Talk:All Things Must Pass

Genre?

Behind That Locked Door is the only song classified as country on this album while the other acoustic numbers fall into folk rock (according to all their pages)...why is country and western listed as one of this album's genres? Jackbel (talk) 09:25, 21 March 2014 (UTC)

I know what you're saying, Jackbel, but it's for the simple reason that we have to adhere to the requirement of an author actually spelling out that "this album is [genre] and [genre]." It's unfortunate – or rather, it's unfortunate that some editors feel the need to police the requirement to ridiculous lengths – because we end up with album articles where readers think, uh? this album's not that genre. I do the same with a few wikipedia album articles.

The inclusion of C&W here comes from the conclusion to Simon Leng's chapter on the album, where he writes: "That the final product covers gospel, hard rock, country and western, Motown, and everything in between serves as a reminder of [Harrison]'s versatility as a musician and producer." To me, what's currently there is way better than having just "folk rock" (as we had before), but it means that everything from this comment of Leng's, even when C&W is represented by only a single song, has to be included. Even down to the term "country and western" rather than "country".

If you've got a better group of genres instead, supported by a decent source, then go for it. I put a lot of work into this article and the song articles, but you know, I'd actually be happy to see the genre field blank, after all the tedious discussions above and on user talk pages. Cheers, JG66 (talk) 13:01, 21 March 2014 (UTC)

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Bad List Code

Something is wrong with how li value is working because it is putting the extra line in. I have seen this elsewhere. Kevinskogg (talk) 21:38, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

Apple Jam writing credits in Track listing section

The issue of songwriting credits for Apple Jam has frustrated me for years, and in fact they're only included under Track listing => 2001 remaster in the article because, from memory, another editor wanted them added, back in about 2013. When pulling together material for a spin-off article on the "free" disc a couple of weeks ago, I searched the BMI database, here, and only got results for two of the four jam tracks: they showed Harrison as the sole composer and Harrisongs as the sole publishing organisation. Now, unfortunately, I'm getting no results at all for any of the four tracks (Out of the Blue; I Remember Jeep; Plug Me In; Thanks for the Pepperoni) at the same database. The fifth track on the disc, "It's Johnny's Birthday", does appear. Perhaps someone who's a little more patient than me with these BMI, RIAA, etc database searches might have more success, and/or confirm what I found two weeks ago.

As mentioned, I was never convinced that the performers on the five selections are credited as writers. Note 31 in the article explains the situation, which boils down to academic Ian Inglis listing the musicians as composers, and Harrison biographer Simon Leng continuing to list only Harrison (apart from, for "It's Johnny's Birthday", the amended Martin, Coulter, Harrison credit from December 1970). What isn't explained in note 31 is the 2001 reissue booklet states that all compositions on the album are written by George Harrison, except "I'd Have You Anytime" (Harrison, Dylan), "If Not for You" (Dylan), and "It's Johnny's Birthday". Also per the 2001 booklet, all compositions are published by Harrisongs alone except for those same three tracks.

Given this, and what I found at bmi.com two weeks ago, I'm going to remove the writing credits in the 2001 track list. I think Inglis has misinterpreted the inclusion of the musicians' names with the Apple Jam tracks as being composer credits. In fact, the names were always there on the Jam disc sleeve as a list of performers.

If anyone wants to weigh in on this, please do. The issue's doubly confusing because in the US originally, the side five and six labels carried no songwriting details at all (just "BMI"), not even a producer's credit; so it's as if Inglis is reading the '01 packaging treatment as some sort of new development in terms of attributing authorship. Leng does not, and Leng's far more of an authority on Harrison's career than Ian Inglis. And there's still that overriding statement in the reissue booklet, anyway, that all songs are Harrison-composed and Harrisongs-published, save for the two involving Dylan and "It's Johnny's Birthday". JG66 (talk) 06:51, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

Just to add mention of ASCAP's database and the results for Harrison, George there. For "I Remember Jeep"/390246492, "Out of the Blue"/450095880, "Plug Me In"/460132758 and "Thanks for the Pepperoni"/500679869, the sole writer is Harrison and the publisher is Harrisongs. (I've included the Work IDs with the track titles because it seems you can search by work and avoid the multiple-page, alphabetical results for the songwriter.) JG66 (talk) 09:14, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

Nicky Hopkins

I take your point JG66, but Nicky appears in the official release of the 50th anniversary album, so why shouldn't he be listed as one of the musicians on the album? Johnalexwood (talk) 12:56, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

Well, that's just it – he's not one of the musicians on the actual album. As we know, an outtakes-laden box set has just been released, 50 years later, which includes a contribution by Nicky Hopkins; but to my way of thinking, if we treat this and anything similar as a genuine contribution to the album, it would be like listing all the musicians who played on a track subsequently added for convenience to a CD release of an album/LP. Take the 50th anniversary release of the Beatles' White Album: for some strange reason, that set includes the likes of Lady Madonna and The Inner Light – but does that mean all the Indian musicians who played on the latter and the sax players on Lady Madonna are to be listed under Personnel as if they contributed to the White Album? The answer's no, and we don't list them.

I'm also mindful of a recent discussion at WT:ALBUMS about these mega-exhaustive anniversary box sets. That discussion focused on the slavish addition of separate track listings, but to me it's equally relevant to the extent to which we should allow a pull-out-all-the-stops commercial repackaging to influence the article. There's 50 years of extensive coverage for All Things Must Pass, and the 50th anniversary releases need to be recognised in that context and should be given only due weight. But it's as if some editors are arriving here (and at similar albums articles) and treating the 50th anniversary product as the album. That's for Discogs or something.

As mentioned in my comment with that edit, maybe the same argument could be applied to the extra 2001 personnel credits. I'd say that coverage of the 2001 bonus tracks is sufficient to allow for the additional names, because that reissue receives a huge amount of attention in secondary sources – that Harrison actually embraced promotion for the release, the choice of bonus tracks, the success the 30th anniversary set achieved commercially and critically. JG66 (talk) 14:06, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

OK. So maybe the 50th anniversary edition deserves its own wiki entry? Here's the animation Dhani released with the version of Isn't It A Pity from the album, with Nicky on piano: [1] Johnalexwood (talk) 08:41, 11 August 2021 (UTC)