Best of Dark Horse 1976-1989

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Best of Dark Horse 1976-1989
Compilation album by George Harrison

Publication
(s)

October 17, 1989 ( US ),
 October 23, 1989 ( UK )

Label (s)
  • Dark Horse Records,

Format (s)

LP , MC , CD

Genre (s)

skirt

Title (number)

LP: 14 / CD: 15

running time

LP: 56 min 4 s / CD: 60 min 28 s

occupation
  • Various musicians

production

  • George Harrison,
  • Jeff Lynne ,
  • Russ title man,
  • Ray Cooper,
  • Phil McDonald,
  • Tom Scott

Studio (s)

  • Friars Park Studio, Henley on Thames (FPSHOT), Oxfordshire
  • other studios
chronology
Cloud Nine
1987

Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 as a member of the Traveling Wilburys
1988

Best of Dark Horse 1976-1989 Live in Japan
1992

Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 as a member of the Traveling Wilburys
1990

The Best of Dark Horse 1976-1989 is the second compilation album of George Harrison after the separation of the Beatles . At the same time, including the two instrumental albums from the 1960s, the studio albums, the first compilation album and the live album, it is Harrison's 14th album. It was released on October 17, 1989 in the US and on October 23, 1989 in the UK .

History of origin

From the last compilation album The Best of George Harrison had been 13 years to the time of the publication of Best of Dark Horse 1976-1989 . In contrast to the first best of , George Harrison put the songs together himself, dispensing with the single releases This Song , Faster , Teardrops , I Really Love You and This Is Love , instead selecting album titles.

Since the 1980s, it was not uncommon for best-of or greatest hits compilation albums to use songs that had not yet been released. Poor Little Girl , Cockamamie Blues and Cheer Down were heretofore new or unreleased songs, with Cheer Down being part of the soundtrack for Lethal Weapon II , which was released in August 1989.

Cover design

The design of the cover comes from Wherefore Art? , the photo by Terry O'Neill . The CD comes with a 16-page booklet containing the lyrics of the album.

Track list

All titles were written by George Harrison unless otherwise noted.

  1. Poor Little Girl - 4:33
    Previously unpublished.
  2. Blow Away - 3:59
    Previously released as a single and on the George Harrison album in February 1979 .
  3. That's The Way It Goes - 3:34
    Previously released in November 1982 on the album Gone Troppo .
  4. Cockamamie Business - 5:15
    Previously unpublished.
  5. Wake Up My Love - 3:32
    Previously released as a single and on the album Gone Troppo in October 1982 .
  6. Life Itself - 4:24
    Previously released in June 1981 on the album Somewhere in England .
  7. Got My Mind Set on You (Rudy Clark) - 3:51
    Previously released as a single in October 1987 and on the album Cloud Nine in November 1987 .
  8. Crackerbox Palace - 3:56
    Previously released in November 1976 on the album Thirty Three & 1/3 and released as a single in January 1977.
  9. Cloud 9-3 :14
    Previously released in November 1987 on the album Cloud Nine .
  10. Here Comes the Moon - 4:09
    Previously released in February on the George Harrison album.
  11. Gone Troppo - 4:23
    Previously released in November 1982 on the album Gone Troppo . Included on the CD version of the compilation only.
  12. When We Was Fab (George Harrison / Jeff Lynne ) - 3:56
    Previously released in November 1987 on the album Cloud Nine and released as a single in January 1988.
  13. Love Comes to Everyone - 3:40
    Previously released on the George Harrison album in February and a single in April 1979.
  14. All Those Years Ago - 3:44
    Previously released as a single in May 1981 and on the album Somewhere in England in June 1981 .
  15. Cheer Down (George Harrison / Tom Petty ) - 4:08
    Previously released in August 1989 on the soundtrack album for the film Lethal Weapon II and as a single.

Re-releases

The first release in CD format took place in October 1989 parallel to the record release with Gone Troppo as a bonus track. The album has not yet been re-released in a remastered version on CD by the EMI Group and is therefore no longer available as new.

Single releases

Cheer down

On August 22, 1989 the single Cheer Down / That's What It Takes was released in the USA , Germany and Great Britain followed on November 27, 1989 with the single Cheer Down / Poor Little Girl . The 12 ″ vinyl maxi single and 3 ″ CD Cheer Down / Poor little Girl / Crackerbox Palace were also released in Europe .

Poor little girl

In 1989, the 3 ″ CD single Poor Little Girl / Gone Troppo was released in Japan .

In November 1989, the edited CD promotional single Poor little Girl was released in the USA .

Chart placements

Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
United States (Billboard) United States (Billboard) 132 (6 weeks) 6th

literature

  • Chip Madinger and Mark Easter: Eight Arms To Hold You - The Solo Compendium . 44.1 Productions 2000, ISBN 0-615-11724-4 . (Pages 477 to 478)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ US 7 ″ vinyl single: Cheer Down / That's What It Takes
  2. ↑ British 7 "vinyl single: Cheer Down / Poor Little Girl
  3. ↑ British 12 "vinyl single: Cheer Down
  4. ↑ British 3 ″ CD single: Cheer Down
  5. ↑ Japanese 3 ″ CD single: Poor Little Girl
  6. ↑ Promotion 5 ″ CD single: Poor Little Girl
  7. ↑ George Harrison in the US American charts of Billboard magazine