
2018年リリースされて50周年となる『ホワイト・アルバム』の、貴重なセッション記録を時系列にまとめた「レコーディング・セッション・クロノロジーとしてCD6枚組セットにてリリース。1968年11月アップル・レコード初の2枚組アルバムとしてリリースされた『ホワイト・アルバム』の、同年に行なわれたアビーロード・スタジオ(一部トライデント・スタジオ)でのセッション音源を、ほぼ時系列に収録しており、さらにプロモ・セッションや他にもポールとドノヴァンのセッション、またジョンの「ロックン・ロール・サーカス」などの、同時期の関連音源もコンパイル。なお近年新発掘されたスタジオ・チャット、各楽器やボーカルを解析分離したマルチトラック音源等は、今回初登場の音源もあり、またこれまでお馴染みのアウトテイクやリハーサル音源も、アップグレードや最新リマスターにより、ベスト・サウンドで収めた2018年盤スペシャル・コレクターズ・エディション。
CD 1 :
[REVOLUTION 1 (Take20) Abbey Road EMI Studio 3, London, U.K. 4 June 1968] 1. Playback 1 2. Playback 2 3. Jam 1 4. Jam 2 5. Tuning / Dialogue 1 6. Jam Rehearsal 7. Jam 3 8. Overdub 9. Playback 3 10. Playback 4 11. Jam 4 12. Jam 5 13. Jam 6 14. Jam 7 15. Jam 8 16. Playback 5 17. Playback 6 18. Playback 7
19. Playback 8 20. Playback 9 21. Playback 10 22. Jam 9 23. Jam 10 24. Jam 11 25. Playback 11 26. Dialogue 2 27. Dialogue 3 28. Dialogue 4 29. Playback 12 30. Playback 13 31. Dialogue 5 32. Dialogue 6 / Tape Loop 1 33. Tape Loop 2 34. Dialogue 7 35. RM1 36. Edit Mono
CD 2 :
[REVOLUTION 1 (Take20) Abbey Road EMI Studio 3, London, U.K. 4 June 1968] 1. Complete Stereo Remix [DON'T PASS ME BY Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 5/6 June 1968] 2. Take Unknown 3. Take 3 4. Take 3+5 Piano Overdub 5. Take 3+5 Drums Overdub 6. Take 3+5 7. Backing Tracks
8. Original Speed Mono [REVOLUTION 9 Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 10 June 1968] 9. - 34. Edit Pieces / Sound Effects [BLACKBIRD Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 11 June 1968] 35. Congratulations / Rehearsal 1 36. Rehearsal 2 37. Rehearsal 3
38. Helter Skelter / Blackbird / Gone Tomorrow Here Today - Rehearsal 4 39. Rehearsal 5 40. Tuning - Rehearsal 6 41. Rehearsal 7 42. Rehearsal 8 43. Rehearsal 9 44. Blackbird / Mother Natures Son - Rehearsal 10 45. Rehearsal 11 46. Rehearsal 12 47. Rehearsal 13 48. Rehearsal 14 49. Rehearsal 15
50. Rehearsal 16 51. Rehearsal 17 52. Rehearsal 18 53. Rehearsal 19 54. Dialogue - Rehearsal 20 55. Dialogue - Rehearsal 21 56. Rehearsal 22 57. Dialogue - Rehearsal 23 58. Take 4 59. Take Unknown 60. No Sound Effects
CD 3 :
[BLACKBIRD Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 11 June 1968] 1. Take 32 RM6 [REVOLUTION 9 Abbey Road EMI Studio 3, London, U.K. 11/20 June 1968] 2. Sound Effects - Bells 3. Sound Effects - Horns 4. Sound Effects – Crowd 5. Sound Effects - Applause 6. Sound Effects – Watusi
7. Sound Effects - Hold That Line 8. Sound Effects - Block That Kick 9. Sound Effects – Naked 10. Acetate Mono Version {REVOLUTION 1 Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 21 June 1968} 11. Backing Track – Horns
12. Backing Track – Guitar [EVERYBODY'S GOT SOMETHING TO HIDE EXCEPT ME AND MY MONKEY Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 26/27 June 1968] 13. Basic Overdub [GOOD NIGHT Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 28 June 1968]
14. Take Unknown [EVERYBODY'S GOT SOMETHING TO HIDE EXCEPT ME AND MY MONKEY Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 1 July 1968] 15. Backing Tracks [GOOD NIGHT Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 2 July 1968] 16. Rehearsal
17. Rehearsal Remix [OB-LA-DI, OB-LA-DA Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 3/9 July 1968] 18. Studio Chat 19. Take 5 20. Take 5 Stereo Remix 21. Take 21 [REVOLUTION Abbey Road EMI Studio 3, London, U.K. 10/11 July 1968] 22. Studio Chat 23. Guitar Track 24. Drums Track 25. Vocal Track
26. Take 15 27. Overdub 1 [DON'T PASS ME BY Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 12 July 1968] 28. RM4 [REVOLUTION Abbey Road EMI Studio 3, London, U.K. 11 July 1968] 29. Overdub 2 30. Bass Track 31. Take 16 [OB-LA-DI, OB-LA-DA Abbey Road EMI Studio 3, London, U.K. 15 July 1968]
32. Take 23 RM21 Mono 33. Take 23 RM21 Stereo Remix
CD 4 :
[CRY BABY CRY Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 16 July 1968] 1. Take 1 Stereo Remix 2. Take 1 - Bass And Drums Track 3. Take 1 - Vocals And Guitar Track 4. Bass And Vocal Track 5. Main Vocal Track 6. Vocal And Backing Track [HELTER SKELTER Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 18 July 1968]
7. Take 2 Mono 8. Take 2 - Bass Track 9. Take 2 - Vocals And Guitar Track 10. Take 2 - Stereo Remix [REVOLUTION Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 18 July 1968] 11. Take Unknown [SEXY SADIE Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 19 July 1968] 12. Take 6
13. Take Unknown Chat – Mono 14. Take Unknown Chat – Stereo 15. Fuck A Duckie 16. Take Unknown - Monitor Mix 1 17. Brian Epstein's Blues 18. Take Unknown - Monitor Mix 2 19. Take Unknown - Monitor Mix 3
20. Take Unknown - Monitor Mix 4 [A BEGINNING Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 19 July 1968] 21. Instrumental [GOOD NIGHT Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 19 July 1968] 22. Strings Overdub
23. Vocal Overdub [EVERYBODY'S GOT SOMETHING TO HIDE EXCEPT ME AND MY MONKEY Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 23 July 1968] 24. Vocal Track 25. Take 12 RM5 Mono 26. Take 12 RM5 Stereo Remix [GOOD NIGHT Abbey Road EMI Studio 1, London, U.K. 22/23 July 1968]
27. Take 34 RM6 [SEXY SADIE Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 24 July 1968] 28. Take 28 [WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 25 July 1968] 29. Take 1 30. Take 1 with Harmonium 31. Take 1 - Monitor Mix 1 32. Take 1 - Monitor Mix 2
33. Take 1 - Monitor Mix 3 34. Take 1 - Monitor Mix 4
CD 5 :
[HEY JUDE Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 29/30 July 1968] 1. Take 2 2. Rehearsals 1 3. St. Louis Blues 4. Rehearsals 2 5. Studio Chat 1 6. Studio Chat 2 7. Rehearsals / St. Louis Blues / Take 7 / Take 9 (Long Version) 8. Take Unknown 9. Take 7 10. Las Vegas Tune
11. St. Louis Blues - Stereo Mix 12. Rehearsals - Stereo Mix 13. Take 8 Fragment 14. Take 9 15. Take 25 [RS1 Trident Studios, London, U.K. 31 July/1 August 1968] 16. Piano Track 17. Bass Track Edit 18. Vocal Track 19. Backing Track Mixdown
20. Orchestra Track [NOT GUILTY Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 9/12 August 1968] 21. Early Stereo Mix 22. Take102 RM1 [MOTHER NATURE'S SON Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 9 August 1968] 23. Take 2 24. Take Unknown
25. Guitar Track [SEXY SADIE Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 12 August 1968] 26. Backing Track 27. Unknown Jam
CD 6 :
[NOT GUILTY Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 12 August 1968] 1. Stereo Remix [STUDIO JAM Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 13 August 1968] 2. Unknown Jam [YER BLUES Abbey Road EMI Studio 3, London, U.K. 20 August 1968]
3. Take 16/17 RM3 [WHAT'S THE NEW MARY JANE Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 14 August 1968] 4. Take 2 5. Acetate Stereo Mix 6. Complete Stereo Mix 7. Stereo Remix [ROCKY RACCOON Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 15 August 1968]
8. Take 8 9. Take 9 10. RM1 [MOTHER NATURE'S SON Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 20 August 1968] 11. Vocal Track 12. Horn Track [WILD HONEY PIE Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 20 August 1968] 13. Basic Track 1
14. Basic Track 2 [MOTHER NATURE'S SON Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 20 August 1968] 15. Take 26 RM8 [WILD HONEY PIE Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 20 August 1968] 16. Take 1 RM6 [SEXY SADIE Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 21 August 1968]
17. Vocal Track 18. Backing Track 19. RM5 Unedited [BACK IN THE U.S.S.R. Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 22/23 August 1968] 20. Studio Rehearsals 21. Backing Track 22. Backing Track Stereo Mix 23. Drums Track 24. Piano And Guitar Track 25. Vocal Track 26. Vocal And Handclap Track