This footage is posted to youtube claiming fair use in a historical, promotional and educational context as it chronicles. All sound recording and images are copyrighted by their respective copyright owners. (Copyright 1968 EMI Records) ©2009 The Beatles is a trademark of Apple Corps Ltd. Apple and the Apple logo are exclusively licensed to Apple Corps Ltd. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. All rights reserved. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. EMI Group: www.emigroup.com EMI Music (UK): www.emi.com EMI Music Publishing: emimusicpub.com The Beatles recorded the song multiple times during the The White Album sessions. During the 18 July, 1968 sessions, a version of the song lasting 27 minutes and 11 seconds was recorded, although this version is rather slow and hypnotic, differing greatly from the volume and rawness of the album version. Another recording from the same day was edited down to 4:37 for Anthology 3, which was originally twelve minutes long. On 9 September, eighteen takes of approximately five minutes each were recorded, and the last one is featured on the original LP. After the eighteenth take, Ringo Starr flung his sticks across the studio and screamed, "I've got blisters on my fingers!" The Beatles included Starr's shout on the stereo mix of the song (available on CD); the song completely fades out around 3:40, then gradually fades back in, fades back out partially <b>...</b>
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