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Thursday, April 22, 2010

1980 - Somwhere in England [George]

1. "Hong Kong Blues" (Carmichael) – 2:53
2. "Writing's on the Wall" – 3:58
3. "Flying Hour" (Harrison/Mick Ralphs) – 4:04
4. "Lay His Head" – 3:43
5. "Unconsciousness Rules" – 3:36

6. "Sat Singing" – 4:28
7. "Life Itself" – 4:24
8. "Tears of the World" – 4:00
9. "Baltimore Oriole" (Carmichael) – 3:57
10. "Save the World" – 4:56

Reality Notes:

Content to move at his own speed, Harrison began recording Somewhere in England in the autumn of 1979 and continued at a sporadic pace, finally delivering the album to Warner Bros. Records in September 1980. However, the executives 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"), finding them too downbeat. Harrison's original cover art, featuring his profile against a map of Great Britain was also vetoed 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.
(From Wikipedia)

If the Beatles were still a group at this time it would have been released on Apple records leaving George with total control meaning the original version would have been released. All Those Years Ago becomes a stand alone single and the album is still released in its original form.

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