''The Place I Love'' is the debut album by English vocal duo

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, released on

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in September 1974. It was the first album released by the Dark Horse label, which was owned by

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, who also produced the album. Recording sessions took place at Harrison's

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home studio in

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and featured extensive musical contributions from Harrison, on guitar, keyboards and other instruments, as well as participants such as

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and

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. "Costafine Town", the first single from the album, was a top-twenty hit in the United Kingdom and other countries. On release, the album received favourable reviews from a number of critics, who likened its sound to that of

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and

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. Having long been unavailable, ''The Place I Love'' was issued on CD in 2015.

Background

's Bobby Purvis and Bill Elliott had had links with

for some time before they came to work with

,Clayson, p. 346. since

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, in his role as a talent scout for

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, had discovered the duo (then playing in the Newcastle band Half Breed) and become their manager.Leng, p. 142."George Harrison talks about how Mal Evans discovered Splinter and 'Lonely Man' in the film (1974)"
Tom Brennan's Splinter Library, 26 November 2011 (retrieved 25 October 2012). Following his involvement with the music documentaries ''

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'' (1971) and ''

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'' (1972), Harrison's first foray into feature-film production was ''

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'' (1974), directed by

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and shot primarily in

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during February and March 1973. A song was needed for a pivotal scene in the movie, for which Evans suggested the Purvis composition "Another Chance I Let Go", subsequently retitled "Lonely Man". Harrison was impressed and arranged sessions at

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in central London to record the song, with a view to issuing it as a single to coincide with the release of ''Little Malcolm''. With Harrison as producer and contributing his signature

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s, Purvis and Elliott were backed by

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from Apple band

, as well as an unnamed bassist and drummer. According to Cooper, however, the whole film project then became tied up in the litigation surrounding

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, delaying the release of ''Little Malcolm'' indefinitely. Even before this development, Harrison had heard more of Purvis's songs and invited the duo to record a full album.Madinger & Easter, p. 442. "Splinter had all the qualities that Harrison admired in abundance," Simon Leng has written in his musical biography of the ex-Beatle, ''While My Guitar Gently Weeps'', noting Purvis's strength as a songwriter, Elliott's powerful vocals, and the pair's "lush harmonies". Keen to continue his role as a record producer and mentor for other artists after the scaling down of Apple Records,Snow, p. 47. Harrison set about establishing his own label, which he would launch in May 1974 as

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.Badman, p. 125. Splinter were the first rock act signed to the label, apparently after considering

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, followed by Indian classical musician

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Production

Sessions began for Splinter's album straight after the recording of "Lonely Man"; like this track, "Love Is Not Enough" was taped at Apple Studio during 1973, but it would be re-recorded for release on the band's third album, ''Two Man Band'' (1977).Leng, p. 143. Work on ''The Place I Love'' is said to have taken seventeen months, as Harrison encouraged Purvis and Elliott to refine their vocal sound in the studio and rework their songs, adding many ideas of his own. After completing demos in London, recording was relocated to Harrison's state-of-the-art home studio, FPSHOT, at

. One of a number of Harrison's musician friends to contribute to the project,

served as a "sounding board and musical amanuensis", according to Leng.Leng, p. 144.

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was the recording engineer, as he had been on Harrison's recent album, ''

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'' (1973). Other top-level musicians to guest on the backing tracks included

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(on electric and acoustic bass),

(organ and piano),

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(bass) and

(drums).''Select:'' albums: The Place I Love
Tom Brennan's Splinter Library, 26 November 2011 (retrieved 25 October 2012). By the end of January 1974, before heading off to India for a month, Harrison included portions of Splinter's unfinished songs "Gravy Train", "Somebody's City", "Drink All Day", "The Place I Love" and "China Light" on a tape for record-industry boss

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.''Select:'' albums: The Place I Love / "The David Geffen tape"
Tom Brennan's Splinter Library, 26 November 2011 (retrieved 25 October 2012). Hoping to secure a US distributor for his nascent record label, and considering Splinter the "jewel in Dark Horse's crown", Harrison added comments stressing to Geffen the band's "really good" songwriting. The

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phase of the album took place "over a period of months", Leng writes, Harrison "piec ngit together as if he were creating a mosaic". While Elliott and Purvis perfected their vocals parts,

added guitar to "Gravy Train" and "Haven't Got Time", and

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' "well-targeted horn charts" featured on three tracks. Harrison's own contributions throughout the album included a variety of electric and acoustic guitar parts, as well as

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, bass,

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and

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, and various percussive instruments. Since he was still under contract to Apple, all these parts would be credited to three Harrison pseudonyms that were becoming increasingly well known to record buyers: Hari Georgeson, Jai Raj Harisein and P. Roducer. Splinter were impressed at their producer's ability to work "for 24 hours straight", and Purvis later told Leng that Harrison "bent over backwards to make us happy". In truth, however, Harrison's commitment to Splinter's debut, and to the Shankar projects '' Shankar Family & Friends'' (1974) and Music Festival from India, had a detrimental effect on his own career, since he would be forced to rush-record his ''

'' album (1974) while preparing for a North American tour (again with Shankar) at the end of the year. The over-exertion resulted in Harrison losing his voice and finally contracting

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during rehearsals in Los Angeles.

Release

Dark Horse Records issued ''The Place I Love'' in late September 1974 in Britain and America, with the Dark Horse catalog number 22001, signifying that it was the label's first album release.Castleman & Podrazik, p. 138. "Costafine Town" backed with "Elly-May" was issued as a single on 13 September in the UK, although its US release was delayed by two months. The album cover photo was taken by Terry O'Neill at Friar Park, showing Elliott and Purvis standing on the large stones that cross one of the property's lakes. Promotion for the album included feature articles in ''

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'' and advertisements in American music magazines ''

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'' and '' Circus Raves''. Splinter's debut album brought Purvis and Elliott the only British and American chart success of their career: "Costafine Town" reaching number 17 in the UK and number 77 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, while ''The Place I Love'' peaked at number 81 on the ''Billboard'' Top LPs & Tape chart. In addition, "Costafine Town" peaked at number 8 in New Zealand and was also a top-ten hit in Australia. Released in February 1975, the follow-up single in Britain was the rustic "Drink All Day", which, after being banned by the

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for containing the word "bloody", was immediately followed by "China Light", the second single from the album in the United States.

Reception

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'' critic

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described "Costafine Town" as a "very promising beginning" for both Splinter and the new record label.Woffinden, p. 85. Reviewing the single, ''Billboard'' wrote of the band's "strong harmony vocals" on a recording that was an "extremely pleasing, AM oriented cut". The album was played before many of Harrison and Shankar's North American shows in November and December 1974, leading to positive comments from concert reviewers.Schaffner, p. 179. In his 1977 book ''The Beatles Forever'',

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noted the "exquisite music" on ''The Place I Love'', and deemed it a "gorgeous fantasy" of what Harrison's ''Dark Horse'' album "''should'' have sounded like". Writing in ''Melody Maker'' in September 1974, Chris Irwin described ''The Place I Love'' as an "outstanding ebut, which benefited from Harrison's "clean, unmuddled production job" and musical contributions, as well as those of Billy Preston. Irwin suggested that it might have been "just another album" without this outside participation, but acknowledged that Splinter "have undoubtedly got something real and fresh to offer" and "

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their own sweetly flowing style on the record, with an impressive collection of songs".Chris Irwin, "Splinter: ''The Place I Love'' (Dark Horse)", ''

'', 21 September 1974. In his review for ''

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'',

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wrote that "Elliott and Purvis are faultless singers and as songwriters they have great potential". Shaw identified "China Light", "Costafine Town", "Situation Vacant" and "Somebody's City" as possible hit singles, adding: "each is a minor classic within the genre, flawlessly produced and full of the stirring melodies and tasty little touches that make a song linger in your head for years." While remarking on the band's obvious stylistic influences – from

and late-period Beatles to

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– Shaw also bemoaned that, although the album's use of "the George Harrison Sound (or the Mantovani Sound updated) … works, just like the modern Nashville studio sound works", Splinter needed to establish its own identity by recruiting dedicated backing musicians. Writing in 2001, Bruce Eder of

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described ''The Place I Love'' as sounding like "very good Badfinger outtakes" and "a cross between the

on a very good day and very melodic offshoots of ''

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'' in its leaner moments". As highlights, he singled out "Somebody's City" (an "absolute jewel", featuring some of Harrison's "best and flashiest" guitar playing), "Gravy Train" ("practically a sequel to '

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'") and "Costafine Town" ("a warmly nostalgia-laden tune with a memorable melody and gorgeous singing"). Eder bemoaned that the album had yet to be released on CD, adding: "Splinter deserved to be remembered, but so far their recognition has only come from the hardcore underground network of Beatles enthusiasts." Former ''

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has described ''The Place I Love'' as "a lost minor classic". Simon Leng similarly views it as an "overlooked classic", as well as the best album that Harrison worked on between ''Living in the Material World'' and his 1976 debut on Dark Horse, ''

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''.Leng, p. 144. In his review of the 2006 reissue of ''Material World'', Eder again lamented the unavailability of Splinter's Dark Horse recordings, which he considered to be "some of George's finest work in conjunction with other artists". "The Place I Love" was finally issued on CD in 2015, by the South Korean label Big Pink Music."Splinter – The Place I Love"

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(retrieved 16 May 2016).

Track listing

All songs by Robert J. Purvis, except where noted. Side one #"Gravy Train" – 4:50 #"Drink All Day (Got to Find Your Own Way Home)" – 3:20 #"China Light" (Robert J. Purvis, William Elliott) – 4:35 #"Somebody's City" – 5:20 Side two #

"Costafine Town" (Robert J. Purvis, William Elliott) – 3:10 #"The Place I Love" – 4:25 #"Situation Vacant" – 4:00 #"Elly-May" – 2:43 #"Haven't Got Time" – 3:55

Personnel

*Bill Elliott – vocals (all tracks) *Bobby Purvis – vocals (all tracks) *

– acoustic guitar (2, 3, 4, 6, 8), electric guitar (1, 4, 6, 7, 9), 12-string acoustic guitar (2, 4),

(2, 6), mandolin (3), bass (5), 6-string bass (5),

(2, 5), percussion (2, 4, 5, 6, 9), jew's harp (2),

(8), backing vocals (7) *

– piano (4, 5, 8), electric piano (6, 7) *

– bass (1, 4, 6, 9),

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(2, 8) *

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– drums (1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9) *

– organ (3), piano (1) *

– bass (3, 7) *

– drums (2, 7) *

– electric guitar (1, 9) *Graham Maitland – accordion (5) *

– horn arrangement (1, 7, 9)

Charts

Notes

References

Sources

* Keith Badman, ''The Beatles Diary Volume 2: After the Break-Up 1970–2001'', Omnibus Press (London, 2001; ). * Harry Castleman & Walter J. Podrazik, ''All Together Now: The First Complete Beatles Discography 1961–1975'', Ballantine Books (New York, NY, 1976; ). * Alan Clayson, ''George Harrison'', Sanctuary (London, 2003; ). * Olivia Harrison, ''George Harrison: Living in the Material World'', Abrams (New York, NY, 2011; ). * Elliot J. Huntley, ''Mystical One: George Harrison – After the Break-up of the Beatles'', Guernica Editions (Toronto, ON, 2006; ). * Ian Inglis, ''The Words and Music of George Harrison'', Praeger (Santa Barbara, CA, 2010; ). * Simon Leng, ''While My Guitar Gently Weeps: The Music of George Harrison'', Hal Leonard (Milwaukee, WI, 2006; ). * Chip Madinger & Mark Easter, ''Eight Arms to Hold You: The Solo Beatles Compendium'', 44.1 Productions (Chesterfield, MO, 2000; ). * Robert Rodriguez, ''Fab Four FAQ 2.0: The Beatles' Solo Years, 1970–1980'', Backbeat Books (Milwaukee, WI, 2010; ). * Nicholas Schaffner, ''The Beatles Forever'', McGraw-Hill (New York, NY, 1978; ). * Michael Simmons, "Cry for a Shadow", ''

'', November 2011, pp. 74–87. * Mat Snow, ''The Beatles Solo: The Illustrated Chronicles of John, Paul, George, and Ringo After The Beatles'' (Volume 3: ''George''), Race Point Publishing (New York, NY, 2013; ). * Bob Woffinden, ''The Beatles Apart'', Proteus (London, 1981; ).

External links

Information on Splinter at Tom Brennan's Splinter Library
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