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*1 NOVEMBER 1968*
*19 TRACKS*
*’45 MINUTES’ / ’43 SECONDS’*
*average song length of ‘2 minutes’ / ’24 seconds’*
*aka ’12 x 12′ / ‘144 seconds’*
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*SIDE 1*
*MICROBES*
“RED LADY TOO”
*’TABLA’ + ‘PAKAVAJ’*
“IN THE PARK”
“DRILLING A HOME”
“GURU VANDANA”
“GREASY LEGS”
“SKI-ING”
“GAT KIRWANI”
*DREAM SCENE*
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*SIDE 2*
*PARTY SEACOMBE*
“LOVE SCENE”
“CRYING”
“COWBOY MUSIC”
“FANTASY SEQUINS”
“ON THE BED”
“GLASS BOX”
“WONDERWALL TO BE HERE”
*SINGING OM*
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*2014 reissue bonus tracks*
“IN THE FIRST PLACE”
“ALMOST SHANKARA”
“THE INNER LIGHT”
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(“wonderwall music” is the soundtrack album to the 1968 film wonderwall, and the debut solo release by english musician ‘george harrison’)
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(it was the first album to be issued on the Beatles’ ‘Apple’ record label, and the first solo album by a member of that band)
(the songs are all instrumental pieces, except for occasional non-English vocals, and a slowed-down spoken word segment on the track “Dream Scene”)
(‘Harrison’ recorded the album between November 1967 and February 1968, with sessions taking place in ‘London’ and the Indian city of ‘Bombay’)
(following his Indian-styled compositions for the ‘Beatles’ since 1966, he used the film soundtrack to further promote Indian classical music by introducing rock audiences to musical instruments that were relatively little-known in the ‘West’ – including ‘shehnai’, ‘sarod’, and ‘santoor’)
(Harrison’s main collaborator on the project was classical pianist and orchestral arranger ‘John Barham’, while other contributors include Indian classical musicians ‘Aashish Khan’, ‘Shivkumar Sharma’, ‘Shankar Ghosh’, and ‘Mahapurush Misra’)
(‘Harrison’ also recorded Western rock music selections for the album, which feature contributions from ‘Tony Ashton’ and the latter’s band, the ‘Remo Four’, as well as guest appearances from ‘Eric Clapton’, ‘Ringo Starr’, and ‘Peter Tork’)
(during the sessions, ‘Harrison’ recorded many other pieces that appeared in Wonderwall but not on the soundtrack album, and the Beatles’ song “The Inner Light” also originated from his time in ‘Bombay’)
(although the album’s release in ‘November 1968’ marked the end of Harrison’s direct involvement with Indian music, it inspired his later collaborations with ‘Ravi Shankar’, including the ‘1974 Music Festival’ from ‘india’)
(the album cover consists of a painting by american artist ‘Bob Gill’ in which, as in director Joe Massot’s film, 2 contrasting worlds are separated by a wall, with only a small gap allowing visual access between them)
(‘Harrison’ omitted his name from the list of performing musicians, leading to an assumption that he had merely produced and arranged the music; the 2014 reissue of Wonderwall Music recognises his contributions on keyboards and guitar)
(the album was first remastered for CD release in 1992, for which former apple executive ‘derek taylor’ supplied a liner-note essay)
(while viewed as something of a curiosity by ‘rock music’ critics, Wonderwall Music is recognized for its inventiveness in fusing ‘Western’ and ‘Eastern’ sounds, and as being a precursor to the 1980s ‘world music’ trend)
(the album’s title inspired that of Oasis’ 1995 hit song “Wonderwall”, and its music influenced the sound of Oasis’ fellow Britpop band ‘Kula Shaker’)
(Harrison’s full soundtrack for the film was made available on DVD in early 2014, as part of the two-disc ‘Wonderwall Collector’s Edition’)
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(in september that year, the album was re-issued in ‘re-mastered form’ as part of the apple years 1968–75 harrison box set, with the addition of 3 bonus tracks)
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*👨🔬🕵️♀️🙇♀️*SKETCHES*🙇♂️👩🔬🕵️♂️*
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*“ELECTRONIC SOUND” (1969)* ☞ 👉👉👉
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👈👈👈☜*“SOLO BEATLE GEORGE”* ☞ 👉👉👉
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💕💝💖💓🖤💙🖤💙🖤💙🖤❤️💚💛🧡❣️💞💔💘❣️🧡💛💚❤️🖤💜🖤💙🖤💙🖤💗💖💝💘
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥