GEORGE HARRISON - GOVINDA: Entire Video From: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B46rjU_q_cM (2,000,000+ views!) "Govinda" single Recording Among the new pieces was "Govinda", a musical adaptation of what is considered to be the world's first poem,[78] consisting of Govindam prayers.[79] Gurudas described it to a reporter as a song that "comes from the Satya Yuga or Golden Era of the universe and was passed down through the ages by a chain of self-realized gurus".[80] Author Bruce Spizer writes that Harrison "went all out" with his production of the track, creating an "exciting and hypnotic arrangement".[32] The recording session took place in January 1970,[81] at Trident Studios in central London.[27] Harrison had already created the backing track, which featured rock instrumentation such as acoustic guitar, organ, bass and drums, before the devotees' arrival. According to Shyamasundar Das, Klaus Voorman is on bass guitar, and Ringo pops in to lay down some riffs.[82] Yamuna was the sole lead vocalist. Also among those attending the session, in Greene's recollection, were Billy Preston and singers Donovan and Mary Hopkin, some of whom joined the devotees on the song's choruses.[65][nb 4] Over the introduction, Harrison overdubbed esraj, played by Shyamsundar, and lute-like oud, which was performed by Harivilas, a devotee who had recently arrived in London from Iran.[65] Following this session, Harrison added a lead guitar part[78] and hired members of the London Philharmonic Orchestra to overdub string orchestration, harp and tubular bells onto the track.[65] The orchestral arrangement for "Govinda" was supplied by John Barham,[26] a regular Harrison collaborator,[84] and similarly dedicated to furthering Western appreciation of Indian classical music.[85] Release Backed with "Govinda Jai Jai", "Govinda" was issued by Apple on 6 March 1970 in Britain (as Apple 25) and 24 March in the United States (as Apple 1821).[86][87] The single made the UK top 30, peaking at number 23.[44] Apple's press officer, Derek Taylor, later recalled that his department placed print advertisements stating that "Govinda" was "the best record ever made".[27] Prabhupada first heard the recording in Los Angeles; moved to tears, he asked for it to be played every morning while ISKCON devotees offered prayers in honour of the deities.[88] In their book documenting the first 40 years of the Hare Krishna movement, Graham Dwyer and Richard Cole write that with "Hare Krishna Mantra" and "Govinda" "[becoming] hits across Europe, in Japan, in Australia, and even in Africa … the chanting of Hare Krishna had become world famous".[50] In his essay on ISKCON temple procedure, Kenneth Valpey writes of the significance of the lead singer being female – an "unthinkable" event in more traditional systems of Krishna worship, but consistent with Prabhupada's openness to having women in the role of temple priests.[89] Coinciding with the release of "Govinda", Harrison accompanied Shyamsundar and other devotees to Paris,[90] to help establish the local ISKCON branch there.[91] Showing further support for the Hare Krishna movement,[50][92] Harrison financed the publication of Prabhupada's Krsna Book in March 1970.[93] Soon afterwards, he accommodated families from the expanding London Radha Krishna Temple at his newly purchased estate in Oxfordshire, Friar Park,[94][95] before going on to record his triple album All Things Must Pass.[96] The latter also reflected his embracing of the Temple's Gaudiya Vaishnava doctrine and Krishna Consciousness,[97] in songs such as "My Sweet Lord",[98] "Awaiting on You All"[99] and "Beware of Darkness".[100] () Govinda (Song),GEORGE HARRISON - GOVINDA: Entire Video (Video Title),The Radha Krsna Temple (Music Album),George Harrison (Musical Artist),Yamuna (Musical Artist),Mukunda (Musical Artist)