Entre_Perpetuo Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 Too magnum opuses cut from similar cloth. Which is your pick? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueschica Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 Eric Clapton and Layla and other Love Songs by a mile. Layla itself has Clapton and Duane Allman playing on it; I know a whole lot of others including Eric played on All Things but I have always preferred Clapton's sound over Harrison solo, just my opinion. I love George with the Beatles and Traveling Wilburys but not so much alone, it's just me. Great talents both. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union 5-3992 Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 All Things Must Pass and it's not even close. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. Backer Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 The best solo Beatle album. In a cakewalk. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 All Things Must Pass 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 I didn't care much for either one, but if forced, I will go with Derek and the D's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat 3 Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 George Harrison... ...that album is truly a masterpiece in every sense of the word. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RushFanForever Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 (edited) Ringo Starr received sole writing credit for 'It Don't Come Easy', but had "substantial, but uncredited, assistance from George Harrison. The song has the same chord structure as 'Let It Rain', written by Eric Clapton and Bonnie Bramlett. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VKpMI5Msa4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCD0fPSsdBA Clapton and Starr both appear on All Things Must Pass. Edited April 14, 2020 by RushFanForever 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apetersvt Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 All Things Must Pass included Clapton, Bobby Whitlock, Jim Gordon, and Carl Radle.Layla included Clapton, Whitlock, Gordon, and Radle.Layla is one of my favorite albums so it was an easy pick for me. Have always been such a big fan of Duane Allman. Love the bonus jam disc on the Box-set. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RushFanForever Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 (edited) Bobby Whitlock and his wife CoCo Carmel released an independent album in 2008 titled Lovers. This album featured guest appearance by guitarist Eric Johnson and local Austin guitarist David Grissom (known for his stint with John Mellencamp and being a member of the blues-rock band Storyville). Grissom also toured with The Dixie Chicks and Allman Brothers. One of the songs is a remake of 'Layla' that's slowed down in the verses with screaming saxophone playing by CoCo Carmel and minus the lengthy piano coda. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crJ1JK4yk0s The album then went 'out of print', so it was released as . In 2007, the late Stephen Bruton (a local Austin musician also on Lovers), organized a concert titled The Road To Austin (more about it here), The concert was then released on DVD in 2014. Whitlock and Carmel were one of the performing acts at the event, where they had included both Johnson and Grissom reprising their guitar roles. They perform 'Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad' and 'Layla' below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZPoeZSnp9M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDbO1Hf8R5w Edited April 14, 2020 by RushFanForever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 First of all...ouch! EP, in making me choose, you’re putting a figurative gun to my head. Both are absolute masterpieces. Both released in the same year...both indispensable. But remembering there’s a gun to my head, I have to choose... Layla. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas King Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 All Things Must Pass! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 All things Must Pass George had a rocky solo career but this is a stone classic. Mick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. Backer Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 All things Must Pass George had a rocky solo career but this is a stone classic. Mick I revisited his discography about 6 months ago or so. When I did it like that, I realized that he was actually more consistent than Paul or John. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 All things Must Pass George had a rocky solo career but this is a stone classic. Mick I revisited his discography about 6 months ago or so. When I did it like that, I realized that he was actually more consistent than Paul or John. If i had to rate solo careers. Mccartney ( choppy yes but i admit i'm a bit biased here, lol)Harrison (when it's good.....it's SOOOO good)Lennon (i like 2 albums. his debut and his side of Double Fantasy. the rest just is a downer. but UNLIKE his raw downer debut......not very good, to me the sounds of a man CLEARLY unhappy) Never heard Ringo and don't really care, lol Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom55 Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 George. Brings back great memories of high school. Love these lyrics If not for youBabe, I couldn't even find the doorI couldn't even see the floorI'd be sad and blue, if not for you If not for youBabe, the night would see me wide awakeThe day would surely have to breakIt would not be new, if not for youIf not for you, my sky would fallRain would gather, tooWithout your love I'd be nowhere at allI'd be lost, if not for you 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted July 22, 2021 Author Share Posted July 22, 2021 After listening to them both recently I decided on All Things Must Pass. Ironically the one with an entire third LP dedicated to jams is the less kinda blues jamming centric of the two. Both are great, and I gained a new appreciation for them both on revisiting, but George seems to have more to say, more variety, across the first four sides of All Things Must Pass. I'll give Layla this though, when it hits, it hits much harder than All Things Must Pass. The riff to Layla, the chorus of Bell Bottom Blues, the single falsetto backing vocal on many of the songs that breaks and you just feel Eric shedding tears. ... morally objectionable tears over another man's woman.. but ya know ... tears. I don't get a lot of tears out of George, just meditations and wise words. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted July 22, 2021 Author Share Posted July 22, 2021 All Things Must Pass included Clapton, Bobby Whitlock, Jim Gordon, and Carl Radle.Layla included Clapton, Whitlock, Gordon, and Radle.Layla is one of my favorite albums so it was an easy pick for me. Have always been such a big fan of Duane Allman. Love the bonus jam disc on the Box-set. Dang really? Talk about a great matchup then! This should be as ubiquitous and often unanswerable a question as The Beatles vs The Stones! Okay maybe not that ubiquitous, but given all the circumstances around both records and their similarities and stark differences, I'd say it's a pretty easy matchup to make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Nelson Wilbury 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurabw Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Oh, I don't know, I think they're both fantastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhyta Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 All Things Must Pass absolutely. George used it to release a lot of songs he had in the can for years and it was if I may so "Something" else. ;) In someways the two albums have some similarities in sound but that was because both of them played on them. Love Layla and Bell Bottom Blues but being the Beatle fan I am, George wins. :coy: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhyta Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 After listening to them both recently I decided on All Things Must Pass. Ironically the one with an entire third LP dedicated to jams is the less kinda blues jamming centric of the two. Both are great, and I gained a new appreciation for them both on revisiting, but George seems to have more to say, more variety, across the first four sides of All Things Must Pass. I'll give Layla this though, when it hits, it hits much harder than All Things Must Pass. The riff to Layla, the chorus of Bell Bottom Blues, the single falsetto backing vocal on many of the songs that breaks and you just feel Eric shedding tears. ... morally objectionable tears over another man's woman.. but ya know ... tears. I don't get a lot of tears out of George, just meditations and wise words.George doesn't do the tears as you say but Isn't It a Pity? has some sobering realizations in it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RushFanForever Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 (edited) I think 'it's a pity' that The Beatles as a group and solo artists' would record multiple takes of a song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFxYsWCT6_k This particular version is Take 27. That would drive me mad if I was recording where I ended up kicking the bucket and joining The 27 Club. Edited July 30, 2021 by RushFanForever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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