CBB - YOU cover George Harrison
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MIKE - chitarra acustica
GIUSEPPE - piano , organo , tastiera , voce , cori
SANDRO - basso
CARLO - batteria , tamburello
from album "EXTRA TEXTURE " -1975
You is a song by George Harrison, which appeared on the album Extra Texture (Read All About It) (1975). The song was originally recorded by Ronnie Spector. The LP features a "reprise" of the song, entitled A Bit More of You. You also appeared on a single in 1975 (B-side: World of Stone). George Harrison was a great admirer of soul and R&B music; his favourite male singer was Marvin Gaye, while his favourite female singers included Doris Troy, Mary Wells and Ronnie Spector. The latter had been a member of the Ronettes and had been the wife of the famous American producer Phil Spector until the early seventies; Mrs. Spector (actually Veronica Bennett) also released a song written by Harrison, Try Some, Buy Some. You, one of the simplest compositions by the British guitarist, dates back to 1970, and was written especially for the soul singer. Harrison biographer Simon Leng has considered this song as the greatest example of Motown Records' influence on George[N 2]; it has been suggested that the lyrics of this piece inspired those of Silly Love Songs, a hit single by Wings written by McCartney, who was the leader of the group.
1971
The basic track for You was recorded on 2 February 1971, during a session for a supposed Ronnie Spector LP. On the 2nd, as well as the following day, A Bit More of You was also recorded, along with Try Some, Buy Some, its B-side Tandoori Chicken and the unreleased Lovely Laddy Day. On 3 February, John Lennon joined the backing band, formed by Harrison, Leon Russell and Pete Ham, even though he did not play on You.
1975
Harrison had already used the basic track of Try Some, Buy Some to publish his version of the piece on the LP Living in the Material World (1973). The same happened for You: in fact, after having overdubbed the vocals, on March 31, 1975, he added the drums (Jim Keltner), a tenor saxophone solo (Jim Horn) and some keyboard parts (David Foster). You opens the album Extra Texture (Read All About It) of September 1975, which presents, as the first track of its B-side, A Bit More of You; this LP was considered by George Harrison as his worst. It was released after a very difficult period for the guitarist, in 1974, he had laryngitis, but he still toured North America and published the album Dark Horse, being attacked very harshly by critics, and divorced his wife Pattie Boyd.
Music critic Richard S. Ginell of AllMusic, reviewing Extra Texture, called "You" a strong start to the LP, and ranked it among the LP's best tracks, along with "The Answer's at the End" and "This Guitar." Also from AllMusic, Lindsay Planer, writing a review of "You" alone, called it "propulsive," and noted the contrast between the simple lyrics and the "powerful" backing track; Planer also praised the ensemble of musicians on the song. Rolling Stone magazine's Dave Marsh said that "You" was George's best song since "My Sweet Lord," and that it alone indicated that the quiet one's career had not ended with "Dark Horse." The lyrics were attacked by Roy Carr and Tony Tyler in their book The Beatles: An Illustrated Record. In a Rolling Stone article shortly after George's death, the song was described as one of George's best, and was released as a single with a fantastic Spectorian-like mix.
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