In excess of a 1,000 copies of the Beatles’ iconic “White Album” are at the centre of an exhibition in Liverpool, the home city of the Beatles.

Millions of numbered pressings of the double LP, officially entitled “The Beatles”, but known colloquially by Beatles fans as the “White Album”, have been sold around the world since its original release in 1968. But, few owners would have imagined the record’s distinctive plain cover could become a blank canvas for an art exhibition in the Beatles’ home city of Liverpool.

New York-based artist Rutherford Chang has spent the last eight years collecting the albums, after becoming fascinated with the way owners often customise them with everything from doodles and scribbles to stickers, signatures, and even love letters. He has acquired a 1,018 copies so far. He explained to the BBC: “There are all kinds of things written on them and they provide an interesting snapshot of the last half century. It was an album I bought by chance as teenager, and then years later I saw a second album. That’s when I realised every copy was unique. I’ve read breaking-up letters written by girlfriends or boyfriends. I’ve seen love letters and poems, drawings – you can imagine. I’m interested in the White Album as a cultural phenomenon.”

The exhibition at Liverpool’s FACT art centre will display the albums in boxes in the style of a record shop. Rutherford Chang is inviting anyone who wants to sell their own “White Album” to bring it along to the exhibition. It strikes the Record Press author that there is a certain irony here in that this type of surreal art exhibition is what Yoko Ono was famous for in the 1960s. Maybe the ghost of John Lennon will make an appearance at the exhibition!!

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