Which Harrison Beatles song was recorded without the other Beatles?

“Within You Without You” was the Harrison Beatles song recorded without the other Beatles. George Harrison performed the central parts with Indian musicians and later-added orchestral players rather than John Lennon, Paul McCartney, or Ringo Starr.

The song was recorded in March and April 1967 for Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Harrison had been deeply influenced by Indian music and Hindu philosophy after studying with Ravi Shankar, and the track became his only composition on Sgt. Pepper.

Its instrumentation includes sitar, tambura, dilruba, tabla, swarmandal, violins, and cellos. Neil Aspinall assisted Harrison on tambura, while members of London’s Asian Music Circle supplied the Indian instrumentation. George Martin arranged the Western string parts.

The wording can cause confusion because the track is still officially a Beatles recording. “Recorded without the other Beatles” means the other three members did not perform on the finished recording; it does not mean the song was released as a Harrison solo single. Harrison’s earlier “Love You To” also used Indian musicians, but other Beatles contributed to that session.