Dark Horse Years 1976-1992

If ever a re release of great albums was long overdue, this is one of them. Fortunately for me I had heard it was coming out and was able to pawn off my copies of the original pressing CD's for a nice amount of cash(helped me put new windows on my house too). Anyway, the 6 albums included here contain some of the greatest music ever recorded by one of the world's greatest song writers. The music on this set is amazing. George Harrison is my favorite Beatle and has given me years and years of listening pleasure. The only downfall of this set is the minimal amount of bonus tracks. Of the four deleted tracks from "Somewhere In England", only "Tears Of The World" made it but is included as part of "33 1/3". Why would they do this? The remaining tracks, "Sat Singing", the original 1980 mix of "Lay His Head" and my all time favorite song "Flying Hour" are nowhere to be found. I have been hearing that they are being saved for an upcoming George Harrison Anthology. If this is the case, I just hope the Harrison family and Capitol Records are aware that the version of "Flying Hour" slated for the original "Somewhere In England" album is superior to the one that was released as part of the 'Songs By George Harrison' book. I will assume that "Cheer Down", "Poor Little Girl", "Cockamamie Business", all originally a part of "The Best Of Dark Horse" in 1989, will also see a re release as well. The bonus tracks included here are rather fascinating in themselves. I enjoy the demo of "Save The World" more so than the actual recording which I find to be rather goonie. "Mystical One (Demo)" is very dreary and I am glad to see that Harrison knew to spunk it up. "Here Comes The Moon (Demo)" is nice and almost identical to the arrangement George decided on. "Shanghai Surprise" & "Zig Zag" have been around for sometime. "ZZ" as the flip side of "When We Was Fab" and "SS" from that piece of garbage film of the same name and various bootlegs. As for "Live In Japan", no bonus tracks were included. Once again I hope the powers that be are aware of the two tracks not included on the original release- "Love Comes To Everyone" & "Fish On The Sand". Let's hope they intend on utilizing them for the proposed anthology. The DVD is VERY nice but just like the CD's, has it's "holes". It includes both versions of the "Got My Mind Set On You" videos but excludes "True Love", "Blow Away" & "All Those Years Ago". May I assume again and hope for a DVD with the anthology which includes these videos and more? So my message to Dhani, Olivia and Capitol Records: For the anthology, please use the superior sped up version of "Flying Hour" which was intended for the original release of "Somewhere In England".

I had borrowed this set from a friend of mine a few years ago so I was familiar with it to start with. With the price having come down a bit I decided to get a copy for myself. Anyone who is a fan of George would be happy with this addition to their collection of his music. Reading a bit, I don't think there's anything planned for the near future that would get you all this content with any better quality and packaging. The box is beautiful, the remastered CD's are great and the extras (though there could be more) are a plus. The DVD is enjoyable and brings back memories of MTV when they actually showed music videos. All in all a fine collection. George deserves another go round of someone pouring over what must be hours and hours of stuff in the Archives but for now this set suits me fine. My Beatle collection goes back to the Newspaper from Sunday Morning stating "The Beatles on Ed Sullivan Tonight!" so I'm no "Run of the Mill" Beatle fan. (Pun Intended).I have most all their stuff together and solo on Vinyl and CD including the Mobile Fidelity Masters Box Set on Vinyl, The Blue Box LP Set, The 45's Set, the 2009 Re-Masters, The New Lennon Signature Box and the recent McCartney Remasters on CD and Vinyl along with All Things Must Pass 30th Anniversary on CD and Vinyl and 40th Anniversary on Vinyl and Hi-Res Downloadable files. Oh yeah, and about 11 different releases of "The White Album". Seems that joke from the movie "Men In Black" is not far from the truth as far as the White Album goes. Enjoy the "Dark Horse Years" Hari Fans!

As far as it goes, yes, almost all of this has been released on CD before, but you know what, this set SOUNDS so MUCH BETTER that the others are like cheap cut-outs. George's solo career was rather consistent. He never wrote silly love songs, he did lean toward faith inspired ballads, and his wry take on life was thoroughly infectious and clearly focused.His less than stellar moments were the CD DARK HORSE, not included here as it was on Capitol records, and SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND. These tended to be momentary lapses of focus in otherwise brilliantly consistent songwriting career, espousing a roots oriented production aesthetic that would not catch favour again until Uncle Tupelo. But even as weak as SOMEWHERE is, it nonetheless contains enough strengths to indicate that George's lesser material was as good as anybody's best. Too frequently, George was viewed as a man out of time: he embraced being completely out of step with whatever was passing for a given year's fab conceits. And who knew better what a load of rubbish that was anyway?To listen again to 33 & 1/3, GEORGE HARRISON, and CLOUD NINE is to be reminded of his sheer genius. Theses discs are light years away from ALL THINGS and Phil Spector, and were what made the extraordinary Travelling Wilburys possible. As much as the Byrds and The Band were responsible for drawing out the enormous importance of Dylan in his early career, it was Harrison who sustained Dylan's deserved reputation and in fact, breathed new life into it when Dylan himself seemed at 6's and 7's about his own future.What is exceptionally of value here is the DVD, which contains the whumsical videos George did for his MTV moments, again, with tongue absolutely in cheek, and the footage in concert in Japan. George was never comfortable on tour after Beatlemania. Can't blame him. How painful it was is evident in the DVD tracks, as is the supreme bond of friendship between George and Eric Clapton. Forget about the images and listen, and what you have are moments of two friends playing off each other rhapsodically. The live CD of that tour holds up exceptionally well, 12 years later.I don't suppose a casual listener would ever take up George Harrison. He is a guitar player's writer and a musician of uncompromising taste. The out takes are all inetresting, and about the only thing worth salvaging from the Madonna virused film he produced. (She is a disease). The other tracks are a mix of graceful humour and humble songcraft in progress and worth the punts necessary.The Beatles were not and hopefully will never be, much for loading up their discs with demos and junk that just wasn't good. McCartney said at the conclusion of ANTHOLOGY, that that was it. Well, maybe the roof top concert. But so it should be. They knew as a band and as solo artists what was the real deal, and had no interest in being known for knackering their fans. Pity Costello missed that day in class. This is a great box set from one of the four reasons everybody else got into the business. Come listen to what it means to do your job well.

Un très bel objet. J'avais déjà les Vinyles d'époque mais je n'ai pas pu résister à ce coffret. J'espère un jour trouver les Apple years.

Un coffret fantastique avec une très bonne présentation et contenant de la grande musique à l'intérieur.

Excelente material, que sin duda es una pieza de colección importante para cualquier fan del cuarteto de Liverpool.Llego en excelentes condiciones y antes del tiempo previsto.

Cosa ne dite voi? A me piacciono i Beatles. Se dovessi fare una classifica però sulle loro carriere solite George lo metterei al secondo posto dopo John. Consiglio vivamente l'acquisto a tutti non solo ai fan dei Beatles

Vynikající komplet George Harrisona.