 Harrison began recording his long @-@ awaited follow @-@ up to All Things Must Pass in October 1972 , having been sidetracked with issues relating to the Concert for Bangladesh for over a year . The Magic Is Here Again and The Light That Has Lighted the World were each rumoured to be the new album 's title until Apple Records announced it as Living in the Material World . Inglis views " Living in the Material World " as an ideal title track for the album , given " the internal dialogue in which he was engaging at the time " . Leng describes Harrison as " a man positively pregnant with vision " following the " overwhelming success " of his solo career since the Beatles ' break @-@ up , and suggests that a visit he made to India with American musician Gary Wright in early 1972 was a contributing factor . 
