The Beatles - Whitology

Walrus 008/9 - 2 CDs

(The Netherlands)

Disc 1: 73:20

1. The Making Of The Jet Noise Paul explains 0:19
2. Back In The USSR mono mix, rec. on Aug. 23, '68 2:40
3. Dear Prudence unreleased take with different ending and different backing vocals 3:56
4. Glass Onion mono mix, rec. on sept. 26, '68 2:07
5. Paul Introducing "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"   0:27
6. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da early take (Anthology 3) 2:58
7. Wild Honey Pie alternate take, rec. and mixed on Aug. 20, '68 1:02
8. The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill mono mix, rec. on Oct. 8, '68 3:14
9. While My Guitar Gently Weeps take 1, rec. on July 25, '68 3:26
10. Happiness Is A Warm Gun mono mix, louder bass at "I Need A Fix" part 2:45
11. Martha My Dear mono mix, rec. on Oct. 4, '68 2:30
12. I'm So Tired alternate take, rec. on Oct. 8, '68 (Anthology 3) 2:09
13. Blackbird early take (Anthology 3) 2:16
14. Piggies mono mix with different piggies sounds. rec. on Sept. 20, '68 2:07
15. Rocky Rackoon take 8, rec. on Aug. 15, '68 (Anthology 3) 4:13
16. Don't Pass Me By instr. take 3 and vocal take 5, rec. on June 5 and 6, '68 (Anthology 3) 2:43
17. Paul Introducing "Why Don't We Do It In The Road"   1:03
18. Why Don't We Do It In The Road mono mix, no handclaps in intro, rec. on Oct. 10, '68 1:42
19. I Will take 1, rec. on Sept. 16, '68 (Anthology 3) 1:58
20. Julia take 2, rec. on Oct. 13, '68 (Anthology 3) 2:09
bonus tracks
21. Promo "White Album" 25 Anniversary Part 1 Paul and George reminiscing 1:39
22. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da different mix, prefaced by a false start on piano and laughter 3:17
23. Don't Pass Me By different mix, it includes a 30 seconds reprise of the first verse before the final "Don't Pass Me By" chorus 4:13
24. Back In The USSR alternate mono mix, the jet noise at the beginning and end lasts a few seconds longer and does not have the beginning of "Dear Prudence" layered over the end 2:49
25. Why Don't We Do It In The Road take 4, rec. on Oct. 9, '68 (Anthology 3) 2:16
26. Blackbird take 4, rec. on June 11, '68 (Anthology 3) 2:18
27. Piggies Esher demo, rec. in May, '68 (Anthology 3) 2:01
28. Glass Onion Esher demo, rec. in May, '68 (Anthology 3) 1:54
29.. I'm So Tired early mix, with a different Lennon vocal as well as unused lead guitar and organ overdubs, rec. on Oct. 8, '68 2:09
30. Julia alternate take 2:54
31. Happiness Is A Warm Gun Esher demo, rec. in May, '68 (Anthology 3) 1:56

Disc 2: 70:17

1. Paul Introducing "Birthday" Paul explains 1:27
2. Birthday mono mix, rec. on Sept 18, '68 2:44
3. Yer Blues mono mix, rec. on Aug. 14, '68 4:12
4. Mother Nature's Son take 2, rec. on Aug. 9, '68 (Anthology 3) 2:51
5. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except For Me And My Monkey alternate version with count-in and significantly different version of the lead vocal (many of John's lines are not double tracked here, whereas on the legitimate release all of his vocal is. Also noticeably different is the "Come On, Come On" conclusion of the song.) 2:30
6. Sexy Sadie unedited version, the released take has an edit 2:56 into the song, cutting out 38 seconds of music, and continuing on with the last 17 seconds of the song. This outtake does not contain this edit and even continues on a hair longer at the fade. 3:58
7. Paul introduces "Helter Skelter"   0:26
8. Helter Skelter mono mix, this version is shorter and has louder backing vocals 3:40
9. Long, Long, Long mono mix, rec. on Oct. 7, '68 3:07
10. Revolution 1 mono mix 4:16
11. Honey Pie Esher demo, rec. in May '68 (Anthology 3) 1:21
12. George introducing "Savoy Truffle"   0:32
13. Savoy Truffle mono mix, rec. on Oct. 3, '68 2:56
14. Cry Baby Cry take 1, rec. on July 13, '68 (Anthology 3) 2:46
15. Revolution 9 mono acetate, rec. on June 20, '68 7:50
16. Good Night alternate take, besides differences in the backing vocals, the section that falls between 1:37 and 1:58 on this outtake is signifficantly different, with less time given to the transition between Ringo's vocal and the instrumental string section, making the outtake six seconds shorter than the released version. 3:16
bonus tracks
17. Promo "White Album" 25 Anniversary Part 2 George, Paul 1:08
18. Sexy Sadie take 6, rec. on July 19, '68 (Anthology 3) 4:08
19. Helter Skelter take 2, rec. July 18, '68 (Anthology 3) 4:38
20. Step Inside Love/Los Paranoias jam, rec. on Sept. 16, '68 (Anthology 3) 2:31
21. Not Guilty different takes as on Anthology 3, rec. in Aug. '68 4:23
22. Junk Esher demo, rec. in May '68 (Anthology 3) 2:26
23. A Beginning orchestral arrangement, rec. on July 22, '68 (Anthology 3) 0:46
24. Good Night rehearsal, rec. on June 28, '68 (Anthology 3) 2:25

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