things pass things pass triple album english musician george_harrison recorded released album harrison solo work break beatles april year solo album overall includes hit singles sweet lord life songs isn pity title track turned beatles album reflects influence musical activities artists bob_dylan band harrison growth artist supporting role john_lennon paul_mccartney things pass introduced harrison signature sound slide guitar spiritual themes present subsequent solo work original vinyl release consisted songs disc informal jams titled commentators interpret album cover photo showing harrison surrounded garden statement independence beatles production began london abbey road studios extensive mixing continuing october large cast backing musicians friends band formed recording preston sessions produced double album worth extra material remains things pass critically commercially successful release long stays number charts world album produced employs wall sound production technique notable effect rolling_stone described sound music mountain tops vast reflecting widespread surprise harrison debut likened album role talking picture declared talks harrison free according writing edition encyclopedia popular music things pass generally rated best beatles solo albums final year life harrison oversaw successful reissue campaign mark 30th anniversary album release following reissue march set certified times platinum recording_industry_association_of_america appearances critics best album lists things pass ranked times best albums time rolling_stone currently places magazine greatest albums time january things pass inducted grammy hall fame background music journalist identified start george_harrison journey making things pass visit america late following sessions beatles white album november harrison established long lasting friendship bob_dylan experienced creative equality band contrasted sharply john_lennon paul_mccartney domination beatles coinciding visit surge harrison songwriting output following renewed interest guitar years spent studying indian musicians write songs recently collaborated badge hit single cream spring london compositions continually overlooked inclusion releases beatles harrison found creative projects words musical biographer served force restrictions imposed band activities included producing apple american singer songwriters soul gospel roots proved influential things pass music band recorded artists accompanied short tour soul revue friends addition harrison identified involvement movement providing piece puzzle represented spiritual journey begun embracing branch harrison produced hit singles based credited london january harrison invited american producer participate recording plastic band single instant association led given task beatles rehearsal tapes released officially let album later producing things pass harrison discussed possibility making solo album unused songs ill tempered sessions held january abbey road studios february 26th birthday harrison recorded demos things pass compositions received little interest inclusion songs comes sun album september music critics acknowledged harrison songwriter match began talking publicly recording album autumn announced leaving beatles april signalling band break harrison committed idea despite having instrumental soundtrack album experimental electronic sound harrison considered things pass solo album album content main body heard harrison unreleased compositions early visiting recently purchased home endless later recalled noting quantity quality harrison material harrison accumulated songs far isn pity art dying date year wrote songs appeared things pass harrison wrote let late introduced band inspired things pass hear lord let beatles rehearsals rejected tense atmosphere things pass song harrison wrote wake temporary departure band january run mill followed soon lyrics focusing failure friendships beatles amid business problems surrounding apple organisation harrison musical activities outside band inspired compositions album life came driving london session spring preston way god planned album locked door harrison message encouragement written night comeback performance isle festival harrison began sweet lord exercise writing gospel song copenhagen december dig love resulted harrison early experiments slide guitar technique introduced order cover guitarist departure friends line songs things pass written half include awaiting reflected harrison adoption chanting involvement movement ballad sir let roll tribute original owner park darkness composition influenced harrison association written staying park shortly beginning work things pass harrison attended session new_york acquired new song harrison wrote apple number influenced compositions album end production things pass tribute fans kept outside studios working according things pass represents completion harrison musical philosophical circle indian music found western equivalent gospel music identifying hard rock country western genres album writes new sounds influences harrison absorbed incorporated including krishna chants gospel southern blues rock slide guitar melodies isn pity darkness aspects indian classical music sweet lord harrison combined hindu tradition gospel lyrical themes album harrison spiritual quest solo career friendship particularly failure relationships beatles pitchfork_media describes album dark tinged krishna folk rock apple jam original disc entitled tracks blue plug remember thanks improvised built minimal chord changes case blue single chord riff title remember originated dog thanks came line comedy album december interview billboard magazine harrison explained jams didn want throw time wasn record separate label package kind bonus vocal selection johnny birthday sung tune cliff richard hit recorded gift harrison mark 30th birthday like free tracks bonus disc johnny birthday carried harrison songwriting credit original release things pass copies songwriting information record face labels standard inclusion performing rights organisation bmi december songwriters claimed royalties result composer credit harrison track swiftly changed acknowledge martin demo tracks aside seventeen compositions issued discs original album harrison recorded songs demo form benefit recording got officially way late sessions interview harrison commented volume material didn tunes beatles records album like things pass like going bathroom letting art dying soon developed band setting harrison solo performance included following songs remain unreleased window window composition turned beatles january everybody melody harrison adapted ballad sir second harrison collaboration november originally known everybody comes town cosmic empire mother divine tell happened performance tracks harrison returned later years beautiful girl appeared album written don want harrison contribution soundtrack main sessions things pass harrison taped early versions try buy song sung harrison offered songs february proposed soon abandoned solo album releasing versions try buy offered song sung retitled love album woman don cry written december slide guitar composition song harrison revisited harrison included live new bonus track reissue things pass river remained unused reworked rocking chair hawaii final studio album posthumously released harrison recorded following compositions sessions received official release written beatles stay early unveiled harrison brief performance broadcast beatles anthology krishna known hare sanskrit lyrics described rocking companion awaiting going era parody based melody baby let play house contributing musicians precise line contributing musicians open album big sound participants sessions commentators traditionally referred grand orchestral nature line music critic greg_kot described decade rock royalty harris writes cast taking cecil aspect musicians included recently toured musicians link harrison went years german bassist friend beatles years hamburg handling keyboard work went collaborate regularly harrison 1970s apple stable musicians harrison recruited band future yes drummer beatles assistant percussion drummer powerful work led giving nickname man song provided rhythm acoustic guitar parts keeping wall sound principles felt heard orchestral arranger sat sessions occasionally contributing guests included nashville pedal steel player pre genesis contractual reasons things pass participation discs album remained years listed musicians appearing apple jam disc britain harrison unaware collins contribution putting 30th anniversary reissue album point offered collins thanks cream participated session remember according album sleeve notes consulted chapter covering making things pass credits keyboard players versions isn pity sources suggest rhythm songs similarly claims exist possible guest appearances john_lennon addition years album release rumours claimed band backed harrison country influenced locked door production initial recording date harrison run songs abbey road studios generally thought day let film world premiere recording sessions beginning assistance beatles engineers recorded album backing tracks live cases featuring multiple keyboard players rhythm according authors majority backing tracks taped track abbey road batch sessions taking place late second week june song recorded life versions isn pity songs drake participated things pass ballad sir tracks taped apple jam thanks plug featuring harrison mason taking extended guitar solos recorded later june beatles marked formation gordon short lived band harrison contributed guitar sides band debut single tell truth roll produced recorded apple june minute blue featured contributions keys price began working rolling_stones time harrison estimated new_york radio interview solo album weeks complete recording mixing things pass lasted months late october reason harrison need regular visits liverpool tend mother diagnosed cancer participants recording sessions identify erratic behaviour factor affecting progress album harrison later referred needing eighteen cherry start work situation forced production duties harrison july time sessions resumed fell studio broke arm early month work things pass temporarily brought halt harrison headed north dying mother time emi growing concerns studio costs added pressure harrison notes harrison wife adopted heroin habit means guilt absence harrison completed album backing tracks preliminary overdubs august sent early mixes songs producer los_angeles replied letter dated august suggestions overdubs final mixing comments detailed suggestions let released recording easter describe best example running rampant urging harrison carry work songs superior track facility returned oversee conversion track recordings track masters process allowed freedom new instruments recorded phase album production starting early september contributions harrison lead vocals slide guitar parts multi tracked backing vocals credited george smith singers recognises arrangements pivotal songs isn pity sweet lord darkness things pass important elements album sound praised harrison guitar vocal work overdubs saying right word harrison style slide guitar playing incorporated aspects indian music blues tradition introduction things pass writes harrison slide guitar musical signature instantly harmonica mixing mastering october carrying final mixing abbey road harrison presented recently recorded johnny birthday track featured harrison vocals instruments vocal contributions assistant engineer month harrison finished production work single don come easy basic track recorded march aside contributions projects preston following year harrison help fellow musicians things pass given contributing albums wright keys october harrison arrived new_york carried final preparation album release harrison doubts songs finished worthy inclusion manager stunned quality material assured harrison issue songs signature production style gave things pass heavy oriented sound harrison came regret passage time recording sessions available 1990s unofficial release disc making things pass contains multiple takes songs album providing work progress sequence overdubs backing tracks album artwork harrison commissioned design box house vinyl discs packaged triple cover apple insider later recalled bloody big thing needed arms like carry half dozen packaging caused confusion retailers time associated boxed albums opera classical works stark black white cover photo taken main lawn park partner commentators interpret photograph showing harrison seated centre comical looking garden representing removal beatles collective identity recently delivered placed lawn seeing figures message album title immediately drew parallels harrison band author music journalist written initial things pass possibly irritated cover photo harrison biographer attributes reaction time harrison touched turned gold apple included poster album showing harrison corridor home standing iron framed window designed adventurous poster according beatles author harrison uncomfortable imagery photographs incorporated original poster design appeared instead picture sweet lord single follow life release emi counterpart originally scheduled album release october advance promotion began september buzz air months harrison solo album according reasons potent loyalty harrison stature artist grown past year acclaim afforded songs abbey road speculation caused joint recording session new_york noting harrison role new acts band association cream nme critic concluded harrison credibility building peak things pass released november united_states november britain rare distinction having apple catalogue number countries credited rock triple album triple set previously music single act multi artist live album having preceded months adding commercial appeal harrison songs writes things pass appeared time religion spirituality turn decade western youth twist factor album weeks release harrison meeting new_york failure led filing suit london high_court dissolve beatles legal partnership apple issued sweet lord album single double isn pity majority countries highly successful topping singles charts world months way performed song year discussing song cultural impact credits sweet lord radio youth consciousness beatles produced issued february second single life backed apple successful things pass number official albums chart weeks chart records incorrectly stated peaked number national chart album number weeks february march coincided sweet lord topping magazine singles chart america things pass spent seven weeks number chart january february similarly long period atop listings compiled weeks sweet lord held spot billboard hot writing april issue managing editor described harrison arguably successful rock star planet start things pass easily solo beatles projects later year ram imagine harrison called billboard double artist simultaneously holds positions magazine albums singles listings feat paul_mccartney wings repeated achievement june grammy awards things pass nominated album year sweet lord record year harrison lost categories king things pass awarded gold disc recording_industry_association_of_america december certified times platinum according popmatters january things pass sold imagine run combined writing harrison biographer describes successful album released book best selling albums 70s ranks 36th best selling album decade critical reception contemporary reviews things pass received universal critical acclaim release music lyrical content fact beatles work supposed junior partner george_harrison beatles author written critics attention centred major talent hidden plain sight years quiet capable range rodriguez continues joyful life isn pity art dying playful dig love reviewers tended disc studio jams accepting free addition justify set high retail price recognises evidence album air creative liberation rolling_stone deemed things pass intensely personal statement gesture triumph artistic referenced record set sacrifice joy sheer magnitude ambition dub war peace rock roll lauded album production classic proportions music mountain tops vast nme referred harrison songs music mind adding search soft rhythms dream end set words profound profoundly beautiful billboard magazine hailed blend rock technical brilliance mystic mood relief everyday rock summed surprise felt harrison apparent transformation things pass said provided rock equivalent shock felt pre war opened mouth talks harrison free review times williams opined beatles solo releases far harrison album makes far away best listening nearly continues tradition began years ago time magazine described expressive executed personal statement outstanding rock albums years wrote new_york_times doubts george_harrison major talent relax release shouldn missed album sounded contemporary contributed things pass dated later decade village_voice critic robert_christgau having album characterised music wrote review right vocals book beatles illustrated record likewise lukewarm assessment criticising production nature harrison composing writing beatles forever praised album glory harrison careers highlighted things pass darkness songs musically lyrically retrospective reviews legacy allmusic views things pass harrison best moving work describes set epic dense production rich songs topped extra album magazine considers fusion rock religion single satisfying collection solo written powerful sense album adding remember feeling music bells buddhist ceremonies writing rolling_stone greg_kot described echo laden cathedral rock real stars harrison songs publication labelled album finest solo work produced july feature mojo called inaugural solo album stands best beatles solo record earlier year magazine album review read remains best beatles solo album eyed joy creative emancipation sense pushing limit popmatters review things pass sound harrison noting possibly completely satisfied beatles gone credits album heavily influencing bands fleet helping bring dream pop phenomenon rolling_stone critic commented things pass helped define decade cast length long hair falling covered shoulders ambition writes album exceptional critics tend minutes comprise bunch instrumental blues jams similarly cites inclusion apple jam significant flaw recognising content proved immense musical importance formation writing pitchfork media said harrison changed terms album things pass rock triple cultural imagination triple album released pointed statement harrison biographers views things pass album eager harrison break free identity suggests songs document chain events life band added history looking escape notes place era marking new supremacy singer songwriter memorable albums bridge troubled water gold rush ladies canyon possessed startling impact things pass harrison triple album writes elevate position time comfortably eclipsed things pass features music reference books albums hear die recordings hear die things pass appeared number guardian alternative albums list editor described best sophisticated beatles solo efforts pitchfork media placed number site albums 1970s year later voted list greatest albums time according website acclaimed music things pass appeared following critics best album books lists ranked number times best albums time number greatest pop albums century published best british albums mojo greatest albums 70s nme greatest british albums number paste magazine best albums 1970s number best albums time january things pass inducted grammy hall fame award bestowed honor recordings lasting historical significance years old subsequent releases mark 30th anniversary album release harrison supervised remastered edition things pass issued january year death cancer age reissue appeared label specifically set project harrison oversaw revisions album artwork included george cover album booklet examples cover image showing imaginary gradual park landscape series served illustrate harrison dismay direction world headed start millennium observes direction far age dream harrison launched website dedicated reissue offered description magazine graphics sounds little created dancing playing guitars world example willingness embrace modern media harrison prepared electronic press kit described exactly threat world order know titled things pass 30th anniversary edition new album contained bonus tracks including live songs performed abbey road darkness let sweet lord partial recording harrison biggest solo hit addition harrison content apple jam album closed blue originally intended overdubs bonus tracks son singer contributed recording time harrison undertaking extensive promotional work reissue critical commercial success having album popularity capitol faced order copies america reissue debuted number billboard pop chart topped magazine internet album sales listings peaked number national albums chart writing described success previously achievement reissue following harrison death november things pass returned charts climbing number number respectively pop catalog internet album sales charts release itunes harrison catalogue october album entered pop catalog chart peaking number 40th anniversary things pass emi reissued album original configuration limited edition box set vinyl available participating record store day retailers copy individually numbered release took place november notes contrast aggressive marketing campaign run simultaneously john_lennon estate commemorate birthday digitally remastered bit version album available download harrison official website reissue coincided harrison estate similarly low key release box set collaborations east meets west music reissue long unavailable documentary harrison helped release things pass remastered inclusion disc harrison box set apple years issued september available separate double release reissue harrison liner notes includes bonus tracks appeared 30th anniversary edition addition box set dvd contains promotional film created reissue track listing tracks written george_harrison noted original release harrison bob_dylan sweet lord isn pity version life locked door let run mill darkness apple ballad sir let roll awaiting things pass dig love art dying isn pity version hear lord apple jam blue johnny birthday harrison plug apple jam remember thanks disc tracks sides original issue following additional tracks live darkness acoustic demo let alternate version life backing track alternate mix sweet lord disc tracks sides original issue followed apple jam tracks participants believed credited composers johnny birthday martin new lyrics harrison plug harrison remember harrison thanks gordon harrison mason blue gordon harrison personnel following musicians credited reissue things pass acknowledged having contributed subsequent 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