![]() This Fab Four play it live all the way through with the backing of a 17-piece rock orchestra led by musical director Rex Goh. The Beatles had tired of touring by the time they got to The White Album. The Fab Four in this forthcoming Brisbane gig will do what The Beatles never did. It first went on the road in 2009 and then it toured again in 20. Vince Jones’ masterful concerts playing the songs of two of Van Morrison’s classic albums, Astral Weeks and Moon Dance stand out. I love these album shows and I’ve seen a few of them. Now here’s some good news for fans – The White Album Concert is coming to Brisbane on September 21 when four of Australia’s most respected rockers will play it from beginning to end. It came out in November 1968 but it is still a potent force in contemporary music through its influence on a generation. It is simply called The Beatles and that is in raised lettering on the white cover. Of course, The White Album is not the title of this album. The great Jann Wenner, Rolling Stone magazine’s founder and publisher described it as “the best album they have ever released”. Some may disagree with that but with all due respect, they’d be wrong. ![]() The documentary, made in 2021, is a kind of Rosetta stone that helps us decode and understand what for some of us is the greatest album of all time.
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