all of the pictures on the big poster. The easy-to-digest stuff got my attention first - Back in the USSR, Ob-La-Di, Rocky Racoon, Bungalow Bill, and the ballads, I Will, Julia, Dear Prudence, and such. At first I skipped Side 3. It was a bit too heavy for me (at the time). As for 'Revolution No 9', I listened but did not understand why "Hey Jude" was not in it's place. Looking back, the old Capitol Records would have done just that if the group had not stomped on their practice of screwing around with their albums.
Anyway, I played this thing the old fashioned way, with one of those record players that stacked the LP's, so when Side 1 was over, Side 2 would drop down on the platter and then would play. Too funny when I think about that happening.
Back then I never thought about this album being a bunch of solo tracks, or signalling the eventual break up of the group. There was no single, which was weird, but I didn't care I had the album(s).
I know I played Side 1 and Side 2 a lot more than 3 and 4, but I did like a lot of songs that were on those sides, like "weeps", "cry baby cry", "Long Long Long" and others.
I thought it was great, it was the Beatles. And now, I am totally looking forward to hearing it again, in surround!
With a nod towards this being a bit SHF-ish, let's try it and keep on topic and stay cordial with each other.
I'll go first:
I was a junior in High School at the time of it's release. A big Beatles guy. The White Album arrived and I pretty much locked myself in my room and listened to it over and over, looking at all of the pictures on the big poster. The easy-to-digest stuff got my attention first - Back in the USSR, Ob-La-Di, Rocky Racoon, Bungalow Bill, and the ballads, I Will, Julia, Dear Prudence, and such. At first I skipped Side 3. It was a bit too heavy for me (at the time). As for 'Revolution No 9', I listened but did not understand why "Hey Jude" was not in it's place. Looking back, the old Capitol Records would have done just that if the group had not stomped on their practice of screwing around with their albums.
Anyway, I played this thing the old fashioned way, with one of those record players that stacked the LP's, so when Side 1 was over, Side 2 would drop down on the platter and then would play. Too funny when I think about that happening.
Back then I never thought about this album being a bunch of solo tracks, or signalling the eventual break up of the group. There was no single, which was weird, but I didn't care I had the album(s).
I know I played Side 1 and Side 2 a lot more than 3 and 4, but I did like a lot of songs that were on those sides, like "weeps", "cry baby cry", "Long Long Long" and others.
I thought it was great, it was the Beatles. And now, I am totally looking forward to hearing it again, in surround!