# Sir George Martin cutting The Beatles down to a single album **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 27, 2018, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-george-martin-cutting-the-beatles-down-to-a-single-album/816860 "2018-06-27T18:23:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Textual\_Assault](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/34f0e0/32.png) [@Textual\_Assault](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Textual_Assault)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-george-martin-cutting-the-beatles-down-to-a-single-album/816860/1 "2018-06-27T18:23:14Z")
In 1968 The Beatles released _The Beatles_ also known as The White Album. It was a double album and George Martin was a bit nonplussed about that, as much as a gentleman such as he could be. he said in the Anthology miniseries that he tried to get the Fabs to cut it down to a single a,bum but they refused. I’m sure he had his own track listing and what what he would have kept and cut, but as far as I know that list has never seen the light of day, or has it? If so what would Martin’s White Album have been? ---
**Author:** ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-george-martin-cutting-the-beatles-down-to-a-single-album/816860/2 "2018-06-27T19:06:10Z")
Some previous threads about cutting the album to a single LP [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=848155&highlight=white+album](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=848155&highlight=white+album) [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=543334&highlight=white+album](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=543334&highlight=white+album) ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-george-martin-cutting-the-beatles-down-to-a-single-album/816860/3 "2018-06-27T19:17:49Z")
Edit Charles Manson’s personal conversation with the Beatles? :eek: 😃 say it ain’t so Joe > **[The Influence of the Beatles on Charles Manson](https://famous-trials.com/manson/244-influence)** > > Welcome to Famous Trials, the Web’s largest and most visited collection of original essays, trial transcripts and exhibits, maps, images, and other materials relating to the greatest trials in world history. > “Famous Trials” first appeared on the Web... ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-george-martin-cutting-the-beatles-down-to-a-single-album/816860/4 "2018-06-27T23:04:14Z")
> [@Textual\_Assault](#): > > In 1968 The Beatles released _The Beatles_ also known as The White Album. It was a double album and George Martin was a bit nonplussed about that, as much as a gentleman such as he could be. he said in the Anthology miniseries that he tried to get the Fabs to cut it down to a single a,bum but they refused. I’m sure he had his own track listing and what what he would have kept and cut, but as far as I know that list has never seen the light of day, or has it? If so what would Martin’s White Album have been? More sex, a lot more blood, but it wouldn’t have come out until roughly 2003… Oh different George Martin… my bad, my bad…