George Harrison - Isn't It A Pity (earliest demo version)

[khaldoonalrawe]

i like it

[Gauraonline]

This is wonderful. I love demos almost more than the polished versions, because you can hear the guitar stripped down without all the layers and layers of music that buries the raw, emotional and spiritual elements of a song. It is also easier to learn a song when you hear it "bare bones". Please continue to post more demos / bootlegs / outtakes. I have not heard most of them but would love to !

[jayfey77]

this isn't the earliest demo version of this song.ne did an acoustic demo version of this song in 68.you can even find it on youtube.you shouldn't be stating lies walrus.

[Suckerfly]

three years earlier, but his pleasant demeanour can’t hide the residual bitterness he feels over the incident. He explains how he had considered giving the song to Frank Sinatra to record, but had decided against it when he realised that Sinatra would record almost anything. A brief fragment of a playback of “Get Back” can be faintly heard during this conversation, but no one seems to be listening to it.

He wrote it in 1966.

[Suckerfly]

GET BACK The Beatles Let It Be Disaster (Doug Sulpy & Ray Schweighardt)

Sunday January 26th, 1969

George provides some background to his song “Isn’t It A Pity.” He jokes and quotes the spoken introduction to Tiny Tim’s recording of Jerry Lee Lewis’ “Great Balls of Fire” in which Tiny introduces the number as one originally recorded “way back in the ‘50’s” (The Beatles will cover “Great Balls of Fire” later in the day). He then recalls John’s off hand rejection of “Isn’t It a Pity”

[MetrazolElectricity]

wow... i kinda like this even more. 

[grevejp44]

This song came on my iPod when on shuffle at midnight 9/11/2011.

[chichilo291]

¿No es una lástima?

Ahora, ¿no es una vergüenza?

Como nos rompemos el corazón

Y nos causamos dolor

Como nos amamos

Sin pensar en nadie más

Olvidándonos de mirar atrás

¿No es una lástima?

[kingsergio128]

when was this recorded?

[redletter2008]

@kingsergio128 It has to be '66? George offered it to the Beatles for Revolver, which was released that year. Still, it doesn't sound like George circa '66. I am sure he had to of had a demo for the others to listen to before making their decision - a bad decision (John's) to ommit this epic song from Revolver or their subsequent records. With My Sweet Lord, George's first solo #1.

[AlfredsVisions]

Really cuts to the point, heartbreaking. George can probably make me cry more than any Beatle.

[carrier3232]

now I understand why they broke up. George was  stifled!

[carrier3232]

too heavy for even the Beatles, WOW!

[Geraldolini]

absolutely pure

[mizfrango]

absolutely beautiful *tears streaming down my face*

[DrHeckill]

His beauty still surrounds us.

Thanks Georgie

[19HurdyGurdyMan46]

Another gem from my Sweet Lord.Thankyou for putting this on you tube, it's one of my favourite songs by George.If only people at the time and since had truelly listened to his words we would be in a much safer and a much happier world now.The Beatles truelly tried to show us a better way, a way of love, although I know some did hear, isn't it a pity isn't it a shame that so many of us that where around then didn't take their message to our hearts.

[applescruffs71]

@jldraw...Thank you so much for that Informstion on when this was recorded. Your info really paints a picture in my mind of what that evening must have been like for George recording with the other three gone...peace and serenity. A moment frozen tin time.....

[petele345]

This is what it sounded before Phil Spector turned up the volume.

[tontomcepstein]

@petele345 before he turned up the shlock

[applescruffs71]

By far the greatest version...his voice sends shivers down the spine even after all these years later. I love his raw demo work on acoustic most of all.  Why was this song never used on a Beatle album we will never know.

[apolonio0907]

Back seat of my car,Gimme some truth,Let it down, those wew rehearsed and dont forget Teddy Boy!

[kingsergio128]

I want to know what year was this demo was made

[flagstare]

This song was around at the time of recording the White album but was rejected for that album Isn't it a Pity !!!!!!

[Raine419]

Wow, this is great! The best version of this song with George. Thanks for posting!

[maldicientin]

This is a demo? It must be the best demo ever! What sound! it's even better than many finished songs, Beatle songs included.

[1west72ndstreet]

@maldicientin "yes it is" and "isnt it a pity" that

john & paul didnt let really breathe during the beatle years

so he took over with his first solo album stunning them both!

[lovegeorge4ever]

Beautiful demo version. Thank you so much for posting.

[asktunes]

So moving, really gorgeous. Wish the production on the final version wasn't so heavy-handed. I'd have liked a happy medium between this, more delicate & thoughtful version & the final one with the sweeping scope.

[jeh96]

also add the fast version of Two of Us+ Let it Down which was demoed during these sessions and don't forget to delete Dig it. For this album and Abbey Road John Lennon is composing very little and George easily replaces him as the second force in the group. Could have been an interesting album if Klein, Spector etc hadn't got their hands on it.

[altemailuser]

walrus909............thanks...­......!!!!!!!!!!!

[berherbi]

walrus 909 , you are a star,...where the hell have you got that from?????

thanks so much......

[gothicsmiley1234]

hey i want this song but cant get it on frostwire :(

[drybog]

This touches the soul...Thanks for sharing

[mtopper66]

Actually, the earliest version would be the acoustic run-through from the Get Back sessions (and available on Youtube). I wonder if this demo was recorded when still with The Beatles... how John and Paul could hear a song like this and shrug their shoulders is hard to comprehend, but I suppose they had some rather good songs of their *own* they wanted on the albums...too much talent in one band, really.

[frankbraker]

every song has its own time to play

[jldraw]

This version pre-dates the "Get Back" runthrough by one day. The version you are referring to was taped on the morning of January 26th. This version is believed to have been recorded the previous evening at the end of the session for January 25th after the other Beatles had left for the evening.

The film crew had departed as well so there were no bootlegs of this performance from the film reels. It's first appearance was on itunes. This is George's demo as recorded by Glyn Johns on 1-25.

[mtopper66]

Thanx for clearing up the mystery!

[1234lovemedo]

walrus909. Thanks for uploading. A great demo. George is alive. Everybody knows: His memory will live on.

[filmflim]

A beautiful song from George; I miss him. I can't describe how well this song describes life right now and some of the people in it.

[mongrelhead1]

Beautiful demo version. Sublime...

[joeysmith59]

Oh my..What an album 'Let it Be' could have been.

Add: Isnt it a Pity, All Things Must Pass, Dont Let Me Down, Junk

Delete: One After 909, For You Blue, Dig a Pony

You would have the best album of all-time!

[LODGE4444]

@joeysmith59 - I think Sgt. Pepper would still be the greatest album ever made.

[berherbi]

@LODGE4444

no way, not even the best beatles album

[berherbi]

@WiltatKansas

he is not a cunt, man...he is right , -..

[berherbi]

@joeysmith59

very good idea

[RobFischPA]

You forgot to delete Phil Spector.

[dropd26]

@joeysmith59 I kind of agree but leaving off for you blue and dig a pony? come on they`re still good songs. I personally could have done without "Long and Winding Road" echh.

[asabougies]

@dropd26 I agree, one after 909, for you blue and dig a pony are some of my favorite songs, take off long and winding road and dig it and maybe even two of us which i'm not enamored with and then put on all things must pass, don't let me down, isn't it a pity, junk, even jealous guy which was written around that time and it would be the greatest album ever.

[DasGoldenBoy]

@joeysmith59 Let it Be is such a shoulda woulda coulda been album. Geoge says it best with "Isn't it a Pity."

[mikeoshel]

@joeysmith59 I agree, except keep I dig a pony....I love that one!!

[rezedaniel]

@joeysmith59 Hey Hey Hey.... For You Blue and Dig a Pony are quality tracks!

[Toady373]

@rezedaniel I agree! Love both of those songs. One After 909 is also an awesome song!

[agonzales50]

@joeysmith59 i totally agree wl you joeysmithfiftynine

[felain2]

@joeysmith59 And if you add Every night and Maybe i'm amazed?

[mcleanartists]

@joeysmith59 That's an opinion. Who says it isn't now?

[grevejp44]

@joeysmith59 you forgot imagine

[combosoquete]

Maravilloso. Unico.

[dark66horse]

this is beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

[Pablooization]

This version is one of the most beautiful things I've heard in a long while. Ridiculous that not available on I tunes

[Rodan9pro]

George's sensitivity breaks my heart every time...this is beautiful.  Thank you for posting!

[GregoryMCSE]

Wow. Breathtakingly beautiful!

[darlindarlin1]

Grreat demo version...Thanks much

[toolongforyoutoread6]

Fuck iTunes for having exclusive rights to sell this song. We should be able to buy this on CD.

[darlindarlin1]

Hi..re "Isn't It A Pity" ...George Harrison

You can get it on CD. I have it on "All things Must Pass" and "Live In Japan", but it isn't the early DEMO Version.

[toolongforyoutoread6]

I was talking about the demo, George Harrison had nice demos.

[TalmaLennon]

Acho incrível a capacidade e a profundidade de George compor. Ele é IMORTAL, vai, como os Beatles, atravessar os milênios.

BeiJOHN Talma LENNON

[wanderer1955]

George wasnt from around here. He was from ''Some Place Else''. We love you George.

[lnmyownwrite]

This is a beautiful song by George. Thanks for sharing.

[TheFabsLV]

Beautiful song - One of my very favorites. And such a lovely demo. Thanks for sharing!

[Vegassman28]

A very good demo