In addition, Harrison resequenced the content of Apple Jam so that the album closed with 'Out of the Blue', as he had originally intended. The latter series served to illustrate Harrison's dismay at 'the direction the world seemed headed at the start of the millennium', biographer Gary Tillery observes, a direction that was 'so far afield from the Age of Aquarius that had been the dream of the sixties' The new version of the album contained five bonus tracks, including 'I Live For You', two of the songs performed for Spector at Abbey Road in May 1970 ('Beware of Darkness' and 'Let It Down') and 'My Sweet Lord (2000)', a partial re-recording of Harrison's biggest solo hit. All Things Must Pass was critically acclaimed on release and, with long stays at number 1 on charts around the world, commercially successful.
The sessions produced a double album's worth of extra material, most of which remains unreleased. Among the large cast of backing musicians were Eric Clapton and Delaney & Bonnie's Friends band – three of whom formed Derek and the Dominos with Clapton during the recording – as well as Ringo Starr, Gary Wright, Preston, Klaus Voormann, John Barham, Badfinger and Pete Drake. Production began at London's Abbey Road Studios in May 1970, with extensive overdubbing and mixing continuing through October. Commentators interpret Barry Feinstein's album cover photo, showing Harrison surrounded by four garden gnomes, as a statement on his independence from the Beatles. The original vinyl release consisted of two LPs of songs and a third disc of informal jams, titled Apple Jam, and it was the first studio triple album by a single act in the history of rock music. The album introduced Harrison's signature sound, the slide guitar, and the spiritual themes that would be implicit throughout his subsequent solo work.
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