George Harrison - All Things Must POLL

where did he/she got this version from?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vW867TrVHA

title track for me, although I wish the beatles had recorded a full version of it because there are little bits of this version that bug. but it's still my favorite song of this batch, slightly (I like almost everything on this album, jam aside)

"Behind that Locked Door" cos the slide on that is just soooo smooth. I'm a sucker for waterwork country songs too.

I almost voted "Awaiting on You All" though. Amazing girl group-style pop spirituality. This album rules from start to finish.

I'm amazed though that a lot of fans consider it the best Beatles solo album.

It's got some of the best material by far - it just also has a lot of other stuff too. Gotta say that the quality level for the deep cuts is pretty consistent, but man, single album version of this, though missing the majestic "look at all that has been locked in the treasure chest of my soul" quality, would be a monster.

it's easily up there with POB, Imagine, and Ram, I think, as the four essential solo records.

i'd agree with that. all of 'em had plenty of great singles/moments here and there, but those four are the ones to own.

Chuck the "Ringo" album in there too, why not?

if you mean the early nineties reissue with "It Don't Come Easy," "Back Off Boogaloo," and "Early 1970," by all means.

I'd Have You Anytime

He had a burst of being a good songwriter round about then.

really love the whole willie mitchell vibe it has xp

i'd agree with that. all of 'em had plenty of great singles/moments here and there, but those four are the ones to own.

― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Sunday, October 28, 2012 10:48 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I personally couldn't live without Band On The Run, Venus And Mars, Flowers In The Dirt, Chaos And Creation In The Backyard and Thirty-Three & 1/3 either.

I like the krishna krishna song

What is Life, mostly due to Goodfellas

I've had so many different favorite tracks on this album over the years, I'll just pick the one I want to hear right now: "Let It Down"

"Let it Down" is pretty much Spiritualized 30 years before Spiritualized.

Wait, is that what Spiritualized sound like?? Maybe I should check them out then!

Mainly the beginning instrumental section of that song. I can't remember exactly what it reminds me of, but i think it's something of "Let it Come Down".

wah(-and-indeed-)wah

Beware Of Darkness

no Isn't It a Pity votes yet? huh...(that was my vote)

"Let it Down" is pretty much Spiritualized 30 years before Spiritualized.

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, October 28, 2012 10:11 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Wait, is that what Spiritualized sound like?? Maybe I should check them out then!

― Doctor Casino, Sunday, October 28, 2012 10:16 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Mainly the beginning instrumental section of that song. I can't remember exactly what it reminds me of, but i think it's something of "Let it Come Down".

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, October 28, 2012 10:19 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I can't really think of a particular song on Let It Come Down that "Let It Down" reminds me of, but I would definitely say that if you were going to check out Spiritualized because of a comparison to this song, then Let It Come Down is absolutely the place to begin.

But for me, this is either "Wah-Wah", "What Is Life", or "Let It Down".

Beware of Darkness, for so many reasons; the way he sings "take kurr bewurr", the siren like guitar call, the spiritual melancholia George so excels in, the beautiful melody...
Nice cover by Marianne too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjuk88Rcnjc

this album is definitely a heavy reference point for Let it Come Down

I was never really too keen on the 'jam sessions' part of this record, and 'I Dig Love' is never going to be one of my favourite ever George Harrison compositions. I like how he gives you the option between two different versions of 'Isn't It A Pity' (the former, BIG and bombastic - the second, stripped down and more 'cosy'), though.

funny, i listened to this w/my two year old and the two songs she wanted me to repeat were "what is life" and "my sweet lord"...kids know the hits!

this is such a nice album, even though it can be cheesy (my sweet lord, i dig love). my pick is "beware of darkness".

:( at people being down on "I Dig Love" - I always really liked it and in fact used it as the opener "title track" to my one-disc mix of this ages and ages ago!

01 - I Dig Love
02 - The Art of Dying
03 - My Sweet Lord
04 - Apple Scruffs
05 - Beware of Darkness
06 - What Is Life
07 - Hear Me Lord
08 - It's Johnny's Birthday
09 - I'd Have You Anytime
10 - Wah Wah
11 - Let It Down
12 - Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)
13 - Awaiting On You All
14 - All Things Must Pass

― Doctor Casino, Monday, January 3, 2011 12:39 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

err....shit, pasted over something there. That's a one-CD mix of this that I made back in 1998 or 1999, probably one of the first CDs I ever burned. It must have been my preferred listening experience for a while, because looking over it, I can't bring to mind any of the songs I left out (aside from "Isn't It A Pity"). Submitted for your consideration!

― Doctor Casino, Monday, January 3, 2011 12:41 AM Bookmark

George Harrison - "All Things Must Pass"

original thread, for reference!

cruel poll

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

What Is Life

What is Life

Also, a write in for "You" since it was recorded during these sessions, but not release until 1975.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKCLgEqd9x0

For some reason, my vinyl copy of this has only the last two discs, although it does have, damningly, the sleeve for the first disc. The result is that for the first time in at least fifteen years I am sitting through the entire "Apple Jam." Not that I expect it to help with this poll, since I've already voted for "Awaiting On You All," but hey, maybe there is some hidden gem in here (besides "It's Johnny's Birthday")....

.... nope!

I only had disc three, back in the day.

Yeah, this is pretty much the album Let It Come Down wants to be. Especially something like Isn't It A Pity or Hear Me Lord.

Love I Dig Love, and Isn't It A Pity, but I had a sudden change of heart and went for What Is Life because it is just so much fun. Love the strings that come in at the end.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Solid results! "Beware of Darkness" is definitely a sleeper on this - love the final push where the arrangement thickens out a little on "it can hit you - It can hu-u-urt you" etc.

Glad Isn't It A Pity did well

'Out Of The Blue' getting a vote, 'I Dig Love' and 'Hear Me Lord' getting none!

Yeah, hang on, what? "Out of the Blue" is, from what I can remember, the dullest part of the whole jam session. Weird.

Damn straight

only 1 vote for Let it Down? Despite the song inventing Spiritualized? I'm surprised at the top song too - it's great in the context of the album, but never struck me as standing out in particular. I thought Awaiting on You All would walk this, tbh.

Spiritualized pretty much turned to shit once they got into "Let It Down", imo.

"Early takes" has some lovely solo acoustic ATMP songs. Not amazing or anything, but nice.

only 1 vote for Let it Down? Despite the song inventing Spiritualized? I'm surprised at the top song too - it's great in the context of the album, but never struck me as standing out in particular. I thought Awaiting on You All would walk this, tbh.

― Dr X O'Skeleton, Friday, 2 November 2012 03:52 (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the single biggest problem with this poll is that every track on discs 1 and 2 is excellent. i couldn't narrow it down past six tracks and just went with 'wah wah'.

05. What Is Life 14
13. Awaiting On You All * 7
03. Wah-Wah 6
02. My Sweet Lord 4
12. Ballad Of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) 3
08. Let It Down 1

were the six tracks fwiw

'Out Of The Blue' getting a vote, 'I Dig Love' and 'Hear Me Lord' getting none!

― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Thursday, 1 November 2012 01:39 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah, hang on, what? "Out of the Blue" is, from what I can remember, the dullest part of the whole jam session. Weird.

― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 1 November 2012 01:54 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I only had disc three, back in the day.

― Mark G, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 10:03 (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Hi dere..

Think of it as being the "Rev9" of this album...

Never much liked the echo-laden mix, but don't especially like most of the songs either. Harrison's 70s decline is over-emphasized, there are as many good songs on Extra Texture as on All Things Must Pass (three or four). I'd have voted "What is Life".

what are your big 3 or 4?

"What is Life", "I'd Have You Anytime", "Beware of Darkness", maybe "Isn't It a Pity" or "My Sweet Lord". Most of the remaining songs just don't get over melodically or lyrically, and the Apple Jam album is junk.

"Apple Scruffs" slaps.

I love ATMP - except for the "jam" disc, it's always been an excellent album to me, and I don't even consider that third disc to be part of the album anymore. (When George promoted the reissue in 2000, he stated in a Billboard interview that "For the jams, I didn't want to just throw in the cupboard, and yet at the same time it wasn't part of the record; that's why I put it on a separate label to go in the package as a kind of bonus." There's at least one interview from 1970 where Harrison basically said the same, adding that he was annoyed that the list price was also raised accordingly because he was under the impression that Capitol would price it as a double LP per his request.)

"You" has been the only track I ever liked from Extra Texture, but if there's something else on there that I should revisit, I would definitely give it another listen.

Harrison otm about its "grotty" self-production. His singing is worse than on Dark Horse.

“let it roll” ffs people

yeah, important to point out that halfway is totally wrong because he doesn’t include beware of darkness or let it roll or let it down

I did mention "Beware of Darkness". "Let It Roll" is a quirky song I can understand liking, "Let It Down" is woefully overblown.

oh I see beware of darkness, i don’t understand digging that one and not digging “run of the mill,” which feels of a piece

It's vaguer musically and lyrically.

Behind That Locked Door is gorgeous imo.

^^^^^YES

great slow dance song <3

awwww i didn't know until now it was a song of encouragement to dylan <3 <3 <3

Yeah, it is a beautiful song, even before they added Drake's pedal steel part.

Who’s getting the gnomes?

https://store.georgeharrison.com/collections/all-things-must-pass-50th-anniversary/products/uber-deluxe/

Holy shit, $1000? I don't think I love any album *that* much.

Looks like the original album mixes aren't a part of this (aside from the 'bonus' jams that had been included with the original triple-LP set). It'll be interesting to hear a new mix, but despite Harrison's reservations about it, Spector's original LP mix may still be the mix for me.

Definitely—the murk is part of what makes the LP so atmospheric for me, though I can see why some might dislike it on the more rockin’ tracks.

lol joestork, i was just checking to see if the gnome figurines were available individually

i'd always said that 3LP set could be boiled down to a great.......8 LP set?

I like the original, but maybe the new mix will be along the lines of the Abbey Road or white album remixes: there are infinitely more EQ options available in 2021 vs 1970, so clearing out some of the sonic clutter may lead to something interesting and hopefully revealing.

While I prefer John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band to ATMP, I'm not really interested in that box; I don't think I want or need multiple takes and false starts of "My Mummy's Dead." But hearing just George, Ringo, and Klaus run through the ATMP tunes, yeah, I definitely want to hear that.

(I would LOVE to hear the Yoko outtakes in the JL/POB box, but those are only on the Blu-Ray, and I don't have a Blu-Ray player.)

The Plastic Ono Band box set is an excellent listen. For anyone who loves the album and is really interested in hearing how it came together and studying the individual parts, it's perfect. It's basically the musical equivalent of wading through a truckload of extras on a great Criterion release. But that doesn't mean it's something you'd want to own for a lot of money. It's something I'd check out or rent from a library once in a blue moon. Studio session collections are typically like that though.

yeah, the only thing like that i've ever really listened to like an album in regular rotation (apart from when I JUST discovered a Smile bootleg) is actually the Beatles Anthology, and mostly just a couple key discs of that.

I finally got around to listening to the super deluxe set. I'm not a fan of the new mixes, especially when I was able to patch my computer into my stereo and hear it properly on good speakers. Even if you don't mind the historical revisionism (and I'm not always a stickler about "sticking with the original") the instrumental balance feels off - it just doesn't sound very good to me.

The fifth and last disc of session recordings is disposable. The opening "Isn't It Shitty" (to the tune of "Isn't It A Pity") is funny, but otherwise there's really nothing here I'd come back to.

That just leaves discs three and four covering the two days of demo sessions, and those are definitely a keeper. Not surprising - most of them have been bootlegged before and even with inferior sound, it was easily my favorite bootleg of George Harrison recordings. The two discs are more complete and presumably straight from the first-generation tapes (a major upgrade), but I kind of wish they left in all the in-between chatter. It's a matter of personal taste, but for something like this, I like hearing it all left in, and it sounds like most of the chatter has been edited out.

The previous deluxe edition (originally released in 2001) only had a handful of bonuses, and they're generally not included here for some reason. No big loss except for this bonus track which I really do miss:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFDyXBU2fq8

It does appear in demo form, but the 2001 version is a real gem thanks to Pete Drake's pedal steel parts. I can't call it an outtake because it features only Harrison's lead vocal and Pete Drake's pedal steel from the original 1970 recording - all other instruments were actually overdubbed by Harrison and Dhani in 2000.

It's too bad the two discs of demos won't get its own standalone release. If you had those two discs and the 2014 remaster of All Things Must Pass (which includes the 2001 edition's new bonuses), you would have everything essential related to this album. That would've been a perfect four-disc set had they chosen to include the demos with the 2001 reissue.

out of the blue was robbed! so cool. listening now...nice clean copy. so dope.

LET IT ROLL