# Beatles (White Album) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 12, 2003, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-white-album/160693 "2003-03-12T00:16:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![beajerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@beajerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beajerry)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-white-album/160693/21 "2003-03-13T00:41:54Z")
How much could I get on eBay for an original white album LP with posters intact? ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-white-album/160693/22 "2003-03-13T01:05:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by beajerry \* > \*\*How much could I get on eBay for an original white album LP with posters intact? \*\* [http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?MfcISAPICommand=GetResult&ht=1&query2=white+album+beatles&search\_option=1&submit=+Search+&minPrice=&maxPrice=&category0=&exclude=&st=&SortProperty=MetaEndSort&maxRecordsPerPage=50&worldlocation=ebayavail®ion=0&available\_to=1&located\_in=1&ebaycurr=&siteid=0&query=white+album+beatles&shortcut=&ebaytag1code\_tmp=&ebaytag1\_tmp=&ebaytag1code=&ebaytag1=&ebaytag12=ebayreg&from=R14&currdisp=2](http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?MfcISAPICommand=GetResult&ht=1&query2=white+album+beatles&search_option=1&submit=+Search+&minPrice=&maxPrice=&category0=&exclude=&st=&SortProperty=MetaEndSort&maxRecordsPerPage=50&worldlocation=ebayavail®ion=0&available_to=1&located_in=1&ebaycurr=&siteid=0&query=white+album+beatles&shortcut=&ebaytag1code_tmp=&ebaytag1_tmp=&ebaytag1code=&ebaytag1=&ebaytag12=ebayreg&from=R14&currdisp=2) ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-white-album/160693/23 "2003-03-13T04:26:05Z")
Why does everyone here hate “Goodnight?” It’s one of my favorites. It’s such a slow, soothing lullaby. It always makes me feel dreamy and sleepy. “Your Birthday” though, sucks. ---
**Author:** ![KeithT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KeithT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KeithT)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-white-album/160693/24 "2003-03-13T07:20:35Z")
This is why I love having the White Album saved as a Winamp playlist… it makes it _so_ much easier to shuffle around songs. **Cut #1: _The Beatles_ as one standard length CD** The first round of edits is pretty trivial. As released, the two-disc album was a bit over 93 minutes long, so about twenty minutes of material has to go: Wild Honey Pie (1:01) The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill (3:03) Don’t Pass Me Bye (3:42) Revolution 9 (8:13) Good Night (3:11) Reasons were generally accepted previously in this thread; total disc time of 74:10, right at the limits of a single CD. **Cut #2: _The Beatles_ as one standard length LP** This is much trickier. By going to a two-sided LP, you give up the seamless nature of a CD playlist; time limitations are stricter and track order will have to be modified to make the record flow better. I’m going to assume a limit of about 25 minutes per side, giving about 50 minutes of playtime. Thus, my playlist (_not_ cuts) is: _Side 1 (24:37)_ Back in the USSR (McCartney, 2:43) Dear Prudence (Lennon, 3:56) Blackbird (McCartney, 2:18) Rocky Raccoon (McCartney, 3:41) While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Harrison, 4:45) Happiness Is A Warm Gun (Lennon, 2:42) Martha My Dear (McCartney, 2:28) I’m So Tired (Lennon, 2:03) _Side 2 (25:05):_ Everybody’s Got Something Hide Except For Me and My Monkey (Lennon, 2:24) Yer Blues (Lennon, 4:01) Mother Nature’s Son (McCartney, 2:48) Piggies (Harrison, 2:04) Sexy Sadie (Lennon, 3:15) Helter Skelter (McCartney, 4:29) Savoy Truffle (Harrison, 2:54) Cry Baby Cry (Lennon, 3:10) I was able to balance Paul (6 songs, 18:27) with John (7 songs, 21:32) and keep George limited to three songs. In retrospect, Piggies should also have been dropped, but it’s a fun little song and only two minutes long. So… what went? In order from the original playlist: “Glass Onion” - Too self-referential and takes too much space. “Ob-La-Di” - Too sappy in comparison to what was kept “Wild Honey Pie” “Bungalow Bill” “Don’t Pass Me By” “Why Don’t We Do It…” “I Will” - Short, sensitive, acoustic Paul song that simply didn’t fit. “Julia” - Not-as-short, sensitive, John-with-guitar solo song that simply didn’t fit into the context of a Beatles album. “Birthday” - Silly Paul song, except with lots of shouting and Ringo on the drums. “Long, Long, Long” - Too plodding; the weakest George song on the album. “Revolution 1” - I agree with **Happy** ; the much faster single was better. This version seemed to drag the album down, and at 4:15, destroyed the perfect Lennon/McCartney balance I was trying to achieve. 🙂 “Honey Pie” - Too bouncy; the 1920’s feel was just out of place. “Revolution 9” “Good Night” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-white-album/160693.md?page=1)