McCartney Times

Before there were any traditional Indian instruments around, George Harrison had an acoustic guitar and a melody idea. The harmonic elements of what would eventually become The Beatles’ trippy Revolver track ‘Love You To’ were always indebted to the drone-like raga of Indian music, but Harrison didn’t quite have that at his disposal when the song first entered his brain.Originally demoed as ‘Granny Smith’, ‘Love You To’ would eventually turn into Harrison’s first true embrace of Indian classical music. A sprawling and highly psychedelic composition, ‘Love You To’ would eventually get the full Indian treatment, with sitars, tablas, and tamburas being recorded by musicians from the Asian Music Circle. Harrison would add his own guitar overdubs, and other than a backing harmony vocal from Paul McCartney and a tambourine part by Ringo Starr, the other Beatles would have little to do with the final version of ‘Love You To’.“

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Source: Listen to the George Harrison acoustic demo of ‘Love You To’