While My Guitar Gently Weeps

3:27 • Demo • C • Stereo • Having withheld his own new composition since the White Album sessions started eight weeks earlier, George Harrison waited no longer and recorded this eloquent demo of While My Guitar Gently Weeps, the first of five songs he contributed to the growing collection. The song would undergo two re-makes between this date and 6 September, when the master was completed, and become significantly heavier in the process - the final version featuring a lead guitar track played by guest Eric Clapton. The first studio recording could scarcely be more different, George singing live to his own acoustic guitar accompaniment (augmented by an organ part played by Paul), and incorporating an additional verse omitted from later version.

Paul McCartney : Harmonium George Harrison : Acoustic guitar, Vocals George Martin : Producer Ken Scott : Recording engineer

Session Recording: Jul 25, 1968 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road