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From album
All Things Must Pass
George Harrison · 1970 · Track 12
Details
TonalidadEm
Compás4/4
Tempo117 BPM
Duración3:48
ÁlbumAll Things Must Pass
Año1970
ISRCGB77R1400041
Fun facts
George Harrison wrote «Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp» for the album All Things Must Pass. The song is based on the story of Frank Crisp, a 19th-century lawyer who owned Friar Park, a gothic-victorian-style house in Oxfordshire. Harrison used it to tell the story of Crisp, as if it were a movie in which you walk through the corridors and gardens of that house. The song not only speaks of him, but also of how the place changed over the years.
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The story behind
George Harrison wrote Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) to tell the story of a 19th century lawyer named Frank Crisp, who lived in a house called Friar Park in Oxfordshire. The song was recorded in 1970, on the album All Things Must Pass, and was a way of remembering Crisp, who had originally owned the house. Harrison recorded it with musicians like Pete Drake and Billy Preston, and the producer Phil Spector used a lot of reverb. The song describes the house and gardens as if they were characters, as if walking through there. There were also writings by Crisp in the house that inspired other songs by Harrison. The song became the title of a compilation in 2009.
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