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George Harrison is the sixth solo studio 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 compilation album and the live album, it is Harrison's tenth album. It was released on February 23, 1979 in the UK and on February 20, 1979 in the US .
History of origin
For the first time, George Harrison took more time to complete the follow-up album to Thirty Three & 1/3 . In 1977 Harrison only recorded the song Mo , a tribute to the then president of the Warner Bros. record company. The song was only released in 1994 on a six-CD promotional compilation entitled Mo's Songs . The recordings for the album George Harrison took place between March and October 1978 with the co-producer Russ Titelmann.
During this time, on August 1, 1978, the son of George Harrison and Olivia Arias , Dhani Harrison was born. The parents' marriage followed on September 2nd.
Harrison began composing Love Comes to Everyone in the fall of 1977 . The text, which Harrison described as "optimistic", was written in 1978 during a stay in Hawaii . Blow Away is a song with a positive mood that Harrison composed during a phase when he had largely retired from the music business and often attended Formula 1 races. Inspired by a conversation with Niki Lauda , Harrison set out to write a song that his racing friends might like. Soft-Hearted Hana , Dark Sweet Lady , Your Love Is Forever and Soft Touch are love songs. Not Guilty is a Beatles song that was not released until October 1996 ( Anthology 3 ) and that Harrison recorded again. The original version was completed during the recording of the Beatles album The Beatles . Here Comes the Moon is about the moonlight, while If You Believe , like several tracks on Living in the Material World , explains George Harrison's religious and philosophical views. The song Faster deals with Formula 1 racing and was inspired by Jackie Stewart and Niki Lauda. The title of the song comes from Stewart's autobiography Faster !: A Racer's Diary , which appeared in 1972. Harrison dedicated the song to the racing driver Ronnie Peterson, who died in 1978, among others .
In May 1979 the album was awarded gold in the USA for 500,000 copies sold.
Cover design
The design and photo of the cover are by Mike Salisbury.
Others
Music videos were produced for the album for the titles Blow Away and Faster .
Track list
All titles were written by George Harrison unless otherwise noted.
page 1
- Love Comes to Everyone - 4:36
- Not Guilty - 3:35
- Here Comes the Moon - 4:48
- Soft-Hearted Hana - 4:03
- Blow Away - 4:00
Page 2
- Faster - 4:46
- Dark Sweet Lady - 3:22
- Your Love Is Forever - 3:45
- Soft Touch - 3:59
- If You Believe (Harrison / Gary Wright ) - 2:55
Bonus Title (2004)
- Here Comes the Moon (demo version) - 3:37
Re-releases
- It was first published in CD format in June 1991 without any bonus tracks. The CD is accompanied by an eight-page illustrated booklet that contains the lyrics.
- In March 2004 the album was re-released in a remastered version on CD by the EMI Group with the bonus title Here Comes the Moon (Demo Version) . The remastering was done by Simon Heyworth and John Etchells at Super Audio Mastering Studios in Devon . The CD album has a plastic cover with a twelve-page illustrated booklet enclosed, which contains information about the songs and the lyrics. The design is by Drew Lorimer.
- Since October 2007 the album George Harrison has also been available as a download from iTunes with the additional bonus title Blow Away (demo) .
Single releases
Blow away
The first single Blow Away / Soft Touch was released on February 16, 1979 in Great Britain, in the USA the single with the B-side Soft-Hearted Hana was released on February 19, 1979.
The promotional single was published in the USA as follows: The mono version is on the A side and the stereo version of the A side of the single is on the B side.
Love comes to everyone
The second single Love Comes to Everyone / Soft-Hearted Hana was released on April 27, 1979 in Great Britain, in the USA the single with the B-side Soft Touch was released on May 14, 1979. The single version of Love Comes to Everyone has been shortened.
The promotional single was published in the USA as follows: The mono version is on the A side and the stereo version of the A side of the single is on the B side.
Faster
In Great Britain (July 13, 1979) and Germany / Netherlands (August 1979) the third single Faster / Your Love Is Forever was released (in Germany with the B-side Soft-Hearted Hana ). The single was also released in the UK in picture disc format.
Chart placements
| year | album | Chart placements | ||||
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| 1979 | George Harrison | - | 39 | 14th | ||
| year | Single release | Chart placements | ||||
| DE | UK | US | ||||
| 1979 | Blow away | - | 51 | 16 | ||
| 1979 | Love comes to everyone | - | - | - | ||
| 1979 | Faster | - | - | nv | ||
literature
- Chip Madinger, Mark Easter: Eight Arms To Hold You - The Solo Compendium. 44.1 Productions, Chesterfield 2000, ISBN 0-615-11724-4 , pp. 457-458.
- Neville Stannard: Working Class Heroes. The history of the Beatles' solo recordings. Virgin Books, London 1983, ISBN 0-907080-92-8 .
- CD booklet for re-publication in 2004.
Web links
- More information about the album
- Official information on George Harrison's website
Individual evidence
- ↑ George Harrison: I, Me, Mine . London: Phoenix, 2004. ISBN 0-75381-734-9 . P. 348.
- ↑ George Harrison: I, Me, Mine . London: Phoenix, 2004. ISBN 0-75381-734-9 . P. 378.
- ↑ George Harrison: I, Me, Mine . London: Phoenix, 2004. ISBN 0-75381-734-9 . P. 370.
- ↑ CD booklet for re-publication 2004.
- ↑ Gold award
- ↑ British 7 "vinyl single: Blow Away / Soft Touch
- ↑ US 7 ″ vinyl single: Blow Away / Soft-Hearted Hana
- ↑ Promotion 7 ″ vinyl single: Blow Away
- ↑ British 7 "vinyl single: Love Comes to Everyone / Soft-Hearted Hana
- ↑ US 7 ″ vinyl single: Love Comes to Everyone / Soft Touch
- ↑ Promotion 7 ″ vinyl single: Love Comes to Everyone
- ↑ British 7 "vinyl single: Faster / Your Love Is Forever
- ↑ German 7 ″ vinyl single: Faster / Soft-Hearted Hana
- ↑ Picture Disc 7 ″ vinyl single: Faster
Experimental studio album:
Electronic Sound (1969)
Studio albums:
All Things Must Pass (1970) |
Living in the Material World (1973) |
Dark Horse (1974) |
Extra Texture (Read All About It) (1975) |
Thirty Three & 1/3 (1976) |
George Harrison (1979) |
Somewhere in England (1981) |
Gone Troppo (1982) |
Cloud Nine (1987) |
Brainwashed (2002)
Live albums:
The Concert for Bangla Desh (1971) |
Live in Japan (1992)
Album of unreleased material:
Early Takes: Volume 1 (2012)
Compilations:
The Best of George Harrison (1976) |
Best of Dark Horse 1976-1989 (1989) |
Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison (2009)
Box sets:
The Dark Horse Years 1976–1992 (2004) |
The Apple Years 1968-75 (2014)
Soundtracks:
Wonderwall Music (1968)
Traveling Wilburys Albums :
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 (1988) |
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 (1990) |
The Traveling Wilburys Collection (2007)