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Cloud Nine is George Harrison’s eleventh studio album, and the last released while he was still alive. It followed Harrison’s five-year hiatus as a solo artist after “the failure of” his ...
Nov 2, 2012 · Settling into Harrison's home studio, the duo enlisted a top-shelf corps of musicians to help them bring Cloud Nine to life, including famous friends ( Eric Clapton and Elton John ), session...
- Recruiting Some Famous Friends
- When He Was Fab
- Jeff Lynne’s Ace Producing
George’s version of “Got My Mind Set On You” was the closing track on Cloud Nine, his eleventh solo album that was released a week after the single. George had begun recording the album in January 1987 and, along with Jeff Lynne, it features many of the former Beatle’s friends, most of whom had played on some of George’s earlier albums. There’s Eri...
It’s a perfect evocation of those heady days of Beatlemania when those loveable Mop-Tops, the Fab Four, ruled the world and we all thought they would go on forever. George co-wrote the song with Jeff Lynne, shortly before the two of them formed The Traveling Wilburys with Tom Petty, Bob Dylan and Roy Orbison. According to George, “…until I finalize...
Credit is due to Jeff Lynne for his production skills. Lynne had been, so obviously, inspired by the Beatles during his time with Electric Light Orchestra – just as Take That were inspired by ELO on their “comeback” album, Beautiful World. It’s part of what makes music so affecting; how generations of musicians pass on to the next, things that will...
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Recorded between January and August 1987, Cloud Nine represented a major comeback for Harrison, who got his first American #1 hit in 16 years with “Got My Mind Set on You,” his version of an obscure 1962 James Ray single on the Dynamic Sound label.
Sep 14, 2023 · Available on: Cloud Nine Live In Japan. Personnel. George Harrison: vocals, electric guitar Jeff Lynne: bass guitar Eric Clapton: electric guitar Elton John: electric piano Gary Wright: piano Jim Horn: baritone saxophone Jim Keltner: drums Ray Cooper: percussion ‘Cloud 9’ is the title track of George Harrison’s eleventh solo album.
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Feb 25, 2014 · Reached #10 on the UK charts and #8 on the US charts (RIAA-certified platinum record). Re-issued on elpee in 1989 in Czechoslovakia (Supraphon, 04631311-ZN). Re-released on expanded CD in 2004 in the UK (EMI, 594090), the US (Capitol, 94090) and Japan (EMI, TOCP-67339) with 2 bonus tracks. A review of George Harrison's twelfth album, Cloud Nine ...
