George HARRISON



Extra Texture: Read All About It !

(1975)



1. You 3'41
2. The Answer's At The End 5'31
3. This Guitar (Can't Keep From Crying) 4'09
4. Ooh Baby (You Know That I Love You) 3'56
5. World Of Stone 4'39
6. A Bit More Of You 0'44
7. Can't Stop Thinking About You 4'30
8. Tired Of Midnight Blue 4'51
9. Grey Cloudy Lies 3'36
10. His Name Is Legs (Ladies And Gentlemen) 5'44

Total Time: 41:20


  • George Harrison - Acoustic Guitar (3), Electric Guitar (1-4, 6-10), Piano (10), Moog (9), ARP Bass (3, 9), Vocals
  • Billy Preston - Electric Piano (10)
  • Leon Russell - Bass, Piano (1, 6, 8)
  • Jesse Ed Davis - Guitar (3-5, 9)
  • Gary Wright - Organ (2, 5), Electric Piano (1, 4), ARP Strings (3)
  • David Foster - Organ (1, 6), Piano (2, 3, 5, 9, 10), Electric Piano (7), ARP Strings (1, 5, 6), String Arrangement (2, 3), String (7)
  • Nicky Hopkins - Piano (7)
  • Klaus Voormann - Bass (4, 5, 7)
  • Willie Weeks - Bass (10)
  • Paul Stallworth - Bass (2, 8), Backing Vocals (7)
  • Carl Radle - Bass (1, 6)
  • Tom Scott - Horn (4, 10)
  • Chuck Findley - Horn (4, 10)
  • Jim Horn - Saxophone (1, 6)
  • Jim Gordon - Drums (1, 6)
  • Jim Keltner - Drums (1-9), Percussion (8)
  • Andy Newmark - Drums (10)
  • Norm Kinney - Percussion (2)
  • Legs Larry "Smith" - Guest Vocals (10)

    Produced by George Harrison
    Engineer - Norman Kinney
    Machine Operator - Steve Katz
    "His Name Is Legs" & "You" - Basic Tracks Recorded by Phil McDonald
    (Mastered by George Peckham at
    The MASTER ROOM)
    Photographs by Henry Grossman
    Roy Kohara - Art Direction
    Danny Kootch doesn't appear on this record
    Also not appearing on this record: Derek Taylor, Peter Sellers, Chuck Trammell, Dino Airali, Eric Idle, Dennis Killeen and Emil Richards
    "Ooh Baby (You Know That I Love You)" is dedicated to Smokey Robinson

    Recorded and Remixed at A&M STUDIOS, Los Angeles

    All Tracks Written by George Harrison & Published by OOPS PUBLISHING Ltd.

    Gary Wright appears Courtesy of WARNER BROTHERS RECORDS
    Leon Russel appears Courtesy of
    SHELTER RECORDS
    David Foster / Jim Keltner & Paul Stallworth appear Courtesy of
    DARK HORSE RECORDS
    Billy Preston by Courtesy of
    A&M RECORDS
    Tom Scott appears Courtesy of
    ODE RECORDS
    Legs Larry "Smith" appears Courtesy of
    The OXFORDSHIRE COUNTRY COUNCIL


    Gone Troppo

    (1982)



    1. Wake Up My Love 3'32
    2. That's The Way It Goes 3'32
    3. I Really Love You 2'53
    4. Greece 3'58
    5. Gone Troppo 4'23
    6. Mystical One 3'41
    7. Unknown Delight 4'14
    8. Baby Don't Run Away 3'59
    9. Dream Away 4'28
    10. Circles 3'43

    Total Time: 38:24


  • George Harrison - Bass, Guitars, Lead Vocal, Jal-Tarang, Marimba, Mandolin, Synthesizer
  • Mike Moran - Keyboards, Synthesizer, Bass Synthesizer, Piano
  • Jon Lord - Synthesizer
  • Pilly Preston - Keyboards and Synthesizer
  • Gary Brooker - Synthesizer
  • Neil Larsen - Piano
  • Alan Jones - Bass
  • Willie Weeks - Bass
  • Herbie Flowers - Bass
  • Henry Spinetti - Drums
  • Ray Cooper - Percussion
  • Jim Keltner - Drums
  • Willie Greene - Backing Vocals
  • Sarah Ricor - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
  • Radina Sloan - Vocals
  • Bobby King - Vocals and Backing Vocals
  • Pico Pena - Vocals and Backing Vocals
  • Joe & Vicki Brown - Backing Vocals

    Produced by George Harrison, Ray Cooper and Phil McDonald
    Art Direction / Design by Legs Larry "Smith"
    Cover Photo by Terry O'Neil

    This album has been a cement mix.
    On a nice sunny day, start the cement mixer. One bucket of water, three shovels of sand to one shovelful of cement (more water if sand is very dry). This is the average mix, and quite normal. If stronger mix is required, repeat the process on a nice sunny day.

    Special Thanks Department:

    Olivia Trinidad Arias, Rachel Wickens, Cherry Cowell, Dennis O'Brien, Robbie, Julia and Laura, Sandra McDonald, Eddie Veale, Derek Taylor, Legs Larry 'Smith', Ricky, Penelope and Paloma, Jonathan Clyde, Duncan Urquhart, Alec Smith, Howard Brian, Steve Schink, Lou, Zeke and Gil, zion and Anita Yu, Stan Dolding, Beth Chatto, Keith Williams, Herbie and Gordon, Old Uncle Tom Roylance and all.
    Acknowledgements to BARNSTONEWORTH UNITED for lyrical inspiration on "Dream Away"

    All Songs Written by George Harrison © 1982 GANGA PUBLISHING B.V. PRD Adm. in the U.S. by ZERO PRODUCTIONS INC. BMI

    except "Dream Away" © 1981 GANGA PUBLISHING B.V. PRS Adm. in the U.S. by ZERO PRODUCTIONS Inc. BMI
    and "I Really Love You" Written by Swearingen © 1961, 1982 UNART MUSIC CORPORATION, BMI

    Billy Preston appears Courtesy of MOTOWN RECORDS

    © 1982 GANGA DISTRIBUTORS, B.V.





    Extra Texture

    1. You

      ( one, two,
      one, two, three, four )

      I, I love, love
      And I, and I love you
      Oh you, you, yeah you

      And you, you, love, love
      And you, yes you, you love me
      Yeah you, you, yeah you

      And when I'm holding you
      What a feeling
      Seems so good to be true
      That I'm telling you all
      That I must be dreaming

      And I, and I, I love you
      Oh you, oh you, yeah you

      And when I'm holding you
      What a feeling
      Seems so good to be true
      That I'm telling you all
      That I must be dreaming

      Now I, oh I, I love, love
      And I, yeah I, I love you, I love you
      Oh you, you, oh you

      Oh, you know that I love you, oh oh oh
      Oh, you know that I love you, I love you, I, I said I love you

    2. The Answer's At The End

      Scan not a friend with a microscopic glass
      You know his faults, now let the foibles pass
      Life is one long enigma, my friend
      So read on, read on, the answer's at the end

      Don't be so hard on the ones that you love
      It's the ones that you love we think so little of
      Don't be so hard on the ones that you need
      It's the ones that you need we think so little of

      The speech of flowers excels the flowers of speech
      But what's often in your heart, is the hardest thing to reach
      And life is one long mystery, my friend
      So live on, live on, the answer's at the end

      Don't be so hard on the ones that you love
      It's the ones that you love we think so little of
      Don't be so hard on the ones that you need
      It's the ones that you need we think so little of

      Don't be so hard on the ones that you love
      It's the ones that you love we think so little of
      Don't be so hard on the ones that you need
      It's the ones that you need we think so little of

      Oh, we think so little of the ones that we love, sometimes
      Isn't it a pity how we hurt
      The ones that we love the most of all
      The ones we shouldn't hurt at all

      You know my faults, now let the foibles pass
      'Cause life is one long enigma, my friend
      Live on, live on, the answer's at the end

      Don't be so hard on the ones that you love
      It's the ones that you love we think so little of
      Don't be so hard on the ones that you need
      It's the ones that you need we think so little of

      Don't be so hard on the ones that you love
      It's the ones that you love we think so little of
      Don't be so hard on the ones that you need
      It's the ones that you need we think so little of

      The ones that we love
      We hurt the most of all, sometimes
      And isn't it a pity how
      We hurt the ones that we love
    ( fade )

    3. This Guitar ( Can't Keep From Crying )

      ( one, two, three, four )

      Found myself out on a limb
      But I'm happier than I've ever been
      But this guitar can't keep from crying

      Learned to get up when I fall
      Can even climb Rolling Stone walls
      But this guitar can't keep from crying

      This here guitar can feel quite sad
      Can be high strung, sometimes get mad
      Can't understand or deal with hate
      Responds much better to love

      I though by now you knew the score
      But you missed the point just like before
      And this guitar can't keep from crying

      ( This ) guitar, it can't keep from crying
      This guitar can't keep from crying

      This here guitar can feel quite sad
      Can be high strung, sometimes get mad
      It can't understand or deal with hate
      Responds much better to love

      While you attack, create offence
      I'll put it down to your ignorance
      But this guitar it can't keep from crying
      This guitar can't keep from crying

      This guitar can't keep from crying
      This guitar can't keep from crying

    4. Ooh Baby ( You Know That I Love You )

      My baby, ooh
      You know I love you
      My baby, ooh
      You know I love you

      I won't say it's forever
      Right now while we're together

      You're my baby, ooh
      You know I love you
      My baby, ooh
      You know I love you

      I will be where you want me
      I will try to keep you happy
      If only you say you're my baby, ooh
      You know I love you
      You're my baby
      I do anything for you
      I'd run around the world for you
      I do what you want me to

      Ooh, you know that I love you
      My, my baby, ooh

    5. World Of Stone

      Wise man, you won't be
      To follow the like of me
      In this world made of stone
      Such a long way to go

      We may disagree
      We all have the right to be
      In this world made of stone
      Such a long way to go
      Such a long, long way from home

      And we may disagree
      We all have the right to be
      In this world made out of stone
      It's such a long, long way to go

      The wiser you may be
      The harder it can be to see
      In this world made of stone
      Such a long, long way to go
      Such a long way from home

      In this world made of stone
      Such a long, long way to go
      And such a long way from OM

    6. A Bit More Of You

      ( Instrumental )

    7. Can't Stop Thinking About You

      Can't stop thinking about you
      Can't stop thinking about you
      It's no good living without you
      I can't stop thinking about you

      Can't stop thinking about you
      Can't stop thinking about you
      And it's no good living without you
      I can't stop thinking about you

      When the night-time comes around
      Daylight has left me, I
      I can't take it if I don't see you no more
      I can't help it, I need your loving so much more

      And I can't stop thinking about you
      Can't stop thinking about you
      And it's no good living without you
      I can't stop thinking about
      I can't stop thinking about
      I can't stop thinking about you, ooh

      Can't stop thinking about
      Can't stop thinking about
      Can't stop thinking about you

      When the morning comes around
      And the daylight gets to me, I
      I can't take it if I don't see you no more
      I can't help it, I need your loving so much more

      And I can't stop thinking about you, oh yeah
      I can't stop thinking about you
      And it's no good living without you
      I can't stop thinking about
      I can't stop thinking about
      I can't stop thinking about you

      I can't stop thinking about
      Can't stop thinking about
      Can't stop thinking about you
    ( repeat and fade: )
      I can't stop thinking about
      I can't stop thinking about
      I can't stop thinking about you

    8. Tired Of Midnight Blue

      The sun came into view
      As I sat with the tears in my eyes
      The sun came up on you
      And as you smiled, the teardrop, it dried

      I don't know where I had been
      But I know what I have seen
      Made me chill right to the bone
      Made me wish that I'd stayed home along with you

      Tired of midnight blues

      The sun came up so high
      And as it shone, I realized your love
      The sun shone in your eyes
      And as you smiled, you realized it too

      Don't know where I had been
      But I know what I have seen
      Made me chill right to the bone
      Made me wish that I'd stayed home with you

      Tired of midnight blues

      Don't know where I had been
      But I know what I have seen
      Made me chill right to the bone
      Made me wish that I'd stayed home with you

      Tired of midnight blues

      The sun went down the sky
      Way up the clouds told me that they knew
      The moon came up so high
      And as you smiled, I knew that you knew too

      Don't know where I had been
      But I know what I have seen
      Made me chill right to the bone
      Made me wish that I'd stayed home with you

      Tired of midnight blues

      I don't know where I had been
      But I know what I have seen
      Made me chill right to the bone
      Made me wish that I'd stayed home with you

    9. Grey Cloudy Lies

      And I thought to close my mouth
      With a padlock on the night
      Leave the battlefield behind
      Stay out the fight
      Not lose my sight

      Now I only want to be
      With no pistol at my brain
      But at times it gets so lonely
      Could go insane
      Could lose my aim

      Now I only want to live
      With no teardrops in my eyes
      But at times it feels like no chance
      No clear blue skies
      Grey cloudy lies

      No clear blue skies
      Grey cloudy lies

    10. His Name Is Legs ( Ladies And Gentlemen )

      ( I'm not cheating )

      Oooh, oooh
      Everything is Dinky Doo
      Everything you do
      You, the king of La-Di-Da
      Pretty very out far
      Never oversits, he understands
      Like the back of the hand
      He should sing in a band, oh yeah

      Oooh, oooh
      People think he's Loopey Loo
      And when they look at his shoes
      He's a rocking sausage roll
      He gets it in the goal
      Healthy little 'brown affair'
      And when he washes his hair
      He'll get a round or a square
      Get them singing

      Oooh, oooh
      Everyone from Oxford town
      Way down to the Rio Grande

      Knows his harbour quays
      His skin tight hands, without seggs
      His name is Legs
    [ talking ]

      Oooh, oooh
      Coolies sweating in Hong Kong
      Run along to the Mardi Grass

      Risking asian flu to meet the man
      Who lays the eggs
      His name is Legs

      He's a cure for whooping cough
      And if the going gets rough
      Get lined up, come Sikh, come Czar
      No matter who you are
      We could get along and slide a rule
      And if you don't play fools
      While Larry plays pool
      You'll hear him singing

      Oooh, oooh
    [talking]

      Oooh, oooh


    Gone Troppo

    1. Wake Up My Love

      Here I go again
      Hear that knockin' won't you let me in
      Only want that same old thing
      Yet it's me here ring, ring, ring

      I want your love
      Wake up my love
      And let it in

      Well you know it's me out here
      Can't give up now let us make that clear
      All I've had's the run around
      Though I'm barking like some hound

      I want your love
      Wake up my love
      And let it in

      I want your love
      Wake up my love
      And let it in

      My life's been so many ways
      Too much darkness gets me crazed
      All around us people fight
      Christ I'm looking for some light

      Inside your love
      Wake up my love
      And let it in

      I don't have no friends of mine
      Who can swing me down that vine
      Not much sense in what I do
      That is why I'm calling you

      Inside my love
      Wake up my love
      And let it in
      I want your love
      Wake up my love
      And let it in
      I want your love
      Wake up my love
      And let it in

    2. That's The Way It Goes

      There's a man talking on the radio
      What he's saying I don't really know
      Seems he's lost some stocks and shares
      Stops and stares
      He's afraid I know
      That's the way it goes

      There's a man talking of the promised land
      He'll aquire it with some Krugerrand
      Subdivide and deal it out
      Feel his clout
      He can stoop so low
      And that's the way it goes

      There's an actor who hopes to fit the bill
      Sees a shining city on a hill
      Step up close and see he's blind
      Wined and dined
      All he has is pose
      And that's the way it goes

      There's a fire that burns away the lies
      Manifesting in the spiritual eye
      Though you won't understand the way I feel
      You conceal, all there is to know
      That's the way it goes

    3. I Really Love You

      ( Yeah ) You, I really really love you
      Nobody else will do
      That's why I love you
      That's why, why, why

      ( Yeah ) You, I really really love you
      Nobody else will do
      That's why I love you
      That's why, why, why

      Well babe you know I love you so
      I'd pay the world if you could know
      And when I see, you're comin' down the street
      My heart skips (a) beat

      You, I really really need you
      But yet you play me for a fool
      Why do you do me like you do, do, do
      ( Yeah )

      Well babe you know I love you so
      I'd pay the world if you could know
      And when I see, you're comin' down the street
      My heart skips (a) beat

      You, I really really need you
      But yet you play me for a fool
      Why do you do me like you do
      Why do you do me like you do
      Why, why

    4. Greece

      ( Instrumental )

    5. Gone Troppo

      There he, sitting in the moonlight
      Not found, livin no city
      He smile, mucho in a sunshine
      High life, counting de fruit bat

      Troppo, gone troppo, troppo
      It's time you know I gone troppo

      Plant me, in de Helicona
      No thank, meeting de peoples
      Wake me, eata the papaya
      Much hot, not much on the body

      Troppo, gone troppo, gone troppo
      It's time you know I gone troppo

      Warm sea, see right to the bottom
      No like, shoveling snowfall
      Good time, drinking on me bottle
      The high wide Moreton Bay Fig

      Troppo, gone troppo, troppo
      It's time you know I gone troppo

      Quite like, you ain't seen a sunset
      Could be, living in Rain hill
      Sun hot, you don't got a backache
      Brown skin and very a peeling

      Troppo, gone troppo, gone troppo
      It's time you know I gone troppo

    6. Mystical One

      They say I'm not what I used to be
      All the same
      I'm happier than a willow tree
      Shine or rain sitting here by a stream
      ( Mmm ) There's nothing I'd rather feel
      In this world
      You and your sweet serenity
      Rocking me
      Melting my heart away

      I know something so dear to me
      Beyond words
      Beautiful feeling in my soul
      Sounds I've heard
      Like humming birds in a dream
      ( Mmm ) That mystical one I knew
      Is returned
      Lulling me with those raincloud eyes
      Taking me
      Melting my heart away

      I am yes I am
      I know what I feel
      You came in my life
      Made me more real

      I know whatever we may have been
      In past times
      Has sorted the truth out from the rest
      Win or lose
      I always knew you'd be there
      ( Mmm ) You answer my deepest prayer
      In a song
      Shimmering slowhand flowing clear
      Moving me
      Melting my heart away

      I am yes I am
      I know what I feel
      You came in my life
      Made me more real

      ( Mmm ) That mystical one I knew
      Is returned
      Lulling me with those raincloud eyes
      Taking me
      Melting my heart away

    7. Unknown Delight

      Darkest deep brown eyes I've seen
      Angel came into my dream
      Like the morning's early light
      You freshen all around
      And with all the love you bring unknown delight

      Sweetest innocence and free
      God has given you the key
      To the hearts of everyone
      That comes in sight of you
      And with all the love you bring unknown delight

      Who have eyes will clearly see
      And no one could disagree
      A treasure of the world
      A child, watching it grow
      And with all the love will bring unknown delight

      Repeat

    8. Baby Don't Run Away

      Baby don't run away from me
      Baby don't go
      Baby I'm always thinking of you
      Baby don't run away from my love

      You brought me everything I've wanted
      Lady don't go
      How could I ever live without you
      Lady don't run away from my love

      Way out there where the ocean is still
      A calm reflection in the sea
      Sat alone with the stars and the moon
      You turned round to me
      And love was in your eyes to see
      That's when it happened to you and me

      Baby don't run away from me
      Baby don't go
      Baby I'm always thinking of you
      Baby don't run away from my love

      Way back then it was easy to see
      A calm reflection in the sea
      Sitting still and without any cares
      You turned out to be
      A lover who was sure of me
      That's when it happened to you and me

      Baby don't run away from me
      Baby don't go
      Baby I'm always thinking of you
      Baby don't run away from my love

    9. Dream Away

      Oh Ry In Eye Ay - Oh Ry In Eye Ay
      Oh Ry In Eye Key Ooh Lay
      Ka Kay Ooh Lau Ee - Oh Ry In Eye
      Say Te Lee Ay Vee Show

      Midnight sunshine silent thunder
      Sky as black as day
      Only a dream away
    chorus:

    Waking while you're still deep sleeping
    Finding you're not here
    Watching a dream appear
      Tumbling through a thousand centuries
      You don't know where you'll land
      It's so dark in mythology
      Treasures of history to be found
      Near the legends of time
      All the handiworks remain there
      Only a dream away
    chorus
      Greedy feeling wheeling dealing
      Losing what you won
      See the dream come undone

      Stumble you may with the elementary
      Lucky you got so far
      All you owe is apologies
      Measure the mystery and astound
      Without taking up time
      So the handiworks remain there
      Only a dream away
    chorus
      In out, hot cold, up down, young old
      What a lot to do
      Sharing a dream with you
    chorus

    10. Circles

      Friends come and friends go
      As I go round and round in circles

      Love someone change your mind
      Decide he was a swine
      As you go round and round in circles

      He who knows does not speak
      He who speaks does not know
      And I go round in circles

      Dislike someone and will not bend
      Later they may become your best friend
      As life it goes around in circles

      He who knows does not speak
      He who speaks does not know
      And I go round in circles

      Soul takes on a body with each birth we make our date
      With life and death along the road the soul reincarnates
      The show goes round and round in circles

      When loss and gain and up and down
      Becomes the same, then we stop going in circles
      Round and round in circles