Klein Company - a firm whose owner was the Beatles' recently acquired manager. Interestingly, that title copped its name from an off-the-cuff ad lib that Harrison sings at the conclusion of the demo, and the acronym stands for Allan B.
This intimate and stripped-down reading can be heard on the highly recommended Beware of ABKCO bootleg CD issued in 1998. The song was initially pitched in an acoustic form to producer Phil Spector during the spring of 1970 for possible inclusion on the artist's first post- Beatles outing, the following year's All Things Must Pass. There are some obvious social references such as "Beware of falling swingers/Dropping all around you" and "Beware of soft shoe shufflers/Dancing down the sidewalks." Likewise, the thinly veiled political commentaries warn "Beware of greedy leaders/They take you where you should not go." Deeper still is the introspective admonition to "Beware of the thoughts that linger/Winding up inside your head/While hopelessness surrounds you/In the dead of night." Tellingly, Harrison tucks the resolution "It can hit you/It can hurt you/Make you sore and what is more/That is not what you are here for" between the verses. "Beware of Darkness" is a foreboding ballad lyrically couched in George Harrison's trademark sense of dense, if not cerebrally opaque, imagery.
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