Artist: George Harrison Label: Capitol Orig. Released: 1973 Catalog No.: LPCAPI66899 Condition: Format: LP (2) Retail Price: $ 22.99 (2 available) Quantity: add to cart

Description "... a follow-up to 1970's greatly-received All Things Must Pass and his mammoth charity project, The Concert for Bangladesh, Living in the Material World was among the most highly anticipated releases of 1973. Due to the enormity of the Bangla Desh experience (one that left Harrison exhausted and frustrated), he was not able to record a new album until the latter part of 1972, which he undertook alone – without Phil Spector – at The Beatles' Apple Recording Studios in London. Once again, Harrison engaged the aid of his musician friends, including Ringo Starr, Jim Keltner, Nicky Hopkins, Gary Wright and Klaus Voormann. The backing track for "Try Some Buy Some" had been recorded with Phil Spector back in 1971 in Harrison's efforts to give Ronnie Spector a hit single. Liking the track, he decided to use the same music track for his own rendition. Orchestral arrangements for this track and the new recordings on the album were by John Barham. Preceded by the uplifting acoustic number "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" – Harrison's second U.S. #1 hit, Living in the Material World appeared in June 1973 to brisk initial sales, reaching #2 in the UK and spending five weeks atop the US charts (having knocked off Paul McCartney and Wings' Red Rose Speedway in the process). But the critical reaction was less euphoric than what had greeted All Things Must Pass. More somber in tone, Living in the Material World was distinguished by Harrison's philosophical and religious ruminations - making it clear he was in distress with the state of the world and where it was headed. Subsequently, sales soon fell off, and the feeling was that Harrison had suddenly lost much of the enormous momentum he had going for him since The Beatles' 1970 break-up. In hindsight, most contemporary reviewers now consider Living in the Material World to be a very worthwhile Harrison album with many fine moments. On September 26, 2006, Living in the Material World was reissued by Capitol Records and EMI. The remastered album features two additional tracks, the B-side "Deep Blue" from the 1971 single "Bangla-Desh" and "Miss O'Dell," the B-side for "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)." Read more at Wikipedia about this album or artist ... This description is from Wikipedia, the user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. Any changes made to the Wikipedia article will not be immediately reflected here.

Track Titles 1. "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" – 3:36 2. "Sue Me, Sue You Blues" – 4:48 * A wry commentary by Harrison on the court case involving The Beatles' dissolution * before Harrison recorded this song, it made its first appearance on Jesse Ed Davis's "Ululu" album (1972) 3. "The Light That Has Lighted the World" – 3:31 4. "Don't Let Me Wait Too Long" – 2:57 5. "Who Can See It" – 3:52 6. "Living in the Material World" – 5:31 * Includes pages from Harrison's life, including the Beatles. "Met them all here in the material world / John and Paul here in the material world / Though we started out quite poor, we got Ritchie on a tour..." 7. "The Lord Loves the One (That Loves the Lord)" – 4:34 8. "Be Here Now" – 4:09 9. "Try Some, Buy Some" – 4:08 * Initially recorded by Ronnie Spector in 1971 and co-produced by Phil Spector, Harrison re-used the same backing track (slightly sped up) for his own version. * David Bowie recorded a cover of "Try Some, Buy Some" for his 2003 album Reality. 10. "The Day the World Gets 'Round" – 2:53 11. "That Is All" – 3:43 * Covered by Harry Nilsson on his …That's the Way It Is album (1976) 12. "Deep Blue" (2006 remastered edition bonus track) * Originally released as a B-side for the single "Bangla-Desh". 13. "Miss O'Dell" (2006 remastered edition bonus track) * Originally released as a B-side for the single "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)".

Liner Notes ALL SONGS WRITTEN BY GEORGE HARRISON.

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