Encouraging Words
His second Apple album, with first released versions of two Harrison songs.
Billy Preston, 1970
- Released
- September 11, 1970
- Recorded
- February 1969; December 1969 to April 1970
- Studio
- Trident and Olympic Sound Studios, London
- Label
- Apple
- Producer
- George Harrison, Billy Preston
- Length
- 44:29
Harrison and Preston co-produced it, and the 2010 liner notes by Andy Davis list Harrison on guitar and Moog, Eric Clapton and Delaney Bramlett on guitar, Klaus Voormann and Carl Radle on bass, Jim Gordon and Ringo Starr on drums, Bobby Keys on saxophone and the Edwin Hawkins Singers on two tracks. Wikipedia notes that no comprehensive credits exist. It includes "My Sweet Lord" and "All Things Must Pass" by Harrison, and the Beatles' "I've Got a Feeling". It did not chart in the UK or US.
AllMusic gave it four and a half stars, and Rick Wakeman called it absolute gems on a 2010 BBC Radio documentary. It was reissued on CD in 1993 and remastered in 2010.
Track listing
- Right Now3:14
- Little Girl3:28
- Use What You Got4:22
- My Sweet Lord3:21
- Let the Music Play2:44
- The Same Thing Again4:32
- I've Got a Feeling2:51
- Sing One for the Lord3:49
- When You Are Mine2:45
- I Don't Want You to Pretend2:38
- Encouraging Words3:35
- All Things (Must) Pass3:43
- You've Been Acting Strange3:27
Personnel
- Billy Preston vocals, keyboards, harmonica
- George Harrison producer, guitar, Moog
- Eric Clapton guitar
- Ringo Starr drums
More from Billy Preston
That's the Way God Planned It (1969)
Where to go next
Reference
- Encouraging Words on Wikipedia Tracks, personnel and reissues.
Sources
- Encouraging Words, Wikipedia