Living in the Material World
Studio album by George Harrison
Released	22 June 1973
Recorded	October 1972 - January 1973, except the backing track for "Try Some Buy Some": February 1971
Genre	Rock
Length	43:55
Label	EMI, Apple Records
Producer	George Harrison and Phil Spector (co-production on "Try Some Buy Some")
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Being There Magazine link Rolling Stone (favorable) link
George Harrison chronology
The Concert for Bangla Desh (1971) Living in the Material World (1973) Dark Horse (1974)

Living in the Material World is an album by George Harrison and was released in 1973. As 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. This is an album cover. ... A studio album is a collection of studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist. ... For other persons named George Harrison, see George Harrison (disambiguation). ... is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... For other uses, see EMI (disambiguation). ... Apple Records logo, featuring a Granny Smith apple. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... For other persons named George Harrison, see George Harrison (disambiguation). ... Harvey Philip Spector (born December 26, 1939) is an American musician, songwriter and record producer. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 4_stars. ... Image File history File links 4_stars. ... This article is about the magazine. ... For other persons named George Harrison, see George Harrison (disambiguation). ... The Concert For Bangla Desh is a live triple album and double DVD by George Harrison and celebrity friends performed in aid of the homeless Bengali refugees of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. ... Dark Horse is an album by George Harrison, released as the follow-up to Living in the Material World in 1974. ... An album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. ... For other persons named George Harrison, see George Harrison (disambiguation). ... Alternate cover Cover of 2001 remaster All Things Must Pass is a triple album by George Harrison recorded and released after the break-up of The Beatles. ... This article is about the concert and film. ...

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. Harvey Philip Spector (born December 26, 1939) is an American musician, songwriter and record producer. ... The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ... Richard Starkey Jr, MBE (born 7 July 1940), known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor, best known as the drummer for The Beatles. ... Jim Keltner (born April 27, 1942 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is a distinguished session drummer who has contributed to the work of many well-known artists. ... Nicholas Nicky Hopkins (February 24, 1944 in Ealing, West London – September 6, 1994 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA) was an English musician who featured on scores of the most important British and American popular music recordings of the 1960s and 1970s, playing piano and organ. ... Gary Wright (born 26 April 1943, Cresskill, New Jersey, U.S.) is an American musician, most famous for his song, Dream Weaver. Wright, a personal friend of George Harrison, appeared in a TV show at the age of seven. ... Klaus Voormann (born 29 April 1938) is a German artist, musician, and record producer who was associated with the early days of The Beatles in Hamburg and later designed the cover of their album Revolver. ... Harvey Philip Spector (born December 26, 1939) is an American musician, songwriter and record producer. ... Ronnie Spector (born Veronica Yvette Bennett, 10 August 1943, in New York City) was the lead singer of the girl group The Ronettes, and is known as the original bad girl of rock and roll. From a very young age, she took to singing and her large, close family encouraged...

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. I love you so much your in my heart so sweet ... Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an Academy Award-winning English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who first gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. ... Wings was a rock music supergroup formed in August 1971, after the breakup of The Beatles, by ex-Beatle Paul McCartney. ... Red Rose Speedway is Paul McCartneys fourth album release and second Wings album, officially credited to Paul McCartney & Wings upon its 1973 release, after the relatively weak commercial performance of the bands debut Wild Life had been credited only to the then-unknown Wings. ...

On September 26, 2006, Living in the Material World was reissued on CD and in a deluxe CD/DVD package 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)." Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label, owned by EMI. // The Capitol Records company was founded by the songwriter Johnny Mercer in 1942, with the financial help of movie producer Buddy DeSylva and the business acumen of Glenn Wallichs, (1910-1971) (owner of Music City, at the... For other uses, see EMI (disambiguation). ... The Peoples Republic of Bangladesh is a country in South Asia that forms the eastern part of the ancient region of Bengal. ...

The DVD rounds up rare performance footage of "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" from Harrison's 1991 Japanese tour with Eric Clapton, behind-the-scenes film clips shot during the 1973 sessions for "Living in the Material World" and previously unreleased versions of "Miss O'Dell" and "Sue Me, Sue You Blues" set to archival film clips.^[1] Eric Patrick Clapton CBE (born 30 March 1945), nicknamed Slowhand, is a Grammy Award winning English guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer. ...

Track listing

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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
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)".

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Bonus DVD

• "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" (Recorded at Tokyo Dome December 15th 1991)
  • Audio:
    • PCM Stereo
    • Dolby Digital 5.1
    • DTS 5.1
• "Miss O'Dell" (alternative version)
• "Sue Me, Sue You Blues" (acoustic demo version)
• "Living in the Material World"
• "Don't Let Me Wait Too Long" (rough instrumental take)

Charts

Albums

Single

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Notes & references

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External links

• Living in the Material World microsite at GeorgeHarrison.com
• Living In The Material World at Graham Calkin's Beatles Pages.
• More information on John Barham