It all began with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi inviting The Beatles to Bangor, Wales to take part in a conference on Transcendental Meditation (TM) in 1967. The Beatles embraced TM, renounced their use of drugs, and learned their manager Brian Epstein had died of an accidental overdose back in London. They subsequently traveled to Rishikesh in the foothills of the Himalayas to study TM further with the Maharishi, Mick Jagger, Donovan, Mike Love, Mia Farrow and her sister Prudence. While in India, they wrote most of the songs that appeared on their next album, entitled, The Beatles, but which has come to be known as The White Album after its conceptually plain sleeve designed by pop artist Richard Hamilton. Upon their return to the U.K., the band assembled for one casual session at Kinfauns, George Harrison’s house, to demo their new songs for each other; a session that thankfully was recorded on his Ampex 4-track tape deck. Released as the follow-up to the critically acclaimed Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, The White Album is generally considered one of the best albums of all time, and generally tops lists of the best double albums. Thomas Mulready of This Analog World and CoolCleveland.com returns to AXPONA with a follow-up to his 2018 presentation, "An Evening With(out) David Bowie" as a featured seminar speaker at AXPONA 2019 with, "(secrets of the white album)": Behind The Beatles' Masterpiece, on Sunday, April 14, 2019 at 1:30PM at AXPONA 2019, Audio Expo North America at the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center, 1551 N. Thoreau Drive, Schaumburg, IL 60173. The session is free and open to all attendees of the 2019 AXPONA conference. To find out more, click here.
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