Musician Jeff Lynne, a former member of ELO, has admitted the posthumous George Harrison album, which he has completed on the former Beatle’s behalf, is less raw than Harrison himself would probably have wished. Lynne finished the collection of songs Harrison had begun before his death with the help of George’s son, Dhani.
"George and I talked about it,” Lynne has told reporters. “He said that he didn't want the album to be posh. What he wanted, really, was kind of like demos. But the songs deserved more than that because they were great. I thought if I left them as rough as he would have liked, they wouldn't come over as well. I wanted to make them as good as they could be, and I think we struck a balance. So, sorry George, I made them a bit posher than you might have wanted. But I felt I was only doing them justice."
Dhani Harrison played guitar and added some of his father's parts after he died. He’s described working on the album as a "surreal" experience. "I kept turning around, looking for my dad, 'er, is that all right?' and there's no-one there to tell you. You couldn't cram more of my dad's real, true self into one album.”
The new album ‘Brainwashed’, which also features the talents of Jools Holland and Joe Brown, is released on 18 November on EMI.