Thirty Three & 1/3

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Thirty Three & 1 ⁄ 3
George Harrison studio album

Publication
(s)

November 19, 1976 ( UK )
November 22, 1976 ( US )

Label (s) Dark Horse Records, Warner Brothers , EMI Group

Format (s)

LP , MC , CD , download

Genre (s)

skirt

Title (number)

10 (initial release)
11 (re-release)

running time

39 min 15 s (first release)
43 min 16 s (re-release)

occupation

production

  • George Harrison
  • Tom Scott (co-producer)

Studio (s)

Friars Park Studio, Henley on Thames (FPSHOT), Oxfordshire

chronology
The Best of George Harrison
1976 		Thirty Three & 1 ⁄ 3 George Harrison
1979

Thirty Three & 1 / 3 is the fifth 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 compilation album and the live album, it is Harrison's ninth album. It was released on November 19, 1976 in the UK and on November 22, 1976 in the US .

History of origin

After January 26, 1976, George Harrison was no longer contractually bound by Apple Records and switched to his own Dark Horse label, which in turn was bound by contract with A&M Records . The recordings for the album took place between May and September 1976 in Harrison's home studio Friars Park Studio, Henley-on-Thames (FPSHOT). During the recording sessions, George Harrison fell ill with hepatitis and interrupted further work on the album, which led to A&M Records suing Harrison because he had the scheduled deadline of June 25, 1976 (on which day George Harrison turned 33 and 1 ⁄ 3 years old) did not comply with the master tapes. It was widely believed that A&M Records wanted to end the collaboration with Harrison because his albums and single releases after Living in the Material World had not met commercial expectations. Other artists on the Dark Horse label (Splinter, Jiva, Attitudes, Stairsteps, Henry McCullough and Ravi Shankar ) were also not commercially successful. Then George Harrison switched his label to Warner Brothers . From this point on, the Dark Horse label only published works by George Harrison.

George Harrison in front of the Hilton Hotel Amsterdam , February 1977

Several promotional works were carried out for the album by George Harrison, for example he visited five American cities for interviews in November 1976 and appeared on November 18 in the comedy show Saturday Night Live with Paul Simon , which together Here Comes the Sun and Homeward Bound sang in a duet . The latter song was released on the album Nobody's Child-Romanian Angel Appeal in July 1990 . In addition, the promotional interview album Dark Horse Records presents a personal music dialog with George Harrison was released . In February 1977 George Harrison had an appearance on the German television show disco of the ZDF .

According to George Harrison, the compositional origin of Woman Don't You Cry for Me dates back to 1968, the title should originally be on the album All Things Must Pass . Dear One was written in honor of Paramahansa Yogananda . Harrison began working on Beautiful Girl in 1969, but did not complete the lyrics until 1976. This Song is the humorous musical processing of the court case over the plagiarism allegations for his song My Sweet Lord . (Another satirical discussion of the subject was broadcast on BBC 2 on December 26, 1975 on Rutland Weekend Television. George Harrison sang The Pirate Song , which he composed with Eric Idle . It has not yet been legally released.) See Yourself essentially dates back to 1967 and covers Paul McCartney's testimony to the press that he used LSD and the subsequent press allegation that he was better off lying. It's What You Value refers to Jim Keltner who wanted a Mercedes 450 SL rather than money as a reward for his participation in Harrison's 1974 North American tour. True Love is a composition by Cole Porter , which was originally interpreted by Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly in the feature film The Top Ten Thousand in 1956 . Pure Smokey is the second homage to Smokey Robinson , after Ooh Baby (You Know That I Love You) from Extra Texture (Read All About It) . Crackerbox Palace is another humorous song influenced by comedian "Lord Buckley" who named his Los Angeles home "Crackerbox Palace". The song Learning How to Love You was originally written by Harrison for Herb Alpert , but was ultimately recorded by the composer himself.

In January 1977 the album was awarded gold in the USA for 500,000 copies sold.

Cover design

The design and the photo of the album cover are from Bob Cato.

Others

Music videos were produced for the album for the titles This Song , True Love and Crackerbox Palace .

Track list

All titles were written by George Harrison unless otherwise noted.

Page one

  1. Woman Don't You Cry for Me - 3:18
  2. Dear One - 5:08
  3. Beautiful Girl - 3:39
  4. This Song - 4:13
  5. See Yourself - 2:51

Side two

  1. It's What You Value - 5:07
  2. True Love ( Cole Porter ) - 2:45
  3. Pure Smokey - 3:56
  4. Crackerbox Palace - 3:57
  5. Learning How to Love You - 4:13

Bonus Title (2004)

Tears of the World - 4:02

iTunes Bonus Track (2007)

Learning How to Love You (Early Mix)

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 newly remastered version as a CD at EMI with the bonus title Tears of the World . This song does not come from the recording sessions of the album, but was recorded during the recording of the album Somewhere in England . It was first published in February 1988 on Songs by George Harrison , this limited release is a four-title EP with an illustrated book, all copies of which were signed by George Harrison. 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.
  • George Harrison has been available as a download from iTunes since October 2007 with the additional bonus title Learning How to Love You (Early Mix) .

Single releases

This song

The first single This Song / Learning How to Love You was released on November 15, 1976 in the USA and on November 19, 1976 in Great Britain. The single version of This Song has been shortened.

True love

In Great Britain the single: True Love / Pure Smokey was released on February 18, 1977 .

It's What You Value

It's What You Value / Woman Don't You Cry for Me was also released exclusively in Great Britain on June 10, 1977. The single version of It's What You Value has been shortened.

Crackerbox Palace

On January 24, 1977, the single Crackerbox Palace / Learning How to Love You was released in the USA .

The second single in Germany was Crackerbox Palace / True Love in April 1977 .

The promotional single Crackerbox Palace was published in the USA as follows: the stereo version is on the A side and the mono version of the A side of the single is on the B side .

Chart placements

year album Chart placements
DE UK US
1976 Thirty Three & 1/3 - 35 11
year Single release Chart placements
DE UK US
1976 This song - - 25th
1977 True love nv - nv
1977 Crackerbox Palace - - 19th
1977 It's What You Value nv - nv

literature

  • Chip Madinger, Mark Easter: Eight Arms To Hold You - The Solo Compendium . 44.1 Productions 2000, ISBN 0-615-11724-4 . (Pp. 453–456)
  • Neville Stannard: Working Class Heroes , ISBN 0-907-08092-8
  • CD booklet for re-publication in 2004

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Promotion LP: Dark Horse Records presents a personal music dialog with George Harrison
  2. ↑ George Harrison: I, Me, Mine . London: Phoenix, 2004. ISBN 0-75381-734-9 . P. 172.
  3. ↑ George Harrison: I, Me, Mine . London: Phoenix, 2004. ISBN 0-75381-734-9 . P. 326.
  4. ↑ George Harrison: I, Me, Mine . London: Phoenix, 2004. ISBN 0-75381-734-9 . P. 190.
  5. ↑ George Harrison: I, Me, Mine . London: Phoenix, 2004. ISBN 0-75381-734-9 . P. 340.
  6. ↑ George Harrison: I, Me, Mine . London: Phoenix, 2004. ISBN 0-75381-734-9 . P. 314.
  7. ↑ George Harrison: I, Me, Mine . London: Phoenix, 2004. ISBN 0-75381-734-9 . P. 108.
  8. ↑ George Harrison: I, Me, Mine . London: Phoenix, 2004. ISBN 0-75381-734-9 . P. 322.
  9. ↑ George Harrison: I, Me, Mine . London: Phoenix, 2004. ISBN 0-75381-734-9 . P. 334.
  10. ↑ George Harrison: I, Me, Mine . London: Phoenix, 2004. ISBN 0-75381-734-9 . P. 330.
  11. ↑ Gold award
  12. ↑ US 7 ″ vinyl single: This Song
  13. ↑ British 7 "vinyl single: This Song
  14. ↑ British 7 "vinyl single: True Love
  15. ↑ British 7 "vinyl single: It's What You Value
  16. ↑ US 7 ″ vinyl single: This Song
  17. ↑ German 7 ″ vinyl single: This Song
  18. ↑ Promotion 7 ″ vinyl single: Crackerbox Palace