Editing George Harrison (section)

===''All Things Must Pass'': 1970===
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For many years, Harrison was restricted in his songwriting contributions to the Beatles' albums, but he released ''All Things Must Pass'', a [[Double album#Triple album|triple album]]{{sfn|Schaffner|1980|p=155}} with two discs of his songs and the third of recordings of Harrison [[Jam session|jamming]] with friends.{{sfn|Howard|2004|pp=36–37}}{{sfn|Bogdanov|Woodstra|Erlewine|2002|p=508}} The album was regarded by many as his best work, and it topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic.{{sfn|Bogdanov|Woodstra|Erlewine|2002|p=181}}{{sfn|Inglis|2010|pp=xv, 23}}{{refn|group=nb|In July 2006, it was determined that ''All Things Must Pass'' should have been credited as a number one album in the United Kingdom when first released in 1970–71. Because some sales were not properly counted, the album originally peaked at number four in Britain.<ref>{{cite web |title=Number one for Harrison at last |url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/music/number-one-harrison-last-3516990 |url-status=live |work=Liverpool Echo |date=31 July 2006 |orig-year=Updated 8 May 2013 |access-date=31 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200531151113/https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/music/number-one-harrison-last-3516990 |archive-date=31 May 2020}}</ref>}} The number-one [[hit single]] "My Sweet Lord" and the top-ten single "[[What Is Life]]" were taken from the album,{{sfn|Roberts|2005|p=227}} which was co-produced by [[Phil Spector]] using his "[[Wall of Sound]]" approach;{{sfn|Schaffner|1978|p=142}} the musicians included Starr, Clapton, [[Gary Wright]], [[Billy Preston]], [[Klaus Voormann]], the whole of Delaney and Bonnie's Friends band, and the Apple group [[Badfinger]].{{sfn|Howard|2004|pp=36–37}}{{sfn|Leng|2006|p=78}}{{refn|group=nb|Early in the sessions, Clapton, Whitlock, Gordon and [[Carl Radle]] formed the short-lived band [[Derek and the Dominos]].{{sfn|Leng|2006|p=101}}}} On its release, ''All Things Must Pass'' was received with critical acclaim;{{sfn|Frontani|2009|pp=158, 266}} Ben Gerson of ''Rolling Stone'' described it as being "of classic Spectorian proportions, [[Wagnerian]], [[Anton Bruckner|Brucknerian]], the music of mountain tops and vast horizons".<ref name="Gerson">{{cite magazine |last=Gerson |first=Ben |title=George Harrison – All Things Must Pass |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/all-things-must-pass-19710121 |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=21 January 1971 |access-date=25 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130428064752/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/all-things-must-pass-19710121 |archive-date=28 April 2013}}</ref> Author and [[musicologist]] Ian Inglis considers the lyrics of [[All Things Must Pass (song)|the album's title track]] "a recognition of the impermanence of human existence&nbsp;... a simple and poignant conclusion" to Harrison's former band.{{sfn|Inglis|2010|p=30}} In 1971, Bright Tunes sued Harrison for [[copyright infringement]] over "My Sweet Lord", owing to its similarity to the 1963 [[Chiffons]] hit "[[He's So Fine]]".{{sfn|Doggett|2009|pp=147–148}} When the case was heard in the [[United States district court]] in 1976, he denied deliberately plagiarising the song, but lost the case, as the judge ruled that he had done so subconsciously.{{sfn|Doggett|2009|pp=251–252}}

In 2000, Apple Records released a thirtieth-anniversary edition of the album, and Harrison actively participated in its promotion. In an interview, he reflected on the work: "It's just something that was like my continuation from the Beatles, really. It was me sort of getting out of the Beatles and just going my own way&nbsp;... it was a very happy occasion."{{sfn|Harry|2003|p=16}} He commented on the production: "Well, in those days it was like the [[Reverb effect|reverb]] was kind of used a bit more than what I would do now. In fact, I don't use reverb at all. I can't stand it&nbsp;... You know, it's hard to go back to anything thirty years later and expect it to be how you would want it now."{{sfn|Harry|2003|pp=12–13}}