All Things Must Pass

I was just listening to the excellent George Harrison album All Things Must Pass, and even though I’ve seen this cover since I was a little kid, I’ve never really taken the time to look at it. I think in my head I conflated this cover with the Concert for Bangladesh cover and assumed it was a picture of Harrision and a bunch of starving kids or something. I was so, so wrong:

He’s not hanging out with starving Bangladeshis, he’s partying with GIANT GARDEN GNOMES! And the brilliant thing about this picture, is that the gnomes have got nothing on him. Harrison didn’t meet up with the gnomes to listen to their stories … they’re lying around listening to his! He’s all, “So, you’re magical creatures, huh? What’s that like?” And they’re all, “Eh, orcs, trolls, pots of gold, blah blah blah. Who cares? You were a fucking Beatle!” And Harrison’s like, “Can’t argue that one, mates.”