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== Chris Thomas ==

⚫ Every week, it seems somebody deems it vitally important to add Chris Thomas to the infobox. The article covers his role, but officially only George Martin gets the producer credit. (After all, who really thinks "Revolution #9" was all his work?) So consensus is we leave it at Martin. ] ] ] 23:37, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

Question: why is Chris Thomas listed as "Producer" in the Personnel section, but not in the infobox up top? And where is the consensus you mentioned? (Not pushing for a particular approach — I'm sincerely asking.)

To be completely fair, no one is "officially" credited as "Producer" on the original album credits, not even George Martin, who's sole mention is the first acknowledgment in their list of "Thanks to", which also includes Chris Thomas (listed second), as well as the engineers, photographers, and other in the immediate support team during the making of the album.


== Musical breaks while recording "I Will" ==
Mark Lewison relates a detailed account of Martin's walking out on the sessions upon Thomas' arrival, effectively leaving the album's completion in the latter's hands. Roughly one-third to one-half of the songs were recorded under his supervision.


"In between numerous takes, the three Beatles broke off to busk some other songs." That's not busking. Jamming, perhaps. Relaxing, maybe. Goofing off, even. But it's not busking. "Bounce around," perhaps? ] (]) 04:24, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
Indeed, the article on the album at
⚫ :What is your source of information? ] ] ] 12:30, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
https://www.beatlesbible.com/albums/the-beatles-white-album/
lists Martin and Thomas, along with Lennon and McCartney, all as producers.


== Genre: psychedelia should be added ==
Again, not lobbying for one approach or another; merely seeking to shed light on the subject. Cheers! ] (]) 09:37, 30 March 2019 (UTC)


Multiple songs fit this category, and according to source 56: "The Beatles' White Album release marked the coming death of the 60s, but it was also The Beatles' most psychedelic and surreal record."
== Evolution of album title ==


I had edited this but realized I should've added a source and someone had removed it by then. It's true in any case that quite a few songs use the same experimental studio techniques as previous albums or are simply psychedelic songs. It says psychedelic music right under genres and length, too. ] (]) 19:44, 9 July 2023 (UTC)
''A Doll's House'' wasn't the first working title for the album. Before it was called that, Paul came up with the title ''Umbrella'' to account for its wide variety of different styles and genres that it incoporates, as according to Mark Osteen (ed.), , University of Michigan Press, 2019, page 1 (of the introduction). I remember reading a few times before that George remarked in passing that the title of ''Umbrella'' was already around while they were still in Rishikesh, though it seems he considered that title more of a (lame?) joke, and Osteen also emphasizes that ''Umbrella'' already had been adopted as a working title for the album "before the LP '''' had been recorded".
:Infoboxes by necessity have limited information. For an album, especially one with very diverse genres that are in the White album, we can't always include every genre of every song. The three genres currently in the infobox capture the majority of the album. Most of the songs are not psychedelic. As for the one source you mention, it's one opinion from one website; in fact, that source appears to have disappeared from the link (although it might be rescued if we look hard enough) so currently we don't have any details about what the writer meant. I personally don't support adding psychedelia, but thanks for bringing this to the talk page. If there is enough support here to form a ], it might be possible to add another genre. ] (]) 20:05, 9 July 2023 (UTC)
:I found the article for the citation and corrected the citation. Except for the title, the article has virtually nothing about psychedelic genre. In fact, in my opinion, the title makes no sense after reading the article. "Psychedelic music" is in ] cited to the source. I think that's sufficient. ] (]) 20:20, 9 July 2023 (UTC)


== Cultural references ==
And I think somewhere in-between, the band even considered naming the album "Mother Nature's Sons" or "Children of Nature", hence the discarded cover drawing of all four Beatles sitting in the grass that later turned up in '']'' credited to "Patrick, Portal Gallery, London" (aka ]) and as the cover to 1980's '']''. After all, the "organic", "unplugged", down-to-earth nature (also referred to as supposedly "lo-fi" by Giles Martin in his promotion of the new 2018 stereo mix) of the White Album after the flights of psychedelic fancy is widely known, so that "The Beatles as Nature Intended", the slogan later used for promotion of the ''Let it Be'' album, would've been even more appropriate for the White Album, all of which gels well with the discarded Byrne cover and a temporary working title of either "Mother Nature's Sons" or "Children of Nature". --] (]) 20:52, 1 October 2019 (UTC)


⚫ Seems there is a over this section. While I don't like edit-warring, I'm actually fairly ambivalent about whether the article should include this. So can somebody briefly summarise the pros and the cons for it? ] ] ] 12:44, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
== Why is the "Lady Madonna" single scrubbed from the article? ==


:Also ambivalent. If the sources (and then the paragraph) connected these issues up with the album itself rather than just being contemporaneous, it would make more sense to include them here. And a different section: usually "cultural references" mean culture referencing the subject, not "impressions of the authors from around that time." --John (]/]) 16:14, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
Any explanation at all? ] (]) 12:18, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
⚫ :Because it's not on the album nor recorded at the sessions for it. ] ] ] 20:03, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
::{{s|{{Reply|Ritchie333}} Can we remove the details about Pepper and MMT then? After all, they weren't the White Album, so we shouldn't mention them on this article. ] (]) 06:19, 13 January 2020 (UTC)}}
I believe the single (and the two other songs recorded in February 1968) should be mentioned simply because it's the normal, encyclopedic thing to note what a band worked on in the interim between major projects like an LP record (this is why we mention Pepper and the MMT film). The songs ''are'' associated with the White Album, as in, they appear on the 50th anniversary edition, and were recorded so that the band would be free from recording obligations during their India trip (according to what I read from Lewisohn). It makes no difference whether the songs were recorded during the album's sessions — that's not the point. ] (]) 08:44, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
:The current prose reached agreement after the GA review and elsewhere; you’re best off discussing with {{u|JG66}} ] ] ] 08:49, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
::What does the article's GA classification have to do with anything? ] (]) 09:01, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
:::] (part of the "Ownership of articles" policy) : "{{xt|All editors are welcome to make changes and improve the article, but some discussion of significant changes is recommended, and the editors participating in the review may be able to offer advice and work with you on improving the article further.}}" ] ] ] 12:14, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
::::I'm not sure that adding two sentences to an 8500-word article constitutes "significant change". ] (]) 15:08, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
''(addendum)'' If you still wish to argue that the songs shouldn't be mentioned because they weren't part of the album sessions, that's just another point favoring the information's inclusion. People who aren't familiar with the subject would (rightfully) assume that the songs are related to the White Album unless there's a statement in the article that explicitly states something like they weren't "". ] (]) 09:01, 13 January 2020 (UTC)


== Arrival dates ==
:Mention of the single wasn't "scrubbed from the article"; you tried to add the point and it was reverted. And while I've become used to logic and common sense being in short supply whenever you attempt to edit a Beatles article, your statement here that "If you still wish to argue that the songs shouldn't be mentioned because they weren't part of the album sessions, that's just another point favoring the information's inclusion" is just baffling ...
:It's not a case of plugging a perceived hole in the band's CV, as you imply. If that were the case, the "All You Need Is Love" and "Hello Goodbye" non-album singles would appear to be missing also. Your claim that "Lady Madonna" is is utter rubbish. The songs were included on the 50th anniversary box set, but that is the first time that they've been ''associated'' with the White Album. From countless sources I've read, particularly when working on the relevant song articles, the March 1968 single represents a line in the sand – the situation couldn't be more different between those February sessions and starting work on the album in late May. That doesn't mean "Lady Madonna" has no place at all in this article: as a deliberate back-to-basics recording, it could easily be mentioned when discussing the album's musical styles or its relative lack of studio artifice; it could just as well be mentioned for the first time in text discussing the 50th anniversary box set. But it's not a single "associated" with the White Album (apart from the full, six?-CD edition issued in November 2018) and nor is it an important part of the album's pre-story.
:The Background section needs to establish some key points about the Beatles' position and activities before they made the album. Their standing after ''Sgt. Pepper'', the impact of which was still very much felt in early '68, and the perceived goof of ''Magical Mystery Tour'' are two obvious points. For a while, I've thought we could probably improve this section. Unlike you, though, I have some respect for the fact that an article has achieved GA or FA and has been well maintained since then. So I'll outline my suggestions here on the talk page (sometime soon). Because, if I just charge in like the proverbial bull in a china shop, especially by seeking to add some questionable detail or apply a or whatever, I'd fully expect to get other editors' backs up and be made to feel very unwelcome. ] (]) 11:22, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
:: You don't realize it, but you've further bolstered my argument — if March 1968 "represents a line in the sand", shouldn't we note this so-called line? If the LM single signalled a new "back-to-basics" approach that the band developed on the White Album, why isn't it relevant to the "pre-story"? When the White Album was anticipated by the Hey Jude single in August, had everyone forgotten that the last Beatles release occurred in March, and that a major feature-length Beatles film premiered in July? Why, when it comes to the-White-Album-story-as-according-to-JG66, does Beatles history start at May 1967 and drop out between January and February 1968? Why do you think Hello Goodbye, a song universally associated with MMT, is contextually comparable to LM, a song the band worked on in much closer thematic and chronological proximity to the White Album sessions?
::What if, instead, the paragraph ended something like this:
::{{tq| fan reaction was nevertheless positive. In early 1968, the group commenced sessions for a new single in order to free their schedules for the coming months. From these sessions, "]" was issued with the B-side "]" in March. {{small|(possible footnote: The two other songs they recorded in early 1968, "]" and "]", were submitted for consideration in the upcoming '']'' film.)}} The band signalled a return to simpler ] traditions with the former, a development that extended to much of the writing for their next LP project, along with the song's lesser reliance on studio artifice. }}
:: Or is that enough to destroy the article's pace? ] (]) 15:08, 14 January 2020 (UTC)


There is mention of the differing departure dates, so wouldn’t it be appropriate to mention the arrival dates? There are two, 15 February and 19 February, so can I suggest "mid-February"? ] ] 19:59, 10 March 2024 (UTC)
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* '''A''': In May 1967, the Beatles album '']'' was released to commercial and critical success. It sold 250,000 copies in its first week and topped the UK charts for 27 weeks, through to the start of February 1968.
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===Survey=== == Certification ==
* '''A''' Less wordy and straight to the point. ] (]) 09:08, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
*'''A''' because mentioned above, and the Beatles had already achieved comercial and critical success before 1968. ] (]) 20:35, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
*'''A''' with B being too wordy. '''<span style="text-shadow:7px 7px 8px Black;">]<sup>]</sup></span>''' 21:37, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
*'''A''' because it does not jump back and forth in time and it is also more factual and less opinion-based (they certainly had plenty of success before 1968). --] (]) 14:40, 9 February 2020 (UTC)


Should say double diamond ] (]) 01:58, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
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* What's the source for "A"? ] ] ] 12:12, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
:*Everett and ], as already cited in the article. Numerous can be easily provided for the first claim (see the Pepper article). ] (]) 13:01, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
*You may want to lose the American comma after the year, what ever you choose. '''<span style="text-shadow:7px 7px 8px Black;">]<sup>]</sup></span>''' 21:36, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
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Musical breaks while recording "I Will"

"In between numerous takes, the three Beatles broke off to busk some other songs." That's not busking. Jamming, perhaps. Relaxing, maybe. Goofing off, even. But it's not busking. "Bounce around," perhaps? Huw Powell (talk) 04:24, 18 October 2022 (UTC)

What is your source of information? Ritchie333 12:30, 18 October 2022 (UTC)

Genre: psychedelia should be added

Multiple songs fit this category, and according to source 56: "The Beatles' White Album release marked the coming death of the 60s, but it was also The Beatles' most psychedelic and surreal record."

I had edited this but realized I should've added a source and someone had removed it by then. It's true in any case that quite a few songs use the same experimental studio techniques as previous albums or are simply psychedelic songs. It says psychedelic music right under genres and length, too. BrianVL (talk) 19:44, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

Infoboxes by necessity have limited information. For an album, especially one with very diverse genres that are in the White album, we can't always include every genre of every song. The three genres currently in the infobox capture the majority of the album. Most of the songs are not psychedelic. As for the one source you mention, it's one opinion from one website; in fact, that source appears to have disappeared from the link (although it might be rescued if we look hard enough) so currently we don't have any details about what the writer meant. I personally don't support adding psychedelia, but thanks for bringing this to the talk page. If there is enough support here to form a WP:CONSENSUS, it might be possible to add another genre. Sundayclose (talk) 20:05, 9 July 2023 (UTC)
I found the article for the citation and corrected the citation. Except for the title, the article has virtually nothing about psychedelic genre. In fact, in my opinion, the title makes no sense after reading the article. "Psychedelic music" is in The Beatles (album) cited to the source. I think that's sufficient. Sundayclose (talk) 20:20, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

Cultural references

Seems there is a bit of a dispute over this section. While I don't like edit-warring, I'm actually fairly ambivalent about whether the article should include this. So can somebody briefly summarise the pros and the cons for it? Ritchie333 12:44, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

Also ambivalent. If the sources (and then the paragraph) connected these issues up with the album itself rather than just being contemporaneous, it would make more sense to include them here. And a different section: usually "cultural references" mean culture referencing the subject, not "impressions of the authors from around that time." --John (User:Jwy/talk) 16:14, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

Arrival dates

There is mention of the differing departure dates, so wouldn’t it be appropriate to mention the arrival dates? There are two, 15 February and 19 February, so can I suggest "mid-February"? Boscaswell talk 19:59, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Certification

Should say double diamond Wolf O'Donnel (talk) 01:58, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

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