An album I've always liked, but seen scolded and frowned upon by both critics and fans since first release. Even if musically uneven - top numbers mixed with what can be called fillers - it's got so much else going for it you just a have to surrender. The song "Dark Horse" is to my ears one of his most appealing and one I'm returning to often, "Ding Dong" very simple but incredibly catchy, "It Is He (Jai Sri Krishna)" filled with good karma and the re-written version of "Bye Bye Love" with his handeling of the love triangle between him, Eric Clapton and Patti Boyd is both touching and interesting, especially since both Clapton and Boyd participated and provided background vocals. "Far East Man" is another version of the Harrison/Wood composition that also showed up on Wood's "I've Got My Own Album To Do" and while that was guested by an uncredited Harrison, Wood plays on this uncredited. The crew included names as Ringo Starr, Klaus Voorman, Billy Preston, Alvin Lee and Nicky Hopkins among others and the package top notch. Labels having a pic of him on side one and one of his then future wife Olivia Arias on side two. Fold out cover has a school pic with a blue-faced thirteen y.o. George and the inner tracklist and comments were all hand written by him. Blue faces on front pic and labels with all certainty a homage to the god Krishna, who's always depicted with a blue face in Hindu mythology. So even if not enthralled by every single track, the entireness is so charming I'm in. Issued and reissued on every possible format all over the world through the years. Japan remastered 2018 CD on Universal Music (UICY-40237) came with two bonus tracks. Premiere UK had label as shown here and matt fold/out cover with tracking/credit inner and lyric/picture insert. (BÄ*) (GÄÖ*) (ÄPLÄ*)
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