Editing The Beatles (album) (section)

==Reissues==
{{Further|The Beatles: 50th Anniversary Edition}}

Tape versions of the album did not feature a white cover or the numbering system. Instead, [[Compact Cassette|cassette]] and 8-track versions (issued on two cassettes/cartridges in early 1969) contained cover artwork that featured high contrast black and white (with no grey) versions of the four Kelly photographs. These two-tape releases were both contained in black outer cardboard slipcase covers embossed with the words ''The Beatles'' and the outline of an apple in gold print.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://imgur.com/gallery/DuDZNF0/comment/587595789 |title=Example of 'White Album' cassette tape packaging and artwork |publisher=EMI/Apple / Capitol Records|year=1969|access-date=7 October 2018}}</ref> The songs on the cassette version of ''The Beatles''<ref>Apple/EMI catalog nos. 4XW 160 (Volume 1) and 4XW 161 (Volume 2)</ref> are sequenced differently from the album, in order to equalise the lengths of the tape sides.<ref>Specifically, "Blackbird" is moved after "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" to close side one, and "Sexy Sadie" is relocated as the first song on side four, with "Revolution 1" closing side three.</ref> Two [[reel-to-reel]] tape releases of the album were issued, both using the monochrome Kelly artwork. The first, issued by Apple/EMI in early 1969,<ref>Catalog no. Y2WB 101.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rarebeatles.com/reel/rrwhite.jpg |title=Example of Apple/EMI 'White Album' reel-to-reel artwork |publisher=Apple/EMI Records|year=1969|access-date=15 July 2014}}</ref> packaged the entire double-LP on a single tape, with the songs in the same running order as on the LPs. The second release, licensed by [[Ampex]] from EMI in early 1970 after the latter ceased manufacture of commercial reel-to-reel tapes, was issued as two separate volumes,<ref>Catalog nos. L101 (Volume 1) and L2101 (Volume 2).</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rarebeatles.com/reel/rrwhite2.jpg |title=Example of Ampex 'White Album' reel-to-reel artwork |publisher=Ampex/Capitol Records|year=1970|access-date=15 July 2014}}</ref> and sequenced the songs in the same manner as on the cassette version. The Ampex reel tape version of ''The Beatles'' has become desirable to collectors, as it contains edits on eight tracks not available elsewhere.{{efn|"Dear Prudence", "Glass Onion", "Don't Pass Me By", "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?", "Yer Blues", "Helter Skelter", "Cry Baby Cry" and "Revolution 9".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rarebeatles.com/reel/reel.htm|title=The Beatles and Solo Beatles Reel-to-Reel Tapes Price & Reference Guide|first1=Mitch|last1=McGeary|first2=Perry|last2=Cox|first3=Frank|last3=Daniels|publisher=Rare Beatles|access-date=15 July 2014}}</ref>}}

During 1978 and 1979, for the album's tenth anniversary, EMI reissued the album pressed on limited edition white vinyl in several countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/release/the-beatles-white-album-mr0001820179|title=The Beatles [White Album] #118411|website=AllMusic|access-date=25 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9OULdq5clMEC&pg=PA126|title=Heritage Music and Entertainment Dallas Signature Auction Catalog #634|publisher=Heritage Capital Corporation|page=126|year=2006|isbn=978-1-59967-081-2}}</ref> In 1981, [[Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab]] (MFSL) issued a unique half-speed master variation of the album using the sound from the original master recording. The discs were pressed on [[Gramophone record#Vinyl quality|high-quality virgin vinyl]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2012/11/12/the-ultimate-beatles-sound-test/|title=The ultimate Beatles sound test|first=Mark|last=Caro|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=12 November 2012|access-date=25 June 2014}}</ref>

The album was reissued, along with the rest of the Beatles catalogue, on compact disc in 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/release/the-beatles-white-album-mr0001409469|title=The Beatles [White Album] CD – EMI Music Distribution #CDS 7464438|website=AllMusic|access-date=25 June 2014}}</ref> Unlike other Beatles CDs in this reissue campaign, the discs for ''The Beatles'' featured solid black-on-white labels instead of the then-conventional black-on-transparent, and releases that packaged each disc into a separate jewel case (rather than a multi-disc "fatbox") sported white media trays rather than the typical dark gray. Like the original vinyl pressings, these CD copies also featured individually stamped numbers on the album's front cover (in this case on the cover of the booklet for the first disc). It was reissued again on CD in 1998 as part of a 30th anniversary series for EMI, featuring a scaled-down replication of the original artwork, including the top-loader gatefold sleeve. This was part of a reissue series from EMI that included albums from other artists such as [[the Rolling Stones]] and [[Roxy Music]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oggEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22white+album%22+30th+anniversary+cd&pg=PT99|title=EMI does reissues with a difference|first=Jim|last=Bessman|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=11 September 1999|access-date=14 July 2014}}</ref> It was reissued again in 2009 in a new remastered edition.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnet.com/uk/news/dont-buy-the-beatles-remasters-unless/|title=Don't buy the Beatles remasters, unless...|work=CNet|date=15 September 2009|access-date=24 January 2017}}</ref>

A [[The Beatles: 50th Anniversary Edition|remixed and expanded edition]] of the album was released in 2018 to celebrate its 50th anniversary.