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 - Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) - 4pr - UK - 7" vinyl - £10.00, $12.30, €11.80 (Back In Stock) (arrived 21-Jan-2025 18:00)on January 22, 2025 at 4:11 am
GEORGE HARRISON Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) (1973 UK 7" vinyl single with intact four prong push-out centre, also including Miss O'Dell, Apple company die-cut paper sleeve. The vinyl remains excellent with some light surface marks R5988)
- George Harrison - The Concert For Bangladesh - VG - US - vinyl box set - £40.00, $49.20, €47.20 (New Item) (arrived 07-Jan-2025 18:00)on January 22, 2025 at 4:11 am
GEORGE HARRISON The Concert For Bangladesh (Original 1971 US Apple label 18-track triple LP vinyl box set featuring contributions from Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Badfinger, Ravi Shankar, Leon Russell & Billy Preston, amongst others. Complete with a superb 64-page full colour photo booklet of the event & die-cut brown card inners. All housed in a 12 " x 12" textured picture box. The box shows some light signs of age with some cornerwear and a 3 inch split at the bottom of the reverseedge. The cover of the booklet has some light creasing and minor foxing, whilst the inner pages remainin in excellent condition. The vinyl has just a few minor surface marks to show for its fifty years. A very respectable complete copy STCX3385)
- George Harrison - Extra Texture - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $18.45, €17.70 (New Item) (arrived 02-Jan-2025 15:25)on January 22, 2025 at 4:11 am
GEORGE HARRISON Extra Texture (1975 UK 10-track LP, complete with 'Ohnothimagen' portrait inner, superb textured & embossed picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear (small split to inner) with a bit of edge scuffing whilst the vinyl remains in excellent condition few signs of play PAS10009)
- George Harrison - Cloud Nine - UK - vinyl LP - £20.00, $24.60, €23.60 (New Item) (arrived 02-Jan-2025 15:32)on January 22, 2025 at 4:11 am
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 - Cloud Nine + Hype Sticker - UK - vinyl LP - £25.00, $30.75, €29.50 (New Item) (arrived 02-Jan-2025 18:00)on January 22, 2025 at 4:11 am
GEORGE HARRISON Cloud Nine (1987 UK 11-track vinyl LP, pressed in Germany for the UK market, featuring guest appearances from Jeff Lynne, Eric Clapton, Elton John and Ringo Starr & including the classic Got My Mind Set On You, complete with full colour illustrated credits inner and hype stickered picture sleeve, which retains the 'Promo only' sticker on the reverse. The sleeve shows minimal wear and the vinyl shows a few cosmetic paper scuffs and only a few very light signs of playWX123)
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