George Harrison (Album)
Occupation
- George Harrison - vocals, guitar, background vocals, electric bass at Faster
- Andy Newmark - drums
- Willie Weeks - Bass
- Neil Larsen - keyboards, Minimoog
- Ray Cooper - percussion
- Steve Winwood - Polymoog, Harmonium, Minimoog, backing vocals
- Emil Richards - marimba
- Gayle Levant - Harp
- Eric Clapton - Guitar in Love Comes to Everyone
- Gary Wright - Oberheim in If You Believe
- Del Newman - Arrangements for string and wind instruments
George Harrison is the tenth album, or the sixth solo studio album by George Harrison after the breakup of the Beatles. It was on 23 February 1979 ( USA: February 20, 1979) published. In the U.S., the album reached the fourteenth place in the UK and number 39 on the charts; in Germany it could not place itself.
- 5.1 Page One
- 5.2 Page Two
- 5.3 Bonus tracks (2004)
- 5.4 iTunes bonus tracks ( 2007)
Genesis
For the completion of the follow-up album Thirty Three & 1/3, George Harrison took the first time. In 1977, Harrison took on only the song Mo, a tribute to the then president of the record company Warner Bros. The song was first released in 1994 on a six-CD Promotion compilation titled Mo's songs. The recordings for the album George Harrison took place from March to October in 1978 with the co-producers Russ title man.
During this time, on August 1, 1978 the son of George Harrison and Olivia Arias, Dhani Harrison was born. On September 2, the marriage of the parents followed.
Harrison began in the fall of 1977 with the composition of Love Comes to Everyone. The text that Harrison described as " optimistic", was created in 1978 during a stay in Hawaii. Blow Away is a song with a positive mood, which Harrison wrote in a period when he had retired for the most part from the music business and often attended the Formula 1 race. Inspired by a conversation with Niki Lauda to Harrison set out to write a song that could please his racer friends. Soft - Hearted Hana, Dark Sweet Lady, Your Love Is Forever and soft touch are love songs. Not Guilty is a to October 1996 ( Anthology 3) unpublished Beatles song, which began Harrison again. The original version was completed during the recordings of the Beatles album The Beatles. Here Comes the Moon is on the moonlight, while If You Believe, similar to several tracks on the album Living in the Material World, religious and philosophical views of George Harrison explained. The song Faster deals with the Formula 1 racing and was inspired by Jackie Stewart and Niki Lauda. The title of the song comes from Stewart's autobiography Faster: A Racer 's Diary, which was published in 1972. Harrison dedicated the song, among others, the 1978 deceased racing driver Ronnie Peterson.
Single releases
Blow Away
The first single, Blow Away / Soft Touch ( in the U.S. with the Soft - Hearted Hana B-side ) was released in February 1979 and reached number 16 in the U.S., UK # 51 ( no placements in Germany ).
Love Comes to Everyone
The second single Love Comes to Everyone / Soft- Hearted Hana (in the U.S. with the B-side soft-touch ) was released in April 1979 and could be placed either in the USA, Great Britain nor Germany in the charts.
Faster
In the UK (July 1979) and Germany ( August 1979 ) appeared as the third single Faster / Your Love Is Forever ( in Germany with the B-side soft - Hearted Hana ) that could be placed either in Great Britain or in Germany in the charts. The single was released in Great Britain in the Picture Disc format.
Reissues
First published in CD format was made in June 1991 without bonus tracks. In March 2004, the album in a newly remastered version on CD in the EMI Group with the bonus tracks Here Comes the Moon " ( demo version) has been re-released. Since October 2007 is the album George Harrison as a digital download on iTunes, with the added bonus track Blow available Away ( Demo).
More information
For the album music videos were produced for the title and Blow Away Faster.
Title list
All tracks were written by George Harrison, except where otherwise noted.
Page one
Page Two
Bonus tracks (2004)
- Here Comes the Moon ( demo version) - 3:37
ITunes bonus tracks ( 2007)
- Blow Away ( Demo)