Title:	Here Comes The Sun
Credits:	George Harrison
Recorded:	7th, 8thy July, Abbey Road 2; 16th July, 6th August, Abbey Road 3; 15th, 19th August 1969, Abbey Road 2
Line-up:	Harrison vocal, backing vocal, acoustic guitar, harmonium, Moog synthesiser, handclaps; McCartney backing vocal, bass, handclaps; Starr drums, handclaps; Uncredited 4 violas, 4 cellos, 1 double-bass, 2 piccolos, 2 flutes, 2 alto flutes, 2 clarinets
Producer:	George Martin
Engineers:	Phil McDonald/ Geoff Emerick
Location:	Abbey Road - track 7
UK Release:	26th September 1969 (LP: Abbey Road)
US Release:	1st October 1969 (LP: Abbey Road)

Harrison shook off the cold of winter and the miserable 'Get Back' sessions with his second most popular tune. A consciously artless guitar-song strummed as he sat in Eric Clapton's garden, 'sagging off' from the endless business meetings at Apple. Apart from George Martin's unusual instrumentation (mixed too low to register much), the main colour comes from Harrison's rather wobbly Moog synthesiser, played on the slide-ribbon and overdubbed before the final mix on 19th August. Pretty atmospheric (and made wispier with varispeed), the result is a little too faux-nail to appeal to those lacking the requisite sweet tooth.

The Beatles began recording 'Here Comes The Sun' on July 7 with thirteen takes (1 - 13) of the basic track - bass guitar by Paul McCartney, drums by Ringo Starr and acoustic guitar by George Harrison - were recorded this day. The following day George overdubbed his lead vocal, and he and Paul added manually double-tracked backing vocals. Two reduction mix downs of take 13 took the song to takes 14 and 15, and a rough mono mix was made. Handclaps and a harmonium were added to take 15 on July 16.

Another rough mono mix was made on August 4, and on August 6, George added a guitar overdub onto take 15. More guitars were added on August 11. On August 15 orchestral overdubs - four violas, four cellos and string bass, two clarinets, two alto flutes, two flutes and two piccolos. George added a Moog synthesizer overdub on August 19 and a stereo mix of take 15 was made with the tape machine running at 51 cycles per second, speeding the song up slightly.

It has been reported that a mono version of the "Abbey Road" album was released in England in September of 1970 on pre-recorded, open-reel tapes. No record of a mono mix of the tracks of the album exists. This may be a simulated mono release.

George and Ringo performed at the Concerts For Bangla Desh (organized by George) at Madison Square Garden on August 1, 1971. An afternoon and evening concert were staged with the evening concert being released on the album "The Concert For Bangla Desh." The album, which includes this song, was released in the US on December 20, 1971 and in the UK on January 10, 1972.

This song was recorded November 19, 1976 while George and Paul Simon taped their appearance for "Saturday Night Live." This episode aired November 20 and this song was included in the broadcast. This recording has been bootlegged and can be found on "Somewhere In Utopia."

George made a live appearance on the radio program "Rockline" on February 10, 1988. During the appearance, George performed an acoustic medley, which included this song, which he reprised at the end. This performance has been bootlegged and can be found on "George Harrison: 12 Arnold Grove" (CD).

George appeared at the Prince's Trust Rock Gala Concert on June 5 - 6, 1987 where he performed this song with Ringo providing drums. This performance was released on the album "The Prince's Trust Concert 1987" on August 14, 1987 in the UK. This track was also released on the album "The Royal Concert" released in the UK in December 1989.

George performed this song at several concerts during his 1991 tour of Japan including Yokohama Arena (December 1), Castle Hall, Osaka (December 3) and Sun Plaza Hall, Hiroshima (December 6). All of these performances have been bootlegged. George also performed this song at his concerts at Nagoya (December 5), Castle Hall, Osaka (December 10) and the Tokyo Dome, Tokyo (December 17). These performances have also been bootlegged. This song, recorded during George's 1991 tour of Japan, was released on the album "Live In Japan" in the UK on July 13, 1992 and in the US on July 14, 1992.

George performed this song at a concert at London's Royal Albert Hall on April 6, 1992. This performance has been bootlegged and can be found on "Hari & The Hijack Band (Royal Albert Hall)" (CD) and "Overexposed And Hypnotized" (CD).