What is Life, mostly due to Goodfellas
― IMP of the perverse (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 29 October 2012 00:27 (eleven years ago) link
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"
― Hideous Lump, Monday, 29 October 2012 02:48 (eleven years ago) link
"Let it Down" is pretty much Spiritualized 30 years before Spiritualized.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 29 October 2012 03:11 (eleven years ago) link
Wait, is that what Spiritualized sound like?? Maybe I should check them out then!
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 29 October 2012 03:16 (eleven years ago) link
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), Monday, 29 October 2012 03:19 (eleven years ago) link
wah(-and-indeed-)wah
― t**t, Monday, 29 October 2012 08:24 (eleven years ago) link
Beware Of Darkness
― make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Monday, 29 October 2012 14:48 (eleven years ago) link
no Isn't It a Pity votes yet? huh...(that was my vote)
― Iago Galdston, Monday, 29 October 2012 14:50 (eleven years ago) link
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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.
― trebek sajak iii (cwkiii), Monday, 29 October 2012 15:49 (eleven years ago) link
But for me, this is either "Wah-Wah", "What Is Life", or "Let It Down".
― trebek sajak iii (cwkiii), Monday, 29 October 2012 15:52 (eleven years ago) link
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 toohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjuk88Rcnjc
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Monday, 29 October 2012 16:07 (eleven years ago) link
this album is definitely a heavy reference point for Let it Come Down
― Force Boxman (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 29 October 2012 16:38 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Monday, 29 October 2012 19:17 (eleven years ago) link
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!
― seasonal hugs (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 29 October 2012 19:25 (eleven years ago) link
this is such a nice album, even though it can be cheesy (my sweet lord, i dig love). my pick is "beware of darkness".
― fennel cartwright, Monday, 29 October 2012 20:18 (eleven years ago) link
:( 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 Love02 - The Art of Dying03 - My Sweet Lord04 - Apple Scruffs05 - Beware of Darkness06 - What Is Life07 - Hear Me Lord08 - It's Johnny's Birthday09 - I'd Have You Anytime10 - Wah Wah11 - Let It Down12 - Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)13 - Awaiting On You All14 - All Things Must Pass― Doctor Casino, Monday, January 3, 2011 12:39 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalinkerr....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
― 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!
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 29 October 2012 20:24 (eleven years ago) link
cruel poll
― turn left onto bisexual woman (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 29 October 2012 20:28 (eleven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
What Is Life
― 'Separate Lives', by Phil Collins & Marilyn Manson (PaulTMA), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 00:38 (eleven years ago) link
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
― Darin, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 01:46 (eleven years ago) link
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")....
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 03:14 (eleven years ago) link
.... nope!
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 03:40 (eleven years ago) link
I only had disc three, back in the day.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 10:03 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― insert witticism here (hypehat), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 10:16 (eleven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 1 November 2012 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 1 November 2012 00:11 (eleven years ago) link
Glad Isn't It A Pity did well
― Iago Galdston, Thursday, 1 November 2012 00:12 (eleven years ago) link
'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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
Damn straight
― 'Separate Lives', by Phil Collins & Marilyn Manson (PaulTMA), Thursday, 1 November 2012 02:17 (eleven years ago) link
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, Thursday, 1 November 2012 16:52 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― brimstead, Thursday, 1 November 2012 19:13 (eleven years ago) link
― 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'.
― 炒面kampf (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 1 November 2012 19:25 (eleven years ago) link
05. What Is Life 1413. Awaiting On You All * 703. Wah-Wah 602. My Sweet Lord 412. Ballad Of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) 308. 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
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― Mark G, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 10:03 (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Hi dere..
― Mark G, Friday, 2 November 2012 11:49 (eleven years ago) link
Think of it as being the "Rev9" of this album...
― Mark G, Friday, 2 November 2012 11:50 (eleven years ago) link
Anyone else hear similarities between 'Beware of Darkness' and McCartney's 'No More Lonely Nights'?
― make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Friday, 2 November 2012 11:55 (eleven years ago) link
I've always thought Wah-Wah is, probably intentionally ironically, the most McCartney-esque song on here. it's got that oom-pah music-hall rhythm Macca is so fond of, including a pounding "banan-finger" piano part and characteristically fluid bassline
― Force Boxman (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 2 November 2012 17:59 (eleven years ago) link
I love that, at the Concert For George, Paul had to play a bunch of ATMP songs that either he'd rejected for the Beatles, or were digs at him for rejecting those songs.
― 5-Hour Enmity (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 2 November 2012 18:05 (eleven years ago) link
I wonder if Paul really DID buy George his wah-wah? And then refuse to let him use it at all during the "Get Back" sessions...
― Faster than food (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 2 November 2012 19:45 (eleven years ago) link
Some of this is a bit cool http://bigozine2.com/roio/?p=461
― insert witticism here (hypehat), Friday, 2 November 2012 20:08 (eleven years ago) link
Paul had to play a bunch of ATMP songs that either he'd rejected for the Beatles, or were digs at him for rejecting those songs.
It's documented somewhere that he, in particular, rejected a bunch of those songs? And that some others are digs at him? Missed it if so.
Paul singing ATMP was one of the best parts of that concert.
― timellison, Friday, 2 November 2012 22:13 (eleven years ago) link
In an interview with Crawdaddy magazine, Harrison explained: "That was the song, when I left from the Let It Be movie, there's a scene where Paul and I are having an argument, and we're trying to cover it up. Then the next scene I'm not there and Yoko's just screaming, doing her screeching number. Well, that's where I'd left, and I went home to write 'Wah-Wah.' It had given me a wah-wah, like I had such a headache with that whole argument. It was such a headache."
― Force Boxman (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 2 November 2012 22:16 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, I remember that story. Not about to weigh in on who was the villain in their argument or something. McCartney has been dumped on to a ridiculous degree over the years.
― timellison, Friday, 2 November 2012 22:20 (eleven years ago) link
He has, but also, if you watch Let It Be, the thought of being in a band with Paul McCartney takes on a shitty new meaning.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 2 November 2012 23:00 (eleven years ago) link
Don't remember it that way, but I haven't seen it in decades. And anyone can have a bad day, etc.
Do remember that people seemed to view Paul's perspective on those sessions more favorably when this book came out.
― timellison, Friday, 2 November 2012 23:09 (eleven years ago) link
i regret i didn't vote for wah wah
― nostormo, Monday, 5 November 2012 18:36 (eleven years ago) link
wah wah
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 5 November 2012 19:36 (eleven years ago) link
Is it just me or does Harrison sound like he's singing "I love dick" in the second verse of 'I Dig Love'?
― Dog Man Star took a suck on a pill... (Turrican), Friday, 11 October 2013 05:39 (ten years ago) link
Let it roll is my fave Harrison song ever. Is it controversial to say this record is my favourite Beatles associated album
― Droni Mitchell (Ross), Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:07 (six years ago) link
awwww i didn't know until now it was a song of encouragement to dylan <3 <3 <3
― brimstead, Sunday, 21 February 2021 19:54 (three years ago) link
Yeah, it is a beautiful song, even before they added Drake's pedal steel part.
― birdistheword, Sunday, 21 February 2021 20:03 (three years ago) link
Who’s getting the gnomes?
https://store.georgeharrison.com/collections/all-things-must-pass-50th-anniversary/products/uber-deluxe/
― JoeStork, Thursday, 10 June 2021 16:31 (two years ago) link
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.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 10 June 2021 16:40 (two years ago) link
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.
― blatherskite, Thursday, 10 June 2021 17:08 (two years ago) link
lol joestork, i was just checking to see if the gnome figurines were available individually
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Thursday, 10 June 2021 17:12 (two years ago) link
i'd always said that 3LP set could be boiled down to a great.......8 LP set?
― Thus Sang Freud, Thursday, 10 June 2021 18:19 (two years ago) link
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.)
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 10 June 2021 18:34 (two years ago) link
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.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 10 June 2021 19:27 (two years ago) link
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.
― Bobo Honk, real name, no gimmicks (Doctor Casino), Friday, 11 June 2021 04:05 (two years ago) link
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.
― birdistheword, Monday, 11 April 2022 00:06 (two years ago) link
out of the blue was robbed! so cool. listening now...nice clean copy. so dope.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 1 November 2023 20:03 (five months ago) link
LET IT ROLL
― brimstead, Wednesday, 1 November 2023 22:25 (five months ago) link