Since tomorrow will be the 69th anniversary of George Harrison’s birth, I thought it a good day to put up one of his videos for this week’s VOW. George’s “Blow Away” was the lead single released from his self-titled album. Both single and album were released in the U.S. on St. Valentines Day, 1979 (Feb. 14) and two days later in the U.K. George explains in his autobiography I, Me, Mine that he was sitting in a hut in his garden on the Friar Park estate watching a rain storm when he wrote the song, hence the first verse describing a downpour. His message becomes one of learning to be more loving towards others and optimistic despite “stormy” surroundings, and that is the key to being happy and optimistic in your life. He says that the tune he came up with was embarrassingly “obvious”, but after recording it the song grew on him. Accompanying George on the recording is Steve Winwood on mini Moog, harmoniun and vocal harmonies, bassist Willie Weeks (also of Eric Clapton’s “house band”) and drummer Andy Newmark, who has played with everyone from Cat Stevens, to Joe Walsh, to Pink Floyd. “Blow Away” was also featured in a 1990 British comedy film titled Nuns On The Run, starring Eric Idle, of Monty Python fame.

Click the image above to play the video.

Here are some Amazon links to read more on, or purchase, some music related to this post:

1) George Harrison – 2004 remaster of original 1979 “George Harrison” album, featuring “Blow Away”.

2) Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison 2009 remastered CD hits compilation featuring “Blow Away”.

3) More Amazon links for any of your favorite Beatles-related music: The Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
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At 10pm EST on February 9, 2012 Paul McCartney will perform live to the world selections from his new album Kisses On The Bottom. The performance will take place at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, California and be streamed free of charge exclusively on Itunes. This will be the first time any of the selections from this new release will be shared with the public in a live setting. Kisses On The Bottom was released only yesterday and is an interesting collection of standards Paul grew up listening to with his family. In fact, he learned many of them from his father playing them on the family piano. There are also two new McCartney compositions – “My Valentine” and “Only Our Hearts” (which feature guest appearances from both Eric Clapton and Stevie Wonder). Both the album and streaming event will have Paul backed by Diana Krall and her band. Diana is a star in her own right with three Grammy Awards, eight Juno Awards, nine gold albums, three platinum albums, and seven multi-platinum albums. The deluxe version of the Kisses On The Bottom CD comes packaged with a download card of the this performance, that can be redeemed after the event. The standard CD contains 14 tracks but no download card. I should also point out that there are two versions of the deluxe CD. The first contains the standard CD plus the download and the second (available exclusively at Target stores in the U.S.) contains a 16-track CD that adds the two bonus tracks “My One And Only Love” and “Baby’s Request” (a new version of the Wing’s track from the 1979 album Back To The Egg). The complete track listing and additional info:

1. I’m Gonna Sit Down And Write Myself A Letter
2. Home (When Shadows Fall)
3. It’s Only A Paper Moon
4. More I Cannot Wish You
5. The Glory Of Love
6. We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)
7. Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive
8. My Valentine
9. Always
10. My Very Good Friend The Milkman
11. Bye Bye Blackbird
12. Get Yourself Another Fool
13. The Inch Worm
14. Only Our Hearts
15. Baby’s Request (on some deluxe editions)
16. My One And Only Love (on some deluxe editions)

Paul McCartney – all lead vocals, acoustic guitar on tracks 12 & 13
Diana Krall band – all tracks
Stevie Wonder – harmonica on track 14
Eric Clapton – guitar on tracks 8 & 12
London Symphony Orchestra – tracks 2, 8, 9, 11 & 12
Tracks 8, 14 & 15 written by Paul McCartney

Cover art for Kisses On The Bottom, 2012

Amazon links related to this post:

1) Kisses on the Bottom (Deluxe) – Deluxe edition w/download card described above (but no bonus tracks – for bonus tracks version order from paulmccartney.com or buy from Target stores).

2) Amazon links for any of your favorite Beatles-related music: The Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.

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I’m hoping most of those reading this have had the opportunity to check out Martin Scorsese’s recent biographical documentary George Harrison: Living In The Material World by now. Back in October it made it’s debut in cinemas across the U.K. and was also released on home video. In the U.S., it made it’s first appearance on HBO, with the promise posted on GeorgeHarrison.com of a home video release in the Spring. The 3 1/2 hour feature is divided into two parts with the first part focusing on George’s “Beatle-years” and the second part mainly focusing on the time after The Beatles, up to George’s death in 2001. However, part two actually begins with a 1968 acoustic demo of George’s “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”. Since this demo is only presented as a 45 second edit containing one verse, and not available on any official releases anywhere else, I thought some of you out there might like to hear it in it’s entirety.

This demo of George’s White Album classic is the earliest known recorded account of the song. It was recorded in late May 1968, when The Beatles had recently returned from their time learning about Transcendental Meditation with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, in Rishikesh, India. Since the band had written some 35 new songs while on the trip, they were eager to record some demos and make plans for the next album. They had decided to convene at George’s bungalow (named Kinfauns) in Esher Surrey, U.K. to do just that.

A tape of 23 demos from the recordings The Beatles did then has survived (known as the Kinfauns demos) and circulates among Beatles-collectors. The sound quality on the tape is far from superb, but yet good enough to get an idea of how developed many of the songs that ended up on the White Album were at this point. The tape concludes with five George Harrison demos, and only two of the five ended up making the final cut for the forthcoming 2-LP set. Specifically George’s 5 songs were: “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”, “Circles”, “Sour Milk Sea”, “Not Guilty” & “Piggies”.

“While My Guitar Gently Weeps” has George adding to his guitar and vocal track with an organ on the bridges and ending. The lyrics are yet to modified to the version we are accustomed to now. This earliest known demo of the song pre-dates the demo heard on the Beatles Anthology 3 CD set by two months. The electric version we hear on the White Album was recorded during the first week of September 1968 and features Eric Clapton on lead guitar and Paul McCartney on fuzz bass.

George Harrison at his Kinfauns home in Esher, circa 1968

Extra info: Of George’s 5 offerings on the Kinfauns demos, only “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” and “Piggies” ended up on the “White Album”. “Not Guilty” and “Circles” were both recorded later by George on solo albums (George Harrison and Gone Troppo, respectively). “Sour Milk Sea” was covered by Apple artist Jackie Lomax and released as a single in 1968 (with George, Paul, Ringo and Eric Clapton backing Jackie up on the recording – see this post for more info on that). In addition to the 23 demos recorded at Kinfauns, four additional demos from this period were recorded at John Lennon’s home (Kenwood) and appear on the Beatles Anthology 3 CD set. They are “Happiness Is A Warm Gun”, “Mean Mr. Mustard”, “Polythene Pam” and “Glass Onion”.

Links to Amazon.com items in The Beatles catalog related to this post are listed below. Click for further info or, if you like, to purchase the music:

1) The Beatles (White Album) (Remastered) – 2009 2-CD remaster of original 1968 stereo double LP. Contains the stereo master of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” (electric version).

2) Beatles Anthology 3 1996 2-CD collection of out-takes and alternate versions of Beatles tracks in their final two years 1968-1969. Includes an acoustic demo from July 1968 of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” (not the same demo featured here). Also includes Beatles studio version of “Not Guilty” – a White Album out-take mentioned above.

3) Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison – 2009 remastered collection of George Harrison’s best, including a live version of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” from the Concert For Bangla Desh (1971).

4) George Harrison – 2004 remaster of original 1979 LP featuring George Harrison’s solo version of “Not Guilty”.

5) Gone Troppo – 2004 remaster of original 1982 LP. Contains George Harrison’s solo version of “Circles”.

6) Ringo 2012 – Ringo Starr’s new album, pre-order only until Jan. 24, 2012.

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Back on December 7th (2011), TheBeatlesRarity.com reported on Paul McCartney’s upcoming St. Valentine’s holiday release. At the time, the title of the CD was to be My Valentine after one of only two McCartney-penned tracks on the disc. The latest, however, is that the CD will be titled Kisses On The Bottom.

A few weeks back, Paul spoke with French radio station RTL, and described the new record as “old-fashioned.” He said: “This will sound like the years between 1920-1940, the time when my father was 20. These are songs I heard – my family, my uncles, everybody sang. And there will be pieces I wrote, but in this style.”

In addition to enlisting the help of producer Tommy LiPuma, Paul recruits backing vocals from Diana Krall and even welcomes a guest appearance by Stevie Wonder. The disc marks the first time Paul has recorded without playing bass, guitar or piano.

Paul explains: “I always thought artists like Fred Astaire were very cool. Writers like Harold Arlen, Cole Porter, all of those guys – I just thought the songs were magical. And then, as I got to be a songwriter I thought it’s beautiful, the way they made those songs.”

Determined to approach the record in a new and unique manner, Paul requested the help of LiPuma and Krall and her band – who delivered ultra-high quality musicianship and were completely in tune with Paul’s restraint and feel for the music.

Paul says: “It was very spontaneous, kind of organic, which then reminded me of the way we’d work with the Beatles. We’d bring a song in, kick it around, when we found a way to do it we’d say ‘OK, let’s do a take now’ and by the time everyone kind of had an idea of what they were doing, we’d learned the song. So that’s what we did, we did the take live in the studio.”

The album was recorded at the legendary Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, New York and London throughout 2011.

As a special New Year’s treat, here is a preview track. “My Valentine” was recorded live in the studio and features some great guitar work by Eric Clapton and piano by Stevie Wonder.

Happy New Year!

Paul McCartney

Here is a link to order/pre-order the CD through Amazon.com:

Kisses on the Bottom – Paul’s 2012 “Kisses On The Bottom” CD (released Feb. 7, 2012).

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Welcome to the Beatles Rarity Of The Week. Forty three years ago on Dec. 11, 1968, The Rolling Stones recorded a television special to promote their Beggar’s Banquet LP. Similar to the Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour theme from the previous year, the Stones went for a circus atmosphere with plenty of musical guests and circus acts, to include clowns, flying trapeze acts and even elephants. The name of the special was to be the Rolling Stones Rock And Roll Circus, and along with the Stones the line-up planned included Jethro Tull, The Who, Marianne Faithful, classical pianist Julius Katchen, Taj Mahal and Traffic. Just before filming was to begin, multi-instrumentalist Steve Winwood quit Traffic, leaving them understaffed. To counter the crisis, Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger talked John Lennon into attending for a performance or two instead.

John agreed, and along with Yoko Ono, put together his own supergroup of Eric Clapton on guitar, Rolling Stone Keith Richards on bass, and Mitch Mitchell from the Jimi Hendrix Experience on drums. He dubbed the line-up as ‘The Dirty Mac’ and chose The Beatles’ White Album track “Yer Blues” as the number to perform, reasoning that it would be relatively easy for everyone to learn.

The film was roughly one hour long with each of the guest bands performing during the first half, with circus performance shorts in between bands. The second half of the show was Rolling Stones performances. The filming actually took place during an all-night party that did not end until after the Stones performed “Salt Of The Earth” at around 6:30am on December 12th. By that time, John and Yoko had left and the enthusiasm of the other guests had lost ground. Furthermore, many were of the opinion that The Who’s performance of “A Quick One While He’s Away” stole the show. For these reasons, it was never aired on television or released on home video until 1996.

For the BROW I’m featuring a Dirty Mac rehearsal performance of “Yer Blues” played sometime on December 11th before filming began. Although John is singing a guide vocal, it is barely audible and completely absent in spots. However, the guitars are loud and gritty, and the band sounds like they are ready to go.

The Dirty Mac, Dec. 1968

Extra info:

1) Steve Winwood went on to form the band Blind Faith with Eric Clapton shortly after this was filmed.

2) Nine months after the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus was filmed, Eric Clapton played “Yer Blues” again with John as part of The Plastic Ono Band. This performance can be heard on the first Plastic Ono Band album Live Peace In Toronto 1969.

Beatles music makes great gifts over the holidays. Here are some Amazon links to read more on, or purchase, some music related to this post, for your favorite Beatlemaniac:

1) Rock & Roll Circus – 1996 CD release of the entire show, featuring all of the bands mentioned above and The Dirty Mac’s live performance of “Yer Blues.

2) The Rolling Stones – Rock and Roll Circus 2004 DVD release of the entire show, featuring all of the bands mentioned above and a couple versions of The Dirty Mac’s live performance of “Yer Blues.

3) Live Peace in Toronto 1969 – 1995 CD remaster of original 1969 album featuring The Plastic Ono Band (John Lennon, Eric Clapton) performing “Yer Blues” live.

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It was promoter John Brower’s lucky day on September 12th, 1969. He called Apple to see if John & Yoko could possibly lend some credibility to his Rock & Roll Revival Festival the following night by flying in and introducing one of the acts. Surprise! John said he’d come, but only if he could play. Brower would’ve never even considered asking for a performance. After all, none of The Beatles had performed onstage since the summer of 1966, unless you count a few songs on a rooftop at Apple. John could not consider the other Beatles to join him as Ringo had just returned from the hospital and Paul was home with his new baby, Mary, and George simply just hated touring altogether. Instead, John got in touch with his old friend Klaus Voormann and drummer Alan White, who both agreed to play. He asked Eric Clapton to come along too and didn’t get an answer till the following morning, when Eric was finally reached by telegram. This five piece line up became the first incarnation of The Plastic Ono Band. Only one day after receiving Brower’s phone call, John was onstage opening with a favorite – Carl Perkin’s classic “Blue Suede Shoes,” which was also covered by Elvis Presley. John acknowledges this in the performance by doing his ‘Elvis legs’ before the crowd. The show came off quite well, and John was pleased that he was able to put a band together in a matter of hours, with the complete freedom of playing and improvising at will. In fact, he was so thrilled about it, he informed acting manager Alan Klein that he had decided to quit The Beatles.

Click the image above to play the video.

Extra info: On Dec. 12, 1969, the entire performance was released on the Apple LP Plastic Ono Band – Live Peace In Toronto 1969.

Here are some Amazon links to read more on, or purchase, some music related to this post:

1) Live Peace in Toronto 1969 – 1995 stereo CD remaster of original 1969 LP of the entire performance by John Lennon/The Plastic Ono Band, including “Blue Suede Shoes”.

2) John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band – Sweet Toronto – DVD release of the entire performance by John Lennon/The Plastic Ono Band, including “Blue Suede Shoes”.

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The Love We Make, a film directed by Albert Maysles Gimme Shelter) and Bradley Kaplan, follows Paul McCartney as he journeys through the streets of New York City in the aftermath of the destruction of the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001. It’s hard to believe that this was already ten years ago, and Paul felt it to be a good time to remember how we as a country came through it. McCartney was actually en route out of the country on that fateful day and had his plane grounded when air traffic was shut down. The film also chronicles the planning and performance of the benefit concert that took place less than six months after the attacks: The Concert For New York City.

“It was an honor to be able to help New York and America at that time in its history,” said McCartney of the concert. “There was a feeling of shock and fear in the air that I thought we could help alleviate with music and the fact that so many people stepped up to join us made for a very uplifting evening for us all.”

The film features performance clips from the benefit concert and backstage moments with many of the performers and other famous attendees such as The Who, Billy Joel, Jay-Z, David Bowie, Eric Clapton, Elton John, James Taylor, Mick Jagger and many more.

A trailer for the film is now viewable on PaulMcCartney.com by clicking here.

I have included links below to order/pre-order Blu-Ray or DVD versions below (pre-order only until Dec. 6, 2011).

The Love We Make (DVD) released on Dec. 6, 2011

Here are some Amazon links to read more on, or purchase, the releases related to this post:

1) The Love We Make – DVD version (pre-order only until Dec. 6, 2011)

2) The Love We Make [Blu-ray] – Blu-ray version (pre-order only until Dec. 6, 2011)

3) The Concert For New York City – original January 2002 2-DVD set of the benefit concert featuring Paul McCartney, The Who, Billy Joel, Jay-Z, David Bowie, Eric Clapton, Elton John, James Taylor, Mick Jagger and many more.

4) The Concert for New York City – original 2001 2-CD set of the benefit concert featuring Paul McCartney, The Who, Billy Joel, Jay-Z, David Bowie, Eric Clapton, Elton John, James Taylor, Mick Jagger and many more.

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Welcome to the Beatles Rarity Of The Week. The very first LP released on the Beatles’ own Apple label was also the first solo album by a Beatle. It was George Harrison’s Wonderwall Music, released in the U.K. on November 1, 1968, three weeks before The Beatles’ White Album.

Wonderwall Music served as the soundtrack to the 1960′s swinging’ London-style film Wonderwall, and not having ever put together a soundtrack before, George actually timed segments of the unfinished film in order to write the music to fit in appropriately. As he was becoming more enamored with Indian music at the time, he used the opportunity of the soundtrack to introduce more of this style into the mainstream. He wrote eleven Indian ragas and commissioned a host of 12 Indian musicians to play them in sessions he produced and recorded in Bombay during January 1968. At the same sessions, the backing track for his Indian flavored Beatles song “The Inner Light” was also recorded, which became the b-side to the next Beatles single, “Lady Madonna.”

During the previous month (December 1967), George put a band together to hash out eight rock flavored numbers for the LP. Participants included Eric Clapton (listed with an alias on the album credits as ‘Eddie Clayton’), Ringo Starr (listed with an alias on the album credits as ‘Richie Snare’) and Peter Tork (of The Monkees fame), playing a banjo he borrowed from Paul McCartney (Peter is not credited in the liner notes at all). Oddly enough, although George plays on the album, he is not listed in the musician credits, but only as producer and composer of all tracks. Both the Indian and rock tracks are instrumental, other than some spoken word parts.

At the time the album was released, mono was being phased out in favor of stereo. In the U.K., a mono pressing of the album was released, but only in very limited quantities. In the U.S., the mono mix of the album was not released at all. The same was true with the White Album – very few monos in the U.K., and none in the U.S. Over the next few months, mono albums became a thing of the past on both sides of the pond.

For this week’s BROW, I have pulled out my rare copy of the mono version of this album, to share with you a selection from the album titled “Party Seacombe.” This jangly guitar instrumental comes from the English sessions for the album. The mono mix differs somewhat from the stereo in that it has a shorter fade out and, to my ears, a greater prominence to the organ sounds (played by Tony Ashton) that blend with the wah-wah guitars of Eric Clapton and George Harrison. I’ll have to ask you to excuse the little bit of vinyl crackle apparent in the recording, as vinyl is the only source for this mix of the song.

Since I have addressed a few things in common between Wonderwall Music and the White Album, I should close with one more – Ringo, Eric Clapton and George also played together on the White Album track “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” in sessions that took place at EMI (Abbey Road) Studios some 9 months later.

Taken with or without the film, Wonderwall Music is a great collection of varied Indian-rock fusion music that shows a unique side to George Harrison that many casual fans have not taken the time to explore. The album was the first solo Beatle album to be deleted from the EMI/Apple catalog, but was re-issued to CD in some countries in 1992.

George Harrison (photo from original Wonderwall LP insert, 1968)

Here are some Amazon links to read more on, or purchase, some music related to this post:

1) Wonderwall Music – Japanese import of stereo mix of album on CD, including “Party Seacombe”.

2) Wonderwall Music – used vinyl copy of original out-of-print album (some in collectible or like new condition), including “Party Seacombe”.

3) Wonderwall: The Movie – DVD edition of original 1967 film, with alternate mono mixes of music featured on stereo or mono album.

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Beatles producer Sir George Martin fell in love with the West Indies island of Montserrat when he first visited there in 1977, and by 1979 he had his own recording studio established there. AIR Studios became a world renown facility used by a wide host of musicians, including Sting, Eric Clapton, Dire Straits, Elton John, The Rolling Stones, The Police, Lou Reed and Paul McCartney, who recorded much of his Tug Of War album there in 1981. Unfortunately, much of Montserrat was devastated by Hurricane Hugo in 1989, and then in July 1995 a long dormant volcano in the southern part of the island came to life. The eruption buried the capital city of Plymouth, making the entire southern half of the island uninhabitable. Throughout the late 1990s, eruptive events continued, and after a short respite, the Soufriere Hills volcano, in the south of the island, erupted in November 2009. It remained in an increased active state through February 2010.

In 1997, Sir George Martin organized a relief effort benefit concert for the islanders and invited a wide array of artists who had recorded with him on the island to take part. The event took place at the Royal Albert Hall in London on September 15th of that year. Musicians in attendance included Eric Clapton, Carl Perkins, Jimmy Buffett, Mark Knopfler, Elton John, Phil Collins, Sting and, of course, Paul McCartney. ‘Wix’ Wickens and Robbie McIntosh from Paul’s 1989/93 band were also present. Little Richard’s “Kansas City” had been covered by Paul before, both with the Beatles and on his own. This energetic clip was the ‘grand finale’ of the show with all of the attending artists on stage together. The complete show is available on the DVD Music For Montserrat, and proceeds continue to go to the Montserrat Foundation, established for this worthy cause.

Click the image above to play the video.

Here are some Amazon links to read more on, or purchase, some music related to this post:

1) Music for Montserrat-2004 DVD release of the entire benefit concert including “Kansas City”, as seen above.

2) Choba B CCCP (Back in the USSR) – 1991 CD of Paul’s oldies concert for Russia, including “Kansas City”.

3) Beatles For Sale (Remastered) – 2009 remaster of original 1964 album,featuring The Beatles version of “Kansas City”.

4) Paul Is Live – 1993 CD of Paul McCartney in concert. Includes “Kansas City”.

5) Tug of War – Digital CD issue of original 1982 LP by Paul McCartney, recorded at AIR Studios.

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The film we’ve been hearing about all year is finally about to make it’s debut. George Harrison: Living In The Material World will premier in the U.S. on HBO this October 5th & 6th and be showing in the U.K. (and Dublin, Ireland) at theaters, for one day only, on October 4th (check local listings).

Home video releases will be out in the U.K. on October 10th, but unfortunately not until next Spring in the U.S. There is a limited edition Deluxe version packaged in a custom-made picture frame box w/easel back for photo display. It includes a Blu-ray disc of the 209 minute film and two DVDs with 11 bonus features (as outlined below). There is also an audio CD containing 10 previously unreleased tracks (see below for tracklisting) from George, and even a 96 page book.

The film promises to be a detailed and captivating documentary using never before seen footage to cover George’s childhood, the whirlwind of his life as a Beatle, his introduction to Indian music and culture, and finally the highs and lows of his post-Beatle years as a solo artist and ‘Wilbury’. There is also more insight into the joys and pains of his private life. Even the most devoted fan of George and his music, is sure to come away from the film with a closer sense of what he was all about.

In case you haven’t seen it yet, here is a trailer…

More details on the home video version:
The limited-edition Deluxe version is packaged in a custom-made picture frame box with an easel back for photo display and includes:

1) 2 DVDs and one Blu-ray featuring the film & 11 bonus features
2) 10-track CD of previously-unreleased recordings
3) 2 exclusive lithographs
4) 96-page book

CD Tracklisting (with bonus edition only):
1) My Sweet Lord (demo) 3:33
2) Run Of The Mill (demo) 1:56
3) I’d Have You Any Time (early take) 3:06
4) Mama, You’ve Been On My Mind (demo) 3:04
5) Let It Be Me (demo) 2:56
6) Woman Don’t You Cry For Me (early take) 2:44
7) Awaiting On You All (early take) 2:40
8) Behind That Locked Door (demo) 3:29
9) All Things Must Pass (demo) 4:38
10) The Light That Has Lighted The World (demo) 2:23

Bonus Features:
-George plays the Uke* 1:37
-Deep Blue* 1:11
-Here Comes The Sun 2:38
-Dispute and Violence 5:12
-Growing Up In Liverpool* 4:20
-Paul McCartney 2:23
-Neil Aspinall* 3:31
-The Inner Light* 2:31
-Jeff Lynne 2:56
-Gordon Murray* 4:17
-Damon Hill 4:21
(*exclusive to Deluxe Edition)

Please note: This post is sponsored, but all thoughts are my own.

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Not yet available on Amazon.com (US). Stay tuned for updates. But the book is (see below)! –

George Harrison: Living in the Material World – A new book by Olivia Harrison. Drawing on George Harrison’s personal archive of photographs, letters, diaries, and memorabilia, Olivia Harrison reveals the arc of his life, from his guitar-obsessed boyhood in Liverpool, to the astonishment of the Beatles years, to his days as an independent musician and bohemian squire. Here too is the record of Harrison’s lifelong commitment to Indian music, and his adventures as a movie producer, Traveling Wilbury, and Formula One racing fan. The book is filled with stories and reminiscences from Harrison’s friends, including Eric Clapton, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and many, many others. Among its previously unpublished riches are photographs taken by Harrison himself beginning in the mid-1960s. It is a rich tribute to a man who died far too young, but who touched the lives of millions.

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