Photo by Henry Grossman.
Extra Texture (Read All About It) was released on September 22, 1975. Musicians included Jim Keltner, Carl Radle, Klaus Voormann, Nicky Hopkins, Leon Russel, Gary Wright, David Foster, Jim Horn, Tom Scott, and Jesse Ed Davis. Produced by George. Art direction by Roy Kohara. “With this new album of mine, all I want is to be able to sing the tunes I have and to do them as warm and as simple as possible.” - George Harrison, WNEW-FM (1975) “[Extra Texture] was a grubby album in a way. The product left a lot to be desired, as did my performance. I was in a real down place. Some songs I like, but in retrospect I wasn’t very happy about it. ‘Grey Cloudy Lies’ described clouds of gloom that used to come down on me. A difficulty I had. I’ve found over the years that I’m more able to keep them away, and am quite a happy person now.” - George Harrison, Musician (November 1987) “Three tracks on Extra Texture cover the same lyrical terrain as ‘Simply Shady’ on the previous album Dark Horse. ‘Grey Cloudy Lies,’ George confided, ‘was in the naughty period, 1973-74. It’s one of those depressing four o’clock in the morning songs.’ ‘World Of Stone’ speaks for itself: ‘Wise men you won’t be, To follow the likes of me.’ ‘He was being very hard on himself at that time,’ Olivia reflects. ‘Tired Of Midnight Blue’ - he talked about that particular night we went out. He said, “You go into the back stage area and then there’s another room - the back, back room… and then you wish you’d stayed home.’ But I like that song. Leon Russell came to play the piano part and it was great. They played it all night long and I think I was asleep in the couch in the studio. At the end of the night, Leon said, “I knew you were going to use the first take.”’” - Extra Texture 2014 remaster sleeve notes