page_title: Is This What You Want?
section_title: Los Angeles, October–November 1968
hierarchical_section_title: Is This What You Want? / Production / Los Angeles, October–November 1968
caption_attribution_description: English: Don Grierson with George Harrison Golden Apple Award on October 31, 1968.
context_page_description: Is This What You Want? is the debut album by English rock and soul singer Jackie Lomax, released in 1969 on the Beatles' Apple record label. It is notable for the involvement of three Beatles: It was produced by George Harrison and features contributions from Harrison, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. The album includes Lomax's debut single for Apple, the Harrison-written "Sour Milk Sea", while the US version added "New Day", which was produced by Lomax and released as a non-album single in Britain.
  The recording sessions for Is This What You Want? began in London in June 1968. The majority of the songs were recorded in Los Angeles in October–November that year, after Harrison had completed work on the Beatles' White Album. Among the other guest musicians on the album were members of the Wrecking Crew, Eric Clapton, Nicky Hopkins, Klaus Voormann and John Barham. Although the album received favourable reviews, it failed to achieve commercial success. The 2010 reissue includes bonus tracks covering the rest of Lomax's output while on Apple Records.
context_section_description: Following the completion of the White Album, Harrison and Lomax went to Los Angeles to carry out further work on Is This What You Want? The sessions there took place at Sound Recorders Studio from 20 October to 11 November. Seven songs were recorded at this time, six of which were used for the album: "Is This What You Want?", "Speak to Me", "Take My Word", "Baby You're a Lover", "How Can You Say Goodbye" and "Little Yellow Pills". Lomax was supported at these sessions by Harrison (on guitar), Larry Knechtel (keyboards), Joe Osborn (bass) and Hal Blaine (drums) – the latter three among the top LA sessionmen at the time and veterans of Phil Spector's Wrecking Crew. Moog synthesizer pioneers Paul Beaver and Bernie Krause also contributed. Harrison later used a Moog piece played by Krause, recorded in the early hours of 12 November, on his experimental album Electronic Sound.
  The Los Angeles sessions marked the first time that a member of the Beatles had formally recorded in America, and the expense of working there typified the Beatles' commitment to the artists they signed to Apple. Other activities during what author Alan Clayson describes as a "most productive" US visit for Harrison included meeting Delaney Bramlett and Leon Russell for the first time, and recording a rendition of "Nowhere Man" by singer Tiny Tim for inclusion on the Beatles' Christmas 1968 fan-club record. Lomax also carried out radio promotion for the "Sour Milk Sea" single. He later praised Blaine, Knechtel and Osborn for being "tremendous musicians, so quick" and, like Harrison, he would work with Russell in London late the following year.
caption: George Harrison (left, with Capitol Records executive Don Grierson), in Los Angeles in October 1968
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