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  • All Things Must Pass
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  • 1970 songs
  • Song recordings produced by Phil Spector
  • Songs written by George Harrison
  • George Harrison songs
  • Music published by Harrisongs
  • Song recordings produced by George Harrison
  • Billy Preston songs
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  • %22All Things Must Pass%22 is a song by English musician George Harrison, issued in November 1970 as the title track to his triple album of the same name. Billy Preston released the song originally – as %22All Things (Must) Pass%22 – on his Apple Records album Encouraging Words (1970), after the Beatles had rejected it for inclusion on their Let It Be album in January 1969. The composition reflects the influence of the Band's sound and communal music-making on Harrison, after he had spent time with the group in Woodstock, New York, in late 1968, while Timothy Leary's poem %22All Things Pass%22, a psychedelic adaptation of the Tao Te Ching, provided inspiration for his song lyrics.The subject matter deals with the transient nature of human existence, and in Harrison's All Things Must Pass reading, words and music combine to reflect impressions of optimism against fatalism. On release, together with Barry Feinstein's album cover image, commentators viewed the song as a statement on the Beatles' break-up. Widely regarded as one of Harrison's finest compositions, its rejection by his former band has provoked comment from biographers and reviewers. Music critic Ian MacDonald described %22All Things Must Pass%22 as %22the wisest song never recorded by The Beatles%22, while author Simon Leng considers it %22perhaps the greatest solo Beatle composition%22. The recording was co-produced by Phil Spector in London; it features an orchestral arrangement by John Barham and contributions from musicians such as Ringo Starr, Pete Drake, Bobby Whitlock, Eric Clapton and Klaus Voormann.Although the Beatles failed to formally record the song, a 1969 solo demo by Harrison appears on their compilation Anthology 3 (1996). An early version from the All Things Must Pass sessions was released on Harrison's posthumous compilation Early Takes: Volume 1 in 2012. Paul McCartney performed %22All Things Must Pass%22 at the Concert for George tribute in November 2002, a year after Harrison's death. Jim James, the Waterboys, Klaus Voormann and Yusuf Islam, and Sloan Wainwright are among the other artists who have covered the song.
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  • George Harrison
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  • Apple Records
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  • 1969-02-25
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