You have hand-clapping, electric keyboards, strings, flutes, percussion and of course guitars. Though “Here Comes The Sun” sounds quite simple, there are a lot of moving pieces going on in the production. That led him to write this simple but elegant song about the exciting days that are yet to come, and that the cold days of winter will soon be melting. He was hanging out with Clapton after dealing with The Beatles nonsense, and he felt a special camaraderie and new sense of excitement about music. The origin of this song came about through his friendship with Eric Clapton. By this time, Harrison was beginning to establish himself as a peer with Lennon and McCartney. The tape box containing the master mix from the morning of 20 August contained the handwritten instruction: “Don’t use guitars for solo from 6 + 7”.“Here Comes the Sun” is Beatles song written by George Harrison for the Abbey Road record. This is likely to have been recorded by Harrison on 6 August 1969. The tapes revealed a hitherto unheard guitar solo which was left out of the album mix. One of the bonus items on the DVD/Blu-ray release of Martin Scorsese’s 2011 documentary George Harrison: Living In The Material World was a studio scene featuring Dhani Harrison, George Martin and Giles Martin listening to the ‘Here Comes The Sun’ multi-track tapes. This raised the key by approximately a quarter-tone. This was done in just one attempt, with the tape running slightly faster – at 51 cycles per second rather than the usual 50 – reducing slightly the length of the song. Some time after midnight in the morning of 20 August the song was mixed in stereo. This partly erased the woodwind parts from the previous session. ‘Here Comes The Sun’ was completed four days later, on 19 August 1969, when Harrison taped his Moog part on track four. The latter overdub replaced Harrison’s 16 July harmonium part. Two clarinets, two alto flutes, two flutes, and two piccolos were recorded onto track four, and four violas, four cellos, and string bass were added to track five. The orchestra – the names of the players undocumented – was recorded on 15 August. ‘Here Comes The Sun’ was then left until 6 August, when Harrison taped more guitar parts alone in Abbey Road’s studio three. The handclaps were added to track eight, and Harrison’s harmonium performance – later erased – was recorded onto track five. On 16 July handclaps and a harmonium were overdubbed, in a session produced by Glyn Johns. It combined the acoustic guitar, electric guitar and drum fills on track three. Two reduction mixes were then made take 15 was chosen as the better one, and was used for further overdubs. Harrison then recorded lead vocals on track six, and he and McCartney added two sets of backing vocals to tracks seven and eight, wiping the previous day’s guide vocals in the process. The next day, onto track five, Starr overdubbed drum fills and Harrison added more electric guitar, this time played through a Leslie speaker. In the final hour of the session Harrison taped an additional guitar part using the same J-200 on track four. The multitrack tape had Paul McCartney’s Rickenbacker bass guitar on track one Starr’s drums on two Harrison’s Gibson J-200 acoustic guitar on three and his guide vocals on eight. Take nine, meanwhile, was included on some formats of the 50th anniversary reissue of Abbey Road. The final take – announced as “take 12 and a half” – was selected as the best. The rhythm track was recorded in 13 takes on 7 July 1969, Ringo Starr’s 29th birthday.
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