The Beatles&rsquo;s iconic&nbsp;White Album&nbsp;was released in 1968, nearly 45 years ago. The first pressing&rsquo;s cover was a plain, stark white. The band&rsquo;s name and a serial number were embossed in the cardboard. More than 3 million copies marched off an assembly line, each nearly identical to the others. It wouldn&rsquo;t last.
Over the next forty-five years, each album acquired a history. Some were loved. Some were discarded. Some were loved and then discarded. Some stayed in the hands of their first owners, others were sold on to dozens of subsequent listeners. Some played at night clubs and stadiums, others never went outside a teen&rsquo;s living room. Some were played daily for years, others lay in storage.
Chang wants to meet them all. The 33-year-old artist has&nbsp;been collecting&nbsp;White Albums&nbsp;for years. &ldquo;I noticed how personalized every copy of the&nbsp;White Album&nbsp;has become over the course of the last half century and wanted to compare different copies,&rdquo; he says.
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