Dark Horse Years 1976 - 1992 (Bonus Dvd)

George Harrison - Dark Horse Years 1976 - 1992 (Bonus Dvd)

Dark Horse Years 1976 - 1992 (Bonus Dvd)
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Artist: George Harrison
Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2004-02-24
Music Label: Capitol
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Cloud 9 - George Harrison
  2. That's What It Takes - George Harrison
  3. Fish On The Sand - George Harrison
  4. Just For Today - George Harrison
  5. This Is Love - George Harrison
  6. When We Was Fab - George Harrison
  7. Devil's Radio - George Harrison
  8. Someplace Else - George Harrison
  9. Wreck Of The Hesperus - George Harrison
  10. Breath Away From Heaven - George Harrison
  11. Got My Mind Set On You - George Harrison
Music CD 2
  1. Wake Up My Love - George Harrison
  2. That's The Way It Goes - George Harrison
  3. I Really Love You - George Harrison
  4. Greece - George Harrison
  5. Gone Troppo - George Harrison
  6. Mystical One - George Harrison
  7. Unknown Delight - George Harrison
  8. Baby Don't Run Away - George Harrison
  9. Dream Away - George Harrison
  10. Circles - George Harrison
  11. Mystical One - George Harrison
Music CD 3
  1. Blood From A Clone - George Harrison
  2. Unconsciousness Rules - George Harrison
  3. Life Itself - George Harrison
  4. All Those Years Ago - George Harrison
  5. Baltimore Oriole - George Harrison
  6. Teardrops - George Harrison
  7. That Which I Have Lost - George Harrison
  8. Writing's On The Wall - George Harrison
  9. Hong Kong Blues - George Harrison
  10. Save The World - George Harrison
  11. Save The World (Demo Version) - George Harrison
Music CD 4
  1. Love Comes To Everyone - George Harrison
  2. Not Guilty - George Harrison
  3. Here Comes The Moon - George Harrison
  4. Soft-Hearted Hana - George Harrison
  5. Blow Away - George Harrison
  6. Faster - George Harrison
  7. Dark Sweet Lady - George Harrison
  8. Your Love Is Forever - George Harrison
  9. Soft Touch - George Harrison
  10. If You Believe - George Harrison
  11. Here Comes The Moon (Demo Version) - George Harrison
Music CD 5
  1. Cloud Nine
  2. That's What It Takes
  3. Fish On The Sand
  4. Just For Today
  5. This Is Love
  6. When We Was Fab
  7. Devil's Radio
  8. Someplace Else
  9. Wreck Of The Hesperus
  10. Breath Away From Heaven
  11. Breath Away From Heaven
  12. Shanghai Surprise (Bonus track)
  13. Zig Zag (Bonus track)
Music CD 6
  1. I Want To Tell You (live)
  2. Old Brown Shoe (live)
  3. Taxman (live)
  4. Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) (live)
  5. If I Needed Someone (live)
  6. Something (live)
  7. What Is Life (live)
  8. Dark Horse (live)
  9. Piggies (live)
  10. Got My Mind Set On You (live)
  11. Cloud Nine (live)
  12. Here Comes The Sun (live)
  13. Here Comes The Sun (live)
  14. Here Comes The Sun (live)
  15. Here Comes The Sun (live)
  16. Devil's Radio (live)
  17. Isn't It A Pity (live)
  18. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (live)
  19. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (live)

Music reviews of Dark Horse Years 1976 - 1992 (Bonus Dvd)

Music Review: There is some very good music here, but overall it's impact is minimalized with the fluff
Rating: 2 Stars

George Harrison had probably one of the most disappointing Beatle solo careers, especially when you consider just how FABULOUS and AWESOME his debut 3 record set All things Must Pass was.

This compilation unfortunately highlights more of the blandness and flaws of George's solo career by leaving off the Living in the Material World and Extra Texture stuff entirely and starting with the music on his Dark Horse label/era.

Overall there are some very good songs spread throughout all (but Gone Troppo which along with George's Dark Horse LP (not in this set) are one of the worst records in the history of rock and roll). Many of these albums have a few decent songs whose impact gets hidden with all the blandness and repetiiveness that surrounds them.....they just don't have the punch and certainly don't live up to his debut, Brainwashed, his work with the Traveling Wilburies.

I think a proper boxed set should be created. See below for more details. Of the albums here, only Cloud Nine has any merit as a full record (it's actually a very decent album, not great, but still in many ways excellent). His self titled album is decent, but horribly bland, even if the songwriting is a bit back to form, and it's horribly produced. The rest easily have cherry pick 1 or 2 song moments....

Ultimately I'd like to see a 4 disc George Set that removed a lot of the filler (allow the completists to buy everything, George and really all the solo Beatles aren't worthy of this complete album boxed set treatment--even sadly John--and I'm a freak fan that owns all of his solo stuff sans Unfinished no 3--.


MUCH OF THE first part of the BELOW was copied from my own post on a comment to the Best of George Harrison (the best of that is mostly Beatle tunes). I felt why not include a full review here though.



I'd like a 4 disc set from George that had the highlights of his career and includes his great Spector demos from before the All Things Sessions.....This set should be sold both in the all 4 disc format, and there should also be a best of the "also" years set that allows fans to buy the best of his post All Things career--but unfortunately forces megafans to buy the entire set in order to get the Spector Demos disc (although many mega fans--me included--already have the bootlegged copy. It could also include the "dvd" this set came with, but hopefully this time with a bit more concert meat....and/or a short documentary that focuses more on his solo career, 1974 tour, and "lost period" struggles instead of Shanghai surprise.

For this I'd package a 4 disc set: First disc takes the entire first record of ATMP, adds I Dig Love, Hear Me Lord and maybe the 2nd version of Isn't it a Pity (although that's very similar to v1, so only if time allows).

Then I'd have key tracks from his other records fill up the next 2 cd's maybe with a nice demo or two: Give Me Love, Don't Let Me Wait too Long, Try Some Buy Some, Living in the Material World, That is All, Dark Horse, You, This Guitar (Can't Keep From Crying), Here Comes the Moon, The Answers at the End, Can't Stop Thinking About You, Oooh Baby (You KNow I Love You)--A song I'd love to see get covered by a soul artist, Beautiful Girl, Not Guilty, Blow Away, Dark Sweet Lady, All THose Years Ago, When We Was Fab, Cloud 9, Got my Mind Set On You, Crackerbox Palace, Cheer Down, Any Road, Pisces Fish, Marwa Blues--just since it won a grammy and all, Stuck Inside a Cloud, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, Never Get Over You, Traveling Wilburies--Handle With Care, End of the Line, Last Night....

Then I'd fill the 4th disc with the Phil Spector Demos (at least the best of them from All Things Must Pass sessions (I'd also love to hear a less produced version of the great YOU that I don't have) and a series of the best live songs from George's portion of Bangladesh, 1974 tour and live in Japan....

I would leave all of the Beatles stuff off (beside's George's solo live recordings of Beatles songs) because anyone who bought this set would undoubtably have much if not all the Beatles stuff....

But why oh why did we have to get that Dark Horse Year's boxed set a few year's back that pretty much anthologized and pooled all of the really weak era George?....why too isn't the song Cheer Down and album Extra Texture at least available on iTunes? Extra Texture actually is probably his 3rd best record besides ATMP and Brainwashed....Living in the Material World has its share of very good songs but is just so damn preachy and over the course of the album gets a bit bland even with its individual song highs....the rest of his albums are mostly a bore, but have a few gems amidst them.

A True COMPILATION of George is more than necessary....sell as a full set and also sell the 2 middle discs as an individual set (allowing fans to either buy all in to get the Spector demos) or buy the best of the worst for the Post All Things stuff.

Then after a good boxed set comes out with his mostly released work, let's get a 1-2 cd anthology type of set that focuses more on the songs he recorded that didn't see the light of day....he supposedly has a nice vault of this stuff that I've never seen/heard in bootlegged form.

The songs listed above paint a great picture of George's solo career, one that might make his solo career appear much more substantial than it actually was, and might give George more merit to stand next to Lennon as the best solo Beatle--John had some fabulous songs, and overall made much better, more consistent solo records, but George also had his share of great tunes, unfortunately hidden amongst a series of bland (1-2 star records). By removing the blandness and focusing on the highs, one can see George's true talents shine. George is the one Beatle who really should have formed a band after the breakup, he really had a knack for making a great 2-3 songs on each album..... His albums tend to be so weak that they completely dillute his solo accomplishments (besides the debut and the denouement that is)...

Just my thoughts....I further wouldn't buy this set (I have all the individual albums and I have seen the DVD by renting it at our library) (besides the fact that it'll be a disappointment for all but the mega huge fan) because it's so freaking pricey and there is so little extra material. At least they could have added 6-7 bonus tracks to each record (instead of the token 1) and made a longer, more detailed DVD.....

I would hardly recommend this as it's presented today.

Quick Individual Album reviews included in this set:
33 & 1/3: 2 stars. Not bad, not terribly memorable and unlike some of the others doesn't have many really good gems amidst the bore. This one just doesn't have the low's of the other records, so it maintains a steady below avg mark.

George Harrison: 2.5 stars. Seems like a masterpiece compared to the other tracks on here....but is so shoddilly produced and bland that a lot of its gems get lost. 4-5 great tunes though (See above) the rest is pretty much a bore, but I do kind of like the almost Todd Rundgren esque Love Comes to Everyone (which I may reconsider including in the above). Still this one is too slick and George's voice isn't stellar enough for the slick backgrounds. He probably spent 2 weeks making this one (instead of 2 days like many of the others).

Somewhere in England. 1.5 stars "All Those Years Ago" is really the song giving this the extra .5 stars (one of the best George solo songs). Hardly memorable.

Gone Troppo: 0.25 stars. Quite simply the worst Beatle solo record--even beating all those unfinished music musings from John, dated 80's Paul, and RINGO's crud if you can believe that. THis is dated music to be sure, but there's hardly a good song on here (unless you oddly like Gone Troppo or this sheen version of Circles...I don't and I hate the record). This guy even beat George's Dark Horse album for his worst record--Dark Horse had a tune or two on it but remains the worst produced record of his life and the one that really highlights how bad George's voice was during the mid 70s....

Cloud Nine: 4 stars....might be the best Beatle record of the 1980s (although Double Fantasy was quite good). This one is pretty solid throughout, and Jeff Lynne tinkers but hardly ruins, he actually finds ways to make George seem like a good singer again, which is nice. Refreshing the album also showed a critical rebirth for George (who would really keep this up with the Wilbury's and Brainwashed, even if he only recorded sporadically thereafter).

Live in Japan: 1.5 stars....on paper this seems like a gem, George and Eric Clapton on the road in Japan with a fabulous track listing....unfortunately all it sounds like is extra slick versions of Beatle songs and solo songs.....extremely disappointing, they seem to go through the motions. Might have been better to have been there, but this is a terribly unexciting live record (and therefore a failure, since excitment is what people like to hear in live recordings).

The DVD is ok, too short, and not too memorable, but it's at least an extra.
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Description of Dark Horse Years 1976 - 1992 (Bonus Dvd)

Box set includes six CDs: Thirty Three & 1/3, George Harrison, Somewhere In England, Gone Troppo, Cloud Nine, and Live In Japan (SACD). Also includes The Dark Horse Years exclusive DVD, available only as part of this set. Includes 24 page booklet.

DVD running time: 89 minutes, includes Dark Horse Feature, promo videos, previously unreleased live footage, and selections from the movie "Shanghai Surprise."

Sound: Stereo except four concert pieces which are in 5.1 surround sound, in both Dolby Digital and DTS formats.

DVD TRACKLISTINGS: 1. Dark Horse Feature 2. This Song 3. Crackerbox Palace 4. Faster 5. Got My Mind Set On You - Version I 6. Got My Mind Set On You - Version II 7. When We Was Fab 8. This Is Love 9. Taxman (from Live In Japan) 10. Cloud 9 (from Live In Japan) 11. Devil's Radio (from Live In Japan) 12. Cheer Down (from Live In Japan) 13. Shanghai Surprise 14. Someplace Else 15. Hottest Gong In Town

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The Best of George Harrison
The Concert for Bangladesh
Living in the Material World

Cloud Nine
Dark Horse Years 1976-1992
The Concert for Bangladesh DVD

George Harrison forged the most idiosyncratic, artistically stubborn career of any ex-Beatle. After the spectacular success of All Things Must Pass (whose glorious, Spectorized production Harrison all but disowned in later years), The Concert for Bangla Desh and some tepid follow-ups on the Fabs' Apple label, Harrison released the half-dozen albums contained in this remastered box set on his Dark Horse imprint. Frequently out-of-print and ever under-appreciated, they remain in many ways his truest musical legacy. Powered by a deceptively breezy compositional sense and impeccably tasteful soloing (his fluid slide work remains some of rock's most lyrically distinctive), Harrison variously mixes biting humor ("This Song" answers his "My Sweet Lord" plagiarism suit with sarcastic jabs), a love of pop history (his Motown tribute "Pure Smokey," covers of Cole Porter's "True Love" and Rudy Clark's obscure "Got My Mind Set On You," which became an unlikely late '80s hit), and ever-present spiritual meditations into an often jazzy musical tack that veered sharply away from his Beatles past. And while that laconic sense occasionally goes unfocused (as on "Gone Troppo"), it came to warm fruition on the triumphant Jeff Lynne collaboration "Cloud Nine." Harrison's past glories are revisited on that album's "When We Was Fab" and elsewhere on unused Beatle-era songs ("Not Guilty," "See Yourself"), as well as his tribute to the fallen John Lennon, "All Those Years Ago," but crucially they are always part of a larger, more forceful perspective. His double-live album from a 1991 tour of Japan with Eric Clapton encapsulates that sense, and is featured here in the SACD format with 5.1 surround sound. Also included is a DVD exclusive to this set, featuring highlight footage from those concerts, interviews, and a slate of Harrison videos. --Jerry McCulley

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