Wonderwall Music
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| Wonderwall Music | ||
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| Soundtrack by George Harrison | ||
| Released | 1 November 1968 | |
| Recorded | December 1967- 9 - 17 January 1968 |
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| Genre | Rock, Indian | |
| Length | 45:43 | |
| Label | Apple/EMI | |
| Producer(s) | George Harrison | |
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| George Harrison chronology | ||
| Wonderwall Music (1968) |
Electronic Sound (1969) |
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Wonderwall Music was George Harrison's first solo album and the soundtrack to the film Wonderwall. The songs are virtually all instrumental (except for some non-English vocals, and a slowed-down spoken word track), and were recorded partly in December 1967 in England, and the rest the following January (1968) in Bombay, India. Wonderwall Music is notable for being the first official solo album by one of The Beatles.
While the Indian musicians were largely credited under their real (or adopted) names, as were pianist John Barham and members of the Remo Four, several of the rest are pseudonyms for Harrison, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr and Peter Tork. Harrison is listed merely as producer, arranger and writer for the album.
Also recorded during the Indian sessions was the backing track to "The Inner Light", which became the B-side to "Lady Madonna", the final Beatles single on Parlophone in the UK and Capitol Records in the United States.
All of the tracks were composed by Harrison, and it was the first album release on the newly formed Apple Records, released in November of 1968, a few weeks before The Beatles. It would also be the first Apple record to be deleted, though it was reissued on remastered CD in 1992.
Not charting at all in the UK, Wonderwall Music reached #49 in the U.S. in the early part of 1969.
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[edit] Track listing
All songs by George Harrison.
- "Microbes." – 3:42
- "Red Lady Too" – 1:56
- "Tabla And Pakavaj" – 1:05
- "In The Park" – 4:08
- "Drilling A Home" – 3:08
- "Guru Vandana" – 1:05
- "Greasy Legs" – 1:28
- "Ski-ing" – 1:50
- "Gat Kirwani" – 1:15
- "Dream Scene" – 5:26
- "Party Seacombe" – 4:34
- "Love Scene" – 4:17
- "Crying" – 1:15
- "Cowboy Museum" – 1:29
- "Fantasy Sequins" – 1:50
- "Glass Box" – 2:22
- "On The Bed" – 1:05
- "Wonderwall To Be Here" – 1:25
- "Singing Om" – 1:54
- Tracks 2, 5, 8, 10, 11, 14, 16 & 18 recorded in England
- Tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 12, 13, 15, 17 & 19 recorded in India
[edit] Personnel
[edit] England (December 1967)
- John Barham - piano and flügelhorn
- Colin Manley - guitar and steel guitar
- Tony Ashton - jangle piano and organ
- Philip Rogers - bass
- Roy Dyke - drums
- Tommy Reilly - harmonica
- Peter Tork - banjo (uncredited)
- Eddie Clayton (Eric Clapton) - guitar
- Richie Snare (Ringo Starr) - drums (rumoured)
[edit] India (January 1968)
- Aashish Khan - sarod
- Mahapurush Misra - tabla and pakavaj
- Sharad Jadev - shehnai
- Hanuman Jadev - shehnai
- Shambu-Das - sitar
- Indril Bhattacharya - sitar
- Shankar Ghosh - sitar
- Chandra Shekhar - sur-bahar
- Shiv Kumar Sharma - santoor
- S. R. Kenkare - flute
- Vinaik Vora - thar-shehnai
- Rij Ram Desad - harmonium and tabla-tarang
[edit] External links
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| All Things Must Pass | Living in the Material World | Dark Horse | Extra Texture (Read All About It) Thirty Three & 1/3 | George Harrison | Somewhere in England | Gone Troppo | Cloud Nine | Brainwashed |
| Live Albums |
| The Concert for Bangla Desh | Live in Japan |
| Compilations |
| The Best of George Harrison | Best of Dark Horse 1976-1989 |
| Soundtracks |
| Wonderwall Music | Concert for George |
| Experimental Albums |
| Electronic Sound |
| Box Sets |
| The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992 |
| With Traveling Wilburys |
| Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 | Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 |
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