Although Lomax was fortunate enough to be one of the first signees to Apple, it was a cross to bear as well as a blessing, since his Beatle connections -- George Harrison produced the album, and donated a tune -- interfered with his shot at being evaluated on his own merits. Truth to tell, had the exact same record come out on a different label without any Beatle involvement, it would have made even less of an impact than it did. Lomax is a passable but unarresting singer and songwriter, and most of the tracks chug along in a humdrum blue-eyed soul-rock vein. Whether consciously or not, Lomax's better compositions sometimes bear Beatlesque influences, like the title track, which has a casual resemblance to "Come Together" (recorded after this album's release), and the uncommonly tender "Fall Inside." The George Harrison-penned tune, "Sour Milk Sea," is nothing special; the Beatles' own version, cut in demo-like circumstances as they were rehearsing tunes shortly before starting work on The White Album, has long been available on bootleg.
Speak To Me (Jackie Lomax) Apple Publishing Limited
Is This What You Want? (Jackie Lomax) Apple Publishing Limited
How Can You Say Goodbye (Jackie Lomax) Apple Publishing Limited
Sunset (Jackie Lomax) Apple Publishing Limited
Sour Milk Sea (George Harrison) Harrisongs Limited
Fall Inside Your Eyes (Jackie Lomax) Apple Publishing Limited
Little Yellow Pills (Jackie Lomax) Apple Publishing Limited
Take My Word (Jackie Lomax) Apple Publishing Limited
The Eagle Laughs At You (Jackie Lomax) Apple Publishing Limited
Baby You're A Lover (Jackie Lomax) Apple Publishing Limited
You've Got Me Thinking (Jackie Lomax) Apple Publishing Limited
I Just Don't Know (Jackie Lomax) Apple Publishing Limited
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New Day (CD remix) (Jackie Lomax) Apple Publishing Limited
Won't You Come Back (Jackie Lomax) Apple Publishing Limited
Going Back To Liverpool (Jackie Lomax) Apple Publishing Limited
Thumbin' A Ride (Leiber/Stoller) Carlin Music Corporation
How The Web Was Woven (Westlake/Most) Carlin Music Corporation
New Day (single mix) (Jackie Lomax) Apple Publishing Limited
Recorded 1968-1969 PRODUCED BY GEORGE HARRISON (1-12, 14, 17)
JACKIE LOMAX & MAL EVANS (13) PAUL McCARTNEY (15 & 16)
Engineered by Barry Sheffield & Pete Bown at Trident Studios, London, Ken Scott & Geoff Emerick at EMI Studios, London and Armin Steiner at Sound Recorders Studios, Los Angeles
Cover design by Jackie Lomax
Photographs by Richard Imrie
JOHN BARHAM horn & string arrangements
HAL BLAINE drums
ALAN BRANSCOMBE tenor sax
ERIC CLAPTON lead guitar
PETE CLARK drums
GEORGE HARRISON lead & rhythm guitars
CHRIS HATFIELD piano
SPIKE HEATLEY stand-up bass
NICKY HOPKINS piano
BILLY KINSLEY bass
LARRY KNECHTEL keyboards
JACKIE LOMAX vocals, rhythm guitar, percussion
PAUL McCARTNEY bass
BISHOP O'BRIEN drums
TONY NEWMAN guitar
JOE OSBORN bass
BILLY PRESTON keyboards
TIM RENWICK guitar
LEON RUSSELL keyboards,guitar, bass, percussion
RICHARD STARKEY drums
KLAUS VOORMANN bass
PAUL BEAVER, MAL EVANS, BERNIE KRAUSE, ALAN PARISER special FX
ESSENTIAL DISCOGRAPHY (UK & US)
SINGLES (UK)
Sour Milk Sea / The Eagle Laughs At You APPLE 3 (06/09/1968)
New Day / Fall Inside Your Eyes APPLE 11 (09/05/1969)
How The Web Was Woven / Thumbin' A Ride APPLE 23 (06/02/1970)
EXTENDED PLAY (UK)
WALL'S ICE CREAM PROMOTIONAL EP APPLE CT 1 (18/07/1968)
Storm In A Teacup (The Iveys) / Something's Wrong (James Taylor)
Little Yellow Pills (Jackie Lomax) / Pebble And The Man (Mary Hopkin)
SINGLES (US)
Sour Milk Sea / The Eagle Laughs At You APPLE 1802 (26/08/1968)
New Day / Thumbin' A Ride APPLE 1807 (02/06/1969)
How The Web Was Woven / Fall Inside Your Eyes APPLE 1819 (23/03/1970)
Sour Milk Sea / Fall Inside Your Eyes APPLE 1802 (21/06/1971)
LP (UK)
IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT? APCOR 6/SAPCOR 6 (21/03/1969)
Speak To Me (3:08) / Is This What You Want? (2:44) / How Can You Say Goodbye (4:11) /
Sunset (3:54) / Sour Milk Sea (3:52) / Fall Inside Your Eyes (3:08) /
Little Yellow Pills (4:02) / Take My Word (3:55) / The Eagle Laughs At You (2:24) /
Baby You're A Lover (3:02) / You've Got Me Thinking (2:53) / I Just Don't Know (2:52)
ALBUM (US)
IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT? ST-3354 (19/05/1969)
Speak To Me (3:08) / Is This What You Want? (2:44) / New Day (3:15) / Sunset (3:54) / Sour Milk Sea (3:52) / Fall Inside Your Eyes (3:08) / Little Yellow Pills (4:02) /
Take My Word (3:55) / The Eagle Laughs At You (2:24) / Baby You're A Lover (3:02) /
You've Got Me Thinking (2:53) / I Just Don't Know (2:52)
8-TRACK TAPE (US)
IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT? 8XT-3354 (1969)
Speak To Me (3:08) / Is This What You Want? (2:44) / New Day (3:15) / Sunset (3:54) / Sour Milk Sea (3:52) / Fall Inside Your Eyes (3:08) / Little Yellow Pills (4:02) /
Take My Word (3:55) / The Eagle Laughs At You (2:24) / Baby You're A Lover (3:02) /
You've Got Me Thinking (2:53) / I Just Don't Know (2:52)
EXTENDED PLAYS (UK)
THE APPLE EP CD APP 1 [2045512] (21/10/1991)
Those Were The Days (Mary Hopkin) / That's The Way God Planned It 1 & 2 (Billy Preston)
/ Sour Milk Sea (Jackie Lomax) / Come And Get It (Badfinger)
THE APPLE EP LIMITED EDITION CD CD APPS 1 [2045512] (21/10/1991)
Same as CD APP 1 but in a limited edition Apple-shaped presentation box
THE APPLE EP APP 1 (21/10/1991)
Same as CD APP 1 but issued as a limited edition 7" vinyl record
COMPACT DISC (UK & US)
IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT? CDP 7975812 [UK CD SAPCOR 6] (11/11/1991 & 24/05/2004)
Speak To Me (3:08) / Is This What You Want? (2:44) / How Can You Say Goodbye (4:11) /
Sunset (3:54) / Sour Milk Sea (3:52) / Fall Inside Your Eyes (3:08) /
Little Yellow Pills (4:02) / Take My Word (3:55) / The Eagle Laughs At You (2:24) /
Baby You're A Lover (3:02) / You've Got Me Thinking (2:53) / I Just Don't Know (2:52) /
New Day (3:15) / Won't You Come Back (4:10) / Going Back To Liverpool (3:07) /
Thumbin' A Ride (3:56) / How The Web Was Woven (3:50)
This track-listing of IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT? was also released as a double LP (record 1 tracks 1-12, record 2 tracks 13-17) and a cassette tape (both 11/11/1991)
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