From Cosmic Magazine.
Talking with Rolling Stone, George Harrison‘s wife Olivia and son, Dhani have revealed they are working on a 50th anniversary edition of All Things Must Pass.
The conversation arrives as part of a new feature by Rolling Stone on George Harrison‘s Dark Horse Record Label.
Both provide several interesting insights about he labels past and Harrison’s solo career in the 1970s.
But perhaps most exciting of all is the revelation of the wealth of material they have uncovered sifting through the record label’s archives.
“We have people digging through mountains of tapes, and they keep coming,” Dhani enthuses. “Boxes and boxes of them.”
With George Harrison‘s solo debut All Things Must Pass turning 50 this November, Olivia has also confirmed that the Harrison family is working on something special for the release.
“A lot of it has been bootlegged,” Olivia says referring specifically to material from All Things Must Pass era, “but we have better versions. We have all the 24-tracks of All Things Must Pass, and we found lots of different takes and talking in the studio.”
A number of Bob Dylan covers as well as ‘Window, Window’, a song written by Harrison and Dylan, were also recorded around this time but never formally released.
Rolling Stone also reported that expanded versions of George Harrison‘s Concert for Bangladesh, 1973 album Living in the Material World and the former Beatle’s controversial 1974 US tour were also being considered.
“His voice is pretty tired, but in my opinion, it sounds great,” Dhani shares of the 1974 tour.
“It’s raspy, and it has grit to it,” Olivia concurs. “You can hear the fragility in all the songs. It’s a different take on a lot of his music.”
Harrison’s wife then suggests that the amount of video footage capture backstage during the tour “could make a great tour movie.”
“The backstage footage is amazing and hysterical,” she states. “Things went on backstage that don’t happen now. Now everything is so cut and dried, the opposite of spontaneous.”
The full feature here.
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- George Harrison - Early Takes Volume 1 - 180 Gram Black Vinyl - Sealed - UK - vinyl LP - £24.99, $32.24, €29.74 (New Item) (arrived 23-Oct-2024 17:57)on November 1, 2024 at 6:09 pm
GEORGE HARRISON Early Takes Volume 1 (2024 UK/EU limited edition 10-track LP pressed on 180-gram black vinyl, a compilation album of outtakes and demo recordings by George Harrison, released posthumously on May 1, 2012. The recordings appearedin Martin Scorsese's 2011 documentary film 'George Harrison: Living in the Material World' and were originally issued as part of the Deluxe version of the DVD release. Producer Giles Martin compiled the album, working with engineer Paul Hicks. The majority of the tracks date from the sessions for Harrison's 1970 triple album 'All Things Must Pass'. Picture sleeve, factory sealed)
- George Harrison - Cloud Nine - UK - vinyl LP - £20.00, $25.80, €23.80 (New Item) (arrived 26-Sep-2024 16:24)on November 1, 2024 at 6:09 pm
GEORGE HARRISON Cloud Nine (1987 UK German-pressed 11-track vinyl LP featuring guest appearances from Jeff Lynne, Eric Clapton, Elton John and Ringo Starr and including the classic Got My Mind Set On You. The picture sleeve comes with its illustrated credits inner and the vinyl appears barley played WX123)
- George Harrison - The Concert For Bangladesh - EX - UK - vinyl box set - £65.00, $83.85, €77.35 (New Item) (arrived 03-Sep-2024 11:59)on November 1, 2024 at 6:09 pm
GEORGE HARRISON The Concert For Bangladesh (1971 UK 18-track triple LP box set, including contributions from Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Badfinger, Ravi Shankar, Leon Russell & Billy Preston amongst others. Comes housed in a textured 12" picturebox complete with the original brown die-cut inners & a superb 64-page photo booklet. The packaging shows minor general wear with light wear to the booklet & the vinyl discs are Excellent & reveal few signs of play STCX3385)
- George Harrison - Wonderwall Music - G - UK - vinyl LP - £195.00, $251.55, €232.05 (New Item) (arrived 13-Sep-2024 15:40)on November 1, 2024 at 6:09 pm
GEORGE HARRISON Wonderwall Music (Rare original 1968 UK Apple label 19-track Mono vinyl LP with 'Sold In U.K.' & 'Mfd. in UK' label text, with an original Apple plain inner, the rare monochrome insert and fully laminated picture sleeve clearly printed Mono on the reverse. The labels show spindle marks with many surface marks and the occasional light scratch. There maybe some light hiss/crackling detectable in quieter passages. The sleeve shows just a little foxing and a couple of creases in the laminate, the insert shows light wear. Although not Mint, a Good example of this UK rarity! APCOR1)
- George Harrison - Electronic Sound - 1st + inner - VG - UK - vinyl LP - £150.00, $193.50, €178.50 (New Item) (arrived 13-Sep-2024 16:17)on November 1, 2024 at 6:09 pm
GEORGE HARRISON Electronic Sound (Rare original 1969 UK vinyl LP on the short lived Zapple label with matrix numbers on both sides ending '-1' indicating that this is the first pressing, fully laminated picture sleeve designed by George himself and complete with the original printed inner sleeve ZAPPLE02) Please see 'more info' for more details...
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