On December 11, 2012, Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury aka Ravi Shankar died aged 92. Shankar was world renowned composer, musician, performer and scholar of Indian classical music. In his long and distinguished career, through teaching, performances, and cooperation with Yehudi Menuhin and George Harrison, Shankar engaged Western music by writing compositions for sitar and orchestra. His career includes numerous recordings and performances at all the world’s leading venues.
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Monty Pythons: Monty Pythons Sings
On December 11, 1989, “Virgin” label released “Monty Python Sings”,album of comedy songs by the Monty Python’s. The album was released in memory of Graham Chapman.
Personnel:
- Graham Chapman
- John Cleese
- Terry Gilliam
- Eric Idle
- Terry Jones
- Michael Palin
- Sonia Jones
- Fred Tomlinson
- John Du Prez
- Neil Innes
- Dave Howman
- George Harrison
- Andre Jacquemin
- John Gould
- John Altman
- Mike McNaught
- James Saunders
- Kath James
Track listing:
- Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
- Sit on My Face
- Lumberjack Song
- Penis Song (Not the Noel Coward Song)
- Oliver Cromwell
- Money Song
- Accountancy Shanty
- Finland
- Medical Love Song
- I’m So Worried
- Every Sperm Is Sacred
- Never Be Rude to an Arab
- I Like Chinese
- Eric the Half-a-Bee
- Brian Song
- Bruces’ Philosophers Song (Bruces’ Song)
- The Meaning of Life
- Knights of the Round Table (Camelot Song)
- All Things Dull and Ugly
- Decomposing Composers
- Henry Kissinger
- I’ve Got Two Legs
- Christmas in Heaven
- Galaxy Song
- Spam Song
George Harrison: Dark Horse
On December 9, 1974, “Apple” label released “Dark Horse”, the fifth George Harrison studio album. It was recorded November 1973, and August – October 1974, at “FPSHOT” in Oxfordshire and “A&M Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by George Harrison.
Personnel:
- George Harrison– lead and backing vocals , guitars, Moog synthesizer, clavinet, organ, bass, percussion, gubgubbi, drums
- Robben Ford– guitar
- Ron Wood– guitar
- Alvin Lee– guitar
- Mick Jones– guitar
- Billy Preston– electric piano, organ, piano
- Gary Wright– piano
- Nicky Hopkins– piano
- Roger Kellaway– piano, organ
- Willie Weeks– bass
- Klaus Voormann– bass
- Max Bennett– bass
- John Guerin– drums
- Ringo Starr– drums
- Andy Newmark– drums, percussion
- Jim Keltner– drums
- Emil Richards– percussion
- Tom Scott– saxophones, flute, horn arrangements , organ
- Jim Horn– flute
- Chuck Findley– flute
- Derrek Van Eaton– backing vocals
- Lon Van Eaton– backing vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by George Harrison, except where noted.
- Hari’s on Tour
- Simply Shady
- So Sad
- Bye Bye, Love – Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant, George Harrison
- Māya Love
- Ding Dong, Ding Dong
- Dark Horse
- Far East Man – George Harrison, Ron Wood
- It Is ‘He’ – Jai Sri Krishna
The Beatles: Rubber Soul
On December 3, 1965, “Parlaphone” label released “Rubber Soul”, the sixth Beatles studio album. “Rubber Soul” was recorded in October and November 1965, at the “EMI Studios” in London, and was produced by George Martin. In 2012, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Rubber Soul” on number five on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.
Personnel
- John Lennon– lead, harmony and backing vocals, rhythm and acoustic guitars, electric piano
- Paul McCartney– lead, harmony and backing vocals, lead, acoustic and bass guitars, piano
- George Harrison– lead, harmony and backing vocals, lead, rhythm, acoustic and bass guitars, sitar
- Ringo Starr – drums, tambourine, maracas, cowbell, bells, cymbals, lead vocals, Hammond organ
- Mal Evans– Hammond organ
- Robert Freeman- photography
Track listing
- I’ve Just Seen a Face – Paul McCartney
- Norwegian Woods – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
- You Won’t See Me – Paul McCartney
- Think for Yourself – George Harrison
- The Word – John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison
- Michelle – Paul McCartney
- It’s Only Love – John Lennon
- Girl – John Lennon
- I’m Looking Through You – Paul McCartney
- In My Life – John Lennon
- Wait – Paul McCartney, John Lennon
- Run For Your Life – Paul McCartney, John Lennon
George Harrison: All Things Must Pass
On November 27, 1970, “Apple” label released “All Things Must Pass”, the third George Harrison solo album. The material for the triple album was recorded from May to October 1970, at the Abbey Road Studios, Trident Studios, Apple Studio in London, and was produced by Phil Spector and George Harrison. In 1993 “The Times” magazine ranked “All Things Must Pass” on number 79 on it’s list of “The 100 Best Albums of All Time”, magazine “Rolling Stone” ranked the album on place 433 on its list of “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. In January 2014, “All Things Must Pass” was inducted into the “Grammy Hall of Fame”. The album was certified 6 x Platinum in the US by “RIAA”.
Personnel:
- George Harrison – lead and backing vocals, electric and acoustic guitar, dobro, harmonica, Moog synthesizer, harmonium
- Eric Clapton – acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals
- Dave Mason– electric and acoustic guitars
- Pete Drake– pedal steel
- Pete Ham– acoustic guitar
- Tom Evans– acoustic guitar
- Joey Molland– acoustic guitar
- Tony Ashton– piano
- Gary Brooker– piano
- Gary Wright – piano, organ, electric piano
- Bobby Whitlock – organ, harmonium, piano, tubular bells, backing vocals
- Billy Preston– organ, piano
- Klaus Voormann– bass, electric guitar
- Carl Radle– bass
- Ginger Baker– drums
- Jim Gordon– drums
- Ringo Starr– drums, percussion
- Alan White– drums, vibraphone
- Phil Collins– percussion
- Mike Gibbins– percussion
- Mal Evans– percussion, backing vocals
- John Barham– vibraphone, harmonium, orchestral and choral arrangement
- Bobby Keys– saxophones
- Jim Price– trumpet, trombone, horn arrangements
- Eddie Klein – backing vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by George Harrison, except where noted.
- I’d Have You Anytime George Harrison, Bob Dylan
- My Sweet Lord
- Wah-Wah
- Isn’t It a Pity (Version One)
- What Is Life
- If Not for You – Bob Dylan
- Behind That Locked Door
- Let It Down
- Run of the Mill
- Beware of Darkness
- Apple Scruffs
- Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)
- Awaiting on You All
- All Things Must Pass
- I Dig Love
- Art of Dying
- Isn’t It a Pity (Version Two)
- Hear Me Lord
- Out of the Blue
- It’s Johnny’s Birthday – Bill Martin,Phil Coulter, George Harrison
- Plug Me In
- I Remember Jeep
- Thanks for the Pepperoni
George Harrison: Thirty Three & 1/3
On November 19, 1976, “Dark Horse” label released “Thirty Three & 1/3”, the seventh George Harrison studio album. It was recorded May – September 1976, at the “Friar Park”, Harrison’s home studio, and was produced by Harrison and Tom Scott. The album was accompanied by comedy themed video clips for three of the songs, two of which were directed by Eric Idle.
Personnel:
- George Harrison – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, synthesizers, percussion
- Billy Preston– piano, organ, synthesizer
- David Foster– Fender Rhodes, clavinet
- Gary Wright– keyboards
- Richard Tee– piano, organ, Fender Rhodes
- Willie Weeks– bass
- Alvin Taylor– drums
- Emil Richards– marimba
- Tom Scott– saxophones, flute, lyricon
- Hank Cicalo – recording
- Mike Manoogian – typography
- Bob Cato – design, photography
- Henry Grossman – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by George Harrison, except where noted.
- Woman Don’t You Cry for Me
- Dear One
- Beautiful Girl
- This Song
- See Yourself
- It’s What You Value
- True Love – Cole Porter
- Pure Smokey
- Crackerbox Palace
- Learning How to Love You
Eric Clapton: Journeyman
On November 7, 1989, “Duck” label released “Journeyman”, the eleventh Eric Clapton studio album. It was recorded in 1989, and was produced by Russ Tielman. Clapton won “Grammy Award” for “Best Male Rock Vocal Performance” in 1990 for the song “Bad Love”. “Journeyman” became the first Clapton’s solo studio album to go double platinum.
Personnel:
- Eric Clapton – vocals, guitar, Dobro, design
- Robert Cray– guitar
- Phil Palmer– guitar
- John Tropea– rhythm guitar
- George Harrison– guitar, harmony vocals
- Cecil Womack– vocals, acoustic guitar
- Jerry Lynn Williams– guitar, backing and harmony vocals
- Jeff Bova– synthesizer programming, drum programming, synthesizer horns
- Alan Clark– synthesizer, keyboards, Hammond organ, sequencing
- Robbie Kondor– synthesizer, harmonica, keyboards, vocoder, drum programming
- Rob Mounsey– synthesizer
- Robby Kilgore – synthesizer
- Greg Phillinganes– synthesizer, piano, keyboards, background vocals
- Richard Tee– piano, Fender Rhodes
- Nathan East– bass, backing vocals
- Pino Palladino- bass
- Jim Keltner– percussion, drums, tambourine, drum programming
- Phil Collins– drums , backing and harmony vocals
- Carole Steele – percussion, conga, tambourine
- Gary Burton– vibraphone
- David Sanborn– alto saxophone
- Hank Crawford– alto saxophone
- Ronnie Cuber– baritone saxophone
- David “Fathead” Newman– tenor saxophone
- Jon Faddis– trumpet
- Lew Soloff– trumpet
- Linda Womack– vocals
- Daryl Hall– harmony vocals
- Tawatha Agee – backing vocals
- Lani Groves – backing vocals
- Chaka Khan– backing vocals
- Tessa Niles– backing vocals
- Vanessa Thomas – backing vocals
- Jimmy Bralower – drum programming
- Arif Mardin– arrangements, string arrangements
Track listing:
- Pretending – Jerry Lynn Williams
- Anything for Your Love – Jerry Lynn Williams
- Bad Love – Eric Clapton, Mick Jones
- Running on Faith – Jerry Lynn Williams
- Hard Times – Ray Charles
- Hound Dog – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
- No Alibis – Jerry Lynn Williams
- Run So Far – George Harrison
- Old Love – Eric Clapton, Robert Cray
- Breaking Point – Marty Grebb, Jerry Lynn Williams
- Lead Me On – Cecil Womack, Linda Womack
- Before You Accuse Me – Ellas McDaniel
George Harrison: Gone Troppo
On November 5, 1982, “Dark Horse” label released “Gone Troppo”, the tenth George Harrison studio album. Harrison’s last studio album in five years, was recorded from May 5 to August 27, 1982, at the “FPSHOT” in Oxfordshire, and was produced by George Harrison, Ray Cooper and Phil McDonald.
Personnel:
- George Harrison– vocals, guitars, synthesizer, bass, mandolin, marimba, jal-tarang
- Joe Brown– mandolin, backing vocals
- Neil Larsen – piano
- Mike Moran– keyboards, synthesizer, piano, synthesizer bass
- Billy Preston– organ, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, backing vocals
- Jon Lord– synthesizer
- Gary Brooker– synthesizer
- Herbie Flowers– bass
- Alan Jones – bass
- Willie Weeks– bass
- Ray Cooper– percussion, marimba, glockenspiel, electric piano, sound effects
- Henry Spinetti– drums
- Jim Keltner– percussion, drums
- Dave Mattacks– drums
- Willie Greene – backing vocals, bass voice
- Bobby King– backing vocals
- Vicki Brown– backing vocals
- Pico Pena – backing vocals
- Syreeta– backing vocals
- Sarah Ricor – backing vocals
- Rodina Sloan – backing vocals
- Legs Larry Smith– art direction, design
Track listing
All compositions by George Harrison, except where noted.
- Wake Up My Love
- That’s the Way It Goes
- I Really Love You – Leroy Swearingen
- Greece
- Gone Troppo
- Mystical One
- Unknown Delight
- Baby Don’t Run Away
- Dream Away
- Circles
George Harrison: Cloud Nine
On November 2, 1987, “Dark Horse” label released “Cloud Nine”, the eleventh George Harrison studio album. It was recorded January – August 1987, at the “FPSHOT” in Oxfordshire, and was produced by Jeff Lynne and George Harrison. This was the last studio album released during Harrison’s lifetime.
Personnel:
- George Harrison– lead vocals, guitars, keyboards, sitar, backing vocals
- Jeff Lynne– bass, guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
- Eric Clapton– guitar
- Elton John– piano
- Gary Wright– piano
- Ringo Starr– drums
- Jim Keltner– drums
- Ray Cooper– drums, percussion
- Jim Horn– baritone and tenor sax
- Bobby Kok – cello
- Vicki Brown– vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by George Harrison, except where noted.
- Cloud 9
- That’s What It Takes – George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Gary Wright
- Fish on the Sand
- Just for Today
- This Is Love – George Harrison, Jeff Lynne
- When We Was Fab – George Harrison, Jeff Lynne
- Devil’s Radio
- Someplace Else
- Wreck of the Hesperus
- Breath Away from Heaven
- Got My Mind Set on You – Rudy Clark
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