George Harrison's All Things Must Pass v. John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band

Having gotten into Ringo’s 1970 LP “Beaucoups of Blues” lately, I realized just how much great music The Beatles – together and solo – made in 1970. Most critics consider the two crowning achievements to be John’s “Plastic Ono Band” and George’s “All Things Must Pass”… both with production credited to Phil Spector.  And Ringo’s “Beaucoups” album is the bridge between the two since he hatched the idea for his country LP while driving Producer Pete Drake to a session for ATMP.  And Ringo plays on all three of these albums!
Anyhow, comparing and contrasting POB and ATMP shows some interesting contrast, kind of like that whole “Kennedy v. Lincoln” email that permeated the internet around 1998…

The players:
George was accompanied by Ringo Starr, Klaus Voormann, Billy Preston, Eric Clapton, Bobby Whitlock, Jim Gordon, Carl Radle, Gary Wright, Jim Price, Bobby Keys, Alan White, Pete Drake, Badfinger, Peter Frampton, Dave Mason, Phil Collins and Ginger Baker.
John was accompanied by Ringo Starr, Klaus Voormann… and on one song each, Billy Preston and Phil Spector on piano.

PRODUCTION:
For George, it was Phil Spector… in later years, Harrison would say he thought it was a bit overboard.
For John, it was Phil Spector… in later years, it’s become clear that Spector was likely pretty busy with ATMP and John had to essentially produce himself.

CONTENT:
George poured out two disks of songs he’d had stored up from the Beatle years, and added a third disk of jams from the all-star sessions.
John composed an album’s worth of aching tunes he’d written after primal scream therapy, mostly to explode The Beatle Myth.

DEMOS:
George recorded an album’s worth of demos, which can mostly be found on the bootleg “Beware of ABKCO.”
John recorded an album’s worth of demos, which can mostly be found on his 1998 “Anthology.”

LABELS:
George has bright orange labels on two disks, and a custom greet-tinted jar of “Apple Jam” on the third.
John has a stark white Apple.

COVER:
George’s cover is a posed, artful black-and-white image shot on his property.
John’s cover is a casual, grainy Polaroid image shot on his property.

PACKAGING:
George’s has a black box with gold-leaf lettering on the spine and no back cover.  Inside, the box has multicolored panels listing the players.  The multicolored innersleeves include lyrics for each disk (or, for Apple Jam, just the logo).
John’s no text anywhere on the single-pocket sleeve (save for the spine), and the back includes a very grainy childhood photo.  The black-and-white innersleeve includes lyrics and credits.

INSERTS:
George included a darkly lit poster of himself.
John included no inserts.

CHARTS:
George hit #1 in the US and UK.  On the Rolling Stone 500 Greatest List, it was #433.
John hit #8 (UK) and #6 (US).  On the Rolling Stone 500 Greatest List, it was #22.