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- "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)" From: Living in the Material World(1973) In a way, there wasn't any other direction to go but smaller. After all, Harrison had already reached No. 1 in both the U.S. and U.K.
- "What Is Life" From: All Things Must Pass(1970) A towering rocker from Harrison's six-times platinum-selling solo debut, "What Is Life" actually warranted Spector's Wall of Sound approach.
- "Handle With Care" From: The Traveling Wilburys' Vol. 1(1988) Harrison's smash hit about sly resiliency was originally recorded as a throwaway B-side, until his label intervened.
- "Beware of Darkness" From: All Things Must Pass(1970) "Beware of Darkness" originally opened Side Three of Harrison's post-Fab creative outburst, capturing both the mood and the moment in a reserved, and very Harrison-esque manner.
Harrison's first solo releases – the Wonderwall Music film soundtrack (1968) and Electronic Sound (1969) – were almost entirely instrumental works, issued during the last two years of the Beatles' career.
- “Beware of Darkness”
- “All Things Must Pass”
- “Wah-Wah”
- “My Sweet Lord”
- “What Is Life”
- “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)”
- “All Those Years Ago”
- “I Got My Mind Set on You”
- “When We Was Fab”
- “Brainwashed”
The song song was released on his 1970 solo album All Things Must Pass. Harrison and Russell performed the song at the Concert for Bangladesh in 1971, and Eric Clapton performed it at the Concert for George in 2002. The song warns against permitting illusion from getting in the way of one’s true purpose, an admonition that, like the content of “My ...
Billy Prestonreleased the song originally – as “All Things (Must) Pass” – on his Apple Records album Encouraging Words (1970), after the Beatles had rejected it for inclusion on their Let It Be album in January 1969. The composition reflects the influence of the Band’s sound and communal music-making on Harrison, after he had spent time with the gr...
Harrison wrote the song following his temporary departure from the Beatlesin January 1969. During the troubled Get Back sessions that resulted in their Let It Be album and film. The lyrics reflect his frustration with the atmosphere in the group at that time – namely, Paul McCartney’s over-assertiveness and criticism of his guitar playing. Also Joh...
The song was released in November 1970 on his triple album All Things Must Pass. Harrison originally gave the song to his fellow Apple Records artist Billy Preston to record; this version, which Harrison co-produced, appeared on Preston’s Encouraging Words album in September 1970. He wrote “My Sweet Lord” in praise of the Hindu god Krishna. While a...
“What Is Life” appeared as the B-side to “My Sweet Lord”. Which was the best-selling single of 1971. Harrison’s backing musicians on the song include Eric Clapton and the entire Delaney & Bonnie Friends band. With whom he had toured during the final months of the Beatles. Harrison co-produced the recording with Phil Spector. Whose Wall of Sound pro...
The song is the opening track of his 1973 album Living in the Material World. And became Harrison’s second US number 1, after “My Sweet Lord”. The song demoted Paul McCartneyand Wings’ “My Love” from the top of the Billboard Hot 100. Marking the only occasion that two former Beatles have held the top two chart positions in America. The single also ...
Having previously recorded the music for the song, Harrison tailored the lyrics to serve as a personal tribute to his former Beatles bandmate John Lennon. Following the latter’s murder on 8 December 1980. The recording also includes performances by ex-Beatles Ringo Starr, on drums, and Paul McCartney, who overdubbed backing vocals onto the basic tr...
“Got My Mind Set on You” is a song written and composed by Rudy Clark and originally recorded by James Ray in 1962, under the title “I’ve Got My Mind Set on You”. In 1987, George Harrison released a cover version of the song as a single. And released it on his album, Cloud Nine, which he had recorded on his own Dark Horse Records label. It was both...
The lyrics serve as a nostalgic reflection by George Harrison on the days of Beatlemania during the 1960s. When the Beatles were first referred to as “the Fab Four”. Harrison co-wrote the song with Jeff Lynne, who also co-produced the track. The recording references the psychedelic sound that the Beatles had helped popularise in 1967, through its u...
Recordings of the album began over a decade before George Harrison’s death but were repeatedly delayed. The album was completed by Harrison’s son Dhani and longtime friend and collaborator Jeff Lynne. It reached the top 30 in the UK and top 20 in the US, and had reasonably favourable reviews.
"I'd Have You Anytime" is a song written by George Harrison and Bob Dylan, released in 1970 as the opening track of Harrison's first post-Beatles solo album, All Things Must Pass. The pair wrote the song at Dylan's home in Bearsville, near Woodstock in upstate New York, in November 1968.
Nov 29, 2021 · We are celebrating the wild and wonderful talent of George Harrison by looking back at his ten greatest solo songs of all time.
May 18, 2023 · This list of the 20 greatest George Harrison songs of all time is a tribute to his remarkable talent as a songwriter and musician. It includes his groundbreaking work with The Beatles, his soulful solo compositions, and his experimental forays into uncharted musical territories.
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Oct 16, 2015 · George Harrison’s first two solo albums were released prior to the Beatles ultimate dissolution in 1970, and both are somewhat left-field affairs compared to his more post-breakup solo LPs.
