From April to July 1969 he co-produced Billy Preston’s fourth studio album That’s The Way God Planned It, a mix of gospel, soul and rock. Harrison was finding his own feet as a producer.
The producer was brought in again to remix The Beatles’ Let It Be recordings in March and April 1970, which helped convince both Harrison and Lennon to sign him up to produce their respective next solo albums. On 27 January 1970 Spector had produced Plastic Ono Band’s single ‘Instant Karma!’, which featured Harrison on acoustic guitar. Remastered versions were released in 2001, 2010, and 2014, but a remixed version is yet to be issued. Spector’s tendency to mass-record instruments and smother them in echo was his trademark, but several of the All Things Must Pass songs were overproduced.
It was produced by Phil Spector, the maverick American then most famous for his Wall of Sound technique. Harrison topped the US Billboard single and album charts simultaneously, a feat not equalled by his former bandmates until McCartney and Wings did so in June 1973.Īll Things Must Pass featured an extensive list of collaborators, including Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Badfinger, Klaus Voormann, saxophonist Bobby Keys, and drummers/percussionists Alan White, Jim Gordon, Ginger Baker, and Phil Collins. The album contained the hit singles ‘My Sweet Lord’ and ‘What Is Life’, the Dylan collaboration ‘I’d Have You Anytime’, and a third disc of jam sessions titled Apple Jam.Īll Things Must Pass saw Harrison transcend his Beatles status and established him briefly as the most successful former Beatle, with sales outstripping the likes of John Lennon’s Imagine, and Paul and Linda McCartney’s Ram. All Things Must Pass was a triple album, and his first release after the break-up of The Beatles. George Harrison’s third solo album was his crowning glory. ‘I’d Have You Anytime’ ‘My Sweet Lord’ ‘Wah-Wah’ ‘Isn’t It A Pity’ ‘What Is Life’ ‘If Not For You’ ‘Behind That Locked Door’ ‘Let It Down’ ‘Run Of The Mill’ ‘Beware Of Darkness’ ‘Apple Scruffs’ ‘The 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 2) ‘Hear Me Lord’ ‘Out Of The Blue’ ‘It’s Johnny’s Birthday’ ‘Plug Me In’ ‘I Remember Jeep’ ‘Thanks For The Pepperoni’
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