As recorded on the Get Back session reels, George discussed the possibility of recording a solo album that year, to "let out" the loads of material he'd stashed together and couldn't release with the band. John supported this idea, and after even recording three demos for it on his birthday, he gave up on it, it seems. Would it have been a good idea? And if yes, would it be better or worse than what ended up becoming All Things Must Pass?
Just to add some information, here are the songs he had written by then: All Things Must Pass - Dec. 1968 Art of Dying - mid-1966 Behind that Locked Door - Aug. 1969 Circles - early 1968 Dhera Dun - early 1968 Hear Me Lord - Dec. 1968 Here Comes the Sun - early 1969 I Me Mine - Jan. 1969 I'd Have You Anytime - Dec. 1968 Isn't it a Pity? - mid-1966 Let it Down - Dec. 1968 Not Guilty - early 1968 Nowhere to Go - Dec. 1968 Old Brown Shoe - Jan. 1969 Run of the Mill - early 1969 See Yourself - Aug. 1967 Something - late 1968 Wah Wah - Jan. 1969 What is Life? - June 1969 Window Window - Jan. 1969
You could probably add I Me Mine. Since it wasn’t in the running for the original Get Back/Let It Be LPs, it would have been available for a ‘69 solo album.
Absolutely. Had he done it with say, Glyn Johns or even George Martin, it would benefit the album immensely
Hmm...I thought GH had not one but two solo albums out by 1969 (Wonderwall Music and Electronic Sound).
What if George Harrison had recorded his first solo album in 1969? Then his first solo album would have been recorded in 1969. This is not very difficult...can we have tougher questions?
If it was recorded in 1969, who would be playing on it? Presumably Eric Clapton would have played some guitar on it (unless it was recorded while Blind Faith was on tour in the USA), although it was before the other Dominos hooked up with Eric. Billy Preston would have been a best bet for keyboards. Ringo on drums? Doris Troy on backing vocals.
Klaus Voormann on bass because he's Klaus, probably Alan White on drums, too. Billy, Ringo and Eric are the most obvious bets, and Doris is a good one too. Maybe Paul could guest on the album too, if they were in good terms back then
Klaus on bass. Most likely. By the way: What was Klaus doing in 1969? Was he a regular UK session player at that time? And yes, for the Abbey Road time period, Paul and George were working together very closely without discord. Paul even helped George on some of the stuff recorded for the Hare Krishna album that George produced. So maybe Paul could have guested on a few tracks too.
