The Beatles: The Beatles (White Album) (Apple PCS 7067 & 8)
David Griffiths, Record Mirror, 4 January 1969
LAST YEAR'S obvious standout LP was Sergeant Pepper and now we have its unbelievable, impossible, out-of-sight successor. It's no feat of critical perception to pick this double album as the year's most magnificent collection of recorded sounds; the choice is unavoidable. For so many reasons and here are just a few of them:
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