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 :
[BACK IN THE U.S.S.R. Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 23 August 1968] 1. Take 6 RM1 [DEAR PRUDENCE Trident Studios, London, U.K. 29 August 1968] 2. Take 1 - Rehearsals 3. Drums And Side Guitar Track 4. Bass Track 5. Drums Track 6. Main Guitar Track 7. Piano Track 8. Vocal Track
9. Guitar Overdub 10. Side Guitar Track 11. Backing Vocals And Handclap 12. Take 1 - Mono Mix 1 13. Take 1 - Mono Mix 2 14. Take 1 - Stereo Remix [WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 5/6 September 1968] 15. Take 1 Partial 16. Piano And Drums Track
17. Lady Madonna Rehearsals - Monitor Mix 18. Rehearsals - Monitor Mix 19. Bass Track 20. Guitar Track 21. Organ Track 22. Take 7+8 Vocal Track
CD 2 :
[HELTER SKELTER Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 9/10 September 1968] 1. Studio Rehearsals 2. Backing Track 3. Guitars And Drums Track 4. Vocal Track 5. Backing Chorus Track 6. Drums And Sax Track [GLASS ONION Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 11/13 September 1968]
7. Bass Track 8. RM2 Stereo Mixdown 9. Drums And Piano Track [I WILL Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 16 September 1968] 10. Take 1 11. Take 19 - Can You Take Me Back 12. Take 30 - Down In Havana 13. Take 34 - Step Inside Love 14. Take 35 - Los Paranoias 15. Take 36 - The Way You Look Tonight
16. Backing Track [GLASS ONION Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 16 September 1968] 17. Backing Track [HELTER SKELTER Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 17 September 1968] 18. RM1 [I WILL Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 17 September 1968] 19. Bass Voice Track
20. Vocal Track [BIRTHDAY Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 18 September 1968] 21. Studio Rehearsals 22. Backing Track 23. Piano And Handclap Track 24. Vocal Track 25. RM1 [PIGGIES Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 19 September 1968] 26. Take Unknown / Backing Track 27. Vocal Track
28. Sounds Overdub [HAPPINESS IS A WARM GUN Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 23/25 September 1968] 29. Guitar Track 30. Vocal Track 31. Vocal And Guitar Overdub 32. Organ And Piano Overdub 33. Bass Track 34. Take 65 Remix
CD 3 :
[GLASS ONION Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 26 September 1968] 1. Take 33 RM2 2. Sound Effects [HONEY PIE Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 1/4 October 1968] 3. Piano Track 4. Vocal Track [SAVOY TRUFFLE Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 3 October 1968]
5. Backing Track [MARTHA MY DEAR Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 4 October 1968] 6. Piano Track [HONEY PIE Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 4 October 1968] 7. Guitar And Orchestral Track [MARTHA MY DEAR Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 4 October 1968] 8. Orchestral Track
9. Vocal Track [HONEY PIE Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 4 October 1968] 10. Intro Section [SAVOY TRUFFLE Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 5 October 1968] 11. Vocal And Bass Track [MARTHA MY DEAR Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 5 October 1968] 12. Backing Track
13. Guitar Track [DEAR PRUDENCE Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 5 October 1968] 14. Early Mono Mix 15. Trident Mix [LONG LONG LONG Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 7/8 October 1968] 16. Guitar Track 17. Drums Track
18. Vocal Track [I'M SO TIRED Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 8 October 1968] 19. Take 3/6/9 20. Backing Track 21. Take 14 22. Vocal Track 23. Guitar And Keyboard - Monitor Mix 1 24. Monitor Mix 2 25. Monitor Mix 3 26. Monitor Mix 4
27. Monitor Mix 5 28. Monitor Mix 6 29. Monitor Mix 7 [THE CONTINUING STORY OF BANGALOW BILL Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 8/9 October 1968] 30. Vocal Track 31. Drums And Backing Track 32. Guitar And Chorus Track
CD 4 :
[LONG LONG LONG Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 9 October 1968] 1. Take 67 RS8 [WHY DON'T WE DO IT IN THE ROAD Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 9 October 1968] 2. Take 4 3. Take 4 - Vocal Track 4. Take 4 - Guitar Track 5. Take 4 - Stereo Remix 6. Backing Track
7. Take 4/5 [PIGGIES Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 10 October 1968] 8. Stereo Remix [GLASS ONION Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 10 October 1968] 9. Vocal Track [WHY DON'T WE DO IT IN THE ROAD Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 10 October 1968]
10. Bass And drums Track 11. Vocal Track [SAVOY TRUFFLE Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 11 October 1968] 12. Vocal And Backing Track 13. Brass And Keyboard Track [JULIA Abbey Road EMI Studio 2, London, U.K. 13 October 1968] 14. Take 2 15. Guitar Track 16. Take 3 Partial 17. Vocal Track
BONUS SECTION
[POSTCARD SESSIONS - Paul McCartney Abbey Road EMI Studio, London, U.K. 22 November 1968 : Paul McCartney, Donovan, Mary Hopkin] 18. HOW DO YOU DO 19. BLACKBIRD 20. THE UNICORN 21. LALENA 22. HEATHER 23. MR.WIND 24. THE WARLUS AND THE CARPENTER
25. LAND OF GISCH [THE CILLA BLACK SHOW - Ringo Starr Television Theater, Shepherd's Bush, London, U.K. 6 February 1968 : Ringo Starr, Cilla Black, Peter Brough] 26. Reading Viewer Mail 27. Ventriloquism / Nellie Dean
28. DO YOU LIKE ME [KENNY EVERETT BBC RADIO SHOW - The Beatles Abbey Road EMI Studio, London, U.K. 6 June 1968 :The Beatles, Kenny Everett, Tony Oliverstone] 29. -
36. Interviews 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8 [THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR - George Harrison CBS TV Studios, Hollywood, CA, USA 8 November 1968 : George Harrison] 37. Cameo TV Show
CD 5 :
[PROMOTION FILM SESSION - The Beatles Twickenham Film Studios, Twickenham, London, U.K. 4 September 1968] 1. BY GEORGE! IT'S THE DAVID FROST THEME 2. HEY JUDE (Take 1) 3. IT'S NOW OR NEVER 4. HEY JUDE (Take 2) 5. YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE 6. HEY JUDE (Take 3)
7. REVOLUTION (Take 1 Rehearsals) 8. REVOLUTION (Take 1) 9. REVOLUTION (Rehearsals)
10. REVOLUTION (Take 2) [ROCK AND ROLL CIRCUS SESSION - John Lennon Stonebridge House, Wembley, London, U.K. 11 December 1968 : THE DIRTY MAC = John Lennon (vocal, guitar), Yoko Ono (vocal), Keith Richard (bass), Eric Clapton (guitar) , Mitch Mitchell (drums), Ivry Gitlis (violin)]
11. DIALOGUE 12. DIALOGUE (Alternate) 13. ROCK AND ROLL CIRCUS JAM 14. YER BLUES (Take 1 - No Vocal) 15. YER BLUES (Rehearsals) 16. YER BLUES (Take 1) 17. YER BLUES (Take 2) 18. WHOLE LOTTA YOKO 19. YER BLUES (Mono Acetate) 20. WHOLE LOTTA YOKO (Mono Acetate)
21. DIALOGUE (No Background) 22. YER BLUES (Take 2 - Stereo Remix) 23. WHOLE LOTTA YOKO (Stereo Remix)
CD 6 :
[REMIX AND ALTERNATES] 1. BACK IN THE U.S.S.R. (LOVE Version) 2. WHILE MY GUITAR GENTRLY WEEPS (Orchestra Session) 3. WHILE MY GUITAR GENTRLY WEEPS (LOVE Version) 4. REVOLUTION (LOVE Version) 5. WHITE ALBUM SESSIONS (Anthology Medley)
6. NOT GUILTY (Anthology Mix) 7. STEP INSIDE LOVE / LOS PARANOIAS (Anthology Mix) 8. WHILE MY GUITAR GENTRLY WEEPS (Anthology Mix) 9. SOUR MILK SEA (Unreleased Remix) 10. WHAT'S THE NEW MARY JANE (Anthology Mix) 11. BACK IN THE U.S.S.R. (Rockband Remix)
12. DEAR PRUDENCE (Rockband Remix) 13. WHILE MY GUITAR GENTRLY WEEPS (Rockband Remix) 14. BIRTHDAY (Rockband Remix) 15. HELTER SKELTER (Rockband Remix) 16. REVOLUTION (Rockband Remix) 17. DEAR PRUDENCE (US Capitol Short Edit) 18. GLASS ONION (US Capitol Short Edit)
19. DON'T PASS ME BY (US Capitol Short Edit) 20. WHY DON'T WE DO IT IN THE ROAD (US Capitol Short Edit) 21. YER BLUES (US Capitol Short Edit) 22. HELTER SKELTER (US Capitol Short Edit) 23. REVOLUTION 9 (US Capitol Short Edit)