A BREAKDOWN OF THE ARTIST/S :-

Born 25 February 1943, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, d. 29 November 2001, Los Angeles, California, USA. As the youngest member of the Beatles, Harrison was constantly overshadowed by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Although "Don't Bother Me" (With The Beatles), "I Need You" (Help!) and "If I Needed Someone' (Rubber Soul) revealed a considerable compositional talent, such contributions were swamped by his colleagues" prodigious output. Instead, Harrison honed a distinctive guitar style, modelled on rockabilly mentor Carl Perkins, and was responsible for adding the sitar into the pop lexicon through its complementary use on "Norwegian Wood".

Harrison's infatuation with India was the first outward sign of his growing independence, while his three contributions to Revolver, noticeably "Taxman" and "I Want To Tell You", showed a newfound musical maturity. The Indian influence continued on the reflective "Within You, Without You" on Sgt. Peppers. He flexed solo ambitions with the would-be film soundtrack, Wonderwall and the trite Electronic Sounds, but enhanced his stature as a skilled songwriter with the majestic "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (The Beatles), featuring the guitar of his close friend Eric Clapton (as L'Angelo Mysterioso) and the beautiful "Something" (Abbey Road). Sales of the latter composition exceeded one million when issued as a single in 1969. It became the second most recorded Beatles song (after "Yesterday"), and prompted Frank Sinatra to comment that it was the greatest love song ever written. His comment was tainted somewhat as he clumsily thought that the song was written by Lennon and McCartney.

Harrison also produced releases for Billy Preston, Jackie Lomax and the Radha Krishna Temple and performed on the concurrent Delaney And Bonnie tour before commencing work on All Things Must Pass. This triple-record set consisted of material stockpiled over the years and featured several high quality compositions including "Awaiting On You All", "I'd Have You Anytime" (co-written with Bob Dylan) and "Beware Of Darkness". These selections were, however, eclipsed by "My Sweet Lord", which deftly combined melody with mantra and deservedly soared to the top of the US and UK charts. Its lustre was sadly removed in later years when the publishers of the Chiffons' 1964 hit, "She's So Fine", successfully sued for plagiarism. All Things Must Pass is generally rated as the best post-Beatles solo project, a fact that must have given Harrison considerable compensation for always being cast in the shadow of Lennon and McCartney.

Harrison's next project was "Bangla-Desh", a single inspired by a plea from master musician Ravi Shankar to aid famine relief in the Indian subcontinent. Charity concerts, featuring Harrison, Dylan, Preston, Eric Clapton and Leon Russell, were held at New York's Madison Square Gardens in August 1971, which in turn generated a film and box set. Legal wrangles blighted Harrison's altruism and it was 1973 before he resumed recording. Whereas All Things Must Pass boasted support from Derek And The Dominos, Badfinger and producer Phil Spector, Living In The Material World was more modest and consequently lacked verve. The album nonetheless reached number 1 in the US, as did an attendant single, "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)", but critical reaction was noticeably muted. A disastrous US tour was the unfortunate prelude to Dark Horse, the title of which was inspired by Harrison's new record label. His marriage to Patti Boyd now over, the set reflected its creator's depression and remains his artistic nadir. Although poorly received, Extra Texture partially redressed the balance, but the fact that its strongest track, "You", dated from 1971, did not escape attention. Thirty Three & 1/3 and George Harrison continued this regeneration with "This Song", "Love Comes To Everyone", "Not Guilty" and the underrated "Blow Away"; the latter album was a particularly buoyant collection, but the overall quality still fell short of his initial recordings back in 1970.

During this period Harrison became involved with his personal heroes, the Monty Python comedy team, in the production of 1979's controversial Life Of Brian. His financing of the film ensured its success and cemented a long-lasting relationship with the troupe. In 1980 the artist's parent label, Warner Brothers Records, rejected the first version of Somewhere In England, deeming its content below standard. The reshaped collection included "All Those Years Ago", Harrison's homage to the murdered John Lennon, which featured contributions from Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. The song reached US number 2 when issued as a single, a position reflecting the subject matter rather than faith in the artist. Gone Troppo was issued to minimal fanfare from both outlet and creator, and rumours flourished that it marked the end of Harrison's recording career. He pursued other interests, notably with his company Handmade Films which included such pioneering productions as the aforementioned Life Of Brian, The Long Good Friday (1980), Time Bandits (1981), Water (1985), A Private Function (1985), Mona Lisa (1986), Shanghai Surprise (1986) and Withnail And I (1987). Harrison only occasionally contributed to the soundtracks.

During this time Harrison cultivated two hobbies which took up a great deal of his time, and he ultimately became passionate about both: motor racing and gardening. He was however, tempted back into the studio to answer several low-key requests, including Mike Batt's adaptation of The Hunting Of The Snark and the Greenpeace benefit album. He joined the all-star cast saluting Carl Perkins on the television tribute Blue Suede Shoes, and in 1986 commenced work on a projected new album. Production chores were shared with Jeff Lynne, and the care lavished on the sessions was rewarded the following year when Harrison's version of the James Ray hit "Got My Mind Set On You" reached number 2 in the UK and number 1 in the USA. The intentionally Beatles-influenced "When We Was Fab" was another major success, while Cloud Nine itself proved equally popular, with Lynne's grasp of commerciality enhancing Harrison's newfound optimism. Its release completed outstanding contracts and left this unpredictable artist free of obligations, although several impromptu live appearances suggest his interest in music was now rekindled.

This revitalization also saw Harrison play a pivotal role within the Traveling Wilburys, an ad hoc "supergroup" initially comprising himself, Lynne, Dylan, Tom Petty and Roy Orbison. Orbison's death curtailed continuation, following two excellent albums. Harrison made his first tour for many years in Japan during January 1992 with his long-time friend Eric Clapton giving him support. He reappeared onstage in England at a one-off benefit concert in April. In 1995, the UK press seemed to delight in the fact that Harrison had hit hard times caused by various business ventures and ill advice from people he used as advisors. The Beatles reunion in 1995 for the Anthology series banished any thoughts of bankruptcy. A further bonus came in January 1996 when he was awarded $11.6 million following litigation against Denis O'Brien and his mishandling of Harrison's finances .

Harrison's tact and the way he dealt with his inner self should not be underestimated. The "quiet" Beatle did seem to have this part of his life totally sorted out, but treatment for throat cancer cast a black cloud over his personal life during the latter part of the decade. Further drama ensued on December 30 1999, when Harrison was repeatedly stabbed attempting to accost a burglar in his home. The deranged man was later charged with attempted murder, but was found not guilty by reason of insanity. This episode, however, clearly damaged and shook the frail singer. Harrison supervised the magnificent reissue of All Things Must Pass in 2000, with new artwork and re-recordings as a bonus. Rumours of a new album began to circulate before it was confirmed that Harrison had relapsed and was suffering from an inoperable brain tumour.

The youngest member of the Beatles finally succumbed to the disease in November 2001. The reaction to his death was worthy of the Beatles' standing in the world; newspapers and radio and television stations in most parts of the world gave massive coverage. As the tributes flowed in three instant points of contact for mourners were: Abbey Road studios in London, the Strawberry Fields memorial in Central Park, New York, and the city centre of Liverpool. The most condescending tribute came from Paul McCartney, who, although clearly shaken with grief, referred to Harrison as his little baby brother. It is a pity that McCartney did not feel the need to offer to write any songs with his young sibling in the period between the Beatles' emergence in 1961 to the release of the first Traveling Wilburys album in 1988. When asked to respond at the time to McCartney's offer to write songs together, Harrison politely declined as he was quite happy writing songs with Bob Dylan et al. Harrison had now found a group in which his songwriting ability was not undervalued. The best and most perceptive tribute came from Bob Geldof, who pointed out that millions of people have and will, hum and sing Harrison's magnificent guitar intros to numerous Beatles songs. Harrison's melodic guitar work often defined the melody of Beatles' songs as we know them. His contribution to songs such as "Day Tripper", "I Feel Fine" and "Eight Days A Week" was immense. They are a testament to Harrison's craft. His death invoked mass sadness in the passing of yet another member of the Beatles who failed to reach the ripe old age of 64. "My Sweet Lord" posthumously topped the UK singles chart in January 2002, and later in the year Harrison's final recordings were released on Brainwashed. His Dark Horse albums were re-released in expanded and remastered editions in February 2004. The following month, Harrison was posthumously inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame as a solo artist.

Discography:
Wonderwall (Apple 1968)**, Electronic Sound (Apple 1969)**, All Things Must Pass (Apple 1970)****, with other artists The Concert For Bangla Desh (Apple 1971)****, Living In The Material World (Apple 1973)***, Dark Horse (Apple 1974)*, Extra Texture (Read All About It) (Apple 1975)**, Thirty Three & 1/3 (Dark Horse 1976)***, George Harrison (Dark Horse 1979)***, Somewhere In England (Dark Horse 1981)***, Gone Troppo (Dark Horse 1982)*, Cloud Nine (Dark Horse 1987)****, Live In Japan (Dark Horse/Warners 1992)**, Brainwashed (Dark Horse/Parlophone 2002)***.

Compilations:
The Best Of George Harrison (Parlophone/Capitol 1976)***, Best Of Dark Horse 1976-1989 (Dark Horse/Warners 1989)***, various artists Songs From The Material World (Koch 2003)***, various artists Concert For George (Rhino 2003)***, The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992 7-CD box set (Dark Horse/Parlophone 2004)***.

　 　

THE HISTORY OF THE RECORD :- Recorded and released in 1970, the album was Harrison's first solo work since the break-up of The Beatles in April that year. The original vinyl release featured two LPs of rock songs as well as Apple Jam, a third disc of informal jams. Often credited as rock's first triple album, it was in fact the first by a single act, the multi-artist Woodstock live set having preceded it by six months.

In regards to the album's size, Harrison stated: "I didn't have many tunes on Beatles records, so doing an album like All Things Must Pass was like going to the bathroom and letting it out."

The album was critically acclaimed and, with long stays at number 1 in both the US and the UK, commercially successful. It was certified 6x platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America in 2001.

Harrison had been accumulating the songs he recorded for the album as far back as 1966; the composition of both "Art of Dying" and "Isn't It a Pity"dates from that year. He picked up several more songs in late 1968 while visiting Bob Dylan and The Band in Woodstock, New York. Harrison and Dylan co-wrote "I'd Have You Anytime" and "Nowhere to Go" (also known as "When Everybody Comes to Town") at this time, and Dylan showed him "I Don't Want to Do It". All three songs were attempted at some point in the sessions for All Things Must Pass, but only "I'd Have You Anytime" was included in the album.

The January 1969 Get Back sessions saw early appearances of several other songs that would be considered for All Things Must Pass, including the title track, "Hear Me Lord", "Isn't It a Pity", "Let It Down" and "Window, Window", but nothing came of them at the time. The tense atmosphere fuelled another song, "Wah-Wah", which Harrison wrote in the wake of his temporary departure from the band. He began writing "My Sweet Lord" while touring with Delaney & Bonnie in late 1969, and would later utilize their backing group "Friends" as an important part of the All Things Must Pass sound. He made one last detour before beginning work on All Things Must Pass, visiting Dylan while the latter was starting sessions for New Morning in May 1970, learning "If Not for You" and participating in a now-bootlegged session.

Harrison recorded the album from May to August 1970 at Abbey Road Studios, and then further recorded and mixed it at Trident Studios from August to September 1970. Harrison enlisted the aid of Phil Spector to co-produce the album, giving All Things Must Pass a heavy and reverb-oriented sound, typical for a 1960s/1970s Spector production — a sound Harrison would subsequently regret with the passage of time. In the electronic press kit that accompanies the 30th Anniversary reissue, Harrison is asked what he thinks of the album 30 years later; he replied: "Too much echo."

In late May, just before recording got under way, Harrison sat in a studio with Spector and ran through 15 songs on guitar, with occasional support from an unknown bass player. These demos (eventually bootlegged as Beware of ABKCO! due to an altered line in his performance of "Beware of Darkness") showed him in the process of weighing up his material, as eight of the songs would either be substantially reworked or not appear on the finished album. Among these early outtakes, three have been officially released in one form or another: "Everybody, Nobody" was an early version of "Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp", "Beautiful Girl" would be finished for 1976's Thirty Three & 1/3, and "I Don't Want to Do It" would wait fifteen years until being revisited for the soundtrack of Porky's Revenge. Five other songs − "Cosmic Empire", "Mother Divine", "Nowhere to Go", "Tell Me What Has Happened With You" and "Window, Window" − have not seen official release, along with other tracks such as "Gopala Krishna" and "Dehradun" that likewise did not make the final cut. Two demos of songs that did make the album, "Beware of Darkness" and "Let It Down", would eventually be released on the remastered All Things Must Pass in 2001, the second of these tracks with recent overdubs recorded by Harrison at Friar Park.

Full discs of electric outtakes from the recording sessions would also leak onto bootlegs in later years, and two of those tracks were also included in the remaster. Multiple takes of songs from the album appear on a bootleg three-disc box set titled The Making of All Things Must Pass and on other unofficial releases.

Musicians involved in the recording were numerous and the precise line-up is still the subject of much conjecture. They included Eric Clapton, Bobby Whitlock, Jim Gordon and Carl Radle, all of whom had recently toured with Delaney & Bonnie and would morph into the short-lived Derek and the Dominos during these sessions; German bassist Klaus Voormann, a friend since The Beatles' Hamburg days; future Yes drummer Alan White Ringo Starr; all four members of Badfinger; keyboard players Billy Preston, Gary Brooker and Gary Wright; Nashville pedal steel player Pete Drake; and the former Delaney & Bonnie (now Rolling Stones) horn section of Bobby Keys and Jim Price. Orchestral arranger John Barham also sat in on the sessions, occasionally contributing on harmonium and vibraphone. A young, pre-Genesis Phil Collins played congas on "Art of Dying", but was not credited on the original release (an oversight that was fixed on the 2001 remaster).

Bob Dylan, a close friend of Harrison, co-wrote "I'd Have You Anytime" with him, while Harrison covered Dylan's "If Not For You", which would be released on Dylan's concurrent album, New Morning. Alan White stated that John Lennon may have played on "If Not For You". Maurice Gibb was also present during the All Things Must Pass sessions, having been a friend of Starr's, and is said to have played keyboards on "Isn't It a Pity", although there is no definitive evidence as to which version. In an 18 October 2009 BBC Radio 2 interview, tape op John Leckie claimed that Richard Wright of Pink Floyd contributed organ, but he receives no acknowledgment on the album either In addition to these unconfirmed participants, author Simon Leng, having consulted the likes of Voormann and Barham for his study of the making of All Things Must Pass, credits Tony Ashton as one of the keyboard players on both versions of "Isn't It a Pity".

The album was released on 27 November 1970 in the United States, and on 30 November 1970 in the UK, with the rare distinction of having the same Apple catalogue number (STCH 639) in both countries. "My Sweet Lord" was issued as the first single, and was highly successful, topping national singles charts all around the world during the first few months of 1971.

The album itself was number 1 in the UK for eight weeks, although it would take decades before this was officially acknowledged. (Due to a two-month postal strike in Britain over the winter of 1970−71, and the resultant delay in receiving sales data from record retailers, All Things Must Pass was originally listed as having reached number 4. It was only in 2006 that the Official UK Charts Company changed its records to show that Harrison's was the top-selling album throughout that time.)

In America, All Things Must Pass spent seven weeks at number 1 on the Billboard 200, from 2 January 1971 until 20 February, part of which coincided with "My Sweet Lord" holding the top spot on the singles chart. Not only was Harrison the first Beatle to achieve the prestigious double − holding the top positions on Billboard's albums and singles listings during the same week(s) − but it was a feat that none of the others would equal for another two-and-a-half years, when Paul McCartney & Wings repeated the achievement. All Things Must Pass was awarded a gold disc on 17 December 1970 and has since been certified six times platinum, making it Harrison's most commercially successful album.

THE HISTORY OF THE ARTWORK :- Being the first boxed triple album in popular music, the packaging for All Things Must Pass became a talking point in its own right. Apple insider Tony Bramwell later recalled: "It was a bloody big thing ... You needed arms like an orang-utan to carry half a dozen."

The stark black-and-white cover photo was taken on the main lawn at Friar Park by Barry Feinstein. Its composition − Harrison seated in the centre of, and towering over, four comical-looking garden gnomes − is often thought to represent his removal from The Beatles' collective identity, if not a degree of superiority over it. Ever competitive, and noticeably negative about his former bandmates' solo work around this time (especially McCartney's), John Lennon is said to have taken particular offence at the apparent message in Harrison's album cover (notwithstanding his own declaration regarding The Beatles in his concurrent song "God"). Lennon sniped that Harrison looked like "an asthmatic Leon Russell" in the photo; biographer Alan Clayson describes him as "a spaced-out Farmer Giles". The inclusion of the gnomes was the photographer's idea, in fact, but the symbolism was quite deliberate, according to Feinsten: "What else could it be? ... it was over with The Beatles, right? And that title − All Things Must Pass. Very symbolic."

THE COVER :- Textured box sleeve

THE LABEL :- Apple labels

THE VINYL VISUALLY :- The box is sealed so no visual assessment can be made. Presumably Mint condition

THE VINYL PLAY GRADED :- The box is sealed so no audible assessment can be made. Presumably Mint condition

THE SLEEVE FRONT CONDITION :- The sleeve is sealed but there are a few tiny areas where pinpricks in the shrinkwrap have occured ovrr the years allowing the elements in. There are  dotted patches where the white surface has browned and a couple of wrinkles in the top surface above the titles and a two other little dinks in the surface where the top layer has been grazed, one in the top left and one above the titles.

THE SLEEVE REAR CONDITION :- The rear of the sleeve is near perfect apart from one little wrinkle.

THE LABEL SIDE ONE CONDITION :- Presumed Mint

THE LABEL SIDE TWO CONDITION :- Presumed Mint

THE SPINE CONDITION :- The writing on the spine is crystal clear.

THE INNER SLEEVE CONDITION :- Presumed Mint

THE EXTRAS :- Presumed Mint 

THE CATALOGUE NUMBER :- STCH 639

THE YEAR OF RELEASE :-  1970

THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN :-  USA

PLAYING FORMAT :- STEREO

THE MATRIX NUMBERS :-  UNKNOWN

STAMPERS :- UNKNOWN

 

TRACK LISTING :-

SIDE ONE :-

I'D HAVE YOU ANYTIME MY SWEET LORD WAH WAH ISN'T IT A PITY (VERSION 1)

SIDE TWO :-

WHAT IS LIFE IF NOT FOR YOU BEHIND THE LOCKED DOOR LET IT DOWN RUN OF THE MILL

SIDE THREE :-

BEWARE OF DARKNESS APPLE SCRUFFS BALLAD OF SIR FRANKIE CRISP (LET IT ROLL) AWAITING ON YOU ALL ALL THINGS MUST PASS

SIDE FOUR :-

I DIG LOVE ART OF DYING ISN'T IT A PITY (VERSION 2) HEAR ME LORD

SIDE FIVE :-

OUT OF THE BLUE IT'S JOHNNYS BIRTHDAY PLUG ME IN

SIDE SIX :-

I REMEMBER JEEP THANKS FOR THE PEPPERONI

 

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