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The Beatles
Yer Blues
The White Album

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The Beatles - Yer Blues

“The funny thing about the [Maharishi’s] camp was that although it was very beautiful and I was meditating about eight hours a day, I was writing the most miserable songs on earth. In Yer Blues, when I wrote, ‘I’m so lonely I want to die,’ I’m not kidding. That’s how I felt.” - John Lennon

“Yer Blues, on the White Album, you can’t top it. It was the four of us. That is what I’m saying: it was really because the four of us were in a box, a room about eight by eight, with no separation. It was this group that was together; it was like grunge rock of the sixties, really - grunge blues.” - Ringo Starr

This was originally supposed to be the White Album cover.

This was originally supposed to be the White Album cover.

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One of his best-known works is the antithesis of Pop Art’s colorful cacophony: the monochrome cover of The Beatles’ ”White Album,” a simple white square embossed with the band’s name. Hamilton also designed the collage-style poster that came with the album.

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Why Don't We Do It In The Road?
The Beatles [White Album] CD1

Why Don’t We Do It In The Road? - The Beatles