All Things Must Pass (song)
| "All Things Must Pass" | ||||||||||||||||
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| Song by George Harrison from the album All Things Must Pass | ||||||||||||||||
| Published | Harrisongs Ltd | |||||||||||||||
| Released | 27 November 1970 (US) 30 November 1970 (UK) |
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| Genre | Rock | |||||||||||||||
| Length | 3:47 | |||||||||||||||
| Label | Apple | |||||||||||||||
| Writer | George Harrison | |||||||||||||||
| Producer | George Harrison, Phil Spector | |||||||||||||||
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"All Things Must Pass" is a song written by George Harrison. It is the title track to his triple album of the same name.
During The Beatles' Get Back sessions in January 1969, this was one of many songs the group rehearsed to be part of their new album. As the sessions progressed, the song was pushed to the side and never picked up again by the band.
Harrison recorded a solo demo of the song on a multi-track tape on 25 February 1969. Harrison recorded two takes, then added extra guitar onto the second.[citation needed] This version was subsequently released in 1996 on The Beatles' collection Anthology 3.
The song was never formally recorded by The Beatles by the time of their break-up, though at least one informal rehearsal take featuring the full group exists.[1]
The song underwent a number of small changes from when it was first written in late 1968. The line "A mind can blow those clouds away" was originally written as the more literal "A wind can blow those clouds away", but bootlegs from the January 1969 Beatles sessions reveal John Lennon suggesting the change to "mind" to include a bit of "psychedelia" in the song. Perspective on one line was slightly changed from "It's not always been this grey" (with The Beatles) on the demo to "It's not always gonna be this grey" (on his own) on the final recording.[citation needed]
When George Harrison was interviewed by VH1 in 1997, "All Things Must Pass" was one of three songs he performed (along with the Traveling Wilburys tune "If You Belonged to Me" and an early version of "Any Road").
The song was included on Harrison's 2009 career-spanning best of compilation Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison.
[edit] Personnel
The musicians who performed on the original recording were as follows:[2]
- George Harrison – vocals, guitar
- Eric Clapton – backing vocals, guitar
- Pete Drake – pedal steel guitar
- Bobby Whitlock – backing vocals, piano
- Klaus Voormann – bass guitar
- Ringo Starr, Jim Gordon – drums
[edit] Cover versions
Billy Preston, who played keyboards during the "Get Back/Let It Be" sessions and later performed with The Beatles at the Rooftop Concert, recorded his version of the song (as well as Harrison's "My Sweet Lord") on the album Encouraging Words before it surfaced on Harrison's triple album.
Paul McCartney sang this song at the Concert for George memorial for Harrison on 29 November 2002.
Jim James covered "All Things Must Pass" on his Tribute To album in 2009.
[edit] References
- ^ "The Beatles-All Things Must Pass". YouTube. 2007-12-09. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raH8HBpkkpY. Retrieved 2011-08-20.
- ^ "George Harrison: All Things Must Pass". The Beatles Bible. http://www.beatlesbible.com/people/george-harrison/songs/all-things-must-pass/. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
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