George Harrison - All Things Must Pass (Alternate Take) [HiQ]

"All Things Must Pass" is a song written by George Harrison. It is the title track to his triple album of the same name.

During The Beatles' Get Back sessions in January 1969, this was one of many songs the group rehearsed to be part of their new album. As the sessions progressed, the song was pushed to the side and never picked up again by the band.

Harrison recorded a solo demo of the song on multi-track tape on 25 February 1969. Harrison recorded two takes, then added extra guitar onto the second. This version was subsequently released in 1996 on The Beatles' collection Anthology 3.

The song was never formally recorded by The Beatles by the time of their break-up, though at least one informal rehearsal take featuring the full group exists.

The song underwent a number of small changes from when it was first written in late 1968. The line "a mind can blow those clouds away" was originally written as the more literal "a wind can blow those clouds away," but bootlegs from the January 1969 Beatles sessions reveal John Lennon suggesting the change to "mind" to include a bit of "psychedelia" in the song. Perspective on one line was slightly changed from "It's not always been this grey" (with The Beatles) on the demo to "It's not always gonna be this grey" (on his own) on the final recording.

When George Harrison was interviewed by VH1 in 1997, "All Things Must Pass" was one of three songs he performed (along with the Traveling Wilburys tune "If You Belonged to Me" and an early version of "Any Road").

The song was included on Harrison's 2009 career-spanning best of compilation Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison.

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[Cosmo8180]

I would have this played at my funeral.

[marycreeves]

I WILL have it played along with Here Comes the Sun.

[narutosaenz]

wow an idiot thought that the thumbs down button was for downloading

[BenjaminCWRuhe]

Resto y Paz Georgie-Boy'

[FrlghtWolf]

@tapullin - Oh, and I forgot: George PLAGIARIZED

other people's music. My god, what a CLOD!

[tapullin]

@FrlghtWolf sorry dude go back and do your homework, 

[versatom70]

U R an IDIOT

[FrlghtWolf]

@hirskdubbi - When you say George had total creative

"freedom"...you do realize "Something" as well as "Gently

Weeps" (like all his contributions to the Beatles) received

significant help from John and Paul? Most of George's

material before and after the Beatle break-up suffered a

kind of awkward incompleteness. This is a curious oversite.

I don't begrudge George's fame and fortune, only his relative

position in the band. John and Paul were the SHIP, George

was the BARNACLE.

[hirskdubbi]

@FrlghtWolf ur fucked in the head u insensitive delusional bastard. the shrill discordant part u speak of was probably suggested by george martin or paul as thwey were always tryin to tell george what to play and lo and behold when he had total creative freedom he recorded the best shit of his career.something,here comes the sun.the whole "all things must pass"album.did u hear the demos of the beatles doin georges songs from all things must pass? talk about ho-hum boring shit

[vernacularsnoop]

If you doubt George Harrison's contributions to the Beatles, then you've never actually listened to the Beatles. Better luck in the future :)

[FrlghtWolf]

@JT8800 - Paul was left with bass duty because no one

else could. What have we got? John Lennon and Paul

McCartney...the most prolific songwriting team the world

has ever seen. Please note that within that powerful phrase

"Lennon & McCartney" there is no mention of George Harrison

or Ringo Starr. I do not begrudge either their place in music

history, I only argue their relative positions: John and Paul were

the SHIP. George and Ringo were the BARNACLES.

[JT8800]

@FrlghtWolf-I'm not sure where you're coming from or what you're driving at? Harrison and Starr as always expendable? A contradictory Lennon, and a bass/guitar player in McCartney, who's left-handed. What have we got? The Beatles. As far as 'Here, There, and Everywhere', it seems Lennon liked the song very much. 'For No One' is a personal favorite of mine-a gem that clcoks in at 2:01? Both tunes coming off of 'Revolver', my favorite album, that surprisingly opens with...Harrison's 'Taxman'!