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Originally Posted by Holerbot6000
The White Album is what it is and needs to be digested whole, warts and all. I've been listening to that album for so many years, I can't imagine cutting it down. It's probably the first dreaded self-indulgent double album in rock history. Can anyone think of an earlier one? Once again, the Beatles did it first (and I think it's one of the best dreaded doubles ever). Totally biased, of course.
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Canned Heat's
Living the Blues, which consisted of one record of regular songs and one record of continuous jam band wanking, came out a few weeks before the White Album.