Written by: Harrison
Recorded: 9–13 January 1968
Producer: George Harrison
Released: 1 November 1968 (UK), 2 December 1968 (US)
Available on:
Wonderwall Music
Personnel
Aashish Khan: sarod
Mahapurush Misra: tabla, pakhavaj
Sharad Kumar, Hanuman Jadev: shehnai
Shambhu Das, Indranil Bhattacharya: sitar
Shankar Ghosh: tabla
Chandrashekhar Naringrekar: surbahar
Shivkumar Sharma: santoor
SR Kenkare: bansuri
Vinayak Vora: tar shehnai
Rijram Desad: harmonium, tabla tarang
‘Almost Shankara’ was a bonus track released on the 2014 reissue of George Harrison’s debut solo album Wonderwall Music.
In 2014 the album was reissued as part of Harrison’s Apple Years 1968–75 box set. It contained three bonus tracks: ‘In The First Place’ (performed by The Remo Four), ‘Almost Shankara’, and an alternative instrumental take of ‘The Inner Light’.