Following his pioneering backwards-recorded guitar solo on "I'm Only Sleeping", in 1966, Harrison's use of reverse echo-chamber effect on "Not Guilty" marked the last example of the Beatles using backwards audio on one of their recordings. In its three-part study of the 1968 double album, in 2008, "Goldmine" magazine commented that the song's exclusion has long been one of the points of debate regarding the White Album, with some listeners finding the content of the set "exquisitely balanced", while others contend that the Beatles "really should have added 'Not Guilty' to the brew". With reference to Martin's stated wish that "The Beatles" had been edited down to a single LP, Everett offers a 15-song running order in keeping with the producer's typical "preferences and constraints", in which he contends that Martin would have selected "Not Guilty", along with the Harrison compositions "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and "Long, Long, Long".