 Alone among the studio albums that Harrison released between the break @-@ up of the Beatles and his death in 2001 , most of the recording for Extra Texture was carried out in the United States . The sessions took place on part of A & M 's block along La Brea Avenue in Hollywood , where both the studio and the record company were based . Throughout the spring and summer of 1975 , Harrison regularly attended Dark Horse 's office , located in a bungalow shared with A & M @-@ distributed Ode Records , and otherwise became fully involved in the Los Angeles music scene . Shortly before starting work on the album , he was among the guests at Wings ' party on the Queen Mary ocean liner , at Long Beach , where a " drawn " -looking Harrison was seen socialising with Paul McCartney for the first time since the Beatles ' break @-@ up five years before . Often accompanied by Arias , Harrison caught shows by Bob Marley & the Wailers , Smokey Robinson and Santana , socialised with Ringo Starr , and met up with Preston and Ronnie Wood backstage after one of the Rolling Stones ' concerts at the LA Forum . New friends such as Eric Idle entered Harrison 's social circle that summer , although the Python 's influence only extended to Extra Texture 's quirky artwork and packaging rather than its musical content . 
