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White Album Project

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I'm sure some of you have read about the artist who is collecting vinyl copies of the White Album:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/23/arts/ ... .html?_r=0

He layered 100 of them on top of each other and has pressed the result on vinyl. Should be interesting! I do wonder how he managed to get approval from the Beatles camp to do this.

http://100whitealbums.tumblr.com/
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Interesting! I like the idea very much, nice to see the differences between each copy. All the same album but over time can change a lot under ownership of different people.
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Just ordered a copy of it. Very interested in this. Those covers look fantastic. The description of the album makes it seem like it'll be the White Album on acid. :twisted:
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Where can it be ordered?
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Use the tumblr link from my original post above.
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What a concept! I can't find where to order it from Tumblr though.
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Oh man ... maybe it's sold out. I bought one yesterday via a Paypal link on the Tumblr page.
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Same here. They've taken the link down. He must've caught a whiff of us Spz folks getting into it and though, "fucking hell..."
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Anyone in NY going to to this? He will be selling copies. Can someone pick me a copy? Pretty please

http://wfmu.org/recfair/
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Damn, I should've bought this. I had the paypal link up and was ready to pay but then hesitated and figured I'd sleep on it. Paul, maybe you could do a vinyl transfer?
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Yeah, I might do a vinyl transfer if I can find the time. I haven't received my copy yet, but I've heard that some have.
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It was a tad too expensive for me at the time. Shame, would've loved to have heard it
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Dear Prudence sounds bloody trippy!
I'm not sure whether this whole thing is really cool, or utter nerdish pretentiousness... bit of both I guess!
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is wrote:Heh - it's what the White Album would've sounded like produced by Phil Spector. :lol:
My early 90s era double EMI Cassette version sounds just like this nowadays...

I think the concept is pretty cool but going on the soundcloud link of Side A it maybe doesn't quite deliver - the further into the record the less the 100(!) tracks are in any kind of alignment and it just sounds messy, if not unlistenable. I think it would have worked better maybe just having a few record rips overlaying each other, but controlled and manipulated accordingly for some real far out madness.

In saying that, I can't even imagine how fucked up 'Revolution 9' is going to sound like this. Presumably as being the least played track on that album anywhere the scratches and distortion might not be so extreme there either...
angelsighs wrote:I'm not sure whether this whole thing is really cool, or utter nerdish pretentiousness... bit of both I guess!
Definitely! :wink:
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I caved and bought a copy off of ebay. I'm glad I got a copy but like Bza said once you get deep into the sides it's just basically white noise with 100 copies on top of each other. Actually, I think side one is the weakest and that's the one that was posted on soundcloud. Julia & Goodnight actually sort of work for being the last tracks on a side. Nonetheless it's a cool listen if one's in the mood. I'll do a transfer and will post if anyone is interested.
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Minky wrote:I caved and bought a copy off of ebay. I'm glad I got a copy but like Bza said once you get deep into the sides it's just basically white noise with 100 copies on top of each other. Actually, I think side one is the weakest and that's the one that was posted on soundcloud. Julia & Goodnight actually sort of work for being the last tracks on a side. Nonetheless it's a cool listen if one's in the mood. I'll do a transfer and will post if anyone is interested.
I'd like to hear the rest of this as the Soundcloud excerpt sounded interesting.
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The more I hear this, the more I like it. Helter Skelter reminds me of "The Individual". Anyway, here's the transfer...enjoy. :)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/07kwqq
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Thanks for uploading this. Looking forward to a listen later on today. :)
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