With The Beatles

THE BEATLES – Two Album Birthdays Today – ‘WITH THE BEATLES’ (60) And The White Album (55)

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WITH THE BEATLES

Their 2nd LP came out 60 years ago today, on 22 November 1963, the day
President John F. Kennedy was murdered in Dallas. The LP had advance orders
of a half million and sold another half million by September 1965, making it
the second album to sell a million copies in the UK, after the soundtrack to
the 1958 film South Pacific.

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THE WHITE ALBUM

The Fab Four‘s 9th LP, a double one, was released 55 years ago, on 22 November 1968.
The album displayed that the band members were drifting apart. Priced at £3.13 shillings, ($8.76), it topped the UK Charts for 8 weeks.

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THE BEATLES: Bio – Discography – Website

Picture This…

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Iconic front cover of THE BEATLES‘ second longplayer, simply titled ‘WTH THE BEATLES’.

The album came out on 22 November 1963, 56 years (!) ago today, only eights months after their debut Please Please Me. It featured eight originals (including George Harrison‘s first recorded song) and six covers. The cover’s cool black and white photo was taken by Robert Freeman. George Harrison later remarked that the cover of the first LP was ‘crap’ and the second one “the beginning of us being actively involved in The Beatles’ artwork … the first one where we thought, ‘Hey, let’s get artistic.”

Album in full here…

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THE BEATLES: Website