All Things Must Pass

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All Things Must Pass
George Harrison studio album

Publication
(s)

November 27, 1970 ( US ) ,
November 30, 1970 ( UK )

Label (s) Apple / EMI

Format (s)

3 LPs , MC , 2 CDs , download

Genre (s)

skirt

Title (number)

First release (EV): 23
Republication (WV): 28

running time

EV: 0115 min 10 s
WV: 126 min 17 s

occupation

production

Studio (s)

chronology
Electronic sound
1969 		All Things Must Pass The Concert for Bangla Desh
1972

All Things Must Pass ( English Everything must pass ) is the first solo studio album of George Harrison after the separation of the Beatles . It is also George Harrison's third album, including the two instrumental albums from the 1960s. It was released on November 30, 1970 in the UK and on November 27, 1970 in the US .

In the USA and Great Britain the album reached number one on the respective charts.

History of origin

Harrison released All Things Must Pass as his third and most successful solo album, and it was the first studio album in pop history with three LPs . The soundtrack Wonderwall Music (1968) and the electronically oriented album Electronic Sound (1969) had previously been released. The latter was not a classic rock album, but contained sound experiments. Both solo albums received little attention and were commercially unsuccessful.

On All Things Must Pass many songs that accumulated over the years at Harrison and had not found the way to a Beatles album appeared, so that was the title track of the album as a demo in October 1996 on the album Anthology 3 published. Other songs, some of which were still unfinished, were rehearsed during the Let It Be recording sessions .

The recording sessions took place between May and October 1970. The pre-production of the album took place on May 27, 1970 at Abbey Road Studios, where George Harrison recorded acoustic demos, of which the following were not released on the album or further recordings were not made: Window-Window , Cosmic Empire , Mother Divine , Nowhere to Go , Tell Me What Has Happened With You , Beautiful Girl and I Don't Want to Do It . The last two songs were re-recorded in the coming years, Beautiful Girl appeared on the album Thirty Three & 1/3 , I Don't Want to Do It was released as a single in the USA in April 1985. The bonus titles Beware of Darkness and Let It Down from the January 2001 re-release are from the same trial session.

George Harrison , 1974

Harrison employed Phil Spector as producer , who had also reproduced the Beatles' last album, Let It Be . Spector was both celebrated and hostile because of its " Wall of Sound ". You can hear him at the peak of his work on All Things Must Pass . In addition to drums and bass , Spector used several acoustic and electric guitars , some of which were barely audible , three keyboard players who play the piano and organ , among other things , and numerous strings and wind instruments that "really let the sound swell into a wall". In addition to Harrison, his friend Eric Clapton was one of the guitarists, while Billy Preston , among others, sat on the keyboard , who had already participated in the Beatles' Let It Be album and played the keyboard solo on the song Get Back . Ringo Starr played drums on many of the songs .

When I'd Have You Anytime there is a joint composition by George Harrison and Bob Dylan , while If Not for You a new Dylan composition is the composer in October 1970 on his New Morning released album. Behind That Locked Door textually deals with Bob Dylan's withdrawal from the public eye after his motorcycle accident in July 1966.

Hear Me Lord and My Sweet Lord are songs in prayer form. My Sweet Lord was Harrison's most successful single and reached number 1 in the charts in many countries around the world. Harrison was sued the following year, however, because My Sweet Lord had similarities with the song He's So Fine by the Chiffons from 1963. Years later, the court ruled that Harrison had "unconsciously plagiarized" the song.

Awaiting on You All reflects Harrison's religious views.

Harrison wrote wah-wah during the January 1969 recording sessions for Let it Be / Get Back when he briefly left the Beatles, wah-wah is a metaphor for a headache.

Apple Scruffs pays homage to the female (Beatles) fans who stood in front of Abbey Road Studios or the Apple building and who were given the unflattering designation ' Apple scruffs ' by Harrison .

Entrance to the Friar Park property

Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) pays another tribute, here to Frankie Crisp , he was the original builder of the house, Friar Park, where Harrison had lived since 1970.

The titles Run of the Mill , Beware of Darkness , Art of Dying and All Things Must Pass reflect the philosophical views of George Harrison. The remaining titles Isn't It a Pity , What Is Life , Let It Down and I Dig Love deal with the topic of love.

During the recording sessions, other songs, some not completely, were recorded. Only I Live for You was published in January 2001 as a bonus title. The songs Down to the River , Whenever , Dehra Dun , Going Down to Golders Green and Om Hare OM (Gopala Krishna) have so far only been published on bootlegs and have not appeared legally. The third LP Apple Jam , consisting of instrumental songs, was mainly recorded in the Apple studios and musically sets itself apart from the other songs on the album.

All Things Must Pass proved to be a huge commercial and artistic success that Harrison could not repeat and by which his future studio albums were measured. In March 2001, the album was certified multi-platinum in the US for six million units sold.

Cover design

The cover is designed by Tom Wilkes, the photo by Barry Feinstein. The three albums are in a cardboard box.

Track list

All songs: Text and music: George Harrison; otherwise specified composer.

  • LP 1
  • Page one
  1. I'd Have You Anytime (George Harrison / Bob Dylan) - 2:56
  2. My Sweet Lord - 4:38
  3. Wah-wah - 5:35
  4. Isn't It a Pity (Version 1) - 7:08
  • Side two
  1. What Is Life - 4:22
  2. If Not for You ( Bob Dylan ) - 3:29
  3. Behind That Locked Door - 3:05
  4. Let It Down - 4:57
  5. Run of the Mill - 2:49
  • LP 2
  • Page three
  1. Beware of Darkness - 3:48
  2. Apple Scruffs - 3:04
  3. Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) - 3:46
  4. Awaiting on You All - 2:45
  5. All Things Must Pass - 3:44
  • Page four
  1. I Dig Love - 4:55
  2. Art of Dying - 3:37
  3. Isn't It a Pity (Version 2) - 4:45
  4. Hear Me Lord - 5:46
  • LP 3
    (Apple Jam)
  • Page five
  1. Out of the Blue (Jim Gordon / Carl Radle / Bobby Whitlock / Eric Clapton / Gary Wright / George Harrison / Jim Price / Bobby Keys / Al Aronowitz) - 11:14 am
  2. It's Johnny's Birthday (Based upon Congratulations - Martin / Coulter) - 0:49
  3. Plug Me In (Jim Gordon / Carl Radle / Bobby Whitlock / Eric Clapton / Dave Mason / George Harrison) - 3:18
  • Page Six
  1. I Remember Jeep (Ginger Baker / Klaus Voormann / Billy Preston / Eric Clapton / George Harrison) - 8:07
  2. Thanks for the Pepperoni (Jim Gordon / Carl Radle / Bobby Whitlock / Eric Clapton / Dave Mason / George Harrison) - 5:31
  • Bonus Title (2001)
  1. I Live for You - 3:35 bonus
    song
  2. Beware of Darkness - 3:19 a.m.
    acoustic demo
  3. Let It Down - 3:54 a.m.
    acoustic demo
  4. What Is Life - 4:27
    Alternative instrumental version
  5. My Sweet Lord (2000) - 4:57 (re-recording)
All Things Must Pass - EPK Video - 7:13

Re-releases

  • The first release in double CD format took place in April 1987 in Europe and in the USA in February 1988 without bonus tracks. The CD is accompanied by an eight-page illustrated booklet.
  • In January 2001 the album was released in a version remastered by Jon Astley as a double CD and triple LP at EMI with five bonus tracks and a new cover design by Sian Rance and David Costa. The bonus tracks come from the original recording sessions, but were musically supplemented and revised in 2000, only the song My Sweet Lord [2000] was completely re-recorded. The 20-page illustrated CD booklet contains a foreword by George Harrison and the lyrics. The two CDs are in a cardboard box.
  • From October 2007 the album All Things Must Pass will also be available as a download from iTunes with the additional bonus video All Things Must Pass - EPK , which describes the genesis of the 2001 re-release from the point of view of George Harrison.
  • At the beginning of 2001, EMI released two promotional CDs on the occasion of the re-release:
    • All Things Must Pass - Special Advance Sampler (My Sweet Lord , What Is Life , Isn't It a Pity , Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp [Let It Roll] , Wah-Wah , Beware of Darkness , All Things Must Pass and My Sweet Lord [2000])
    • All Things Must Pass - A Conversation with George Harrison February 15, 2001 contains a twelve minute interview with George Harrison.
  • In November 2010, the album was released again as a triple LP with the original cover design.
  • On September 19, 2014, the CDs, remastered again, were re-released with the same bonus tracks as the 2001 version. The remastering was done by Paul Hicks, Gavin Lurssen and Reuben Cohen in the Lurssen Mastering Studios . The musical coordination was done by Dhani Harrison . The double CD album has a cardboard cover that can be folded out twice and is enclosed with a mini poster that contains the lyrics on the back. The two CDs are in inner covers that are based on the original inner sleeves of the vinyl album. The design is by Darren Evans.

Single releases

My sweet lord

The first single My Sweet Lord / Isn't It a Pity was released on November 23, 1970 in the USA (Germany: January 1971) and reached number one in the charts in both countries. In Great Britain the single My Sweet Lord / What Is Life was released on January 15, 1971 , which also reached number one in the charts. The single version of My Sweet Lord contains a different mix.

What is life

The second single What Is Life / Apple Scruffs was released on February 15, 1971 in the USA and Germany. The single was not released in the UK.

Re-release: My Sweet Lord

In January 2001 the 7 ″ vinyl jukebox single My Sweet Lord (2000) / All Things Must Pass was released in green vinyl in the USA .

After the death of George Harrison (November 29, 2001), the CD single My Sweet Lord / Let It Down / My Sweet Lord (2000) was released again on January 14, 2002 , which in turn reached number one in the UK charts ( USA: 94th place, Germany: 74th place).

Further information

  • The songs My Sweet Lord and All Things Must Pass appeared on Billy Preston's album Encouraging Words in January 1970 .
  • The then 19-year-old Phil Collins played percussion on Art of Dying .
  • Due to legal disputes with various record companies, the presence of Eric Clapton on the album could not be mentioned in writing for decades . This only happened on the 2001 remastered version.
Jim Gordon , Carl Radle , Bobby Whitlock and Eric Clapton as Derek and the Dominos while recording All Things Must Pass .
  • The recording of the album All Things Must Pass were also the debut of the new band of Eric Clapton Derek and the Dominos (Eric Clapton, Carl Radle , Jim Gordon and Bobby Whitlock ) that during the recordings also have their own titles Tell the Truth grossed in which in turn played George Harrison guitar and which Phil Spector produced.
  • In June 2009 the compilation album Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison was released , the iTunes download version also includes the title Isn't It a Pity (demo version) .
  • In December 2011 the CD George Harrison: Living in the Material World was released as part of the Blu-ray Disc / DVD Deluxe Edition of the documentary of the same name about George Harrison. The CD contains the following tracks that were recorded during the rehearsal and recording sessions for All Things Must Pass : My Sweet Lord (Demo) , Run of the Mill (Demo) , I'd Have You Anytime (Early take) , Awaiting on You All (Early take) , Behind That Locked Door (Demo) and All Things Must Pass (Demo) . In April 2012, the album Early Takes: Volume 1 was released again with the same material.

Chart placements

year album Chart placements
DE UK US
1970 All Things Must Pass 10 1 1
year Single release Chart placements
DE UK US
1970 My sweet lord 1 1 1
1971 What is life 3 nv 10

literature

  • Chip Madinger, Mark Easter: Eight Arms To Hold You. The Solo Compendium . 44.1 Productions. Chesterfield 2000. ISBN 0-615-11724-4 , pp. 426-434.
  • Neville Stannard, John Tobler: Working Class Heroes. The History of The Beatles' Solo Recordings . Virgin. London 1983. ISBN 0-907080-92-8 .
  • Andreas Rohde: George Harrison solo. A musical biography. Nicole Schmenk. Oberhausen 2013. ISBN 978-3-943022-14-8 .
  • CD booklet for re-release 2001

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Platinum award
  2. ↑ Promotion CD: All Things Must Pass - Special Advance Sampler
  3. ↑ Promotion CD: All Things Must Pass - A Conversation with George Harrison February 15, 2001
  4. ↑ 7 ″ vinyl single: My Sweet Lord / Isn't It a Pity
  5. ↑ 7 ″ vinyl single: My Sweet Lord / What Is Life
  6. ↑ 7 ″ vinyl single: What Is Life / Apple Scruffs
  7. ↑ 7 ″ vinyl jukebox single My Sweet Lord (2000) / All Things Must Pass
  8. ↑ CD single: My Sweet Lord / Let It Down / My Sweet Lord (2000)