George Harrison - East & West, Yin & Yang
(Yellow Cat Records, YC 074)
| 1. | Raga Private Instruction | 1:40 | George and Ravi playing sitar as part of the film "Raga," originally called "Eas Meets West" at Big Sur California on Monday, June 10th, 1968 |
| 2. | David Frost Show | 2:50 | George and Ravi appeared on the David Frost US TV Show on December 3rd, 1971. Here George is heard to play the sitar again after a 3 year break. |
| 3. | All Things Must Pass (acoustic guitar rendition) | 0:39 | Taken from Electronic Press Kit for ATMP, released in January 2001 |
| 4. | "I like a lot of music" | 1:08 | As spoken in Sydney on Nov. 11, 1984 during a "50 Years Adrift" Derek Taylor press interview |
| 5. | Ride Rajbun | 4:54 | Taken from the CD: The Bunbury Tails (Polydor 515 784-2). A lesser known project to which George has donated his talents together with his son Dhani and friend Ravi. Written and completed in March 1988, released in October 1992. |
| 6. | Yin & Yang | 10:17 | All tracks from "Yin & Yang" TV Broadcast. A VH-1 Broadcast on July 24, 1997, recorded on May 14th, 1997 in NY to promote Ravi's "Chants of India" CD, which was produced by George. At the urging of John Fugelsang George fumbled a bit and came up with a slightly rough, impromptu solo rendition of All Things Must Pass (track 7). George the joined Ravi and his wife Sukanya in a brief performance on Prabhujee, a track from the Chants Of India CD (here track 9). |
| 7. | All Things Must Pass | 2:16 | |
| 8. | Bangla Desh | 4:11 | |
| 9. | Prabhujee | 8:05 | |
| 10. | Anoushka's Electronic Press Kit | 3:14 | George contributed to this EPK for Ravi and Sukanya Shankar's daughter Anoushka Shankar to promote her new debut classical sitar CD "Anoushka" on Angel Records in October 1999. |
| 11. | "40 Years" | 0:49 | Taken from Electronic Press Kit for ATMP, released in January 2001. George reminiscing about his life. |
| 12. | Here Comes The Sun | 3:46 | Saturday Night Live NBC-TV - Recorded November 18, 1976 and broadcast November 20, 1976 in New York. George Harrison contributed musically to the Thanksgiving edition of Saturday Night Live hosted by Paul Simon. The both did an acoustic set of tunes: a.o. Here Comes The Sun and Homeward Bound. |
| 13. | Homeward Bound | 2:52 | |
| 14. | Mo (promotional tribute song) | 4:54 | Dating from the spring of 1977 is the track "Mo" written as a tribute to George's new record company president, Warner Bros. executive Mo Ostin. It was played on Mo's 50th birthday party. The track finally saw the light of day in December 1994 on a very rare US promo set celebrating Mo Ostin's career, a six-CD collection, entitled "Mo's Songs," Warner Bros. PRO-MO-1994. |
| 15. | Abandoned Love (Bob Dylan, unreleased studio recording) | 4:11 | Abandoned Love initially recorded by Bob Dylan in mid 1975 for his Desire LP, but didn't make the final cut. A version of it wound up on 1985's Biograph collection. The Harrison arrangement presented here is similar but pre-dates the commercially released version of Dylan in 1985. |
| 16. | Rockline Radio Medley (acoustic guitar renditions) | 9:04 | Live US Radio Broadcast: February 10, 1988, Los Angeles. George did a few acoustic guitar renditions (with Jeff Lyne at times) in a nationwide call-in program broadcast live to AOR-based radio stations: Drive My Car, Here Comes The Sun, The Bells Of Rhymney, Mr. Tambourine Man, Take Me As I Am, That's All Right (Mama), Let It Be Me, Something, Every Grain Of Sand. |
| 17. | Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea (pre-recorded performance) | 2:37 | This tune popularized by Cab Calloway in 1931 was filmed in mid-1991 in London for Mr. Roadrunner, broadcast on Channel 4, June 6th, 1992 with Joe Holland (and band) as a tribute to George Formby and his magic ukelele. |
| 18. | Don't Try To Own Me | 1:14 | An a capella version of George and Gary fooling around with the lyrics ("I don't need another wounded heart") during a break for a promotional videoclip for "Don't Try To Own Me." |
| 19. | Here Comes Emerson (acoustic guitar rendition) | 1:45 | George appeared (via tape) from the lawn of his Henley-On-Thames, Friar Park estate on this Brazilian TV programme "Gente Que Brilha," broadcast on October 31, 1996, performing an off-the-cuff version of "Here Comes The Sun" with amended lyrics for his Formula 1 racing pal Emerson Fittipaldi, George was congratulating Emerson on his recovery from a recent plane crash in Araraquara, Brazil, in which he had fractured his lower back. Apparently the two liked to share a drink now and then as was reflected in the modified lyrics. |
| 20. | Your True Love (Carl Perkins Memorial Service) | 2:17 | Four days after good friend Carl Perkins died on January 19, 1998 following a long battle with cancer, George performed this number at Perkin's memorial service at the urging of Wynonna Judd. Armed with Ricky Skagg's acoustic guitar, George paid tribute to his old pal, backed by Garth Brooks, Johnny Rivers and other music glitterati. This took place at the R.E. Womack Memorial Chapel, Lambuth University in Jackson, Tennessee on January 23, 1998. |
| 21. | All Things Must Pass (acoustic guitar rendition) | 0:17 | Taken from Electronic Press Kit for ATMP, released in January 2001. |
My comments:
Performances from different periods and different sources gathered together on one CD.