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The Beatles

The original vinyl copies released in 1968 had the band's name embossed crosswise onto a white background. These pressings were also numbered.
Studio album by The Beatles
Released 22 November 1968
Recorded 30 May – 14 October 1968,
Abbey Road Studios and Trident Studios, London
Genre Rock, Pop
Length 93:35
Label Apple (Parlophone)
Producer George Martin
The Beatles chronology
Magical Mystery Tour
(1967)
The Beatles
(1968)
Yellow Submarine
(1969)
I left on the White Album. I had to leave. I thought that the other three were together and I wasn't with them. I was separate. I was feeling down. Also, I thought I wasn't playing right. But I went round to each one, and said, 'Look, I've gotta leave. I can't make it!' But then, each one I went to said, 'I thought it was you three, and I was on my own. So, at least we cleared it up that we were all thinking a bit like that at the time. So, we got together again. We sorted that out.

—Ringo Starr, 19__

None of us really thought about leaving until 1968 ... I know the first time for me, which was the most depressing, was during the White Album. It was a problem making a double album because it takes such a long time. There were so many songs. It was the period that had started a bit negative. It was a bit difficult and we got through it, and it was fine. We finally got through the album and everybody was pleased because the tracks were good.

—George Harrison, 19__

Paul was always upset about the White Album. He never liked it because, on that one, I did my music, he did his, and George did his. And first, he didn't like George having so many tracks, and second, he wanted it to be more a group thing, which really meant more Paul. So, he never liked that album. I always preferred it to all the other albums, including Pepper, because I thought the music was better. The Pepper myth is bigger, but the music on the White Album is far superior, I think. I wrote a lot of good stuff on that. I like all the stuff I did on that and the other stuff as well. I like the whole album.

—John Lennon, interview at St Regis Hotel by Peter McCabe and Robert Schonfeld, 5 September 1971

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