A number of years earlier than he turned a world celebrity following the discharge of 1976’s Frampton Comes Alive!, Peter Frampton was sitting timidly with one in every of his all-time heroes, George Harrison.
Frampton, then a member of Humble Pie, was solely 20 when he was invited into the studio in 1970 as Harrison labored on music that would seem on his landmark debut solo album, All Issues Should Go.
Harrison beforehand launched two solo initiatives — 1968’s Wonderwall Music and 1969’s Electrical Sound — whereas the Beatles had been nonetheless collectively, however these instrumental information sounded nothing just like the music he was making together with his band. All Issues Should Go, launched the identical yr the Beatles broke up, definitively established him as an impartial songwriter, producer and arranger. The LP featured a number of visitor appearances, together with Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Gary Wright, and members of Badfinger.
Frampton performed acoustic guitar on a number of of the album’s songs. Why Harrison requested him to play was by no means clarified, although it might have had one thing to do with Harrison’s curiosity in musical simplicity and subtlety. “Generally it’s not what you do, it’s what you don’t try this counts,” he instructed Rolling Stone. “And personally I’d fairly hear three notes hit actually candy than to listen to a complete lot of notes from some guitar participant whose ears are so blown out he can’t hear the distinction between a flat and a pointy.”
Regardless of the purpose, Frampton was desirous to contribute to his idol’s album. You possibly can study extra concerning the fascinating collaboration within the beneath video from our “Odd {Couples}” sequence.
Beatles Solo Albums Ranked
Included are albums that also really feel like time-stamped baubles and others which have solely grown in estimation.
