Albume Bianco
While looking for something else on iTunes, I stumbled on this hidden gem, called Albume Bianco by Italian master of the ukulele Fabio Koryu Calabrò. He has translated the entire Beatles’ White Album into Italian, and recorded all 30 songs (yes, including Revolution #9) acoustic while accompanying himself on the ukulele. What more could you possibly want!
The result is an at times tongue-in-cheeck but most of all lovely homage to one of the most schizophrenic pop albums ever made.
All four Beatles themselves have said that the album contains some weak points that could have been shelved in order to produce a more solid album. Albume Bianco contains all 30 songs, but not all of them in full length, causing both sides of the White Album to fit on one cd. After all, why drag on a song like Wild Honey Pie. The complex rhythms of Happiness Is A Warm Gun have been simplified, the stomping saxophones on Savoy Truffle have been deleted and the fact that all songs are recorded on a single instrument gives the songs more unity and puts a heavy focus on the songwriting talents of the fab four.
Now available at iTunes for just 8,99 euro.
