It's 75% Beatles - written and produced by George Harrison, with Macca on bass and Bongo on drums.Has guest appearances from Clapton at at his British blues-grinding best and the happy honky-tinking piano of session king Nicky Hopkins.
It conforms to all the codes and conventions of classic pop and packs more crackle than a Catherine wheel into a fizzing four minute bundle.
So why wasn't 'Sour Milk Sea' a hit of any kind for Jackie Lomax (it didn't even chart, after it's release in '68!) - And why has no one covered, or at least sampled it since ?
Jackie Lomax - Sour Milk Sea
Jackie Lomax - Sour Milk Sea
You can the hear work-in-progress version below, as the Fabs jam on 'Sour Milk Sea' round at George's place 'Kinfauns' while offering up a fistful of each other's tunes for possible inclusion on the White album.
George Harrison (demo) - Sour Milk Sea
8 comments:
Brilliant find, Mondo. As if to confirm what you wrote I was aware of this song but never heard it and never made any effort to track it down. It's great.
That's it isn't Mick, one of those titles, you hear floating around and never get round to checking out, but what a beaut' makes you think why do I need to bother trying to half hearted new bands, when there's golden nuggets like this to be dug
Very cool. George was always my favorite Beatle.
Hey, thanks so much for posting! I loved the album when it came out & all the words¬es all came back upon listening tonight....
Apple Girl
Kingy - it is a peach of a tune isn't it - would love to heard Sammy Davis doing a version of it
Thanks Apple Girl (you're not the blessed wild apple girl Marc Bolan wrote a song about are you?) Check back tomorrow as I may be loading up some funky fab covers if I can find where I filed them ..
nice work fella!
That's a great picture too.
Thanks P
Simon, it's sort of ties in with Lennon being the missing link on this one (you can hear him chipping in with some chat on the demo version).
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