George Harrison – Let It Roll: Songs of George Harrison (2009/2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:20:33 minutes | 1020 MB | Genre: Rock
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George Harrison had two periods of great commercial success, separated by 15 years and two record labels. This extended gap is the chief reason there hasn’t been a career-spanning Harrison collection until 2009’s Let It Roll: Songs By George Harrison, the first-ever disc to gather songs from George’s stints at both Apple and Dark Horse, and only his third-ever hits collection, following 1976’s Beatles-heavy The Best of George Harrison and The Best of Dark Horse, released in 1989 in the afterglow of Cloud Nine’s comeback success. Let It Roll balances these two periods, swapping any Beatles-era song (“Something,” “Here Comes the Sun,” “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”) for a live version from The Concert for Bangladesh, then mixing it all up chronologically, so the set starts with the pristine bounce of “Got My Mind Set on You” before giving way to “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)” If anything jars, it’s the sounds of times, as Jeff Lynne’s clean, manicured arrangements don’t necessarily fit with Phil Spector’s lush, magisterial productions, but that’s a minor quibble about a useful compilation that consolidates all of Harrison’s signature tunes on one very enjoyable disc. – Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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George Harrison – Live In Japan (2xSACD, 1991) [Reissue 2004]
PS3 Rip | ISO | SACD DSD 2.0 & DST64 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 87:09 minutes | Scans included | 8,03 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 1,8 GB
Features 2.0 Stereo and 5.1 multichannel surround sound
George Harrison returned to the stage for the first time in years in 1991; that Japanese tour is documented on the fine double-disc set Live in Japan. Backed by a stellar supporting band led by Eric Clapton, Harrison turns in surprisingly strong versions of his best solo material; it easily surpasses Paul McCartney’s double-disc Tripping the Live Fantastic or Paul Is Live. Not bad for a guy who doesn’t like to give concerts.
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George Harrison – The Apple Years 1968-75 (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 06:14:03 minutes | 7,45 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)
Universal Music Group and the Harrison family are proud to announce that George Harrison’s first six solo albums, released between 1968 and 1975 on The Beatles’ Apple Records label, have been digitally remastered from the original analogue masters for CD and digital release.
Designed to complement Harrison’s 2004 collection, The Dark Horse Years 1976-92, the new box includes an exclusive introduction by Dhani Harrison, new essays by award-winning radio producer and author Kevin Howlett, and rare and previously unpublished images.
This project has been overseen by George’s son, Dhani Harrison: “I am so happy that what we started a decade ago by releasing The Dark Horse Years is now complete with the release of his first six albums as The Apple Years. Some of these records have long been out of print, and so I cannot wait for music lovers to get their hands on these newly remastered versions. It’s a very proud moment for us, and I would like to thank everyone who has helped us in any way to achieve this.”
The six albums have been digitally restored and remastered at Lurssen Mastering in Los Angeles by a GRAMMY® Award-winning team of engineers including Paul Hicks, Gavin Lurssen, and Reuben Cohen. Wonderwall Music, Living In The Material World, Dark Horse, and Extra Texture (Read All About It) are all newly expanded with previously unreleased or rare additional tracks. All Things Must Pass includes the five extra tracks first released in 2001.
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George Harrison – Wonderwall Music (1968/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 57:33 minutes | 1,09 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)
The first Beatle solo album — as well as the first Apple album — was a minor eruption of the pent-up energies of George Harrison, who was busy composing this offbeat score to the film Wonderwall as Magical Mystery Tour raced up the charts. With the subcontinental influence now firmly in the driver’s seat, the score is mostly given over to the solemn, atmospheric drones of Indian music. Yet, as a whole, it’s a fascinating if musically slender mishmash of sounds from East and West, everything casually juxtaposed or superimposed without a care in the world. Harrison himself does not appear as a player or singer; rather, he presides over the groups of Indian and British musicians, with half of the cues recorded in London, the other half in Bombay. The Indian tracks are professionally executed selections cut into film cue-sized bites, sometimes mixed up with a rock beat, never permitted to develop much. Touches of Harrison’s whimsical side can be heard in the jaunty, honky tonk, tack piano-dominated “Drilling a Home” and happy-trails lope of “Cowboy Museum,” as well as a title like “Wonderwall to Be Here.” Occasionally, the overt footsteps of a Beatle can be heard: “Party Secombe” is a medium-tempo rock track that should remind the connoisseur of “Flying”; “Dream Scene” has Indian vocals moving back and forth between the loudspeakers over backwards electronic loops. As this and Harrison’s second experimental release, Electronic Sound, undoubtedly proved, pigeonholing this Beatle was a dangerous thing. (AllMusic Review by Richard S. Ginell)
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George Harrison – Living In The Material World (1973/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 53:53 minutes | 1,13 GB | Genre: Rock
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How does an instant multimillion-selling album become an underrated minor masterpiece? George Harrison’s follow-up to the triple-disc All Things Must Pass (which had been comprised of an immense backlog of great songs that he’d built up across the last years of his time with the Beatles), Living in the Material World was necessarily a letdown for fans and critics, appearing as it did two-and-a-half-years after its predecessor without that earlier album’s outsized songbag from which to draw. And it does seem like Harrison narrowed his sights and his vision for this record, which has neither the bold musical expansiveness nor the overwhelming confidence of its predecessor. And while there are still some beautiful and delightfully lyrical, charming moments throughout, few of the melodies are as instantly memorable and compelling as those of most of the songs on the earlier record, and some of the most serious songs here, such as “The Light That Has Lighted the World,” seem weighed down with their own sense of purpose, in ways that All Things Must Pass mostly (but not entirely) avoided. What Living in the Material World does show off far better than the earlier record, however, is Harrison’s guitar work — unlike the prior album, with its outsized contingent of musicians including Eric Clapton and Dave Mason on guitars, he’s the only axeman on Material World, and it does represent his solo playing and songwriting at something of a peak. Most notable are his blues stylings and slide playing, glimpsed on some of the later Beatles sessions but often overlooked by fans.
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George Harrison – Electronic Sound (1969/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 43:51 minutes | 884 MB | Genre: Rock
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George Harrison’s second solo album, released in 1969, is an adventurous sonic experiment divided into two lengthy album-side pieces. Performed on the Moog synthesizer, still in its infancy at the time, these two pieces were to a large extent improvised by Harrison in the studio. This reissue has been digitally remastered from the original analogue masters.
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George Harrison – Early Takes Volume 1 (2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 30:32 minutes | 588 MB | Genre: Pop, Rock
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Early Takes Volume 1 is a pivotal compilation that features a wealth of previously unreleased recordings from Beatles’ lead guitarist, George Harrison. The stunning release is a depiction of Harrison’s genius as a singer-songwriter. Included are unheard demo versions of “Behind That Locked Door,” “Run of the Mill,” “All Things Must Pass” and “My Sweet Lord,” all songs that would be featured on Harrison’s breakthrough chart-topping release, All Things Must Pass. The album also boasts rare and early takes of the smash hits, “I’d Have You Any Time” and “Awaiting On You All”. Experience Harrison’s high-caliber songwriting with this alluring and intimate high resolution download.
– 4 out of 5 stars – “Collection of the artist’s demos provides an appealing portrait of the ex-Beatle as a working singer-songwriter.” – Ludovic Hunter-Tilney, The Financial Times
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George Harrison – All Things Must Pass (50th Anniversary / Super Deluxe) (1970/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 04:26:00 minutes | 8,89 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © BEATLES CATALOG MKT (C91)
In celebration of the 50th Anniversary, George Harrison’s, All Things Must Pass, is being celebrated with a suite of new releases highlighted by a stunning new mix of the classic album by Grammy Award-winning mixer/engineer Paul Hicks, overseen by executive producer Dhani Harrison. The 3CD Deluxe Edition contains an all-new remix by Paul Hicks and features the main album on Discs 1 & 2 followed by Disc 3 featuring 17 tracks of demo recordings, session outtakes and studio jams. Housed in a square box with scaled down version of the original poster, it includes a 20-page booklet with photos, introduction, and notes from Dhani Harrison and Paul Hicks on remixing the album.
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George Harrison – All Things Must Pass (1970/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:05:16 minutes | 2,66 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Apple
All Things Must Pass was released by Apple Records in November 1970. Co-produced by Harrison and Phil Spector, many musicians contributed to the album, including Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, Pete Drake, Gary Wright, Klaus Voormann, members of Badfinger, players from Delaney and Bonnie band, and John Barham. The triple-LP topped charts around the world and earned universal acclaim as a rock masterpiece. George became the first Beatle to have a solo number one single in both the UK and America with the album’s lead single, “My Sweet Lord,” which introduced his signature slide guitar playing. George co-wrote the album’s opening track, “I’d Have You Anytime” with his friend Bob Dylan, who also wrote another song on the landmark album, “If Not For You.” The new package includes the five additional tracks added to the album’s 2001 reissue: “I Live For You” (outtake), “Beware Of Darkness” (demo), “Let It Down” (alternative version), “What Is Life” (backing track), and “My Sweet Lord (2000).”
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