Red Lady Too

Written by: Harrison
Recorded: December 1967; 17, 22, 26, 30, 31 January 1968
Producer: George Harrison
Engineers: Peter Bown, Ken Scott

Released: 1 November 1968 (UK), 2 December 1968 (US)

Available on:
Wonderwall Music

Personnel

Tony Ashton: tack piano, organ, Mellotron, piano, harmonium
Colin Manley: electric and acoustic guitars, steel guitar
Philip Rogers: bass guitar
Roy Dyke: drums

‘Red Lady Too’ is the second track on George Harrison’s debut solo album Wonderwall Music.

The track was recorded by the members of the Remo Four, a Liverpool band.

We recorded backing tracks at Abbey Road to accompany certain points in the film. George had timed it all with a stopwatch: ‘We need one minute and 35 seconds with a country & western feel.’ Or, ‘We need a rock thing for exactly two minutes.’ Nothing was really written. We’d talk over ideas he wanted, play something, and he’d say, ‘That’s good, keep that. I like the piano there.’ It was very experimental. There were different tracks with different atmospheres, and a few different sessions. The Indian musicians were recorded in Bombay. At another session he used Eric Clapton, who did a great riff on ‘Ski-ing’. I heard he borrowed a five-string banjo from Paul McCartney for Peter Tork to use!

The mono mix of ‘Red Lady Too’ lasts longer than the stereo version, and contains heavy flanging on the tack piano.