Studio Three, EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Producers: George Harrison, Phil Spector
Engineers: Phil McDonald, John Leckie
Thursday 28 May 1970 was the third recording session for George Harrison’s third solo album All Things Must Pass, and the first to feature a full band line-up.
The three songs worked on were the ones that opened the album: ‘Wah-Wah’, ‘My Sweet Lord’, and ‘I’d Have You Anytime’. Precise band line-ups were not documented, but Eric Clapton was on guitar during the session.
Three takes of ‘Wah-Wah’ were recorded, the last of which was selected as the best. With subsequent overdubs it appeared on the album. The take was edited from the tape reel and moved to a new one, named ‘BESTS VOL. 1’.
Five takes of ‘My Sweet Lord’ were then recorded, with vocals, guitars, and harmonium. None of the takes were complete, and a full band line-up was used for the remaining takes, 6-16. The last of these appears on the album.
They had to learn the songs all together with Badfinger playing on ‘My Sweet Lord’ with George, four acoustic guitars. I put this screen around the acoustic guitar because when you’ve got an acoustic guitar the mic is fairly live so you want a bit of protection, so I put this half soundproof box around George.
The final song of the day to be tackled was ‘I’d Have You Anytime’. Six takes were recorded, but none were considered good enough and the song was returned to the following day.