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It s content was inspired by the comedian Lord Buckley, a longtime favorite of George s.

2 2 9AM George Harrison Crackerbox Palace - Thirty-Three & 1/3 76 This was the most successful track off the LP, and the title originally considered for the album. It s content was inspired by the comedian Lord Buckley, a longtime favorite of George s. Another Eric Idle directed promo film, featuring the future Mrs. Olivia Harrison, future Rutle Neil Innes, and the numerous children of Derek Taylor.

3 The Beatles - You Like Me Too Much - Help! (Harrison) Recorded in eight takes on February 15, 1965.

3 3 The Beatles - You Like Me Too Much - Help! (Harrison) Recorded in eight takes on February 15, The introduction features Paul and George Martin on a Steinway piano and John playing an electric piano. On U.S. album: Beatles VI - Capitol LP The Beatles - Do You Want To Know A Secret Please Please Me (McCartney-Lennon) Recorded February 11, Written primarily by John Lennon for George Harrison to sing. The song was given to another Brian Epstein-managed act, Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas, to cover. Their version topped the British charts in late spring Inspired by "I'm Wishing," a song from Walt Disney s 1937 animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs that Lennon s mother used to sing to him when he was a child. On U.S. albums: Introducing The Beatles - Vee-Jay LP The Early Beatles - Capitol LP BREAK The Beatles - Don t Bother Me With The Beatles (Harrison)

4 4 George Harrison s first recorded original song. While some may see it as a misfortune that Harrison was surrounded by two of the most gifted songwriters in history, this proximity gave him great insight into the mechanics of writing a song from scratch. His first attempt was more than a throwaway composition. He called Don t Bother Me an exercise to see if he could write a song, and it was written while George was sick in a bed at the Palace Court Hotel in Bournemouth where The Beatles were playing six nights at Gaumont Cinema in mid-august of It was during this engagement (on August 22) that photographer Robert Freeman took the iconic artsy cover photograph of the band in half lighting that would grace the cover of both the British With The Beatles album and the American Meet The Beatles! album. Using the basic Lennon-McCartney song structure George crafted a Beatles song that was on par with the material the band was currently working up for their second album. Getting the other Beatles and producer George Martin to take his work seriously was another matter, and it would take years for Harrison to finally be given his due. Normally he was relegated to one or two songs per album. On U.S. album: Meet The Beatles! - Capitol LP The Beatles - I m Happy Just To Dance With You - A Hard Day s Night (Lennon-McCartney) Written by John and Paul specifically to give George a song in the movie A Hard Day s Night. Completed in four takes on March 1, 1964, with filming slated to begin the next day. The b-side of I ll Cry Instead in U.S. On U.S. album: A Hard Day s Night - United Artists LP Something New - Capitol LP

5 George Harrison Awaiting On You All - All Things Must Pass 70 A track with some tart lyrical phrasing, an offending verse was omitted from the printed lyrics included on the inner sleeve.

5 5 George Harrison Awaiting On You All - All Things Must Pass 70 A track with some tart lyrical phrasing, an offending verse was omitted from the printed lyrics included on the inner sleeve. George Harrison Any Road Brainwashed 02 Composed in 1988 during the filming of a video for his album Cloud 9, Any Road would be George s last single. It was nominated for Grammy Award in 2004 for Best Male Pop Performance.

6 6 George Harrison All Those Years Ago This particular track is a puzzle still somewhat unsolved. Originally written for Ringo with different lyrics, (which Ringo didn t think was right for him), the lyrics were rewritten after John Lennon s murder. Although Ringo did provide drums, there is a dispute as to whether Paul, Linda and Denny did backing vocals at Friar Park, or in their own studio hence phoning it in. But Paul insists that he had asked George to play on his own track, Wanderlust, for the Tug Of War album. Having arrived at George s Friar Park estate, they instead focused on backing vocals for All Those Years Ago. It became George s biggest hit in 8 years, just missing the top spot on the charts BREAK

7 7 The Beatles - Something - Abbey Road (Harrison) The Beatles twenty-first single release for EMI, and fourth on the Apple Records label. Although initially crediting Lennon and McCartney as the songwriters, legendary crooner Frank Sinatra called George Harrison s Something "the greatest love song of the past 50 years". [7. Commonly referred to as George s first Beatles A-side, some sales chart makers at the time considered the single a double-a, as both sides of the record received significant radio airplay, and charted both Something and its flip side (John s Come Together ) as one combined chart listing. The song is the first of two CLASSIC songs George delivered for the Abbey Road album, the other being Here Comes The Sun. It was a phenomenal one-two punch that had to have Lennon and McCartney wondering what else Harrison had up his sleeve. George Harrison So Sad - Dark Horse 74 This track features some great 12-string guitar work by George, he had originally begun composing the tune in New York in This was possibly recorded during the Living In The Material World sessions at Friar Park w/ Ringo on Drums = ½ Beatles

8 Speaking of Ringo & George.here s George guiding his friend through some vocals lets listen BREAK George It Don t Come Easy Demo The Beatles - I Need You - Help!

8 8 Speaking of Ringo & George.here s George guiding his friend through some vocals lets listen BREAK George It Don t Come Easy Demo The Beatles - I Need You - Help! (Harrison) Recorded in five takes on February 15, 1965, the first day of recording for what was to become the Help! album, with overdubs completed the next day. It is the second original George Harrison song to be recorded by the Beatles. Harrison wrote I Need You for his future wife, Pattie Boyd. The track is notable for the first use on a Beatles record of what is now known as a wah-wah pedal. George achieved this by playing his 12-string Rickenbacker through a foot-controlled volume pedal. Ringo provides cowbell percussion. On U.S. album: Help! - Capitol LP

9 George Harrison Don t Let Me Wait Too Long - Living In The Material World 73 This track was the single that should have been, almost was, but never appeared.

9 9 George Harrison Don t Let Me Wait Too Long - Living In The Material World 73 This track was the single that should have been, almost was, but never appeared. This is a prime piece of pop songwriting, and was scheduled as the second single from the LP for release on September 24 th, It was assigned an Apple catalog number (Apple 1866), but was mysteriously cancelled at the last minute. The Beatles - Blue Jay Way - Magical Mystery Tour (EP) (Harrison) Written by George Harrison on August 1, 1967 while vacationing in a rented house in the Hollywood Hills above Los Angeles. The story is essentially the same as the lyrics imply. On a foggy night in L.A., George sat at his rented house waiting for friends to arrive, but the maze of thin and winding streets and the thick fog rolling in got the best of them and they became lost. George: I d rented a house in Los Angeles on Blue Jay Way, and I d arrived there from England. I was waiting around for Derek and Joan Taylor who were then living in L.A. I was very tired after the flight and the time change and I stared writing, playing a little electric organ that was in the house. It had gotten foggy and they couldn t find the house for some time. The mood is slightly Indian. Following the release of the song on the Magical Mystery Tour LP in America, the City of Los Angeles got so tired of having to replace stolen Blue Jay Way street signs that it had the street name painted on walls along the street s route. The backing track was recorded in one take on September 6, 1967.

10 10 On U.S. album: Magical Mystery Tour - Capitol LP QUIZ HERE Name the song from George s 33 1/3 album that he began writing back in 1967 the first line of the song is referring to Paul McCartney s admission of ingesting something psychedelic Name that song 9.56 BREAK It's easier to tell a lie than it is to tell the truth", Winner HERE kicking off a set of George Harrison singing about his fellow Beatles George Harrison See Yourself - Thirty-Three & 1/3 76 George wrote the majority of this track in 1967, shortly after Paul McCartney admitted he had taken LSD. It was constructed as a response to the media who felt it necessary to pontificate on Paul s wrongdoings in the uproar that ensued. The song went unfinished for almost ten years until sound engineer (Kumar Shankar Ravi s nephew) reminded George of the tune George Harrison Wah-Wah - All Things Must Pass 70

11 Famously composed during the Let It Be sessions. On January 10 th, 1969 George left the Beatles and wrote the song during this period of estrangement.

11 11 Famously composed during the Let It Be sessions. On January 10 th, 1969 George left the Beatles and wrote the song during this period of estrangement. The title refers to the wah-wah (headache) he was receiving due to prolonged exposure to Macca-baiting and John and Yoko s antics during the Twickenham rehearsals. The song obviously had some meaning to George, as he used it to open his section of the Concert for Bangladesh. George Harrison Sue Me, Sue You Blues - Living In The Material World 73 Inspired the Beatles legal problems, George wouldn t let a good fight go unrecorded. In characteristic good humor, George put the frustrations of Paul suing his former band mates to song (while Lennon reportedly threw bricks through Paul s windows though this is highly, highly disputed!). This song had some lyrical modifications for his 1974 US Tour, brining the story up to date to include the litigation against Allen Klein (Paul told you so, George!). The Beatles Not Guilty The Beatles (Harrison) Recorded: 7th, 8th, 9th, 12th August 1968 Location: Abbey Road 2 Producer: George Martin Engineer: Ken Scott Musicians: George Harrison lead vocal, guitars, harpsichord (?); John Lennon harpsichord (?); Paul McCartney bass guitar, drums (?); Ringo Starr drums

12 12 This was scheduled for a slot on the White Album, but for some reason they dumped it after 99 takes. For a long time after it was only available on Beatle bootlegs, until they released it on Anthology 3. It might have struck a bum note with John and Paul, because it suffered the same fate as his other bitter lyrics: Only A Northern Song was dumped from Sgt. Peppers, and I Me Mine was studiously ignored at Twickenham. George explained: I said that I wasn t guilty of leading them astray in all our going to Rishikesh to see the Maharishi. He also made his frequent point that his songs had often got a pasting: Not guilty of getting in your way/while you re trying to steal the day. It was during the recording of this song that George first used his famous cherry-red Gibson a gift from Eric Clapton. (A famous old story says that he gave it to him after playing the solo on While My Guitar Gently Weeps, but that s just a Beatle myth!) Lead Vocal George Harrison 1.00 NEWS w/ Jackie DeShannon BREAK I think I hear George Harrison and his Beatles circa 1966 Clap along and sound like were having FUN!

13 The Beatles - I Want To Tell You - Revolver (Harrison) The backing track was recorded in five takes on June 2, 1966.

13 13 The Beatles - I Want To Tell You - Revolver (Harrison) The backing track was recorded in five takes on June 2, George Harrison's third song on Revolver, was, he later said, "about the avalanche of thoughts that are so hard to write down or say or transmit." Once again Harrison had no idea what to call his composition. The band briefly kicked around random ideas, and the song was recorded under the working title Laxton's Superb, a type of apple. It later became known as I Don't Know, which was George s answer when producer George Martin asked whether Harrison had come up with a title. By the day of the final mix (June 6, 1966), Harrison had settled on the title I Want To Tell You. Contains the first bass overdub on a Beatles record. Paul had his bass recorded on a different track really allowed for more options when it came time to mix the song. On U.S. album: Revolver - Capitol LP George Harrison You Extra Texture Originally written for Ronnie Spector, and recorded during the sessions for her sole Apple single, Try Some, Buy Some, in February According to George, they recorded four or five tracks before Phil fell over, (something Phil Spector had a tendency to do often. George dug this tape out during the Extra Texture sessions, but didn t bother redoing the backing track, which is why you

14 14 can hear Ronnie Spector singing one of her trademark Be My Baby oh-oh-oh s in the background. The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles (Harrison) In his book, I Me Mine, George explains that while visiting his parents he decided to create a song from the first thing he saw upon opening a book. George randomly opened a book and saw the phrase gently weeps. He put the book down and started writing lyrics. The first proper recording of While My Guitar Gently Weeps took place on July 25, Nearly two months into recording the Beatles new album, this was George s first chance to record some of his new material. George: I always had to do about ten of Paul and John s songs before they d give me the break. On this first day George recorded several rehearsals and one proper take. At this stage, While My Guitar Gently Weeps was an acoustic song, with George s solo vocal and some organ overdubbed near the end that ran 3:13 and had a final verse not found in the final version. This exquisite take 1, which was a demo for the other Beatles, is one of the highlights of the Anthology 3 album. George would continue working on the song at home, and eventually re-imagined the song as a rocker. On August 16, the full band revisited the song, making 14 takes of a rhythm track. The Beatles - I Me Mine - Let It Be (Harrison)

15 15 It should be noted that none of the Beatles rehearsals at Twickenham Studios in January 1969 were recorded on multi-track. Those official recordings took place at Apple headquarters, either in the studio set up in the basement or on the rooftop during their concert. In the Let It Be film George can be heard playing his song I Me Mine to Ringo while John and Yoko dance a waltz. He had composed the song the night before in five minutes flat. Unfortunately, George s song was not one the group recorded when they went to Apple Studios to record the new album tracks. Because the song was being used in the film it needed to be recorded for the soundtrack album, prompting George, Paul and Ringo to return to Abbey Road Studios on January 3, 1970, to record the song. John was on vacation in Denmark. Had he been in London it is doubtful he would have attended the session because he had quit the band in September Sixteen basic tracks were recorded with George playing acoustic guitar, Paul on bass guitar and Ringo on drums. Overdubs recorded that day were electric piano, electric guitar, new lead and backing vocals and a second acoustic guitar part. The original running time was 1:53. To flesh out the song for the Let It Be album, producer Phil Spector cleverly edited the song to repeat a section and extend it by 51 seconds. At the 1:53 mark, just after the line flowing more freely than wine, the song jumps back to the :32 mark to the line all through the day. This leads back into the hard-rocking I me me mine segment and continues past flowing more freely than wine until the song ends. He also added orchestration. The original shorter version of the song can be heard on the Anthology 3 album. BREAK

16 16 George Harrison Mama You ve Been On My Mind (demo) - Early Takes Vol.1 12 QUIZ HERE WIN! Wonderwall Who s singing this LIVE version of Savoy Truffle? Dhani Harrison Savoy Truffle - George Fest: A Night To Celebrate The Music Of George Harrison BREAK Welcome LJ New album Can t Stop Playin` The Beatles LJ - If I Needed Someone from Rubber Soul BREAK

17 George Harrison Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea - Brainwashed 02 Recorded in 1991 for British television, during sessions with Jools Holland and band.

17 17 George Harrison Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea - Brainwashed 02 Recorded in 1991 for British television, during sessions with Jools Holland and band. It allows the ever-playful George to play ukulele and sing and just have fun with the great Harold Arlen/Ted Koehler standard am - OLIVIA CALLS IN HERE George Harrison Dark Sweet Lady - George Harrison 79 A tropical feel dominates this tribute to his lovely soon-to-be-wife, Olivia. The lyrics were dated February 28 th, 1978 which means this tune was also written in Hawaii BREAK GEORGE LIVE!

18 George Harrison Beware Of Darkness - The Concert for Bangla Desh 71 George Harrison Old Brown Shoe - Live In Japan 92 Recorded in Tokyo December 17 th, 1991.

18 18 George Harrison Beware Of Darkness - The Concert for Bangla Desh 71 George Harrison Old Brown Shoe - Live In Japan 92 Recorded in Tokyo December 17 th, George Harrison My Sweet Lord - Live In Japan 92 Recorded in Tokyo December 14 th, George Harrison Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) - Live In Japan 92 Recorded in Tokyo December 15 th The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun - Abbey Road (Harrison) The second of two CLASSIC songs George Harrison delivered for the Abbey Road album. Here Comes The Sun and Something was a phenomenal one-two punch that had to have Lennon and McCartney wondering what else Harrison had up his sleeve. George wrote the song while walking around the sunny back garden of Eric Clapton s home, strumming o0ne of Eric s acoustic guitars. Harrison had skipped out of one of the many Apple business meetings that day. Recording in 13 takes on July 7, 1969, Ringo s 29 th birthday, with George on his Gibson J-200 acoustic guitar, Paul on his Rickenbacker bass guitar and Ringo on drums. John was sidelined for the week due to be hospitalized following a car accident in Scotland. The next day George overdubbed his lead vocal, and Paul and George recorded their backing vocals twice, rather than simply doubletracking. Additions continued on July 16 (handclaps and harmonium), and August 6 and 11 (George s acoustic guitar). George Martin s orchestral score was recorded on August 15.

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Three hours of GEORGE HARRISONGS With and without the Beatles to celebrate his birth which took place this week 72 years ago. PLAYLIST Feb.

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