EMI Recording Studio, Bombay, India
Producer: George Harrison
Engineers: JP Sen, SN Gupta
George Harrison had flown to India on 7 January 1968 to record the soundtrack for the film Wonderwall. The sessions began on 9 January in Bombay (Mumbai), and the fifth and final session took place on this day.
The musicians included Ashish Khan (sarod), ahapurush Misra (tabla and pakavaj), Sharad Jadev and Hanuman Jadev (shanhais), Shambu-Das, Indril Bhattacharya and Shankar Ghosh (sitar), Chandra Shakher (sur-bahar), Shiv Kumar Sharmar (santorr), SR Kenkare and Hari Prasad Chaurasia (flute), Vinayak Vohra (taar shehnai) and Rijram Desad (dholak, harmonium and tabla-tarang).
Harrison did not play on any of the recordings, but produced the sessions. Despite this, the album Wonderwall Music was released under his name alone.
The Bombay sessions took place at EMI Recording Studios, based at the Universal Insurance Building, Sir Pherozeshah Mehta Rd, Fort, Bombay 400001.
George did play on the album, according to his official website and wikipedia.
From my understanding, he did, but not on the tracks recorded in India.
On what date did George return to England? I know he was there on 25 January when the four of them filmed the clip seen at the end of the Yellow Submarine movie. Is it true that he had originally expected the others to join him in India at the Maharishi’s ashram, but the necessity to film that clip required a separate trip to India?
To answer my own question, George returned to London on 17 January. In between then and 15 February, when he traveled back to India to visit the Maharishi’s ashram with the other Beatles, George finished the Wonderwall LP, filmed the Yellow Submarine clip, and participated in recording the Beatles’ next single, Lady Madonna/The Inner Light.