The most streamed Beatles song – 700 million plays more than any other – is not by Lennon/McCartney but George who, as author Seth Rogovoy points out, is still widely considered “an economy-class Beatle” though his contributions were central to the success of their records. Seth’s new book ‘Within You Without You: Listening to George Harrison’ sets out to right this monstrous wrong! As does this conversation with the two of us which covers …

 

… did My Sweet Lord’s court case puncture his sense of ambition?

 

… how he changed Taxman for American audiences.

 

… the statement made by starting All Things Must Pass with a Dylan/Harrison composition.

 

… how he was fleeced by not one but two managers - Allen Klein and Denis O’Brien.

 

… what we learnt from watching ‘Get Back’.

 

… Broadway ballads, Vaudeville, jazz and the solo on ‘Til There Was You.

 

… remortgaging Friar Park for Life Of Brian and pushing for the Anthology “payday”.

 

… his glorious spiritual/material contradiction – “the Pisces sign is two fish going in opposite directions”.

 

… a social mobility that John and Paul both envied.

 

… falling out of love with live performance.

 

… the beliefs of his early ‘20s he sustained all his life.

 

… and the staples of George Harrison’s Jukebox.

 

Order Seth’s book here:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Within-You-Without-Listening-Harrison/dp/019762782X

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