Video: 'The Beatles - Home Recordings, May 1968'

(Wednesday, May 29, 1968) — One day before starting work in the studio for their next album, which became known as “The White Album,” the English rock band The Beatles met today at George Harrison’s “Kinfauns” home in Esher, Surrey, for the second of two consecutive days of informal sessions to record demos of at least 27 songs.

Most of the songs, recorded on an Ampex four-track machine, were written during a Transcendental Meditation course with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Rishikesh, India, between February and April 1968.

Today’s recordings included:
“Cry Baby Cry”
“The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill”
“I’m So Tired”
“Yer Blues”
“Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey”
“Revolution”
“While My Guitar Gently Weeps”
“Happiness Is a Warm Gun”
“Glass Onion”
“Junk”
“Piggies”
“Honey Pie”

Recorded May 28 or 29, 1968:
“Child of Nature”
“What’s The New Mary Jane”
“Circles”
“Sour Milk Sea”
“Not Guilty”
“Back In the USSR”

Recorded May 29, 1968:
“Julia”
“Blackbird”
“Rocky Raccoon”
“Mother Nature’s Son”
“Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da”
“Dear Prudence”
“Sexy Sadie”
“Mean Mr. Mustard”
“Polythene Pam”

Video: 'The Beatles - Anthology 3'
("Happiness Is a Warm Gun" May 28, 1968, at 0:50)
("Mean Mr. Mustard" on May 29, 1968, at 7:43)
("Polythene Pam" on May 29, 1968, at 9:41)
("Glass Onion" on May 28, 1968, at 11:07)
("Junk" on May 28, 1968, at 12:58)
("Piggies" May 28, 1968, at 15:23)
("Honey Pie" May 28, 1968, at 17:24)