The Beatles’ 1968 self-titled double album, more commonly known as “ The White Album,” is one of the most iconic and influential releases in rock history. Instead, the single featured a new, faster version, with heavily distorted guitar and an electric piano solo by Nicky Hopkins. The Ampex reel tape version of The Beatles has become desirable to collectors, as it contains edits on eight tracks not available elsewhere. Further to the betrayal they had felt at Lennon's non-activist stance in "Revolution", New Left commentators condemned The Beatles for its failure to offer a political agenda.

We were just about to break up, and that was tense in itself"; [67] Lennon said, "the break-up of the Beatles can be heard on that album". Inner left of the sleeve has the list of songs and printed below is EMI records (The Gramophone Co Ltd) Hayes Middlesex, England.The vinyl records that make up the album were cut at half-speed by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios and feature in two vinyl editions. The band received a negative critical response to their television film Magical Mystery Tour, which aired in Britain in December 1967, but fan reaction was nevertheless positive. MacDonald describes the song as Harrison's "touching token of exhausted, relieved reconciliation with God" and considered it to be his "finest moment on The Beatles". The album has sold over 12million copies in the US alone [179] and according to the Recording Industry Association of America, The Beatles is the Beatles' most-certified album, at 24-times platinum.

It includes the four photos and the poster that came with the original ‘White Album’ as well as the seven discs. The Beatles is recognised for its fragmentary style and diverse range of genres, including folk, British blues, ska, music hall, proto-metal and the avant-garde. While My Guitar Gently Weeps" was written by Harrison during a visit he made to his parents' home in Cheshire.According to the author Ian Inglis: "Whether positive or negative, all assessments of The Beatles drew attention to its fragmentary style. This was in accordance with EMI's policy of testing and customising new gear extensively before putting it into use. Harrison soon reciprocated by collaborating with Clapton on the song " Badge" for Cream's final studio album, Goodbye. The super deluxe edition exclusively includes three CDs of ‘sessions’and a blu-ray audio disc that features a 5.