George Harrison's Spiritual Journey: All Things Must Pass | Classic Albums Review

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While Paul was adapting to domestic life, John was fighting with his demons and Ringo was releasing a covers album, George Harrison, always relegated and underestimated by his bandmates, was preparing for his first solo album. During the last years of the beatles, george had composed dozens of songs that were rejected by lennon and mccartney, and only at the end of his career did john and paul realize the level as a composer that george had reached. It was too late. As a result of his songs only filling one or two spaces on the beatles' albums George had enough material for his debut triple album. Phil Spector was amazed and said that the level and quantity of George's content was endless, the result was an album composed of songs that were conceived in the Beatles era. With phil spector, bob dylan, eric clapton, billy preston and badfinger. George Harrison showed to the world what he was able to do and released what is for many people, the best album ever created by a solo beatle.

All Comments (21)
  • @proangling326
    One of my favorite albums! George brought so much into the world! Love that his music still being loved today!
  • When I met George in 1977 I spewed potatoes all over the restaurant table in a perfect spittake and Geroge smiled and walked on. He got the joke. No words exchanged just good old fashioned pantomime.
  • @Bruce15485
    Definitely the best solo Beatles album !
  • @dinovesh
    This album holds a Spirituality and unique thought provoking sense of beauty, love, hope, desire, frustration and almost every emotion you can think of. I find it therapeutic and uplifting every time I play it. šŸ™‚ā¤
  • @garytrew2766
    Thanks for the video. It was great, George had it going on. šŸ˜ƒšŸ˜Ž āœŒļøšŸ¤Ÿ
  • @Turtle152
    Three more 1970 leftovers appeared in 1976, "Beautiful Girl" and "Woman Don't You Cry For Me" on George's "Thirty-Three and One Third" album, and "I'll Still Love You" on the "Ringo's Rotogravure" album.
  • @countvlad8845
    I wish there was a video recording of the sessions like with Let It Be. There are hardly even photos of the people who recorded. It was one of the least documented albums ever recorded, IMHO. The other thing, when working with such talent it is almost impossible to screw up. Everybody was on top of their game. But the outburst of talent with George is a rare thing and hard to duplicate. George is no different from the other Beatles for writing fluff and crap too. The next best album for me was in the late 80s.
  • @jesse2d
    There is a new music software plugin which can remove reverb from recordings. I think the Harrison estate should remix this "All Things Must Pass" album removing the dated Phil Spector overly reverberant production giving the album a more contemporary mix. It would make it's sonic signature less dated and make a big improvement overall as even George in his later years hated the over use of reverb on the album.
  • "All Things Must Pass" was not George's first album, it was his third album after "Wonderwall Music By George Harrison" and "Electronic Sound".
  • @Owner7979
    I would agree with him on being SološŸ˜³šŸ™
  • @jesserussell7242
    I love all things must Pass I think itā€™s one of the best albums ever and his output was so enormous Iā€™m glad that he did this as a triple album and there are songs that he couldā€™ve released and I think everything on all things must Pass is fantastic. From beginning to end Iā€™m a huge Phil Spector fan I left a specters production quality and he should be remembered for his music rather than being a murderer.
  • @henmat3000
    The only flaw of the album is the dated and over-the-top Phil Spector reverb. I remember being disappointed and confused by the sound the first time I heard the album, but George's great songs are magic despite the dated sound production.
  • Bobby Whitlock said when they recorded all things must pass everything was so professional and he stayed with GOERGE for a while. If anybody get a chance go to Bobby Whitlock podcast some very great great stories.
  • @skyboy4341
    Mind doing some ELO or traveling wilburys videos
  • @shekespearecub
    The video is excellent but I will only make a small criticism, I don't understand why you didn't name the musicians who participated in the album, for example Phil Collins in Art Of Dying, Peter Framtom also appears in one or several tracks. Furthermore, and according to George himself, he stated in the booklet of the 2001 remastered version of ATMP that Ringo Starr had recorded most of the drums on the album and I don't think you mentioned him on a single occasion, that hurt my feelings.
  • @jwt208
    Respect disagree with the narrative that George had dozens and dozens of songs that he couldnā€™t get on Beatles albums. Yes, he had a handful that couldā€™ve been on a Beatles album, and itā€™s debatable whether they were good enough to be there. That being said, if he did have dozens of songs, why didnā€™t we see them after all things must pass? He didnā€™t release another original material album until 2 1/2 years later with living in the material world. If he had so many songs, he couldā€™ve released three albums by then, why didnā€™t he?