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Content to move at his own speed, Harrison began recording Somewhere In England in the autumn of 1979 and would continue at a sporadic pace, finally delivering the album to Warner Bros. Records in September 1980. However, the powers that be at Warner Bros. rejected it, ordering Harrison to drop four of its songs ("Tears Of The World", "Sat Singing", "Lay His Head" and "Flying Hour") which they somehow found too downbeat. Harrison's original cover art, featuring his profile against a map of Great Britain would also be veteoed by Warner Bros. With Harrison already feeling unable to relate to the current post-punk and New Wave musical climate, he acceded to their requests, but knew that when his recording contract came up for renewal after his next album, he wouldn't bother re-signing. Interestingly, a survey conducted in 2006 of the top 50 most popular 'Harrisongs' on the official George Harrison.com message boards included only one song from Somewhere in England ("Life Itself," #29), yet included three of the four rejected songs ("Flying Hour" at #14, "Lay His Head" at #27, and "Sat Singing" at #41). Warner Bros. ... Post punk generally refers to the particularly fertile and creative period following the initial punk rock explosion. During the first wave of punk, roughly spanning 1976-1983, bands such as The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Ramones and The Damned began to challenge the current styles and conventions of rock... Bold text New Wave in the late 1970s and early 1980s was inspired by the punk rock. ...

Picking up the project again in November, Harrison was joined in his home studio at Friar Park in Henley-on-Thames by none other than Ringo Starr, who arrived specifically to have Harrison produce some songs for him. Recorded were two Harrison originals "Wrack My Brain" and "All Those Years Ago" plus a cover of "You Belong To Me" for Starr's impending album Can't Fight Lightning which was later released as Stop and Smell the Roses. Two songs were finished but "All Those Years Ago" went unadorned. Starr later admitted that the key was too high for him to sing. During this period, Harrison had received word that John Lennon was slightly hurt over his biography I Me Mine, which, in Lennon's estimation, praised every musician Harrison had worked with except him. Unfortunately, Harrison was never able to make amends with Lennon; on 8 December 1980, he was gunned down outside the The Dakota apartment building by Mark David Chapman. Stop and Smell the Roses is an album by Ringo Starr and was released in 1981 following the twin commercial disasters of Ringo the 4th and Bad Boy. ... I Me Mine is a Beatles song, written and sung by George Harrison. ... The Dakota, constructed from October 25, 1880 to October 27, 1884,[3] is an apartment building located on the northwest corner of 72nd Street and Central Park West in New York City. ... Mark David Chapman (born May 10, 1955 in Fort Worth, Texas) is the man who shot and killed musician John Lennon on December 8, 1980. ...

After the shock and devastation of Lennon's murder, Harrison decided to utilize the unfinished recording of "All Those Years Ago". He changed the lyrics of the song to reflect the Lennon tragedy. With Starr's pre-recorded drum track in place, Harrison invited Paul and Linda McCartney, and their fellow Wings band-mate Denny Laine, to record backing vocals in early 1981. Aside "All Those Years Ago", "Blood From A Clone" (a searing indictment of the current music scene), "Teardrops" and "That Which I Have Lost" were added to replace the four discarded songs, and after a new cover was shot in the Tate Gallery in London, Somewhere In England was resubmitted and accepted. Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who first gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. ... Linda Louise, Lady McCartney (September 24, 1941 – April 17, 1998) was an American photographer, musician, and animal rights activist. ... Wings was a rock music band led by Paul McCartney and formed in August 1971, shortly after the breakup of The Beatles. ... Denny Laine (born Brian Hines, on 29 October 1944, in Birmingham) is an English songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, best known for his roles as former guitarist and lead singer of The Moody Blues and, later, co-founder (along with Paul McCartney) of Wings. ...

"All Those Years Ago" was released as the lead-off single that May to, hardly surprisingly, a very strong response. Reaching #13 in the UK and #2 in the US, it was Harrison's biggest hit since "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)" in 1973, and Somewhere In England benefited from its placement on the album. Peaking at #13 in the UK and #11 in the US, these chart positions were, superficially, Harrison's best transatlantic album peaks in some time, yet Somewhere In England actually sold less than it would appear, since its chart life - in both countries - was brief, and it became Harrison's first proper studio album to fail to reach gold status in the US. It was generally overlooked by the public, with follow-up single "Teardrops" reaching only #101 in the US.

In 2004, Somewhere In England was remastered and reissued, both separately and as part of the deluxe box set The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992, on Dark Horse Records with new distribution by EMI, adding the bonus track demo version of "Save The World", recorded in 1980. Specially for this reissue, Harrison's originally rejected artwork was now reinstated. The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992 is a box set of albums by George Harrison released in 2004. ... Dark Horse Records is the record label which was started by George Harrison in 1974. ... For other uses, see EMI (disambiguation). ...

Track listing

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1. "Blood from a Clone" – 4:03
2. "Unconsciousness Rules" – 3:05
3. "Life Itself" – 4:25
4. "All Those Years Ago" – 3:45
   • Harrison's tribute to John Lennon, featuring Ringo Starr on drums, as well as Paul and Linda McCartney and Denny Laine on backing vocals
5. "Baltimore Oriole" (Hoagy Carmichael) – 3:57
6. "Teardrops" – 4:07
7. "That Which I Have Lost" – 3:47
8. "Writings on the Wall" – 3:59
9. "Hong Kong Blues" (Carmichael) – 2:55
10. "Save the World" – 4:54
    • the track's end features a short excerpt from "Crying", originally released on Harrison's 1968 debut album Wonderwall Music

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11. "Save the World" (Acoustic Demo Version) – 4:31

Original (rejected) track listing

1. "Hong Kong Blues" (Carmichael)
2. "Writings on the Wall"
3. "Flying Hour" (Harrison/Mick Ralphs)
4. "Lay His Head"
5. "Unconsciousness Rules" – 3:35
6. "Sat Singing"
7. "Life Itself"
8. "Tears of the World" - 4:03
   • issued as a bonus track on the 2004 remaster of Thirty Three & 1/3
9. "Baltimore Oriole" (Carmichael)
10. "Save the World"

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Personnel

• George Harrison - lead vocals and guitars, plus synthesisers and keyboards
• Ringo Starr - drums
• Paul and Linda McCartney, Denny Laine - backing vocals on "All Those Years Ago"
• Ray Cooper - drums, keyboards, synthesisers, percussion
• Jim Keltner, Dave Mattacks - drums
• Willie Weeks - bass
• Herbie Flowers - bass, tuba
• Gary Brooker, Al Kooper, Mike Moran, Neil Larsen - keyboards and synthesisers
• Tom Scott - lyricon, horns
• Alla Rakha - tabla

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Charts

Albums

Singles

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References

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