"Sour Milk Sea" (George Harrison; Harrisongs Ltd.) [3:50] |
Recorded 26 June 1968 at EMI Recording Studios, London. |
Released in the UK on 6 September 1968 as Apple 3 (b/w "The Eagle Laughs at You") |
Released in the US on 26 August 1968 on Capitol. |
Jackie Lomax (vocals and guitar) with George Harrison (guitar), Paul McCartney (bass), Nicky Hopkins (keyboards), Eric Clapton (guitar), and Ringo Starr (drums) |
Produced by George Harrison. |
Come and Get It: The Best of Apple Records (Apple 5099964639727) |
Notes and Quotes |
Section | Time | Comments | Text |
Intro | 0:00 | guitar, drums built on verse backing | — |
verse | 0:07 | add vocal, bass, piano; double-track voice at end of verse | a |
chorus | 0:39 | contrast double-tracked first half with single-tracked second half | b |
verse | 1:00 | as in verse above | c |
chorus | 1:30 | as in chorus above | b |
bridge | 1:50 | guitar solo (Clapt on) over harmonic pedal | — |
chorus | 2:05 | guitar solo (Harrison) over organ | — |
verse | 2:24 | as in verses above | d |
chorus | 2:55 | as in choruses above | b |
chorus | 2:14 | repeat chorus material | b' |
coda | 2:27 | improv over harmonic pedal | b' |
Text | |
If your life's not right, doesn't satisfy you, you don't get the breaks like some of us do. Better work it out; find where you've gone wrong. Better do it soon as you don't have long. |
a |
Get out of Sour Milk Sea.
You don't belong there. Get back to where you should be. Find out what's going on there. |
b |
If you want the most from everything you do, in the shortest time your dreams come true. In no time at all it makes you more aware. Very simple process takes you there. |
c |
Looking for release from limitation? There's nothing much without illumination. Can fool-around with every different cult. There's only one way brings result. |
d |
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