George Harrison- THE BEST OF GEORGE HARRISON

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George Harrison- THE BEST OF GEORGE HARRISON- CD- 1976/2000-
- EMI Records Ltd./Comp Music Ltd.- 077774668224- 150 grn
THE BEST OF GEORGE HARRISON is a 1976 compilation album by English musician George Harrison, released following the expiration of his EMI-affiliated Apple Records contract. It was released on 8th November 1976. Uniquely among all of the four Beatles' solo releases, apart from posthumous compilations, it mixes a selection of the artist's songs recorded with the Beatles on one side, and later hits recorded under his own name on the other. The songs selection caused some controversy, since it underplayed Harrison's solo achievements during the 1970–75 period, for much of which he had been viewed as the most successful ex-Beatle, artistically and commercially. The compilation's failure to provide a faithful picture of Harrison's contribution to the Beatles' work, due to the omission of any of his Indian music compositions. In a calculated move by EMI and its American subsidiary, Capitol Records, the compilation was issued during the same month as Harrison's debut on his Warner-distributed Dark Horse label, Thirty Three & ⅓. It is the first of three hits-oriented Harrison compilation albums, and was followed by Best Of Dark Horse 1976–1989 and the posthumously released Let It Roll: Songs By George Harrison. The album was issued on CD in 1987 featuring the cover artwork from the original British release, rather than the design created in-house by Capitol and used in the majority of territories internationally in 1976. The compilation has yet to be remastered since this 1987 release. Released just after George left Apple for his own Dark Horse label, THE BEST OF GEORGE HARRISON neatly splits into a side of Harrison solo hits and a side of his Beatles tunes. This is the only solo Beatles hits compilation to rely so heavily upon Fab Four recordings, which is a good indication of how George didn't rack up as many charting singles as John, Paul, or Ringo, but having the Beatles tunes here does paint a fuller portrait of Harrison's work as a singer/songwriter, even if it makes the collection somewhat less useful - after all, most listeners would want a George Harrison compilation to focus on his solo recordings, not the Beatles' hits they already have. But all this is down to a matter of timing and circumstance: Harrison needed to have a hits collection out in 1976, he didn't have enough big hits to fill out 13 tracks, and so the Fabs were brought in to fill in the cracks. The result might be a little underwhelming in retrospect, but it's undeniably entertaining. As the Beatles' perpetual dark horse, Harrison rarely got the chance to write and sing more than one or two songs per album. But once the band split up, the former "Quiet One" was quick out of the gate with a series of memorable hit singles that seamlessly merged his budding spirituality and an epic, Phil Spector-inspired pop sensibility. As such, it's a good entry-level Harrison primer.
Comes In A Standard Jewel Case With Black Tray Includes 8-Page Booklet.
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