George's Catalogue Re-releases

[taxman]

Is there anymore details about the re-release of George's back catalogue, since that Dhani's interview a few months ago?

When it's gonna happen? It will be all the solo albums or only the Dark Horse ones?

Thanx.

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[Siobhan]

I don't think there has been any more news since Dhani's interview. He must still be on vacation! images/icons/smile.gif

[FPSHOT]

There are some unconfirmed reports that Bangla Desh will be the first in February 2004, as also Living In The Material World.

[Legs]

Typicaly the ones that are still avaiable in the shops. Alright there will be bonustracks, but I can't find "33 1/3" "Gone Troppo" and "Somewhere In England" and others from his Warner output, at all on cd. On the other hand, it is logical to start from the beginning, rather then somwhere in the middle with the re-release of the albums.

[Siobhan]

Originally Posted By FPSHOT:
There are some unconfirmed reports that Bangla Desh will be the first in February 2004, as also Living In The Material World.<font size="2" face="Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif">Just in time for my birthday images/icons/wink.gif *

I am quite lucky that I managed to get most of George's albums on CD before they went out of print (apart from Traveling Wilburys Vol 1, Wonderwall and Electronic Sounds) so I don't really mind which order they come out. I'm just really looking forward to any bonus tracks. Looks like it may be an expensive year though!

[FPSHOT]

There is unconfirmed information on Abbey Road's newspage, coming from Sweden, which says,

The remastered Thirty Three & A Third, George Harrison, Somewhere In England, Gone Troppo, Cloud Nine and Live In Japan CDs will be relased on 25 February 2004 through EMI. New 12-page booklets with some new pictures are included in all releases. All albums, exept Live In Japan, will include at least one bonus track.

The Live In Japan album will be a double SACD (also playable on most DVD and CD-players) in stereo or Surround 5.1

A limited edition cubic box set "George Harrison * The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992² includes the 6 albums plus a "special DVD" and a 24-page CD-sized hardback book.

This sounds very very interesting, but is still a rumour.

What I have done, is I have written an e-mail to Capitol Records (=EMI) asking them for any detailed information.

When I hear from them I will let you know. If they don't reply, I will address direct to EMI in London. But I have written with Capitol Records before and they were very cooperative.

[FPSHOT]

I have re-named this topic, because I believe there will be more updates coming up from now.

[Siobhan]

Thanks for the info. The box set sounds great, if it is true.

[FPSHOT]

It is no specific confirmation, but the chairman of Beatles Unlimited confirms to me today that from various sources they have also heard this story about February 25th, 2004.

[beatlewho01-02]

Oh wow. If it's true, then that is great. I'll be able to get all of them on my birthday next year.

[beatlebangs1964]

I certainly HOPE it's true. (it's twue, it's twue I hope)! What a WONDERFUL gift for me that would make.

I got Gone Troppo and 33 1/3 from www.baltcd.com. (http://www.baltcd.com.) Last year, Rob kindly provided that site and that is an EXCELLENT place to get Harrison CDs, bootlegs and standards for your collection! graemlins/thumbsup2.gif

[FPSHOT]

There is a new report saying EMI UK will offer a re-release of the Dark Horse catalog March 15. It will feature 5 CDs, 2 SACDs and one DVD. No other info.

I think it's best we leave it till some real news comes about.

[Hari's Chick]

Originally Posted By FPSHOT:
There is a new report saying EMI UK will offer a re-release of the Dark Horse catalog March 15. It will feature 5 CDs, 2 SACDs and one DVD. No other info.

I think it's best we leave it till some real news comes about.<font size="2" face="Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif">Hmm?? An SACD? What is that? graemlins/thinker.gif

A DVD! Maybe with a CLEAR version of the Ding Dong Ding Dong video???? images/icons/smile.gif

[biglou114]

A SACD is a super hybrid CD that is suppose to have the clearest recored sound availible. Seems like George is going to get the same treatment that Bob Dylan got.

[Savoy Truffle]

That's very good then. Thanks for that info biglou.

But I like HC's idea about a DVD with a clear version of the Ding Dong Ding Dong video! graemlins/wink3.gif
(Especially since I didn't see the original one and I've heard so much about it images/icons/smile.gif )

[FPSHOT]

Here's another update from EMI UK (Not Confirmed I think )

These catalog titles are scheduled for a 23 Feb 2004 release date in the UK:
George Harrison Cloud Nine Parlophone 594 0902 CD
George Harrison George Harrison Parlophone 594 0872 CD
George Harrison Gone Troppo Parlophone 594 0892 CD
George Harrison Live In Japan Parlophone 594 6652 2xSACD
George Harrison Somewhere In England Parlophone 594 0882 CD
George Harrison Thirty Three & 1/3 Parlophone 594 0862 CD

George Harrison The Dark Horse Catalogue Parlophone 594 0852 5CD+2SACD+DVD
Assuming this is the Box set )
This one is scheduled for 15 March 2004 in the UK:

The "special DVD" included in the George Harrison limited box will contain 90 minutes of videos, interviews and some kind of unreleased rare material. One part will be concert footage from the Japan tour and that will be mixed in Surround 5.1 as well as stereo, the rest of the DVD is of course in stereo.

No official reports yet.

[sourmilkpinky]

I know this is all speculation and all but my question is what cd's will be in the Dark Horse box set?

I know there was a Dark Horse (best of) album but I don't know whats on it.

I mean if I were to get all the cd's that are rereleased in Feb (for fear of not finding them again) and then want to get the box set for the dvd, how many repeats would there be?

Can I assume the release in the US would be 'bout the same time?

[darkhorse]

Originally Posted By sourmilkpinky:
I mean if I were to get all the cd's that are rereleased in Feb (for fear of not finding them again) and then want to get the box set for the dvd, how many repeats would there be?
<font size="2" face="Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif">I think by buying the boxed set instead of the individual CDs you'd "win":
- the 'deluxe' packaging (one would assume);
- another booklet;
- the extra DVD

But the albums inside it would be the same, i.e. all the studio albums from Thirty-Three & 1/3 to Cloud Nine plus Live In Japan (still a 2-CD set, right?), all with bonus tracks.

Just to write this makes me impatient!

And to think this will arrive to Chile in about 2009! images/icons/wink.gif

[trocotroco74]

well.. that sound cool.. but... the dvd have video clips? or live presentations?

i hope yo get the japan presentation ! in video good quality! because the version in winmx is horrible.

[FPSHOT]

Amazon UK takes pre-orders

Dark Horse Catalog boxed set

"Somewhere in England"

"George Harrison

"Thirty-Three and a Third"

"Live in Japan" (SACD)

"Cloud Nine"

"Gone Troppo"

Here is more info

http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/fabnews.htm

[darkhorse]

So it's going to be a 7-CD boxed set + a book + a DVD (I suppose Live In Japan will be released as a double CD, right?). Man, looks like I'm going to start saving money...

...that, or just buying the CDs separately...

...if they ever get here. images/icons/wink.gif

[shyGirl]

Track listings:

Thirty Three And 1/3 (Dark Horse/Parlophone 594 0862): Woman Don't You Cry For Me, Dear One, Beautiful Girl, This Song, See Yourself, It's What You Value, True Love, Pure Smokey, Crackerbox Palace, Learning How To Love You, Tears Of The World.

George Harrison (Dark Horse/Parlophone 594 0872): Love Comes To Everyone, Not Guilty, Here Comes The Moon, Soft Hearted Hana, Blow Away, Faster, Dark Sweet Lady, Your Love Is Forever, Soft Touch, If You Believe, Here Comes The Moon (demo).

Somewhere In England (Dark Horse/Parlophone 594 0882): Blood From A Clone, Unconsciousness Rules, Life Itself, All Those Years Ago, Baltimore Oriole, Teardrops, That Which I Have Lost, Writing's On The Wall, Hong Kong Blues, Save The World, Save The World (alternate version).

Gone Troppo (Dark Horse/Parlophone 594 0892): Wake Up My Love, That's The Way It Goes, I Really Love You, Greece, Gone Troppo, Mystical One, Unknown Delight, Baby Don't Run Away, Dream Away, Circles, Mystical One (demo).

Cloud Nine (Dark Horse/Parlophone 594 0902): Cloud Nine, That's What It Takes, Fish On The Sand, Just For Today, This Is Love, When We Was Fab, Devil's Radio, Someplace Else, Wreck Of The Hesperus, Breath Away From Heaven, Got My Mind Set On You, Shanghai Surprise, Zig Zag.

Live In Japan (Dark Horse/Parlophone 594 6652): Disc 1: I Want To Tell You (live), Old Brown Shoe (live), Taxman (live), Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) (live), If I Needed Someone (live), Something (live), What Is Life (live), Dark Horse (live), Piggies (live), Got My Mind Set On You (live). Disc 2: Cloud Nine (live), Here Comes The Sun (live), My Sweet Lord (live), All Those Years Ago (live), Cheer Down (live), Devil's Radio (live), Isn't It A Pity (live), While My Guitar Gently Weeps (live), Roll Over Beethoven (live).

The five CD albums and the SACD live album will be released on February 23, 2004. The box-set will be released on March 15, 2004.

[sourmilkpinky]

I still wish they would release the box set first, so I am not tempted to get them individually. I am not a patient person when it comes to Beatle purchases.

[friar-park]

Originally Posted By shyGirl:
Track listings:

Thirty Three And 1/3 (Dark Horse/Parlophone 594 0862): Woman Don't You Cry For Me, Dear One, Beautiful Girl, This Song, See Yourself, It's What You Value, True Love, Pure Smokey, Crackerbox Palace, Learning How To Love You, Tears Of The World.

George Harrison (Dark Horse/Parlophone 594 0872): Love Comes To Everyone, Not Guilty, Here Comes The Moon, Soft Hearted Hana, Blow Away, Faster, Dark Sweet Lady, Your Love Is Forever, Soft Touch, If You Believe, Here Comes The Moon (demo).

Somewhere In England (Dark Horse/Parlophone 594 0882): Blood From A Clone, Unconsciousness Rules, Life Itself, All Those Years Ago, Baltimore Oriole, Teardrops, That Which I Have Lost, Writing's On The Wall, Hong Kong Blues, Save The World, Save The World (alternate version).

Gone Troppo (Dark Horse/Parlophone 594 0892): Wake Up My Love, That's The Way It Goes, I Really Love You, Greece, Gone Troppo, Mystical One, Unknown Delight, Baby Don't Run Away, Dream Away, Circles, Mystical One (demo).

Cloud Nine (Dark Horse/Parlophone 594 0902): Cloud Nine, That's What It Takes, Fish On The Sand, Just For Today, This Is Love, When We Was Fab, Devil's Radio, Someplace Else, Wreck Of The Hesperus, Breath Away From Heaven, Got My Mind Set On You, Shanghai Surprise, Zig Zag.

Live In Japan (Dark Horse/Parlophone 594 6652): Disc 1: I Want To Tell You (live), Old Brown Shoe (live), Taxman (live), Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) (live), If I Needed Someone (live), Something (live), What Is Life (live), Dark Horse (live), Piggies (live), Got My Mind Set On You (live). Disc 2: Cloud Nine (live), Here Comes The Sun (live), My Sweet Lord (live), All Those Years Ago (live), Cheer Down (live), Devil's Radio (live), Isn't It A Pity (live), While My Guitar Gently Weeps (live), Roll Over Beethoven (live).

The five CD albums and the SACD live album will be released on February 23, 2004. The box-set will be released on March 15, 2004.<font size="2" face="Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif">I'm a bit disappointed that Sat Singing, Lay His Head and Flying Hour aren't included on Somewhere In England. I was fully expecting that to be the case.

Oh well...that's the way it goes!

[darkhorse]

I still hope they are saving "Sat Singing" and "Lay His Head", which are two of my favorite George songs ever, plus "Flying Hour" to some other type of official release. These bonus tracks are quite unexpected but at this point of time we should just get what they give us, right? images/icons/wink.gif

[darkhorse]

These are some of the restored covers (I post just the ones which are different from the originals):

http://www.thebeatles.com.hk/images/solo/george/records/cdalbums/somewhere_in_england-remaster.jpg

Somewhere In England (completely changed... I still wonder why they left the four originally removed tracks off the reissue...)

http://www.thebeatles.com.hk/images/solo/george/records/cdalbums/george_harrison-remaster.jpg

George Harrison, now with his signature on the top. I like it even more now! images/icons/smile.gif

You can view more details at a site from Hong Kong: http://www.thebeatles.com.hk

[jad2k1]

i am also curious as to when this will be released in the U.S, and how come georges official site doesnt mention anything relating to this?

[biglou114]

Originally Posted By darkhorse:

Somewhere In England (completely changed... I still wonder why they left the four originally removed tracks off the reissue...)
<font size="2" face="Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif">Maybe Dhani wants to save those tracks and put it on the George Harrison Anthology.

[BeatleChick]

Oh, I can't wait till we get these here in the US!!!!

[lennonluvr9]

Sounds great! I'm so glad they're re-releasing stuff images/icons/smile.gif

[darkhorse]

Originally Posted By biglou114:
Maybe Dhani wants to save those tracks and put it on the George Harrison Anthology.<font size="2" face="Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif">That is my serious hope. Many great tracks are missing from the issues!!! So one can only hope that there's still even more to come. images/icons/smile.gif

[Hari's Chick]

FAB! Finally I will have a nice clean version of Shanghai Surprise! And new demos!!! Like Mystical One!!! graemlins/dance.gif graemlins/dance.gif graemlins/dance.gif

[Siobhan]

Looks like I am going to have to start saving! images/icons/grin.gif

I am glad they have brought back the original SIE cover. I've always preferred that one.

[Legs]

Thanks for the info Rob and the details on the songs Shygirl.
Yeah the bootleg version of Shanghai Surprise!is a bit shaky, tho the quality is good.It's a great song and I am glad that's finally being released officialy. George and Vicki Brown.

Tho the short film versions sounds really clear, which makes me wonder which version will be included as a bonus track, I am hoping ofcourse for the complete 5+ minutes version.

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[beatlemad]

Looking forward to getting all George's albums on CD at last.Great that they all have extra tracks as well.I love that Somewhere in England cover.

[FPSHOT]

Thanks Shy for the news.

Well I still hope there will be some more things on it.

Nice to see that they may get the original Somewhere in England cover on this time.

I believe George left instructions as to how he would like the re-releases done, so I just trust on that and see what comes up. At least I will have a better Somewhere In England CD. I bought one once at e-bay and I think it was copy number 3069 or so.. baaad sound.

[FPSHOT]

At Abbey Road's newspage there is a very long discussion on songs people would want to have included.

So for those interested
http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/fabnews.htm

We can do that here as well, if you guys are interested? Like start a topic per album and do suggestions/wishes?

It's a bit fiction I believe, but it may be nice to do so. Would anyone have picked the ones George chose for ATMP?

Well as for "I Live For You" I'm glad he put that on, it's just great to play this polished version other than those from the bootlegs I have.

There is still so much beautiful work out there, like the other Dark Horse demo, the one without the hoarse voice, which I think will be only preferred maybe by the male members here graemlins/wink1.gif

[Legs]

For ATMP Dhera Dhun would be a nice bonus track from that era, tho somehow musically it doesn't quite fit in. Perhaps it would be better to include it as a bonus track on "Living in the material world".

[Hari's Chick]

Soooo...the SACD for Live in Japan...why only the SACD's for that one do you think? graemlins/thinker.gif And do you need a surround sound system to hear the difference from a 'regular' CD? What is the diff between 5.1 or pro-logic???

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[Paul]

Has anyone noticed that amazon.co.uk have put the price of the boxset up to £108.99?! For those of us who preordered it for £42.99... what a bargain!!

[Paul]

Not all SACD's are mixed for 5.1. Some are only stereo mixes, and some contain stereo mixes alongside a 5.1 mix.

This disc will probably be a hybrid SACD, which means that it will play as a CD in normal CD players, but you need an SACD player to hear the superior SACD quality of the disc.

SACD stereo mixes are much fuller and warmer than CD's. You will need a surround sound set up to listen to the 5.1 mix, if there is one.

[Hari's Chick]

Thanks Paul!! images/icons/smile.gif images/icons/smile.gif Now it makes more sense to me.

Oh, also there is news all the reissues will be through EMI/Capitol now, even those originally on Warner Bros. And there is some very interesting comments from Eric Hartvigsen, posted on Abbeyrd's newspage. He contrasts what he feels George indicated his wishes to be re. Brainwashed, etc, with what the finished product was. It was interesting to see this layed out so nicely.

[beatlebangs1964]

This is very good news indeed. images/icons/smile.gif

[FPSHOT]

New reports say that the albums will also include additional liner notes taken from "I Me Mine".

[old_moon_shining]

Isn't this all long awaited wonderful news. Hope it is all on the up and up. images/icons/smile.gif

[Hari's Chick]

Yes, very interesting.... these notes are mentioned as being included in the Live in Japan CD...I wonder if they meant George's Live in Japan book, not I Me Mine?

Here is the complete scoop, it seems...
http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/news/georgereissues.html

[FPSHOT]

The Abbey Road page has been updated because they have noticed that some of yesterday's story did not come out the way it should have.

They cleaned it up a bit.

http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/news/georgereissues.html

[Legs]

That's good news about the DvD, with the promo videos for the songs! And that the boxset is going to be released on the same day as the individual albums, one is always temped to buy hte albums before the boxset is out (I am anyway).

[FPSHOT]

It is easy to say that I would have wanted some more bonus tracks and also some more videos on the DVD, but maybe they just keep this for future releases.

I am really interested in the Dark Horse Feature on the DVD. I remember from a 33 1/3 interview that George said that he himself was filming a sort of promo documentary for Dark Horse and I have always wondered what became of that.

Also what will immediately get my attention is the 12 page booklets including lyrics and new photographs.

I am sure the re-mastered sound quality will also be great to experience.

So we will have lots to discuss about this round February 24th regarding these albums and the DVD.

[Siobhan]

The box set sounds absolutely wonderful! Especially the DVD and booklet. I can't wait for it's release!

[ringo_rama]

Originally Posted By Hari's Chick:
Yes, very interesting.... these notes are mentioned as being included in the Live in Japan CD...I wonder if they meant George's Live in Japan book, not I Me Mine?<font size="2" face="Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif">On a similar note, Cloud 9 features notes from I Me Mine?

[mindgames]

I am curious as to why they skipped Concert for Bangladesh, Living in the Material World, Dark Horse, and Extra Texture. graemlins/thinker.gif

[Magill]

Originally Posted By Siobhan:
The box set sounds absolutely wonderful! Especially the DVD and booklet. I can't wait for it's release!<font size="2" face="Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif">Me too, Siobahn! I can't wait, either. Happy birthday to me! graemlins/clap2.gif
And it's so cool they're being released on his birthday! images/icons/wink.gif

[ Jan 16, 2004, 12:13 PM: Message Edited By: Magill ]

[darkhorse]

Originally Posted By mindgames:
I am curious as to why they skipped Concert for Bangladesh, Living in the Material World, Dark Horse, and Extra Texture. graemlins/thinker.gif <font size="2" face="Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif">Those were EMI/Apple releases. This boxed set and individual releases deal with material coming from George's own label Dark Horse. images/icons/smile.gif

[Legs]

Maybe the EMI albums will be re-released also. Personally I am glad that they first re-released the Warner albums because those were out of print, you can still get the EMI ones.

[biglou114]

Sorry to upset non-US people but according to George's site the set is being released Feb. 24 in the US, and March 1 elsewhere.

[Magill]

Originally Posted By mindgames:
I am curious as to why they skipped Concert for Bangladesh, Living in the Material World, Dark Horse, and Extra Texture. graemlins/thinker.gif <font size="2" face="Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif">I've seen most of these in the record stores, so I guess they're still in print.

[FPSHOT]

More details about the box set can be found on Abbey Road's newspage

http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/fabnews.htm

The Dark Horse Years, 1976-1992 is a deluxe, boxed set with sliding lid and
ribbon tab (lid slides into box). Inside the box is lined with vacuum formed racking to
hold the 5 x audio CD's in jewel cases, double album SACD in super jewel box and
the exclusive DVD, packed into a special, casebound book.
The box itself carries a Dark Horse design, list of contents and spot gloss varnish
(similar to the 'Brainwashed' box issued last year).
The Dark Horse Years DVD is packed into a special, casebound booklet - 24 regular
pages + 12 tracing paper pages, with a special 5th c! olour throughout.
This contains extensive liner notes by David Fricke, accompanied by new photographs,
illustrations and press cuttings. Olivia Harrison has contributed a short history of Dark
Horse Records and further notes about the Dark Horse Logo itself.
The DVD itself runs approx 89 minutes and is in four sections:

1. Dark Horse Feature (15 mins)
A brand new montage of archive featuring George talking about his solo career and
the formation of Dark Horse records. This unique and humorous introduction leads in to:
2. Promo Videos
Seven promo videos from the Dark Horse era (listed below), with filmed intro's
or outro's by George himself, talking about each track.
3. Live
Four songs recorded live in Japan from George's 1991 tour
with Eric Clapton. All footage in this section is previously
unreleased and showcases George on top form. These also have introductions by George.
4. Shanghai Surprise
George Harrison was commissioned to write music fo! r this 1986 movie,
featuring Madonna and Sean Penn. The three extracts featured are not just
lifts from the film but actually feature George in performance as well. Includes
solo performance plus studio footage of George dueting with Vicki Brown on the film's title track.

The sound throughout is stereo except for the four concert pieces which are in 5.1 surround both
in Dolby Digital and DTS formats.

Subtitles will be included for all spoken passages in the following languages;
PAL: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch.
NTSC: English, French, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese and Japanese.

DVD Tracklisting:

Dark Horse Feature
This Song
Crackerbox Palace
Faster
Got My Mind Set On You - Version I
Got My Mind Set On You - Version II
When We Was Fab
This Is Love
Selections from Live In Japan:
Taxman
Cloud 9
Devil's Radio
Cheer Down
Selections from the movie 'Shanghai Surprise':
Shangh! ai Surprise
Someplace Else
Hottest Gong In Town

[mindgames]

Wow. Sounds nice.

[Legs]

solo performance plus studio footage of George dueting with Vicki Brown on the film's title track.
<font size="2" face="Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif">It all sounds great but this I really want to see.

[FPSHOT]

Yeah me too, I think she made a great team with George..

I take it you, Mr. BootLegs, have the song. It deserves some additional attention, which will be taken care of here at Thé Palace graemlins/smile1.gif

[biglou114]

I have just done some price research on where is the chepest place to get these items and I have discovered that www.bn.com (http://www.bn.com) is cheaper $2.50 for each single disc, and is $18.50 for the box set.

In the eyes of a teenager I'm noticing that the box set is $65+ more then buying all the Discs seprately. In my eyes the DVD doesn't seem like it's worth $65.

But please try and convinse why it could in fact be worth that much money.

[kc]

I heard about the release of these discs on Friday night, whilst driving home from church. February 24 was given as the release date. It got me very excited, needless to say, but fortunately I managed to maintain control of my vehicle! graemlins/smile1.gif *

I'd been thinking about buying some of this stuff from baltcd.com, but perhaps I'll wait just a bit longer for these releases. One thing is for sure; it will end up in my collection one way or another!

[FPSHOT]

Visitors of the great Crackerbox Palace;

Here you have a link to a very nice detailed overview of the forthcoming releases, which funny enough was offered to me via a Jeff Lynne discussion group

http://www.spincds.com/ghdarkhorsebox.html

[Magill]

Looks lovely. Thanks for posting that link, Rob. I look forward to owning this. graemlins/jumping.gif

[L'Angelo Misterioso]

Nice link, thanks FP! graemlins/thumbsup2.gif

But why can't we buy just the DVD? I mean why should I buy the records that I already own? graemlins/images/icons/confused.gif

[friar-park]

www.redtrumpet.com (http://www.redtrumpet.com)

$119.00

free shipping!!

I got the Dylan set from them last fall. I was very pleased with them.

[FPSHOT]

Thanks for that link, what a difference in price

[ Jan 20, 2004, 12:39 AM: Message Edited By: FPSHOT ]

[FPSHOT]

It seems that Amazon has also reduced their price to this level.

[Magill]

Ooooooohhh! Pretty! images/icons/grin.gif Thanks for posting that, Lou. What cd is the that in front of George with the flowers? I don't recognize it. It's a great picture.

[taxman]

Probably it's the DVD.

[shyGirl]

Update from AbbeyRd's newspage:

"The UK release date of George’s Dark Horse re-issues has been pushed back to March 1, 2004 (for the six albums and the box-set)."

[FPSHOT]

Thanks Shy graemlins/smile1.gif

I believe it has to do with Parlophone, who are releasing it in Europe. I have seen a sortlike message regarding Germany.

[ Jan 22, 2004, 10:00 PM: Message Edited By: FPSHOT ]

[biglou114]

Amazon has just released this picture of the Box.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0001ADB8C.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[FPSHOT]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0001ADB8C.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[ Jan 24, 2004, 12:18 AM: Message Edited By: FPSHOT ]

[beatlebangs1964]

What a beautiful box set! What a wonderful birthday gift that would make for me!

[beatlebangs1964]

Shanghai Suprise! What a bonus treat! graemlins/dance.gif graemlins/rocknroll1.gif graemlins/musicnotes.gif

[ Jan 24, 2004, 02:30 PM: Message Edited By: beatlebangs1964 ]

[dav-here]

Me likey!!! images/icons/grin.gif

GIMME GIMME GIMME!!!!!

[Siobhan]

The boxset looks beautiful! Shame about the UK date being pushed back, but I'm sure I can wait an extra week if I have to.

[FPSHOT]

For those interested, here is a link to the German Capitol website with details about the release

http://www.capitolmusic.de/xml/1/550533/index.html

[BeatleChick]

Ooh...I can't wait!!! That box set is going to look just gorgeous on my CD shelf!!! I am anxiously counting down the days!!!

[Paul]

Here's a link to Key Mail Order, who have the boxset for £59.99 including post and packing:

http://www.keymailorder.com/cgi-bin/keymail.pl?special=beatles0104.htm

[rwbarnes]

I got this emiled to me from georgeharrison.com today:

GEORGE HARRISON - THE DARK HORSE YEARS - INDIVIDUAL ALBUMS REISSUED/DELUXE BOX SET WITH EXCLUSIVE DVD

GEORGE HARRISON

THE DARK HORSE YEARS – INDIVIDUAL ALBUMS REISSUED

DELUXE BOX SET WITH EXCLUSIVE DVD

ORIGINAL ALBUMS DIGITALLY REMASTERED, WITH BONUS TRACKS AND EXPANDED BOOKLETS

On March 1st 2004, Parlophone will release the newly acquired George Harrison “Dark Horse” catalogue, making available six albums which have been unavailable for years. A brand new deluxe box set, with an exclusive DVD, will also be available.

Each of the original 6 albums, spanning the ‘70’s, ‘80’s and ‘90’s, has been digitally re-mastered and now contain previously unavailable bonus tracks, with 12--page booklets, including lyrics and unseen photographs (bonus tracks were not available for the “Live In Japan” double album so this will be issued as a double SACD hybrid in both stereo and 5.1 surround soun d).

The albums are;

Thirty Three & 1/3
George Harrison
Somewhere in England
Gone Troppo
Cloud Nine
Live in Japan

Each of the above albums is available individually and as part of the very special boxed set, “The Dark Horse Years, 1976 – 1992”.

THE DARK HORSE YEARS, 1976 – 1992

Comprising all the above 6 CDs plus a DVD, the box also includes a casebound, 36-page booklet with extensive liner notes by David Fricke, accompanied by unseen photographs, illustrations and press cuttings. Olivia Harrison has contributed a short history of Dark Horse records, and further notes about the Dark Horse logo.

The DVD runs in excess of 75 minutes, and is in four sections; highlights are archive footage of George talking about his solo career, seven promo videos with George discussing each track, four live songs from George’s 1991 Japanese tour with Eric Clapton (( all footage previousl! y unreleased), and in the excerpts from “Shanghai Surprise section, clips and outtakes from the movie and with” featuring George in the studio during the recording of the songs for the soundtrack performance.

The sound throughout the DVD is stereo, except the concert pieces, which are 5.1 surround sound.

DVD TRACKLISTING

DARK HORSE FEATURE
THIS SONG
CRACKERBOX PALACE
FASTER
GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU – VERSION 1
GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU – VERSION 2
WHEN WE WAS FAB
THIS IS LOVE
SELECTIONS FROM ‘LIVE IN JAPAN’:
TAXMAN
CLOUD 9
DEVIL’S RADIO
CHEER DOWN
SELECTIONS FROM THE MOVIE ‘SHANGHAI SURPRISE’:
SHANGHAI SURPRISE
SOMEPLACE ELSE
HOTTEST GONG IN TOWN

The individual albums are;

Thirty Three & 1/3

George’s first Dark Horse album was the self-produced ‘Thirty Three & 1/3’.

The alb! um features contributions from Billy Preston, David Foster, Gary Wright, Richard Tee, Tom Scott and Willie Weeks, and now includes notes by George himself, taken from extracts of his own book ‘I Me Mine’.

Includes the singles ‘This Song’, ‘True Love’, ‘It’s What You Value’ and ‘Crackerbox Palace’.

Woman Don’t You Cry For Me
Dear One
Beautiful Girl
This Song
See Yourself
It’s What You Value
True Love
Pure Smokey
Crackerbox Palace
Learning How To Love You
Bonus track: Tears Of The World

George Harrison

This self-titled album was first released in 1979 and includes the singles ‘Blow Away’, ‘Love Comes To Everyone’ and ‘Faster’ along with the track ‘Not Guilty’ which George had originally written in 1968 for The Beatles ‘White Album’.

George is joined on this ! album by Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Ray Cooper, Andy Newmark and Willie Weeks amongst others.

Now includes notes by George himself, taken from extracts of his own book ‘I Me Mine’.

Love Comes To Everyone
Not Guilty
Here Comes The Moon
Soft Hearted Hana
Blow Away
Faster
Dark Sweet Lady
Your Love Is Forever
Soft Touch
If You Believe
Bonus track: Here Comes The Moon (Demo Version)

Somewhere In England

With different cover artwork (originally intended but not used) this 1981 album includes the hit single ‘All Those Years Ago’ – a song written about and dedicated to John Lennon and performed with Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. It also includes the single ‘Teardrops’

Other musicians include Gary Brooker, Al Kooper, Herbie Flowers and Jim Keltner.

Blood From A Clone
Unconsciousness Rules
Life Itself
All Those Years Ago
! Baltimore Oriole
Teardrops
That Which I Have Lost
Writing’s On The Wall
Hong Kong Blues
Save The World

Bonus track: Save The World (Demo Version)

Gone Troppo

First released in 1982 this album contains the singles ‘Wake Up My Love’ and ‘I Really Love You’. Also features the track ‘Dream Away’ from the movie ‘Time Bandits’.

George was joined on the sessions by Billy Preston, Gary Brooker, Joe Brown, Jon Lord and Jim Keltner among others

Wake Up My Love
That’s The Way It Goes
I Really Love You
Greece
Gone Troppo
Mystical One
Unknown Delight
Baby Don’t Run Away
Dream Away
Circles

Bonus track: Mystical One (Demo Version)

Cloud Nine

Released in 1987, this was George’s most successful solo album since ‘All Things Must Pass’.
It featured three singles: ‘Got My Mind Set On You’, ‘When We Was Fab’ and ‘This Is Love’.

The album includes performances by co-producer Jeff Lynne, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Ringo Starr, Gary Wright etc.

Now features notes by George himself, taken from extracts of his own book ‘I Me Mine’.

Cloud 9
That’s What It Takes
Fish On The Sand
Just For Today
This Is Love
When We Was Fab
Devil’s Radio
Someplace Else
Wreck Of The Hesperus
Breath Away From Heaven
Got My Mind Set On You

Bonus tracks: Shanghai Surprise
Zig Zag

Live In Japan

Recorded during George’s Japanese concerts in 1991, this double set features many classic songs from both his time with The Beatles and as a so! lo artist.

Supported by a great band including Eric Clapton, Andy Fairweather Low and Chuck Leavell, this double album is presented in both stereo and 5.1 surround sound on SACD hybrid discs.

Now features notes by George himself, taken from extracts of his own book ‘I Me Mine’.

Disc One: Disc Two:

I Want To Tell You Cloud Nine
Old Brown Shoe Here Comes The Sun
Taxman My Sweet Lord
Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) All Those Years Ago
If I Needed Someone Cheer Down
Something Devil’s Radio
What Is Life Isn’t It A Pity
Dark Horse While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Piggies Roll Over Beethoven
Got My Mind Set On You

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[bearkat77]

I got the same email. Now I just hope I can have enough set aside come March 1st to get the box set.

[rwbarnes]

Me too! I hope I get my tax refund by then!!!

[sourmilkpinky]

Is the release date for the US and UK still different?

[FPSHOT]

I am not really happy with the information how it goes out.

From what I understand now, it's Capitol releasing it at least in the USA on February 24 and Parlophone in some European countries on March 1.

But that does not complete the world ofcourse.

Not the best PR I'm afraid.

[FPSHOT]

Here is a link to an even better picture

http://www.germanbeat.info/images/ghb_emi_copyright.jpg

There is copyright on it so I better not put it up here, but it is a fantastic picture.

[ Feb 01, 2004, 02:20 AM: Message Edited By: FPSHOT ]

[Scouse]

Well well well,
wudja belieeeeeeve it,arv jest bort da boooooootlleeeeeg for Cloud 9 & nar dey gow & pat it bark arrrrrrrt agayyn.
Well well well,
wot apened 2 de tooons of da 89 LP da berst of da dark donkey,remeba,"poor little girl", "cockanamie buisness" & barr neigh mins liyst,"Cheer down".Aniy columbos owt dur?

[FPSHOT]

Hiyah Scouse

Welcome to Beatlelinks

Any bootleg is always great to have. Yes there various songs which don't appear on the re-releases, however word is that they are bing saved for the Anthology which is expected later, maybe even this year.

Have fun at Beatlelinks.

[biglou114]

I personally was very disappointed when I found out they were releasing Shanghai Surprise, but not Cheer Down, and I Don't Want to Do It, but I guess we'll just have to wait for the Anthology

[Magill]

I was disappointed that Blow Away isn't going to be on the DVD. *sigh* images/icons/frown.gif

[sourmilkpinky]

Does everyones have their money set aside? Less than two weeks here in the US.

[Magill]

Originally Posted By sourmilkpinky:
Does everyones have their money set aside? Less than two weeks here in the US.<font size="2" face="Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif">I checked three retail store websites and Best Buy looks like they're going to have the better price..so far. I'm not ordering it from the website, instead I'm going to go out and buy it. There's too many things in my life right now I have to wait for and this isn't going to be one of them. images/icons/grin.gif

[FPSHOT]

Abbey Road's newspage shows pictures of the special promo 12 songs package

http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/news/georgereissues.html

It looks nice and I really want to get my hands on some of the promo stuff.

[FPSHOT]

Some promotion info from the George Harrison team came in by e-mail today


The Dark Horse Years - A Biography

Dear Friends,

With release of the George’s The Dark Horse Years box set very, very close we thought it would be rather nice is you had a brief history lesson on the Dark Horse story…

The Dark Horse label was founded by George Harrison in 1974. Between 1976-1992, George recorded six albums for the label, ‘Thirty Three and 1/3’, ‘George Harrison, ‘Somewhere in England’, ‘Gone Troppo’, ‘Cloud Nine’ plus his live concert recording of ‘Live in Japan’

In its first two years, Dark Horse Records released eight albums, including new material by artists as diverse as Ravi Shankar and Jim Keltner and David Foster’s band, Attitudes. 1976 saw Dark Horse move to Warner Brothers in Burbank when Mo Ostin signed George for the remainder of his solo career as well as two albums with the band The Traveling Wilburys.

The Dark Horse Years were a musically prolif ic period for George that allowed him time and space to fully express himself as a songwriter and musician. During that time George revisited songs written while he was still in The Beatles, he wrote music for HandMade Films, his own film company, collaborated with Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison, Jeff Lynne, Eric Clapton, and Ringo Starr. Although many of the albums were critically acclaimed and commercially successful, the reward for George was always the music itself.

George Harrison - The Dark Horse Years 1976 – 1992 box set is released on February 28th in the USA and 1st March in the UK.

Best wishes,

The George Harrison.com Team
www.georgeharrison.com (http://www.georgeharrison.com)

[Hari's Chick]

Thanks images/icons/smile.gif I didn't get that mailing! (It must take longer to travel the Atlantic images/icons/wink.gif )

[BeatleChick]

Thanks for the info!!! I can't wait for the release!!! I made a big note on my calendar for the 28th!!!! The countdown is on!!!! Yea!!!!
images/icons/smile.gif

[sourmilkpinky]

The 28th? What happened to the 24th?

[biglou114]

Just to tell us Americans that the Box Set is only $93.09 w/o shipping on http://cduniverse.com

[beatlesfan2003]

I am 99% sure that is a typo. Since they have been talking about the 24th since December and all the sites say 24th. I wouldn't be too worried. Plus cds are 99.9% of the time released on tuesdays and the 24th is a tuesday while the 28th is a Saturday. Don't worry it will be the 24th. Be sure to run and get it.

[ Feb 19, 2004, 09:04 AM: Message Edited By: beatlesfan2003 ]

[FPSHOT]

Maybe it's March for the US now graemlins/wink1.gif

[SF4-EVER]

Originally Posted By FPSHOT:
Maybe it's March for the US now graemlins/wink1.gif <font size="2" face="Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif">Don't give Amazon any ideas, Rob.

[FPSHOT]

mm hadn't thought of that ...yet graemlins/laugh5.gif ..

It's silly that his album is released out there before out here.

But... we have stores graemlins/smile1.gif so no waiting period for Mister Postman

[AnotherGirl83]

Originally Posted By FPSHOT:
For those interested, here is a link to the German Capitol website with details about the release

http://www.capitolmusic.de/xml/1/550533/index.html<font size="2" face="Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif">graemlins/jumping.gif *March 1 - marked and underlined on my calendar. :-)

[FPSHOT]

Good News

The German website of Capitol Records has sound clips of the re-releases.

At the moment, only Cloud 9 works, but keep an eye out, the others will work too, later

http://www.capitolmusic.de/xml/1/550533/discografie.html

[FPSHOT]

Best Buy seems to have the individual albums on the shelves already, at $ 13.99.

Abbey Road's newspage reports that Amazon has started shipping the orders. mmmm Shipping or Skipping ... graemlins/laugh5.gif

[FPSHOT]

There is a good review about the Box set here

http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/news/georgereissues.html

[FPSHOT]

The box set is album of the week at UK's Radio 2

[sourmilkpinky]

Yay! That's good news. I am getting a little nervous, it is supposed to be out tomorrow and I haven't seen any ads for it.

[beatlemad]

HMV has the release date in the UK as 15th March.

[FPSHOT]

I hope to have it on Friday graemlins/smile1.gif

[IMeMine1969]

Can't wait til tomorrow! Only one more day! graemlins/dance.gif

[beatlesfan2003]

I don't know how i'm getting through school tommorrow but I know within five minutes of the bell i'll be on my way to Best Buy for my purchase of the year so far.

[biglou114]

My mom is picking it up on her way home from work for me. I called Best Buy, Barnes and Noble, and Newbury Comics. Funny thing is that Best Buy and Barnes and Noble didn't have it, but because of some luck Newbury Comics had it, and it is only costing me $99.99.

[beatlesfan2003]

Yeah i tried best buy today first. They had all the single CDS for 9.99 on sale from 13.99 but I asked the guy who is supposed to stock the cds and he said the box set didn't come out yet and his manager did not know a date for it. I knew he was wrong so I went to FYE at the mall across the street and the guy there knew everything about the George Harrison re-releases. He saw me pick up the Box Set and said yeah we got a ton of those in and they have been selling today. If you don't got enough for it (122.99) we got the single cds on sale over there. I may now be taking my business to FYE where they may cost more but at least they know what the hell they are talking about.

[IMeMine1969]

Originally Posted By beatlesfan2003:
Yeah i tried best buy today first. They had all the single CDS for 9.99 on sale from 13.99 but I asked the guy who is supposed to stock the cds and he said the box set didn't come out yet and his manager did not know a date for it. I knew he was wrong so I went to FYE at the mall across the street and the guy there knew everything about the George Harrison re-releases. <font size="2" face="Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif">I tried about 6 different places, and FYE was the only place where I could find it. Yeah it was more expensive, but at least they had it!

[Magill]

Originally Posted By biglou114:
Just to tell us Americans that the Box Set is only $93.09 w/o shipping on http://cduniverse.com<font size="2" face="Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif">Well, gee. Now it's $87.49, total $94.48 shipped priority (2 days). Thanks a bunch, Lou! graemlins/thumbsup2.gif Best Buy sold out in the stores today. I suppose I can wait a couple days for it. I got a great deal, though. Yay! graemlins/clap2.gif . Thanks again for the link! graemlins/bouncing1.gif

[Blackguard]

I picked up the individual releases of 33 & 1/3, George Harrison, Somewhere In England, Gone Troppo and Cloud 9. I have the Live In Japan original release from 93. The remastering on the CDs is great. They are hiss free nice sounding CDs.

All we need now are remastered versions of Living In The Material World, Dark Horse and Extra Texture and the entire Harrison Solo catalogue will be all spruced up and clean sounding.

[FPSHOT]

Another press release

George Harrison's Career Commemorated and Celebrated in 2004 with Two Grammys, the Release of His Dark Horse Catalog, and His Induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

George Harrison -- The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992 (Cloud Nine).

Press Release

HOLLYWOOD--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 23, 2004--On Feb. 8, 2004, George Harrison was twice honored at the 46th Annual Grammy Awards -- once for "Best Pop Instrumental Performance" for "Marwa Blues," from his last record, "Brainwashed," and again as a member of the Beatles, who were honored with the Presidents Award commemorating their first appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show."

Feb. 24, 2004 (a day before George's birthday), will see Capitol Records release the newly acquired George Harrison Dark Horse catalogue, featuring six albums which have been unavailable for years. This long awaited catalogue will also be offered in a brand new deluxe box set, including a stunning and extensive booklet featuring unseen photographs, illustrations, press clippings and liner notes by David Fricke, as well as an exclusive 75-minute DVD including seven fully restored music videos.

"George had lots of work lined up in 1999, but his priority was to reissue his entire catalog," Olivia Harrison explains. "He began that process by the remastering of `All Things Must Pass' in 2000. The Dark Horse Years were to follow. These songs are especially dear to me because they chronicle events in our life together ... If you want to know what George was doing those years, just listen to his music."

Finally, this March 15, 2004, George's brilliant career and amazing body of work will again be honored when he's inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The ceremony will take place in New York and be televised on VH1 Sunday, March 21, at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.

2004 is turning out to be an exceptional year for an exceptional artist. What better way to celebrate George's legacy than to be putting these wonderful records back into the stores, so that his music will continue to be enjoyed and cherished by generations to come.

[beatlebangs1964]

This would make an ideal gift.

[ShellyP]

I got mine this week at Best Buy--it was the last one they had. I have already played all of it and will watch the DVD tonight. It is great and well worth the price! It's a must-have. It was so good to hear George in all his glory. My albums had been played so often that I've worn the grooves to dust. Happy Day!

[HariScruff_00]

Have you noticed all the people bi+ching about typos and everything else on the abbeyrd news site? is it just me or does it seem like everytime something new comes out (Beatles or any solo) that site is filled with overly whiney complaints and nitpickings about everything? good god. They are also likely some of the same people that complained that the Beatles' "1" was a bad idea because anyone who would be interested in those songs already has them on other albums = "it won't sell". graemlins/dunce1.gif What do you want to bet that some of these folks spend Xmas evening complaining and nitpicking about every gift people have given them? just gotta have something to moan and groan about!
There, that's my bi+ching.

IMO
The box set is AWESOME, Thank you once again Oliva/Dhani for finishing what George said he was planning on doing 4 years ago (Yahoo! chat).

The box design is great and the music speaks for itself. images/icons/wink.gif The DVD is great too, i didn't expect to see the little interview segments so that's a Big extra bonus!

I'm happy. No complaints AT ALL.