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The article says that "Not Guilty" was "written in India in 1968", but I think it would be more accurate to say that it was drafted at time, but not finished. I think that he must have revised it later, because I've listened to both George's solo version from 1979 and the "Beatles version" recorded in 1968 and released on Anthology 3, although there's no real Beatles version of the song, because all there really is basically recordings of the group practicing the song, doing some takes of it, but they were never really happy with how they did it, and never decided on a finished version, and however you'd like to describe it, it certainly never got on any of their studio albums.... The Beatles Anthology CDs are basically just from-the-archives alternate takes and unfinished materials that are amusing for purposes of comparison, (an expanded version of the practise of releasing little extra tracks on remastered CDs as a bonus, even though they're not a core, integral part of the original album) but not anything that any group would ever release as a regular, finished studio album. So just because the group did a little studio work on a song doesn't mean George had a completely final version of the song set in stone. And in fact the two versions do differ significantly, and not just because there are different performers: it really does sound like some of the actual writing is different.
So does anyone else agree that we should change that note to "drafted in India in 1968"? Knightofcups89 ( talk) 15:44, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
What was wrong with the release date of February 14? That is the date given in The Beatles Ultimate Recording Guide which has been around since 1986 and it's the date given at georgeharrison.com. The album also first appeared in the Billboard FM Radio Action survey ending February 14th. Piriczki ( talk) 20:21, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
The reason for the duck imagery in the music video is that it was directed by Neil Innes - He of the Bonzo Dog Band / The Rutles, etc. - as ducks loom rather large in his career. According to Innes - at several Beatlefests - George offered to let him direct the video, but, to avoid all sorts of paperwork, Neil's name could not appear on the final result. Innes agreed, because he wanted the experience. 75.104.182.200 ( talk) 00:54, 5 November 2021 (UTC)
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The article says that "Not Guilty" was "written in India in 1968", but I think it would be more accurate to say that it was drafted at time, but not finished. I think that he must have revised it later, because I've listened to both George's solo version from 1979 and the "Beatles version" recorded in 1968 and released on Anthology 3, although there's no real Beatles version of the song, because all there really is basically recordings of the group practicing the song, doing some takes of it, but they were never really happy with how they did it, and never decided on a finished version, and however you'd like to describe it, it certainly never got on any of their studio albums.... The Beatles Anthology CDs are basically just from-the-archives alternate takes and unfinished materials that are amusing for purposes of comparison, (an expanded version of the practise of releasing little extra tracks on remastered CDs as a bonus, even though they're not a core, integral part of the original album) but not anything that any group would ever release as a regular, finished studio album. So just because the group did a little studio work on a song doesn't mean George had a completely final version of the song set in stone. And in fact the two versions do differ significantly, and not just because there are different performers: it really does sound like some of the actual writing is different.
So does anyone else agree that we should change that note to "drafted in India in 1968"? Knightofcups89 ( talk) 15:44, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
What was wrong with the release date of February 14? That is the date given in The Beatles Ultimate Recording Guide which has been around since 1986 and it's the date given at georgeharrison.com. The album also first appeared in the Billboard FM Radio Action survey ending February 14th. Piriczki ( talk) 20:21, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
The reason for the duck imagery in the music video is that it was directed by Neil Innes - He of the Bonzo Dog Band / The Rutles, etc. - as ducks loom rather large in his career. According to Innes - at several Beatlefests - George offered to let him direct the video, but, to avoid all sorts of paperwork, Neil's name could not appear on the final result. Innes agreed, because he wanted the experience. 75.104.182.200 ( talk) 00:54, 5 November 2021 (UTC)