Bobby Whitlock on All Things Must Pass.

Back to George:

My favorite of his post-Beatles work is, by far, that made as a member of The Traveling Wilburys. I don't think George was a strong enough singer to be a "front man", but well suited to being a member of a group.

I also think his talent on guitar got forgotten after his style became---in the wake of Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Clapton, and the other Blues-based players of the late-60's, the playing of which became "the" style---viewed as old fashioned. He was a fabulous guitar player, very musical. His "solos" weren't "show-off pieces", but rather musical parts, played in service to the song.

bdp24 I agree about George's solos--short, sweet, to the point and so well-crafted.  None better at what he did. 

I might add that years after the fact I discovered that a few of my favorite Harrison solos were actually played by McCartney--most notably Taxman and Drive My Car.  Must be nice to have so much guitar talent in one band.  John's few solos aren't so notable although I once read he did the tasty lick on Honey Pie.  And then there's the guitar "battle" at the end of The End (Abbey Road) where the three of them fire away in succession.  Great stuff IMHO.

The Beatles solo work seemed to start off pretty good, All Things Must Pass, Plastic Ono Band/Imagine, Band on the Run etc but by 73 they were more or less done.

Whatever had made the Beatles no longer existed. 

George in particular seemed to suffer without having a good team around him, and has been pointed out had some of his best moments with the Wilbury's.  It would seem as if Phil Spector gave both him and John the confidence they sorely needed at that time. At least 3 of the Beatles also seemed to love that heavily reverb drenched sound that Phil was famous (notorious?) for.

It's also interesting that the Beatles may have owed some of their US success to the Capitol versions of their albums as opposed to the UK ones which were felt to be too 'dry' stateside.

I've always been a fan of a little added reverb and echo but obviously some folks aren't, are they Paul?

You can remix these albums as much as you want as long as the demand is there but ATMP 2021 is no more likely to replace ATMP 1971 as Let It Be Naked replaced the original.

At best I believe this might be an interesting, if an oddly priced adjunct. If it is more than that it would be a pleasant surprise as most Phil Spector productions are usually best left alone.

Anyway we shall soon find out for ourselves as August 6th is only weeks away.


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Yup tostado, Paul is one fine musician. I still really love his first few albums (I have them on UK LP’s), and they have held up very well. I lost some respect for him, however, when Denny Seiwell (Wings’ drummer) told those of who attended the drum seminar he gave at the Pro Drum Shop on Vine Street in Hollywood during the late-90’s that Paul was paying him only $150/wk salary. C’mon Paul, you can afford to do better than that!

Everybody knows of my love for The Band (so did George, and Ringo---and Clapton---continues to), so I will be forgiven for dragging them into the conversation. Few know that pianist Richard Manuel plays drums on about half the tracks on the s/t "brown" album, the song signature-parts long attributed to Levon Helm. Very funky drummer! And a great, great singer, one of Clapton’s very favorite.