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5.18pm
12 April 2012
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Really a fine album, features many great songs, although I think many george beatles songs are better than the atmp songs (no wonder many songs were rehearsed by the beatles during the get back sessions but they recorded something, old brown shoe, here comes the sun, for you blue and i me mine which are all better than many atmp songs). Nevertheless I think i me mine (at least in spectors mix (obviously because he also produced atmp)) fits better to all things must pass than to let it be. I think it was kind of a preview to all things must pass when it appeared on let it be.
6.52pm
1 December 2009
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Just read a pretty funny anecdote involving George and Phil Collins…
Apparently Phil played congas on "Art of Dying" on a session for All Things Must Pass, but there were no congas in the final mix and he wasn't credited on the album. Years later, when he heard that George was remastering ATMP, he mentioned this to a mutual friend. A few days later, a tape showed up in the mail with a note from George saying "is this you"? Phil played the tape and heard a version of "Art of Dying" with absolutely horrible congas, at the end of which he could hear George saying to Phil Spector "let's try it again without the conga player." Phil was mortified. A few days later, George called and asked if he got the tape. Phil started to say George didn't have to embarrass him like that, but George laughingly interrupted and said that it wasn't really Phil's congas, that he had Ray Cooper play really bad congas on purpose and sent it to Phil as a joke, and that Phil's congas were fine. Phil was finally credited on the ATMP reissue.
More proof that George was possibly the funniest Beatle!
12.12am
20 December 2010
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vonbontee said
Just read a pretty funny anecdote involving George and Phil Collins…Apparently Phil played congas on "Art of Dying" on a session for All Things Must Pass, but there were no congas in the final mix and he wasn't credited on the album. Years later, when he heard that George was remastering ATMP, he mentioned this to a mutual friend. A few days later, a tape showed up in the mail with a note from George saying "is this you"? Phil played the tape and heard a version of "Art of Dying" with absolutely horrible congas, at the end of which he could hear George saying to Phil Spector "let's try it again without the conga player." Phil was mortified. A few days later, George called and asked if he got the tape. Phil started to say George didn't have to embarrass him like that, but George laughingly interrupted and said that it wasn't really Phil's congas, that he had Ray Cooper play really bad congas on purpose and sent it to Phil as a joke, and that Phil's congas were fine. Phil was finally credited on the ATMP reissue.
More proof that George was possibly the funniest Beatle!
Great Story!
2.14am
1 May 2010
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Fantastic story Von Bontee!! I'm sharing it with my Beatlemaniac friends!! 
8.28pm
14 April 2010
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Thanks Von! That is a great story.
One of the reasons why George is my favorite is his sense of humor. Who else would go through all of that just for a practical joke? I do believe he was the funniest!
To the fountain of perpetual mirth, Let it roll for all its worth.
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