The new George Harrison box

Posted by TGR (A) on May 8, 2017 at 13:33:33

I recently turned 64 (! How the hell did that happen?) and one of my B-Day presents from my wife was the new George Harrison box, which contains all of his LPs - well you won't find the recordings he made with that little-known group prior to "All Things Must Pass", nor the Concert for Bangladesh, nor the Traveling Wilburys, and also not the bootleg that I have a copy of, but EVERYTHING else is there, including some I hadn't heard of before.

This is a beautiful set, done with much love - looks like Dhanni Harrison was closely involved. The box cover has a hologram of George that alternates between one of his Beatle pictures and a later one (looks like 70s), and the box itself is a massive piece of construction. Inside is a box of what looks like a master tape from a session, and inside contains two picture discs. The LPs are all 180 gram, and packaged in lined inserts, even though the original paper inserts with lyrics and song info are included.

I haven't played that many yet - I started with All Things Must Pass. I love the songs on this, but I have always been disappointed with the Spectorized sound - to me, it sounds muddy. And while I feel these may be the best sounding version of ATMP that I've heard, it still sounds overly reverberant and processed to me. My wife commented that it feels like there is a screen. Phil Spector may have been right for the Ronnettes, but IMO not for George Harrison (nor the Beatles - I have a HUGE preference for Let It Be-Naked over the original Spector version).

We followed All Things Must Pass with Dark Horse, and the difference was immediate. Dark Horse is a far more open sounding recording - produced by #1 Beatle fan Jeff Lynne, and is one of my own favorites.

At that point I got carried away and decided to pull out my box set of Traveling Wilburys - hearing Dark Horse made me want to hear the Wilburys. Volume I is truly one of the greatest things ever done in the field of popular/rock music, and George is a major contributor. One of the cool things about the box set is that it includes extended versions of Handle Me with Care, and End of the Line - both great songs.

Anyway, this is a heckuva gift to receive - looking forward to hearing the rest. And yes, I did play Sgt. Pepper on my birthday, and yes, I do have a pre-order in for the remixed stereo version coming out in a few weeks.

Does anyone besides me think that it has never been better to be living in the vinyl world?

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Topic - The new George Harrison box - TGR 13:33:33 05/08/17 (9)

Very nice! - 1973shovel 12:54:37 05/09/17 (2)

Track listing of "By George" - TGR 15:42:32 05/09/17 (1)

Thank you - 1973shovel 06:24:40 05/10/17 (0)

Harry Georgeson - miner42 11:44:19 05/09/17 (0)

Happy Birthday!... - musetap 20:22:57 05/08/17 (1)

Thanks! - TGR 07:36:45 05/09/17 (0)

RE: The new George Harrison box - dancingseamonkey 18:05:40 05/08/17 (0)

A bit more - TGR 13:50:23 05/08/17 (1)

I have this as well and it's outstanding!!! - spindoctor 15:00:26 05/08/17 (0)

The new George Harrison box

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