Originally released as part of the deluxe Blu-ray edition of Martin Scorsese's 2011 documentary George Harrison: Living in the Material World, the 2012 disc Early Takes, Vol.
1 rounds up ten of George Harrison's demos dating from the '70s.
The exact dates are fuzzy, as the liner notes are little more than hagiography, but a quick scan of the titles pegs the great bulk of them -- six, to be precise -- from All Things Must Pass, with two others dating from 1976's Thirty Three & 1/3 ("Let It Be Me," "Woman Don't You Cry for Me), another from Living in the Material World, the 1973 album ("The Light That Has Lighted the World), and, finally, a perfectly fine cover of Dylan's "Mama, You've Been on My Mind." Several of these are solo acoustic demos, some are rough band run-throughs, and nothing is all that far removed from the finished product, so the collection winds up just a tad anticlimactic for containing nothing but unreleased music: it all feels cozy.
And while it's hard not to wish there were a surprise or two along the way, the familiar warmth certainly has its charms, too.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My Sweet Lord [Demo]George Harrison | George Harrison | Play | 03:33 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | Run of the Mill [Demo]George Harrison | George Harrison | Play | 01:56 | 4 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | Mama You’ve Been on My Mind [Demo]Bob Dylan | George Harrison | Play | 03:05 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | Let It Be Me [Demo]Gilbert Bécaud, Manny Kurtz, Pierre Leroyer | George Harrison | Play | 02:56 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | Awaiting on You All [Early Take]George Harrison | George Harrison | Play | 02:40 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | Behind That Locked Door [Demo]George Harrison | George Harrison | Play | 03:29 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | All Things Must Pass [Demo]George Harrison | George Harrison | Play | 04:39 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | The Light That Has Lighted the World [Demo]George Harrison | George Harrison | Play | 02:22 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | I'd Have You Any Time (Early Takes) | George Harrison | Play | 03:05 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | Woman Don't You Cry For Me (Early Takes) | George Harrison | Play | 02:44 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 30 mins | 69 MB | |||||
| 0 mins | 0 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gilbert Bécaud | Composer |
| 2 | David Costa | Artwork |
| 3 | Bob Dylan | Composer |
| 4 | Robert Freeman | Cover Photo |
| 5 | George Harrison | Composer, Primary Artist, Producer |
| 6 | Olivia Harrison | Executive Producer |
| 7 | Paul Hicks | Engineer |
| 8 | Manny Kurtz | Composer |
| 9 | Pierre Leroyer | Composer |
| 10 | Giles Martin | Compilation Producer, Liner Notes |
| 11 | Steve Rooke | Mastering |
| 12 | Warren Zanes | Liner Notes |
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| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |