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Cover Story ? The White Album: Artistic zenith or full of filler? Part I

October 16, 2008 | Goldmine Staff | 0

The Beatles’ 1968 double album — The Beatles to discographers, The White Album to its friends — represents both the most monumental achievement of their recording career, and the most controversial. ►

Cover Story ? The White Album: Artistic zenith or full of filler? Part II

October 16, 2008 | Goldmine Staff | 0

The notion of recording a double album surfaced very early on in The Beatles’ White Album sessions, partly because there were so many new songs scrabbling for attention, but also because The Beatles were in very real danger of being left behind in one of the most exciting new races in rock. ►

Cover Story ? The White Album: Artistic zenith or full of filler? Part III

October 16, 2008 | Goldmine Staff | 1

With The White Album, Paul McCartney, too, drew inspiration from far and wide, most impressively from an interview with The Who’s Pete Townshend, published in one of the music papers.
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