fortytwo

On Novem­ber 22^nd, 1968 — that is today 42 years ago -
the suc­ces­sor to the pre­vious con­cept album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was released with a com­ple­tely white cover, a very mini­ma­list design. Only the words ”The BEATLES“were embos­sed (white on white) — from the Bri­tish Pop Art artist Richard Hamil­ton — on the cover. There was also a sequen­tial num­be­ring, and the num­bers below 0001000 also achie­ved quite a high value to collec­tors. My cover is 487 908 points away unfor­t­u­na­tely, but at least I have one …
1975 — as part of an inter­na­tio­nal camp in Hun­gary — a Rus­sian offe­red me money for a cas­sette tape with a recor­ding of the ”White Album“, as the first track ”Back in the U.S.S.R.“ (was also inclu­ded in the 1967–1970 — Blue Album) in the for­mer USSR very well liked. At the end of the camp I have given away the cas­sette.
Last week, Apple has made all the Beat­les albums avail­able for down­load:
The Beat­les (White Album) im iTu­nes Store
The Beat­les (Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band) im iTu­nes Store