 Apple Records released Living in the Material World at the end of May 1973 , with the title track sequenced to end side one in the original , LP format . " Living in the Material World " followed another Harrison composition reflecting on his years with the Beatles , " Who Can See It " . In keeping with the album content , Tom Wilkes 's design for the record 's face labels contrasted a devout spiritual existence with life in the material world , by featuring a painting of Krishna and his warrior prince Arjuna on side one and a picture of a Mercedes stretch limousine on the reverse . The painting of Krishna and Arjuna came from a version of the Bhagavad Gita published by Prabhupada . 
