What is this new devilry?

Revisionism runs rampant! I’m sorry, I just don’t buy his son’s claim that George Harrison didn’t like reverb [MOJO 333]. In 1970, at any rate. After

Wonderwall and Electric Sounds, All Things Must Pass was George’s first solo effort. He was photographed smiling with Spector with the tape of the album. Unsurprisingly, the latter’s production is outstanding. When I bought it on its release, I thought it a flawed masterpiece. The flaw? That awful cacophony of a third disc. Apple Jams – an aural nightmare, wholly unnecessary. George could have made fundamental revisions – he had plenty of time and his own studio – in 2001, on its re-release. He only did it for My Sweet Lord. And which was the better? Spector’s original production of My Sweet Lord – no question. Michael Solan, Chester Le Street