Wonderwall Music - Front Cover | Wonderwall Music - Rear Cover |
Wonderwall Music - Page 8 of C.D. Booklet George, Jane Birkin, Ringo and the cast of Wonderwall at the Cannes premiere |
Wonderwall Music - The C.D. |
Label | Apple |
Catalogue No. | APCOR 1 (mono) SAPCOR 1 (stereo) TCSAPCOR 1 (cassette) |
Release date | 1st November 1968 |
Total time | 45:45 |
U.K. L.P. Chart Detail : | Did NOT chart |
Detail : | George Harrison's first solo album release and the FIRST SOLO release by a Beatle, and the first Apple album release ...
but also the first Beatle solo release to be deleted ! Credited to George Harrison, although bizarrely George did NOT play on the album. Personnel : English Titles, John Barham - Piano and flugelhorn Tommy Reilly - Harmonica Colin Manley - Guitar and Steel guitar Tony Ashton - Jangle piano and Organ Philip Rogers - Bass Roy Dyke - Drums Ringo and Eric Clapton are also rumoured to have played. Note: Manley, Ashton, Dyke and Rogers were the Liverpool group "The Remo Four". Indian Titles, Ashish Khan - Sarod Mahapurush Misra - Tabla and pakavaj Sharad Jadev - Shanhai Hanuman Jadev - Shanhai Shambu-Das - Sitar Indril Bhattacharya - Sitar Shankar Ghosh - Sitar Chandra Shakhet - Surbahar Shiv Kumar Shermar - Santoor S.R. Kenkare - Flute Vinaik Vora - Thar-shanhai Rij Ram Desad - Harmonium nad tablatarang
This album was the soundtrack to the 1968 film Wonderwall, which starred Jack MacGowran, Jane Birkin, Irene Handl, and Richard Wattis.
All the English titles were recorded in London in December 1967, and the Indian titles were recorded in E.M.I.'s studios in
The album sleeve was designed by Bob Gill, John Kelly and Alan Aldridge, with the front cover painting by Bob Gill. The catalogue number was originally going to be STAP 1, as can be seen in the run-out groove where it appears crossed out.
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Track | Composer | Time |
Microbes | Harrison | 3:42 |
Red Lady Too | Harrison | 1:55 |
Table And Pakavaj | Harrison | 1:05 |
In The Park | Harrison | 4:08 |
Drilling A Home | Harrison | 3:07 |
Guru Vandana | Harrison | 1:04 |
Greasy Legs | Harrison | 1:27 |
Ski-ing | Harrison | 1:50 |
Gat Kirwani | Harrison | 1:15 |
Dream Scene | Harrison | 5:26 |
Track | Composer | Time |
Party Seacombe | Harrison | 4:33 |
Love Scene | Harrison | 4:17 |
Crying | Harrison | 1:14 |
Cowboy Music | Harrison | 1:28 |
Fantasy Sequins | Harrison | 1:50 |
On The Bed | Harrison | 2:21 |
Glass Box | Harrison | 1:04 |
Wonderwall To Be Here | Harrison | 1:25 |
Singing Om | Harrison | 1:54 |
1983 - For many years in the U.K. in the 80's, the only listing of this album was as an E.M.I. import from E.M.I. France on catalogue number 2C 066 90490
Re-Issue (1992).
SAPCOR 1 - A stereo only version in a gatefold cover, plus inner sleeve.
June 1992 a C.D. was first issued on catalogue number CD SAPCOR 1 with no bonus tracks (International number CDP 7 98706 2).
It is digitally remastered by Ron Furmanek from the original two-track stereo master mix tapes.
It comes with a terrific 12 page booklet containing many shots of the time and the story of "Wonderwall" by Derek Taylor.
The re-issue package is by Phil Smee at Waldo's design.
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