George Harrison’s ‘Wonderwall Music’: the Beatles’ first solo album and weirdest one too
George Harrison’s exotic soundtrack to Joe Massot’s swinging sixties cinematic head trip film Wonderwall was the first solo Beatle project – that is, of course, if you don’t count Paul McCartney’s 1966 soundtrack to The Family Way, which was actually credited to The George Martin Orchestra.
1968’s Wonderwall Music is all over the musical map—delightfully so—with songs ranging from classical Indian ragas to jaunty nostalgic-sounding numbers to proto-metal guitar freakouts. It’s a minor classic, and I wish more people knew about it. I’ve long been an enthusiastic evangelist for this album, sticking tracks on mixed CDs and tapes for quite some time. Even avowed Beatlemaniacs tend to have missed out on Wonderwall Music. It’s a real overlooked gem.
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It is a gripe and bugbear of mine that the Manc [Manchester based) boys Oasis have stolen quite so much from The Beatles and yet purporting to hate scousers (sic) it’s a Northern thing and only a Northern Song . . . . but the theft of the idea of Wonderwall infuriated me! Why would you do that? But then they have little to no inspirations of their own so what you gonna do? Steal from the best I guess . . . . . .
laughable really . . . . oh and BTW I bought George’s album when it came out and still play it today (on vinyl) and have it on CD and download too so not THAT obscure huh?
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