EARLY TAKES. VOLUME 1

EARLY TAKES. VOLUME 1 : It was good of Director Martin Scoresese to use this outtakes and demos for his 2011 documentary movie "Living In The Material World" about George Harrison rather than conveniently sourcing from Georg Beatle. This Cd could well be called 'The George Harrison Anthology" if there isn't one in the future. Stripped of the full instrumentation, some of the demo sounded good if not better than the finished product. Of the 10 tracks here, 8 have already been released as finished products except for 2 tracks that have never ever seen the light of day in any form since now. If this is just Volume 1, I can't wait for Volume 2. I have to confessed though that it took me a full year to get this 'cos with only 10 tracks and at full blown price, it was quite extortionate. I bought this in Singapore and I surely wasn't disappointed.
e's rich musical canon so as not to burden us fans into a dilemma as to buy or not buy materials that we already owned in the first place. Anyway, this is not a bad compilation at all.  It served as an intimate look into the soul of the man they called the quiet

My Sweet Lord [ demo ] ( Harrison ) : Amid some slight chattering came the unmistaken strain of this most famous of George's songs. I think I prefer the awesome backing in the famous product which helped the song along.

Run Of The Mill [ demo ] ( Harrison ) : Much like John Lennon's "Double Fantasy / Stripped Down", this one brings out George's voice in the bare front and he sounds good.

Martin Scoresese

I'd Have You Anytime [ early take ] ( Harrison / Dylan ) : Never really like this track from his mammoth "All Things Must Pass" album but here it sounded or was it just me, better than the original version.

Mama, You've Been On My Mind [ demo ] ( Dylan ) : This was an unheard of track and a great track too. Wonder why he left it out of his album. Probably preferred 'If Not For You,' over this which was another Bob Dylan composition.

Let It Be Me [ demo ] ( Becaud / Leroyer / Kurtz ) : This Everly Brothers' standard was the second 'new' track here. He did an almost unrecognisable version of their'Dark Horse" album called 'Bye, Bye Love.' but between the two, this is by far the better track.
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Woman, Don't You Cry For Me [ early takes ] ( Harrison ) : Never an exceptional track for me, but again I find myself liking this acoustic version better than the original.

Awaiting On You All [ early take ] ( Harrison ) : One of the highlights from "All Things Must Pass," this song will sounds good even if you are singing accompanied by a washing board.

Behind That Locked Door [ demo ] ( Harrison ) : One of  my all time favorites, this one reignited my love for this lovely country styled love song.

All Things Must Pass [ demo ] ( Harrison ) : One of those songs that sounds good anyhow you sings it. There was already a Beatles version on the anthology album and this one still can sounds so fresh.

That Light That Has Lighted The World [ demo ] ( Harrison ) : Ironically, the movie on which this soundtrack was based was called "Living In The Material World" and this was the only song from that album of the same name. This one undoubtedly sounds better than the original. Sure hope there are more songs from that album in Volume 2.

DOP : 8th July 2012.