Video: 'The Making of The Beatles (White Album)'

(Thursday, May 30, 1968, 2:30 p.m.-2:40 a.m. BST) — The English rock band The Beatles began recording their ninth studio album, a double album simply titled The Beatles but more commonly known as “The White Album,” today at EMI Studios in London, recording 16 takes of John Lennon’s “Revolution 1.”

The final six minutes of the track featured feedback, screaming and moaning, including vocal contributions from Lennon’s new girlfriend Yoko Ono.

Overdub work on “Revolution 1” continued on May 31 and June 4, 1968, before Lennon made the decision to create the sound collage “Revolution 9” from the final minutes of the song.