Allan
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Post by Allan on Dec 8, 2009 17:55:52 GMT -5
I have loved Wonderwall Music ever since I bought the album back in 1985, but one thing puzzles me, did George just write and produce or does he also perform on the album ? I read where it says produced and arranged, but nothing anywhere stating he plays any instruments. The Remo Four have said, they were the only musicians outside of the Indian musicians associated with the album. Never has it been stated that George is on Wonderwall, does anyone know if George just sat back in the producers chair and let the Remo Four record the whole album ? It's a question that's been on my mind for 20 odd years.....
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Post by redrosespeedway on Dec 9, 2009 10:33:11 GMT -5
According to Wikipedia: The recordings for the album were started in December 1967 in England. The rest was recorded in January 1968 in Bombay, India. Also recorded during the Indian sessions was the backing track to "The Inner Light", which became the B-side to "Lady Madonna", the final Beatles single on Parlophone Records.
Some of the musician's credits are pseudonyms for George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Ringo Starr. Harrison is listed merely as producer, arranger and writer for the album. Peter Tork of The Monkees also played banjo (specifically, one borrowed from Paul McCartney), but was not credited.
All of the tracks were composed by Harrison, and it was the first official solo album by a Beatle. It was the first album release on the newly formed Apple Records, appearing in November 1968, a few weeks before The Beatles. It would also be the first Apple record to be deleted, though it was remastered and reissued on CD in 1992.
In the CD liner notes, Harrison's description of the recording done in England is revealing: "I had a regular wind-up stopwatch and I watched the film to 'spot-in' the music with the watch. I wrote the timings down in my book, then I'd go to Abbey Road, make up a piece, record it." While the tracks recorded in England were made on multitrack recording machines and remixed, the Indian portions were recorded live to two-track stereo.
Sure sounds like Clapton and Ringo on "Ski-ing"
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Post by John S. Damm on Dec 9, 2009 10:51:38 GMT -5
I can't answer the question on George's role in the music but man was the film itself a trip. I enjoyed it.
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Post by Allan on Dec 9, 2009 16:31:10 GMT -5
I have read quite a lot since last night and from all that Iv'e read it seems that Wonderwall Music is George Harrison about as much as the Family Way soundtrack ,Liverpool Oratorio and Garland is Paul McCartney. No matter if George is a performer or not, it's still a cool album, and the movie is without a doubt,a trip. Though I don't keep it with my other George cd's, it's still worthy to keep.
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Post by winstonoboogie on Dec 9, 2009 22:01:33 GMT -5
I can't answer the question on George's role in the music but man was the film itself a trip. I enjoyed it. With or without the "herbal jazz cigarettes"?
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