Early Takes: Volume 1

Occupation

• George Harrison - including vocals and guitar
• Various musicians

Early Takes: Volume 1 is the eighteenth album by George Harrison after the breakup of the Beatles, and the first compilation album with previously unreleased songs ( versions). It was on 24 April 2012 ( USA on 1 May 2012 ) published. In the UK, the album reached number 66 in the United States ranked 20th, in Germany it could not be placed in the charts.

Genesis

In September 2007 it was announced that director and Oscar winner Martin Scorsese is planning a documentary on the life and artistic career of George Harrison. In December 2011, the documentation was George Harrison: Living in the Material World released on DVD and Blu -ray in Europe. The CD George Harrison: Living in the Material World is part of the Blu-ray/DVD-Deluxe-Edition the eponymous documentary about George Harrison and is identical to the published in the following year CD Early Takes Volume 1 The information available about each songs of the compilation album are low, the figures shown here are based solely on an interview with Giles Martin, who put together this compilation loud CD cover printed in 2009 in the archives of George Harrison at Friar Park with Paul Hicks and musically produced. The CD contains six tracks, which were recorded at All Things Must Pass during the rehearsals and recordings, including demo versions of My Sweet Lord, Run of the Mill, Behind That Locked Door and All Things Must Pass are the early recordings ( "early takes " ) I'd Have You Anytime by and Awaiting on You All. The Light That Has Lighted the World, which is present here as a demo, was recorded for the subsequent studio album Living in the Material World. Giles Martin says that it is one of the earliest recordings of a song from this album at Woman Do not You Cry for Me. This statement means that this demo was not created during the recording sessions for Thirty Three & 1 /3, which was released in 1976, but in 1970 or earlier. The Bob Dylan composition Mama You've Been on My Mind was recorded in the 1980s by George Harrison and re-edited by Giles Martin by several remote instruments from the mix. Let It Be Me (Demo ) is another recording from the 1980s and another foreign composition, this track was recorded by the Everly Brothers, among others, and for this was in 1960 a top ten hit in the U.S..

Title list

All tracks were written by George Harrison, except where otherwise noted.

Single releases

No single releases were made from the album.

Publications

The list was published in CD format and as a record. In the U.S. the record appeared in the greenish transparent vinyl in a limited edition.

More information

The compilation album Early Takes: Volume 1 was first published in 1976 no longer on the Dark Horse label founded by George Harrison.