Editing All Things Must Pass (section)

==Background==
Music journalist [[John Harris (critic)|John Harris]] said [[George Harrison]]'s "journey" to making ''All Things Must Pass'' started when he visited America in late 1968, after the acrimonious sessions for [[the Beatles]]' [[The Beatles (album)|self-titled double album]] (also known as the "White Album").<ref name="Harris p 68">Harris, p. 68.</ref> At [[Woodstock, New York|Woodstock]] in November,<ref>George Harrison, p. 164.</ref> Harrison started a long-lasting friendship with [[Bob Dylan]]<ref name="Harris p 68" /> and experienced a creative equality with [[the Band]] that contrasted with [[John Lennon]] and [[Paul McCartney]]'s dominance in the Beatles.<ref>Leng, pp. 39, 51–52.</ref><ref>Tillery, p. 86.</ref> He also wrote more songs,<ref name="Leng p 39">Leng, p. 39.</ref> renewing his interest in the guitar after three years studying the Indian [[sitar]].<ref>George Harrison, pp. 55, 57–58.</ref><ref>Lavezzoli, pp. 176, 177, 184–85.</ref> As well as being one of the few musicians to co-write songs with Dylan,<ref name="Harris p 68" /> Harrison had recently collaborated with [[Eric Clapton]] on "[[Badge (song)|Badge]]",<ref>Leng, pp. 39, 53–54.</ref> which became a hit single for [[Cream (band)|Cream]] in the spring of 1969.<ref>[http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/cream/ "Artist: Cream"], [[Official Charts Company]] (retrieved 16 January 2013).</ref>

[[File:Wonderwall by George Harrison.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.6|''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' ad for Harrison's ''[[Wonderwall Music]]'' soundtrack (1968)]]
Once back in London, and with his compositions continually overlooked for inclusion on releases by the Beatles,<ref>Sulpy & Schweighardt, pp. 1, 85, 124.</ref><ref>Martin O'Gorman, "Film on Four", ''[[Mojo (magazine)#Special editions|Mojo Special Limited Edition]]: 1000 Days of Revolution (The Beatles' Final Years – Jan 1, 1968 to Sept 27, 1970)'', Emap (London, 2003), p. 73.</ref> Harrison found creative fulfilment in extracurricular projects that, in the words of his musical biographer, Simon Leng, served as an "emancipating force" from the restrictions imposed on him in the band.<ref>Leng, pp. 39, 55.</ref> His activities during 1969 included producing [[Apple Records|Apple]] signings [[Billy Preston]] and [[Doris Troy]], two American singer-songwriters whose [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Gospel music|gospel]] roots proved as influential on ''All Things Must Pass'' as the music of the Band.<ref>Leng, pp. 60–62, 71–72, 319.</ref> He also recorded with artists such as [[Leon Russell]]<ref>O'Dell, pp. 106–07.</ref> and [[Jack Bruce]],<ref>Rodriguez, p. 1.</ref> and accompanied Clapton on a short tour with [[Delaney Bramlett]]'s soul revue, [[Delaney & Bonnie|Delaney & Bonnie and Friends]].<ref>Miles, pp. 351, 360–62.</ref> In addition, Harrison identified his involvement with the [[International Society for Krishna Consciousness|Hare Krishna movement]] as providing "another piece of a jigsaw puzzle" that represented the spiritual journey he had begun in 1966.<ref>Clayson, pp. 206–08, 267.</ref> As well as embracing the [[Vaishnavism|Vaishnavist]] branch of [[Hinduism]], Harrison produced two hit singles during 1969–70 by the UK-based devotees, credited as [[Radha Krsna Temple|Radha Krishna Temple (London)]].<ref>Spizer, p. 341.</ref> In January 1970,<ref>Miles, p. 367.</ref> Harrison invited American producer [[Phil Spector]] to participate in the recording of Lennon's [[Plastic Ono Band]] single "[[Instant Karma!]]"<ref>Rodriguez, p. 21.</ref><ref>George Harrison, in ''[[George Harrison: Living in the Material World]]'' DVD, [[Village Roadshow]], 2011 (directed by Martin Scorsese; produced by Olivia Harrison, Nigel Sinclair & Martin Scorsese).</ref> This association led to Spector being given the task of salvaging the Beatles' ''[[Let It Be (album)|Get Back]]'' rehearsal tapes, released officially as the ''[[Let It Be (album)|Let It Be]]'' album (1970),<ref>The Beatles, p. 350.</ref><ref>Spizer, p. 28.</ref> and later co-producing ''All Things Must Pass''.<ref>Schaffner, pp. 137–38.</ref>

Harrison first discussed the possibility of making a solo album of his unused songs during the ill-tempered ''Get Back'' sessions, held at [[Twickenham Film Studios]] in January 1969.<ref name="Hertsgaard p 283">Hertsgaard, p. 283.</ref><ref name="Spizer p 220" />{{refn|group=nb|In conversation with Lennon, Harrison remarked that he already had enough compositions for the next ten years of Beatle releases,<ref name="Spizer p 220">Spizer, p. 220.</ref> given his usual quota of two tracks per album<ref>Schaffner, p. 135.</ref><ref>Tillery, pp. 68, 87.</ref> and the occasional [[A-side and B-side|B-side]].<ref name="Hertsgaard p 283" />}} On 25 February, his 26th birthday,<ref>Miles, p. 335.</ref> Harrison recorded [[Demo (music)|demos]] of "[[All Things Must Pass (song)|All Things Must Pass]]" and two other compositions that had received little interest from Lennon and McCartney at Twickenham.<ref>The Editors of ''Rolling Stone'', p. 38.</ref><ref>Huntley, p. 19.</ref> With the inclusion of one of these songs – "[[Something (Beatles song)|Something]]" – and "[[Here Comes the Sun]]" on the Beatles' ''[[Abbey Road]]'' album in September 1969, music critics acknowledged that Harrison had bloomed into a songwriter to match Lennon and McCartney.<ref>Clayson, p. 285.</ref><ref>Lavezzoli, p. 185.</ref> He began talking publicly about recording his own album from the autumn of 1969,<ref name="Tillery p 87">Tillery, p. 87.</ref><ref>Clayson, p. 284.</ref> but only committed to the idea after McCartney announced that he was leaving the Beatles in April 1970.<ref>O'Dell, pp. 155–56.</ref> Included as part of the promotional material for McCartney's [[McCartney (album)|self-titled solo album]], this announcement signalled [[Break-up of the Beatles|the band's break-up]].<ref>Hertsgaard, p. 277.</ref> Despite having already made ''[[Wonderwall Music]]'' (1968), a mostly instrumental soundtrack album, and the experimental ''[[Electronic Sound]]'' (1969),<ref>Huntley, pp. 30–31.</ref> Harrison considered ''All Things Must Pass'' to be his first solo album.<ref name="Eds of RS p 180" />{{refn|group=nb|This is a view held by biographers Leng<ref>Leng, p. 82.</ref> and Joshua Greene<ref>Greene, pp. 179, 221.</ref> also, as well as by music critics John Harris,<ref name="Harris p 68" /> [[David Fricke]]<ref name="Eds of RS p 180" /> and [[Richie Unterberger]].<ref name=AllMusic>Richie Unterberger, [http://www.allmusic.com/album/all-things-must-pass-mw0000194979 "George Harrison ''All Things Must Pass''"], [[AllMusic]] (retrieved 28 April 2012).</ref>}}