Wonderwall Music

by George Harrison

Wonderwall Music cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 November 1968
  • Label: Apple
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 57:33
  • Community rating: 3.9/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The first solo album by a Beatle and the first release on the Beatles' own record label, 'Wonderwall Music' is George Harrison's score for Joe Massot's film 'Wonderwall', recorded in London and Bombay with Indian musicians including sarod player Aashish Khan, santoor player Shivkumar Sharma and tabla player Shankar Ghosh. John Barham arranged the Western passages, and Eric Clapton and Ringo Starr contributed performances.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, instrumental, experimental, atmospheric, soundtrack, traditional

Tracklist

  1. Microbes (3:44)
  2. Red Lady Too (1:56)
  3. Tabla and Pakavaj (1:04)
  4. In the Park (4:10)
  5. Drilling a Home (3:07)
  6. Guru Vandana (1:08)
  7. Greasy Legs (1:27)
  8. Ski-ing (1:49)
  9. Gat Kirwani (1:15)
  10. Dream Scene (5:27)
  11. Party Seacombe (4:34)
  12. Love Scene (4:16)
  13. Crying (1:17)
  14. Cowboy Music (1:29)
  15. Fantasy Sequins (1:49)
  16. On the Bed (2:22)
  17. Glass Box (1:07)
  18. Wonderwall to Be Here (1:27)
  19. Singing Om (1:57)
  20. In the First Place (3:16)
  21. Almost Shankara (5:00)
  22. The Inner Light - Alternative Take - Instrumental (3:42)

Credits

  • Peter Tork - banjo [uncredited]
  • Ringo Starr - drums [uncredited]
  • Eric Clapton - electric guitar [uncredited]
  • John Barham - flugelhorn, piano
  • Colin Manley - guitar, steel guitar
  • Rij Ram Desad - harmonium, performer [tabla-tarang]
  • Mahapurush Misra - performer [pakavaj], tabla, drum [pakavaj]
  • Hanuman Jadev - performer [shanhais]
  • Alan Aldridge - design, sleeve
  • Bob Gill - design, sleeve
  • John Kelly - design, sleeve
  • Astrid Kemp - photography by

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