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"Sour Milk Sea" is a song that was recorded by English singer Jackie Lomax and released as his debut single on Apple Records in August 1968. It was written by George Harrison during the Beatles' stay in Rishikesh, India, and given to Lomax to help launch the Beatles' record label. The recording was the first of many extracurricular musical projects produced by Harrison, and a rarity among non-Beatles songs since it features three members of the band. Along with Harrison, Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney, the backing musicians on the track were Eric Clapton and session pianist Nicky Hopkins. Harrison wrote the song to promote Transcendental Meditation, which he and his fellow Beatles had been studying in Rishikesh with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. The group recorded a demo of the song while considering material for what became their 1968 double album, ''The Beatles''. On release, Lomax's single was overshadowed in Apple's "Our First Four" promotional campaign by the Beatles' "Hey Jude" and Mary Hopkin's "Those Were the Days"; it enjoyed only minor success internationally, becoming a top 30 hit in Canada. The B-side was "The Eagle Laughs at You", written by Lomax and also produced by Harrison. Both tracks were later included on the singer's only Apple album, ''Is This What You Want?'', released in March 1969. "Sour Milk Sea" has received praise from several music critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic describes it as "a dense, brilliant, and soulful psychedelic rocker".〔 The song appeared on the 2010 multi-artist compilation ''Come and Get It: The Best of Apple Records''. ==Background and inspiration== "Sour Milk Sea" was one of several songs that George Harrison wrote while at Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's ashram in Rishikesh, India, during February to April 1968.〔〔Greene, pp. 98–99.〕 Having first travelled in India in September 1966, following the Beatles' final concert tour,〔Clayson, pp. 206–07.〕 Harrison was enamoured with the teachings of the Maharishi〔Nick Jones, "Beatle George And Where He's At", ''Melody Maker'', 16 December 1967; available at (Rock's Backpages ) (subscription required).〕〔Will Hermes, ("George Harrison 1943–2001" ), ''Spin'', February 2002, p. 22 (retrieved 8 June 2015).〕 and had led his fellow Beatles to Rishikesh to study Transcendental Meditation two years later.〔The Editors of ''Rolling Stone'', p. 139.〕〔Steve Rabey, ("George Harrison, 'Living In The Material World'" ), The Huffington Post, 9 October 2011 (retrieved 8 June 2015).〕 With ''Life'' magazine labelling 1968 "the Year of the Guru",〔Greene, p. 98.〕 the Beatles' stay generated wide interest in Transcendental Meditation, and Eastern spirituality generally, among Western youth.〔Lavezzoli, pp. 6, 180.〕〔Goldberg, pp. 7, 8.〕 Author Simon Leng writes that with "Sour Milk Sea", Harrison now adopted "the role of advertising executive" to further promote meditation. Leng adds: "At the time, it was the enlightened artist's job to share their insights with 'the people,' which makes 'Sour Milk Sea' an obvious companion to 'Within You Without You.'"〔 In his autobiography, ''I, Me, Mine'', Harrison says that the song espouses meditation as a means to improve one's life, as well as conveying the message: "if you're in the shit, don't go around moaning about it; do something about it." He also explains that he named the composition after a picture titled ''Kalladadi Samudra'', which reflects the theme of Vishvasara Tantra in sacred Hindu texts, particularly regarding "the geological theory of the evolution of organic life on earth".〔Harrison, p. 142.〕 Singer Jackie Lomax, whose debut solo album Harrison had agreed to produce before departing for India,〔Clayson, pp. 239–40.〕 said that the eponymous Sour Milk Sea symbolises "a fallow period" during each of the Earth's 26,000-year evolutionary cycles, before the planet begins its process of regeneration.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sour Milk Sea」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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