Somewhere In England

Somewhere In England - Front Cover	Somewhere In England - Rear Cover
Somewhere In England - Inner Sleeve Front	Somewhere In England - Inner Sleeve Rear Yes, George IS covered in needles ! Needles are by Zion Yu Somewhere in Yin Yang.

Label	Dark Horse
Catalogue No.	K 56870 K4 56870 (cassette)
Release date	5th June 1981
Total time	39:15
U.K. Album Chart Detail :	Entry Date : 13th June 1981 Highest Position : 13 Weeks in Chart : 4
Detail :	George Harrison's eleventh solo album release. Credited to George Harrison Produced by George and Ray Cooper. Personnel : George - Lead vocals and guitars, plus synthesisers and keyboards Ringo - Drums (on "All Those Years Ago" on 19th November 1980) Paul - Backing vocals (on "All Those Years Ago") Linda - Backing vocals (on "All Those Years Ago") Denny Laine - Backing vocals (on "All Those Years Ago") Ray Cooper - Drums, keyboards, synthesisers, percussion Jim Keltner - Drums Dave Mattacks - Drums Willie Weeks - Bass Herbie Flowers - Bass, tuba Gary Brooker - Keyboards and synthesisers Al Kooper - Keyboards and synthesisers Mike Moran - Keyboards and synthesisers Neil Larson - Keyboards and synthesisers Tom Scott - Lyricon, horns Alla Rakha - Tabla. Recording took place from 30th October 1979 through to 23rd September 1980 on and off, when the first version of the album was completed. Recordings re-commence in November on the new tracks, which includes the first post-Beatles song to feature Paul, George and Ringo. This L.P. was originally scheduled for release in October 1980, but the powers that be at Warner Brothers rejected George's finished work, demanding something more "upbeat" ! George was instructed to replace four songs and to remix the remaining pieces. His idea for the album cover was also rejected. The four songs that the executives did not like were : "Tears Of The World" "Lay His Head" "Flying Hour" "Sat Singing" In 1987 "Lay His Head" appears on the B-side of Got My Mind Set On You, then on 15th February 1988 a special four song E.P. is included with George's book "Songs By George Harrison" on which "Sat Singing" and "Flying Hour" can be found albeit in remixed form. The remaining song appeared on the "freebie" enclosed with the second "Songs By George Harrison" book released in 1992. And the four new songs that replaced those were : "Blood From A Clone" "All Those Years Ago" "Teardrops" "That Which I Have Lost" The original cover planned by George was his picture superimposed onto a map of England, but above you can see the final version. The 2004 C.D. issue re-instated the original cover which is shown below. The cover concept was by Ray Cooper, with the front cover photograph taken by Caroline Irwin. George is sitting in front of a three-dimensional artwork by Mark Boyle made in 1967 called "Holland Park Avenue Study", it was used by permission of the trustees of the Tate Gallery. The inner sleeve contains the lyrics, and a dedication to John. Special thanks are also given (amongst others) to Spike Milligan and Michael Palin. Sri Krishna says in Bhagavadgita: "There was never a time when I did not exist, nor you.  Nor will there be any future when we cease to be."

Side 1

Side 2

Released Versions

Second pressings (July 1988)
    The album was re-issued with the same details.

1st March 2004 - Re-issued on Remastered C.D. in The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992 Boxset (GHBOX 1) and separately with catalogue number 594 0882.
The original cover artwork was restored for this release !

Somewhere In England - C.D. Cover (and what was the Original Artwork)

The C.D. has a running time of 44:18 as it adds one bonus track of :

Track	Composer	Time
Save The World	Harrison	4:29

The bonus track is an alternate version of the last track of the album.
Note: Although the original cover art was restored, the 4 tracks that were originally dropped by Warner Bros.
were curiously not reinstated on this remaster, even as bonus tracks.
A missed opportunity to restore George’s original vision for this album.
Oddly, the demo of one of the tracks, “Tears Of The World” is included as a bonus track on the new version of “Thirty Three & 1/3” (?!).
The C.D. comes with a 12-page booklet containing artwork and lyrics expanded from the original release, with some new photographs and full lyrics.
Re-mastering was by Simon Heyworth and John Etchells at Super Audio Mastering, Devon.

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