While My Guitar Gently Weeps (demo)
~ Recording by The Beatles
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| Official | |||||||||
| 1.16 | While My Guitar Gently Weeps | 3:27 | The Beatles | Anthology 3 (European issue; Made in Holland) | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| Apple Records | 7243 8 34451 2 7 |
| 1.16 | While My Guitar Gently Weeps | 3:27 | The Beatles | Anthology 3 | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| Apple Records | 7243 8 34451 2 7, CDPCSP 729 |
| 1.16 | While My Guitar Gently Weeps | 3:27 | The Beatles | Anthology 3 | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| Apple Records, Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | CDP 7243 8 34451 2 7 |
| 1.16 | While My Guitar Gently Weeps | 3:27 | The Beatles | Anthology 3 | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| Apple Records, Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | 7243 8 34451 2 7 |
| 1.16 | While My Guitar Gently Weeps | 3:27 | The Beatles | Anthology 3 | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| Apple Records | 7243 8 34451 2 7 |
| 3.16 | While My Guitar Gently Weeps (demo) | 3:28 | The Beatles | Anthology (box set) | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| UMC (branded originally by its full name “Universal Music Catalogue” between 2006–2016; rebranded as Universal Music Recordings in 2023) | |
| 1.21 | While My Guitar Gently Weeps | 3:27 | The Beatles | Anthology Highlights | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| Apple Records, EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | |
| 1.16 | While My Guitar Gently Weeps | 3:28 | The Beatles | Anthology 3 (remastered) | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Catalogue | |
| 1.16 | While My Guitar Gently Weeps | 3:28 | The Beatles | Anthology 3 | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| Apple Records, EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | |
| 1.16 | While My Guitar Gently Weeps (acoustic version - take 1) | ?:?? | The Beatles | Anthology 3 (2025 remaster) | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Recordings (imprint of Universal Music Operations Ltd.; renamed from UMC in early 2023) | |
| 3.16 | While My Guitar Gently Weeps (acoustic version – take 1) | 3:27 | The Beatles | Anthology Collection | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Recordings (imprint of Universal Music Operations Ltd.; renamed from UMC in early 2023) | [none] |
| 5.16 | While My Guitar Gently Weeps (acoustic version - take 1) | 3:27 | The Beatles | Anthology Collection | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| Apple Records | 060247580428 |
| 3.16 | While My Guitar Gently Weeps (acoustic version – take 1) | 3:27 | The Beatles | Anthology Collection | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Recordings (imprint of Universal Music Operations Ltd.; renamed from UMC in early 2023) | [none] |
| 1.37 | While My Guitar Gently Weeps (acoustic version - take 1) | 3:27 | The Beatles | Anthology: Soundtrack to the Disney+ Series (Episodes 7-9) | The Beatles | Album + Compilation + Soundtrack |
| UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises) | |
| 1.16 | While My Guitar Gently Weeps | 3:27 | The Beatles | Anthology 3 | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| Apple Records | 7243 8344512 7 |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.11 | While My Guitar Gently Weeps (take 1) | 3:28 | The Beatles | Sessions (26-Track Australian CD Bootleg from 1989) | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| Condor CDS, Toasted Records (Pty) Ltd. | CONDOR 1991 |
| 2.21 | While My Guitar Gently Weeps | 3:28 | The Beatles | White Sessions | The Beatles | Other | |||
| (unknown) | |||||||||
| 1.16 | While My Guitar Gently Weeps | 3:28 | The Beatles | Anthology 3 | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| Apple Records | 0600753568507 |
Relationships
| engineer: | Ken Scott (UK record producer & engineer) |
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| producer: | George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician) |
| acoustic guitar and lead vocals: | George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1968-07-25) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1996) |
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| recorded at: | Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1968-07-25) |
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| has remixes: | While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Love version) |
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| stream for free: | https://open.spotify.com/track/7oT0tDFbCClYB62yTrrTHR [info] https://www.deezer.com/track/3679908472 [info] |
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| streaming page: | https://tidal.com/track/476964706 [info] |
| recording of: | While My Guitar Gently Weeps (on 1968-07-25) |
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Related works
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
| lyricist and composer: | George Harrison (The Beatles) |
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| publisher: | Harrisongs Ltd. Wixen Music Publishing (American music publishing company, affiliated to BMI) Zero Productions, Inc. |
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| referred to in medleys: | Beatles Medley (Stars on 45) (order: 24) |
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| later translated versions: | Even terug Soi kitara murheissaan While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Japanese version) |
| later versions: | While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Love version) |
| is the basis for: | Undying Love |
| lyrics quoted in: | Agnese |
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