Why is the white album so expensive?

Question

i was hunting around for the white album by the beatles. i managed to get it a decent price, i noticed that most places i went to were selling it for betwen 20 and 30 pounds.

why is it that this album is priced so high?

i was hunting around for the white album by the beatles on cd. We've had it on vynil fordecades, but no longer have a record pplayer i managed to get it a decent price, i noticed that most places i went to were selling it for betwen 20 and 30 pounds.

why is it that this album is priced so high?

Answer 1

It's a double album and Beatles albums do not go down in price as they are all time classices so will never be found in the bargain section. It's a bit like Disney DVD's they are always more expensive than other children's films for the same reason. You could try E-bay, but new, you will always pay full price in a shop.

Answer 2

Because Paul McCartney needs the money to pay off Heather!

Answer 3

it has 8x10 color pics in it of all four Beatles. well, the album does. it's also a double album. try looking on amazon.com

Answer 4

Who knows?
It's a mish-mash of a few decent songs and half-baked musical tosh.
This is what happens when you load up on drugs and no-one has the guts to tell you your work is rubbish.
White Album?
The Shite Album more like.

Answer 5

People will buy it whatever the price, like i-pods and PS3.

(to translate - people are more than a little gullible).

Answer 6

you can copy it on cd´r ...then it is cheap

what about Led zeppelins double LP "the songs remains the same" & Deep Purples double LP "Live in Japan" ?? they are also expensive

Answer 7

coz it us fcuking wicked.
stump up the money.
macca has a divorce to pay 4.

Answer 8

You got it on CD or vinyl?

Answer 9

Because it's good

Answer 10

The Beatles is the ninth official album by The Beatles, a double album released in 1968. It is often referred to as The White Album, as it has no other text than the band's name on its plain white sleeve, designed by pop artist Richard Hamilton. The album was released near to the height of The Beatles' popularity, and is often hailed as one of the major accomplishments in popular music. It was originally planned to be called A Doll's House.

In 1997 The White Album was named the 10th greatest album of all time in a 'Music of the Millennium' poll conducted by HMV, Channel 4, The Guardian and Classic FM. In 1998 Q magazine readers placed it at number 17, while in 2000 the same magazine placed it at number 7 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. In 2003 the TV network VH1 named it as the 11th greatest album ever; in the same year, it was ranked number 10 in Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

According to the Recording Industry Association of America, The White Album is the Beatles' best-selling album at 19-times platinum and the ninth-best-selling album of all time in the United States. Note, however, that the RIAA counts sales of double albums twice for its rankings, and without this adjustment, The White Album would be the Beatles' fourth best selling album.




Contents [hide]
1 Increasingly diverse songwriting styles
2 The recording sessions
3 Ringo Starr's temporary departure
4 The songs
4.1 Notable singles from the album sessions
5 The mono version
6 The sleeve
6.1 Influence
7 Tributes and popular culture references
8 Track listing
8.1 Side one
8.2 Side two
8.3 Side three
8.4 Side four
9 Rejected tracks
10 Release history
11 References
12 See also
13 External links



[edit] Increasingly diverse songwriting styles
With this album, each of the four band members began to showcase the range and depth of their individual songwriting talents and styles that would be carried over to their eventual solo careers. John Lennon displays his stark musical nakedness ("Julia"), manic insanity ("Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey"), biting attacks ("Sexy Sadie"), political views ("Revolution 1"), and Yoko collaborations ("Revolution 9").

While John's songs differed lyrically, Paul's differed musically. He had delicate pop ballads ("I Will"), proto-heavy metal ("Helter Skelter"), piano pop ("Martha My Dear"), surfer rock ("Back In The USSR") and music hall style songs ("Honey Pie").

George Harrison demonstrated his usual Indian mantra ("Long, Long, Long"), a religious cry for help ("While My Guitar Gently Weeps"), a goof off ("Savoy Truffle"), and social commentary ("Piggies"). Even Ringo had a song composed entirely by himself; "Don't Pass Me By".


[edit] The recording sessions
The album was recorded between 30 May 1968 and 14 October 1968, largely at Abbey Road Studios with some sessions at Trident Studios. The sessions, although productive, were sometimes fractious and exacerbated the growing tensions within the group. A major source of this tension was the constant presence of Lennon's new girlfriend and artistic partner Yoko Ono; prior to this, The Beatles had been very insular during recording sessions. Lennon's dissatisfaction with the band and growing drug use were also evident, and this left a vacuum that McCartney stepped in to fill. Often McCartney would record in one studio while Lennon would record in another at the same time, using different engineers.[citation needed] At one point in the sessions, George Martin grew disgusted and spontaneously left on vacation, leaving Chris Thomas in charge of producing the sessions.[citation needed] (The studio tensions carried over into The Beatles' subsequent album and film project in early 1969, ultimately released as Let It Be.)

These sessions also marked the change from 4-track to 8-track recording, although in essence this had started in 1966 and 1967 with the technique of 'bouncing down' several tracks onto one, to free up new tracks for recording.

While Abbey Road Studios had yet to install an 8-track machine that had supposedly been sitting in a storage room unpacked for months (evidently because EMI could not afford its power cord), the Beatles decided to out-source to the more updated Trident Studios.[1]


[edit] Ringo Starr's temporary departure
At one point during the recording sessions for the White Album, Starr walked out of the studio, feeling his role was minimized compared to that of the other members. But George, John, and Paul pleaded with him to return, and Starr returned after two weeks. During that time, McCartney replaced him as the drummer on "Back in the USSR" and "Dear Prudence." When he did return, he found his drumset decorated with flowers, a welcome back gesture from George.