Final George Harrison Album Due In November

[lucyinthesky_84]

http://www.billboard.com/billboard/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1671089

The studio album former Beatles guitarist George Harrison was working on prior to his death last December will be released this fall. "Brainwashed," produced by Harrison and his son Dhani in tandem with Electric Light Orchestra principal Jeff Lynne, is due Nov. 19 via a new partnership between Harrison's own Dark Horse imprint and EMI. The set features 11 Harrison originals and an as-yet-unannounced cover. It will be his first new studio set since 1987's "Cloud Nine," which featured the No. 1 hit "Got My Mind Set on You."

"Before we started working on the album, George and Dhani had collaborated extensively on pre-production," Lynne said in a statement. "George would come round my house and he'd always have a new song with him. He would strum them on a guitar or ukulele. The songs just knocked me out.

"George constantly talked about how he wanted the album to sound," Lynne continued, "and there was always that spiritual energy that went into the lyrics as well as the music."

Harrison's original working title for the project was "Portrait of a Leg End." Traffic member Jim Capaldi and veteran session drummer Jim Keltner laid down backing tracks for the set, which is expected to feature such songs as "Valentine," "Pisces Fish," and the title cut, "Brainwashed," a caustic rock soliloquy about his former manager.

"I need to get that last song out of my system," Harrison told late Billboard editor in chief Timothy White in 1999. "To have someone sit at your table with your family every night and then betray your trust is one of the worst experiences imaginable. Sometimes songwriting is the only way I can respond to the outside world, to exorcise its demons."

As previously reported, Harrison collaborated with his son on one final song before his death, "Horse to the Water." The track appeared on bandleader Jools Holland's album, "Small World Big Band," bearing the forbidding copyright "R.I.P. Limited 2001."



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[Rellevart]

Oh good....so nice to know it's not just been a rumor all these months. I'll be sure to pick that up the very day it comes out. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif

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[Hari's Chick]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By Beatlesgal:
This is a definite must have for me, but "final" brings tears to my eyes.

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Yes, an overpowering bittersweet.


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[EasternBird]

Aw, I preferred the title "Portrait of a Leg End." http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/smile1.gif But it's great to hear it's coming out so soon! I wasn't expecting it to be released this year. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/thumbsup2.gif

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[alliesun]

Awesome! I am so excited... Thanks for the information. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif How I miss that man...

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[beatlegirl9977]

I'll be putting that on my Xmas list this year, definitely!

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[bearkat77]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By beatlegirl9977:
I'll be putting that on my Xmas list this year, definitely!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

So will I! http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/grin.gif

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[FPSHOT]

Fantastic !!

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[angelgodiva]

This is really great news, but the word 'last' is just so sad.
I know what I am going to ask for for Chrimble, though!

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[Lynner]

Wonderful (but sad, as it's the final lp) news. I'll not wait for Christmas, but buy it as an early present to me! http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif

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[FiendishThingie]

Yeah, I'll be at the shops on the day. No waiting for me!

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"Music always had a transcendental quality inasmuch as it reaches parts of you that you don't expect it to reach. And it can touch you in a way that you can't express. You can think that it hasn't reached you and years later you'll find it coming out." George Harrison

I found out about this in the Daily Mirror so did not really trust it at first (even though they had wrote it as if it had been confirmed). But now I believe it!! I am DEFINATELY going to book a day off work for this album http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/jumping.gif

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[bobdude]

Even though this is the final album of new material,somehow I doubt that it will be the last "new" Harrison release. There is still a wealth of material out takes and un- released songs and many different takes and mixes. So can anybody say Harrison anthology?

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[Hari's Chick]

You're right, Bobdude! Let's not say "final"! http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif

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Beware of sadness...

[bobdude]

Oh yeah and don't forget the rereleases of all of George's back catalog and isn't there a rerelease of The Concert For Bangla Desh soon? See plenty to look forward to.

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[unapplebonked]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By beatlegirl9977:
I'll be putting that on my Xmas list this year, definitely!

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Me too!



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[AnotherGirl83]

Oooh, great, I'll get it on the 19th, too.

But "last" really does sound SO sad. It'll be emotional to listen to, I'm sure.

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[beatlebangs1964]

Something to look forward to!

"we welcome you to Crackerbox Palace, we've been expecting you." Talk about bringing joy!

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[anurag]

it`s great news no doubt but "Harrison`s last
album" does sound sad."new Harrison album in November"sounds much better.

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[beatlebangs1964]

I agree! "New" does sound world's better and certainly more upbeat and positive.

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[FiendishThingie]

Yeah, I'm with bobdude, too!

I just hope that this one sells enough that the Harrison family will see fit to keep sharing the material with us fans!

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[Magill]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By bobdude:
Even though this is the final album of new material,somehow I doubt that it will be the last "new" Harrison release. There is still a wealth of material out takes and un- released songs and many different takes and mixes. So can anybody say Harrison anthology?

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There's a Lennon Anthology, I suspect a Harrison one will be due out somewhere down the road as well.



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[Apple Scruff]

Oh I am sure there are going to be a lot of things coming out. It always will be very sad, and people will always get very nostalgic, but it is what is, unfortunately.

I'm just so happy about this album in the first place. I can not tell you all how much I love George. He was just such a beautiful, spiritual man. I respect him very much and have always loved his music, Beatles and solo, for such a long time. So I'm really excited.

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[FPSHOT]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By FiendishThingie:
...keep sharing the material with us fans!
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hey, with non-US fans too if you don't mind http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/wink1.gif


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