All Things Must Pass

All Things Must Pass is a triple album by George Harrison recorded and released after the break-up of The Beatles. The original triple vinyl release featured two records of rock songs, while the third, entitled "Apple Jam" was comprised of informal jams led by Harrison with musician friends. Received as a masterpiece upon its 1970 unveiling, All Things Must Pass is widely considered to be among the very best albums made by a Beatle as a solo artist and one of the finer albums of the rock era.

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Triple album - George Harrison - The Beatles - 1970

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The outpouring of such consistently great material on All Things Must Pass took many critics by surprise, with Harrison having long been overshadowed by the talents of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, despite the fact that some of his later period Beatles inclusions ("While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "Something" and "Here Comes The Sun") were being hailed as the highlights of the albums they appeared on. In actual fact, because Harrison was only ever allowed a maximum of two songs per Beatles album, he had amassed many compositions by their break-up, enabling him to offload many of them in one go on All Things Must Pass.

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John Lennon - Paul McCartney

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Recorded from May to August 1970 at Abbey Road Studios, Harrison enlisted the aid of Phil Spector to co-produce the album, giving All Things Must Pass a heavy and reverb-oriented sound, typical for a 1960's/1970's Spector production - and which Harrison subsequently regretted with the passage of time. The album features the talents of Ringo Starr, members of Badfinger, Eric Clapton (who was left uncredited for over thirty years due to contractural constraints), Billy Preston, and a young Phil Collins who was about to join Genesis. Bob Dylan, a close friend of Harrison's, composed "I'd Have You Anytime" with him, while Harrison covered Dylan's "If Not For You", recently released on Dylan's New Morning album.

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May - August - Abbey Road Studios - Phil Spector - Ringo Starr - Badfinger - Eric Clapton - Billy Preston - Phil Collins - Genesis - Bob Dylan - New Morning

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All Things Must Pass lead single was "My Sweet Lord" - which proved an enormously popular recording, reaching #1 worldwide, earned Harrison an unfortunate copyright infringement suit from the publishers of The Chiffons's 1963 hit "He's So Fine" - a grievance which would not be settled for years. The album itself reached #4 in the UK and spent seven weeks at #1 in the US, eventualy going six times platinum, making All Things Must Pass Harrison's most commercially successful and generally best loved album.

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The Chiffons - 1963

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A remastered edition of All Things Must Pass, supervised by Harrison and with bonus tracks, including a partially re-recorded "My Sweet Lord", was released in 2001, just months before his death. With the original version of the album being concurrently deleted, the remastered edition of All Things Must Pass is the only available version of the release.

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In 2002, All Things Must Pass was listed at # 437 on the List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

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2002 - List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time

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