I’ve always dug the USC Trojan Marching Band as the backing group. I’ve always liked the title track to Fleetwood Mac’s “Tusk” but never owned it until today. Maybe we need a better copy of a record that’s been loved to death. Whether it’s an LP or a 45, we’re always looking for fillers. I did not promise, nor was I asked, to say nice things.Ĭrate diggers do it all the time. Īt 4:40, this demo version is almost a minute longer than the finished version on the LP of the same name.įull disclosure: I received copies of the film “George Harrison: Living In The Material World” and the music CD “George Harrison: Early Takes, Volume I.” for review purposes. “All Things Must Pass,” George Harrison, from “George Harrison: Early Takes, Volume 1,” 2012. This is one, a demo prominently featured in the film for obvious reasons. It features seven demos and three early takes of Harrison’s songs, all never before released. The film’s companion CD is a start, and for that I am grateful. I need to go out and buy some more George Harrison records. But some of the songs in this film, no doubt familiar to many of you, were new to me. I know all of the hits, from the Beatles to his solo years to the Traveling Wilburys. My knowledge of George Harrison’s music is wide but shallow. « The music in the film - and there is plenty of it - brought a bittersweet realization. His widow Olivia, who co-produced the film, provides an astonishing account of the scene at his passing in November 2001. « Harrison’s spiritual quest is a fascinating thread woven throughout the film. Less interesting, almost immediately, is a digression into the controversy over the film, which was seen by some as blasphemous. « It’s interesting to be reminded of how Harrison got into movies, footing the bill to make the Monty Python troupe’s “Life of Brian” in the late ’70s. It ends, appropriately, with the story behind “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” « The first disc, which runs 1 hour, 34 minutes, stands alone nicely as a history of the Beatles filtered through the prism of Harrison’s experience. Regardless, the film is exceptionally well done, thorough and thoughtful. A younger person will see it differently. There weren’t many revelations, at least for me. « Having grown up in the time of the Beatles and having come of age in the time after the Beatles, this is a familiar story. So over the course of a couple of nights - the film is spread over two DVDs and runs 3 hours, 47 minutes - I sat down to watch and listen. I’d heard good things about it, but knew I’d have to see it another day, another way.Ībout a month ago, a most unexpected second chance came along.Ī publicist, a most rare cat who understands what goes on here at AM, Then FM - “I recall what you cover and what you do not” - offered a review copy of “George Harrison: Living In The Material World.” We don’t have HBO, so I didn’t have an opportunity to see the Martin Scorsese documentary on George Harrison when it aired last October.
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