
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 Thirty Three & 1/3 (1976 UK 10-track LP, gatefold picture sleeve with lyric inner. The sleeve has a little edge scuffing and a few storage marks, with the inner showing a little foxing whilst the vinyl shows a few light surfacescuffs - an excellent copy K56319)
- George Harrison - The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992 - UK - poster - Promo - £20.00, $24.80, €23.60 (New Item) (arrived 05-Apr-2022 12:04)on May 19, 2022 at 1:48 pm
GEORGE HARRISON The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992 (2004 UK official Dark Horse Records/Parlophone double-sided 20" x 30" promotional colour poster featuring title logo, black/white picture of George & miniature artwork for his back catelogue ofalbums and deluxe box set with a huge image of album artwork on reverse - either picture is ideal for framing! This item has been stored rolled with just a little creasing to the edges as a result and the main image still striking)
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GEORGE HARRISON Got My Mind Set On You (1987 UK solid centre 7" vinyl single, also including Lay His Head, picture sleeve W8178)
- George Harrison - Cloud Nine - Japanese - CD album - £125.00, $155.00, €147.50 (New Item) (arrived 24-Feb-2022 10:49)on May 19, 2022 at 1:48 pm
GEORGE HARRISON Cloud Nine (Rare 1987 Japanese limited edition 11-track 24k GOLD CD album, complete with picture sleeve, lyric booklet, gold hype sticker & obi-strip with gold foil lettering 43XD-2001)
- George Harrison - Living In The Material World - UK - 2-disc CD/DVD set - £15.00, $18.60, €17.70 (New Item) (arrived 26-Feb-2022 17:33)on May 19, 2022 at 1:48 pm
GEORGE HARRISON Living In The Material World (2006 UK Special Limited Edition CD/DVD set comprising a 13-track digitally remastered CD with a guest appearance from Ringo Starr, including 2 Bonus B-Side Recordings & a Region 0 PAL DVD featuring a rare live performance from the 1991 Japanese tour, along with an alternative Miss O'Dell music video including animated stills, Sue Me, Sue You Blues [acoustic demo] & more. Issued in a fold-out digipak picture sleeve with 40-page picture booklet containing previously unseen photos & lyrics, all housed in a stickered picture box. The packaging & the discs appear in excellent condition)
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