Label: Walrus,
2-CD set: Walrus 008 / 009
Date: 1997,
Sound quality: good,
Total Playing Time CD1 : 73:27,
Total Playing Time CD2 : 70:19.
A collection of alternates
takes and mixes from the White Album recording sessions in
1968.
Track list:
| DISC 1 | ||||
| 1 | The Making Of The Jet Noise | 0:29 | Paul chats about... | |
| 2 | Back In The USSR | Lennon / McCartney | 2:40 | Mono Mix, Rec. on Aug 23, 1968 - RM1 Take 6. |
| 3 | Dear Prudence | Lennon / McCartney | 3:56 | Unreleased Take with different ending and different backing vocals. |
| 4 | Glass Onion | Lennon / McCartney | 2:07 | ALternate Mono Mix, Rec. on Sept 26, 1968. |
| 5 | Paul Introducing "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" | 0:27 | ||
| 6 | Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da | Lennon / McCartney | 2:58 | Early Alternate Take. |
| 7 | Wild Honey Pie | Lennon / McCartney | 1:02 | Alternate Take, Rec. and Mixed on Aug 20, 1968. |
| 8 | The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill | Lennon / McCartney | 3:14 | Alternate Mono Mix, Rec. on Oct 8, 1968. |
| 9 | While My Guitar Gently Weeps | George Harrison | 3:26 | Take 1, Rec. on July 25, 1968. |
| 10 | Happiness Is A Warm Gun | Lennon / McCartney | 2:45 | Alternate Mono Mix, louder bass at "I Need A Fix" part. |
| 11 | Martha My Dear | Lennon / McCartney | 2:30 | Alternate Mono Mix, Rec. on Oct 4, 1968. |
| 12 | I'm So Tired | Lennon / McCartney | 2:09 | Alternate Take, Rec. on Oct 8, 1968. |
| 13 | Blackbird | Lennon / McCartney | 2:16 | Early Take (Demo). |
| 14 | Piggies | George Harrison | 2:07 | Alternate Mono Mix, with different piggies sounds, Rec. on Sept 20, 1968. |
| 15 | Rocky Raccoon | Lennon / McCartney | 4:13 | Take 8, Rec. on Aug 15, 1968. |
| 16 | Don't Pass Me By | Richard Starkey | 2:43 | Instrumental Take 3 and Vocal Take 5, Rec. on June 5 and 6, 1968. |
| 17 | Paul
Introducing "Why Don't We Do It In The Road?" |
1:03 | ||
| 18 | Why Don't We Do It In The Road? | Lennon / McCartney | 1:42 | Alternate Mono Mix, no handclaps in intro, Rec. on Oct 10, 1968. |
| 19 | I Will | Lennon / McCartney | 1:58 | Take 1, Rec. on Sept 16, 1968. |
| 20 | Julia | Lennon / McCartney | 2:09 | Take 2, Rec. on Oct 13, 1968. |
| 21 | Promo
"White Album" 25 Anniversary Part 1 |
1:39 | ||
| 22 | Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da | Lennon / McCartney | 3:17 | Alternate Mix, prefaced by a false start on piano and laughter. |
| 23 | Don't Pass Me By | Richard Starkey | 4:13 | Alternate Mix, it includes an 30 seconds reprise of the first verse before the final "Don't Pass Me By" chorus. |
| 24 | Back In The USSR | Lennon / McCartney | 2:49 | Alternate(?) Mono Mix, the jet noise at the beginning and end lasts a few seconds longer and does not have the beginning of "Dear Prudence" layered over the end. - RM1 Take 6? |
| 25 | Why Don't We Do It In The Road? | Lennon / McCartney | 2:16 | Take 4, Recorded on Oct. 9, 1968. |
| 26 | Blackbird | Lennon / McCartney | 2:18 | Take 4, Recorded on June 11, 1968. |
| 27 | Piggies | George Harrison | 2:01 | Esher demo, Recorded in May, 1968. |
| 28 | Glass Onion | Lennon / McCartney | 1:54 | Esher demo (?), Recorded in May, 1968. |
| 29 | I'm So Tired | Lennon / McCartney | 2:09 | Alternate Early Mix, with a different Lennon vocal as well as unused lead guitar and organ overdubs, Rec. on Oct 8, 1968. |
| 30 | Julia | Lennon / McCartney | 2:54 | Alternate Take. |
| 31 | Happiness Is A Warm Gun | Lennon / McCartney | 1:56 | Esher demo (?), Recorded in May, 1968. |
| DISC 2 | ||||
| 1 | Paul Introducing "Birthday" | 1:27 | ||
| 2 | Birthday | Lennon / McCartney | 2:44 | Mono Mix, Rec. on Sept 18, 1968. |
| 3 | Yer Blues | Lennon / McCartney | 4:12 | Mono Mix, Rec. on Aug 14, 1968. |
| 4 | Mother Nature's Son | Lennon / McCartney | 2:51 | Take 2, Rec. on Aug 9, 1968. |
| 5 | Everybody's
Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey |
Lennon / McCartney | 2:30 | Alternate Version, with Count-in and a significantly different version of the lead vocal (many of John's lines are not double tracked here, whereas on the legitimate release all of his vocal is. Also noticeably different is the "Come on, Come on" conclusion of the song. |
| 6 | Sexy Sadie | Lennon / McCartney | 3:58 | Unedited version, the released take has an edit 2:56 into the song, cutting out 38 seconds of music, and continuing on with the last 17 seconds of the song. This outtake does not contain this edit, and even continues on a hair longer at the fade. |
| 7 | Paul Introducing "Helter Skelter" | 0:27 | ||
| 8 | Helter Skelter | Lennon / McCartney | 3:40 | Mono Mix, this version is shorter and has louder backing vocals. RM1 - Take 21 - 9 Sep 1968 - (mono White Album LP). |
| 9 | Long, Long, Long | George Harrison | 3:07 | Mono Mix, Rec. on Oct 7, 1968. |
| 10 | Revolution 1 | Lennon / McCartney | 4:16 | Mono Mix. |
| 11 | Honey Pie | Lennon / McCartney | 1:21 | Esher demo, Recorded in May, 1968. |
| 12 | George Introducing "Savoy Truffle" | 0:33 | ||
| 13 | Savoy Truffle | George Harrison | 2:56 | Mono Mix, Rec. on Oct 3, 1968. |
| 14 | Cry Baby Cry | Lennon / McCartney | 2:46 | Take 1, Rec. on July 16, 1968. |
| 15 | Revolution 9 | Lennon / McCartney | 7:50 | Mono Acetate, Rec. on June 20, 1968 |
| 16 | Good Night | Lennon / McCartney | 3:16 | Alternate take, besides differences in the backing vocals, the section that falls between 1:37 and 1:58 on this outtake is significantly different, with less time given to the transition between Ringo's vocal and the instrumental string section, making the outtake six seconds shorter than the released version. |
| 17 | Promo
"White Album" 25 Anniversary Part 2 |
1:08 | ||
| 18 | Sexy Sadie | Lennon / McCartney | 4:08 | Take 6, Rec. on July 19, 1968. |
| 19 | Helter Skelter | Lennon / McCartney | 4:38 | Take 2, Rec. on July 18, 1968 (same as from Anthology 3). |
| 20 | Step Inside Love | Lennon / McCartney | 2:31 | Jam, Rec. on Sept 16, 1968 (same as from Anthology 3). |
| Los Paranoias | Lennon / McCartney | |||
| 21 | Not Guilty | George Harrison | 4:23 | Different take as on Anthology 3, Rec. in Aug, 1968. |
| 22 | Junk | Lennon / McCartney | 2:26 | Esher demo, Recorded in May, 1968. |
| 23 | A Beginning | George Martin | 0:47 | Orchestral arrangement, Rec. on July 22, 1968 (same as from Anthology 3). |
| 24 | Good Night | Lennon / McCartney | 2:25 | Rehearsal, Rec. on June 28, 1968. |