This monumental triple album was the former Beatle’s third work, following his experimental “Wonderwall Music” and “Electronic Sound”, both released while he was still with the Liverpool group. Composed of some of his songs that had been discarded during his Beatles days, the rest are new compositions that occupy the first two discs plus a third made up of tracks improvised during the recording sessions titled “Apple Jam”, It was produced by Phil Spector throughout much of 1970 at The Beatles’ own Apple Studios, Trident Studios, and EMI’s Abbey Road Studios in London. For the recording of this mammoth album, George Harrison enlisted the collaboration of a vast array of renowned musicians, including Alan White (Yes), Jim Gordon (Traffic), Gary Wright (Spooky Tooth), Pete Ham (Badfinger), Peter Frampton (Humble Pie), Ginger Baker (Cream), Eric Clapton (Cream), Gary Brooker (Procol Harum), Bobby Keys (The Rolling Stones), as well as Ray Cooper, Billy Preston, and his former Beatles bandmates John Lennon and Ringo Starr, among many others.
This triple album surprised much of the public and critics, largely due to his modest role as the perennial second-stringer (in this case, the third) when it came to composing songs for the Fab Four. The sheer number of high-quality tracks it contains is astounding, featuring Phil Spector's signature "Wall of Sound". These include the addictive "My Sweet Lord", the dazzling "Wah Wah" and "What Is Life", the aggressive "Let It Down", the monumental "All Things Must Pass", the acoustic "If Not For You", and the wonderful "Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)", "Run of the Mill", and "Isn't It a Pity". "All Things Must Pass" reached number one in numerous countries worldwide, selling over seven million copies and earning several Grammy Award nominations.
