LET IT ROLL: SONGS BY GEORGE HARRISON,’ TO BE RELE

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‘LET IT ROLL: SONGS BY GEORGE HARRISON,’ TO BE RELEASED JUNE 16
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GEORGE HARRISON’S FIRST-EVER CAREER-SPANNING SOLO HITS COLLECTION, ‘LET IT ROLL: SONGS BY GEORGE HARRISON,’
TO BE RELEASED JUNE 16 BY CAPITOL/EMI

Collection Features Harrison’s Solo Hits from 1970’s All Things Must Pass Through 2002’s Brainwashed, Remastered, Plus Live Recordings from 1971 Concert For Bangladesh


Hollywood, California – May 5, 2009 – Capitol/EMI confirms the tracklist for George Harrison’s first-ever career-spanning solo hits collection, Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison. To be released June 16 (June 15 internationally), the CD’s special packaging includes a 28-page booklet featuring previously unseen and rare photos, and newly-written liner notes by Warren Zanes. The collection’s 19 tracks have been digitally remastered by Giles Martin at EMI’s Abbey Road Studios, and will be available in CD and digital formats.

“Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison is a gathering of material that takes us far into the territory that was ultimately a place unique to George Harrison,” writes Warren Zanes in his liner notes essay for the new collection.

This collection is the first to span Harrison’s entire solo recording career, including the #1 Billboard Pop singles “My Sweet Lord,” “Isn’t It A Pity,” “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth),” and “Got My Mind Set On You." Let It Roll also features live recordings of three timeless Harrison-penned Beatles songs, “Something,” “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” and “Here Comes The Sun,” from his 1971 all-star Concert For Bangladesh benefit at Madison Square Garden.

“The keyhole into the world of George Harrison is the music itself. Yet his songs and the accomplishments for which he’s remembered are inextricably bound—and those accomplishments are, without question, eclectic in scope,” Zanes writes.

George Harrison is a twice-inducted member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a solo artist and as a member of The Beatles, and an 11-time Grammy Award winner for his recordings with The Beatles, Traveling Wilburys, and as a solo artist. On April 14, Harrison was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles.

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Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison (CD, digital)
1. Got My Mind Set On You
2. Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)
3. The Ballad Of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)
4. My Sweet Lord
5. While My Guitar Gently Weeps [Live] - Concert For Bangladesh
6. All Things Must Pass
7. Any Road
8. This Is Love
9. All Those Years Ago
10. Marwa Blues
11. What Is Life
12. Rising Sun
13. When We Was Fab
14. Something [Live] - Concert For Bangladesh
15. Blow Away
16. Cheer Down
17. Here Comes The Sun [Live] - Concert For Bangladesh
18. I Don’t Want To Do It
19. Isn’t It A Pity


Well, I was VERY happy when I first heard about this. The first career-spanning single disc collection! For one, they can correct that CRAPPY supposed Greatest Hits they put out with a side of Beatles tracks (what an insult!), but also, since this is coming out in the CD age, they can get a lot more tracks-19 to be exact. But then I read the set list.

Where are Dark Horse, Ding Dong, Ding Dong, You, This Song & Crackerbox Palace?? I know these weren't HUGE hits, but all Top 40, 3 Top 20! I can ALMOST excuse the first three since they have not remastered the albums they came from-but that's not even an excuse!

Other popular album tracks that could've even made it were Wah Wah, Devil's Radio & Cloud 9 and the "didn't crack the Hot 100" Faster.

And I'm sorry, I know Brainwashed was a well received album, but 3 cuts from that album, and none of the aforementioned Top 40 hits??

I would even forgo the live Beatles tracks to get more of his solo stuff!

I didn't recognize I Don't Want to Do it until I found out it was from Porky's Revenge. I'm a little more ok with this since it's a bit of a "rarity".

I am curious how much of an input Olivia & Dhani had in this or if Capital was given free reign......

[H2IZCOOL]

Hey Adam! I didn't even notice you'd been on until just now. You must sneak in on little cats feet! ;D

I think the bottom line is, you can't please everyone. You get 19 songs; you can't get everything. If they, for instance, left off his live performances of the Beatles era songs it would tick someone else off -- many people, actually. -- and of course, there are produceres with vested interests that make sure that certain songs that will benefit THEM gets on.

So - put it together, and 19 tracks aint enough. But if you make 38 track double-cds you still won't make everyone happy.

That's why there are downloads! Make your own, with whatever you want on it!

[Pete70s]

Back around the time of his death I compiled my own best of George Harrison CD. I don't have the tracklist readily available, but I can tell you it had every top 40 solo hit, a couple of album tracks from ATMP (Apple Scruffs, Let It Down), as well as a couple of singles that weren't hits (Love Comes To Everyone). No live tracks, no Beatles. Better line-up than the Capitol collection..

Really too bad, especially since the Ringo collection a couple of years ago was so thorough.

[m c dornan]

I don't buy "best of" albums. If you like the artists, own the original records. Also, a complation will try to be inclusive of all periods of an artists' work, And I think George really went downhill after All Things Must Pass.

This doesn't have "Love Comes to Everyone", which IMHO is the best thing Harrison did after ATMP.

The liner notes essay by Warren Zanes sounds absolutely dreadful.

They can't even suck me in with live songs, cuz I have the Concert for Bangladesh LP set.

[Ken]

I've mentioned before, that it seems to be really tough not to leave off someone's favorite track when a compilation is compiled.

Adam, I agree with you (nice to see you buddy!) how on earth did they forget to include both This Song and Crackerbox Palace () It's a nice collection and EMI just about got it right but how could they forget to include them? Someone was asleep at the wheel.

IMO it's nice to see Marwa
Blues included from Brainwashed, a haunting instrumental featuring some of George's beautiful slide guitar playing.

[dave910]

When I saw the track listing for the new collection, I too, was a bit disappointed. There were a few top 40 hits that should have been included: Crackerbox Palace, You and Bagla Desh come to mind. I thought a double disc anthology might have been a decent approach, in addition to having a single disc as well. But being in the age of itunes, having a double disc collection, may not always garner success. Yes, you may get some die hard fans that need to have every hit, but, that's not the average music consumer. I went to itunes to purchase some remastered George Harrison tracks and even I couldn't find every top 40 hit of his solo career. Some of George's albums aren't currently available digitally.

I don't have the same collection Pete has, but this would be my list:

1. My Sweet Lord
2. Isn't It A Pity
3. What Is Life
4. All Things Must Pass
5. Bangla Desh
6. Give Me Love, Give Me Peace On Earth
7. Dark Horse
8. Ding Dong; Ding Dong
9. You
10. This Song
11. Crackerbox Palace
12. Blow Away
13. All Those Years Ago
14. Got My Mind Set On You
15. When We Was Fab
16. Any Road

[Dawn]

Count me in as another who is disappointed with this.

This Song is the most glaring omission for me. It wasn't on The Best of George Harrison, not on Best of Dark Horse 1976-1989, and got left off yet again with this one.

If they were going to limit it to a single disc, they should have gone with a more hit-oriented track listing, much like Dave's list. As it is, it's a mix of hits and album tracks that's patchy and isn't that comprehensive in either aspect. With a double disc, they could have included all the hits and minor singles/B sides, as well as added more popular album tracks like Apple Scruffs, Wah-Wah and Not Guilty.

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May 9, 2009 11:57:36 GMT -5 H2IZCOOL said:

Hey Adam! I didn't even notice you'd been on until just now. You must sneak in on little cats feet! ;D

I think the bottom line is, you can't please everyone. You get 19 songs; you can't get everything. If they, for instance, left off his live performances of the Beatles era songs it would tick someone else off -- many people, actually. -- and of course, there are produceres with vested interests that make sure that certain songs that will benefit THEM gets on.

So - put it together, and 19 tracks aint enough. But if you make 38 track double-cds you still won't make everyone happy.

That's why there are downloads! Make your own, with whatever you want on it!

I came in through the bathroom window.



I get what you're saying and I feel 19 IS enough-my problem is the actual 19 used. Slice off a couple from Brainwashed and put in the mid-70s tracks I mentioned.

I don't know about many people getting ticked off about the live thing-there's been several Macca collections, and none included anything from the excellent Over America collection-not even Maybe I'm Amazed which actually was a hit! (I am glad they-he-chose to put the original studio track instead.)

Anyway, someone mentioned Bangla-desh and I didn't mention that either. (I think I thought that was on there too.) Plus all the great ATMP tracks that others mentioned. (Of course, with more album tracks, then you have to go the 2 disc route and I understand that.)

Honestly, it probably would have been best to wait until his last couple Apple albums were remastered and THEN put out a proper collection.

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May 9, 2009 12:37:21 GMT -5 Pete70s said:

Back around the time of his death I compiled my own best of George Harrison CD. I don't have the tracklist readily available, but I can tell you it had every top 40 solo hit, a couple of album tracks from ATMP (Apple Scruffs, Let It Down), as well as a couple of singles that weren't hits (Love Comes To Everyone). No live tracks, no Beatles. Better line-up than the Capitol collection..

Really too bad, especially since the Ringo collection a couple of years ago was so thorough.

Love Comes to Everyone is a good track-along with several others on the Dark Horse collection not on here.

I forgot about the Ringo Rhino collection. I have to have a look at that.

[Pete70s]

"The Ballad Of Sir Frankie Crisp" isn't even one of his better songs from ATMP. Its inclusion here makes no sense-boodily-boodily-boo, the omission of an entire block of hits makes even less sense-boodily-boodily-boo!

Am I to believe there is no representation at all from "Dark Horse", "Extra Texture" AND "Thirty-Three 1/3"?

WTF is "I Don't Want To Do It"?

Senseless.... Boodily-boodily-boo!

Whatever... I'm off....

[Dawn]

Bangla Desh should have been included as well. It doesn't make much sense to have three other tracks from the concert, and not include the title track, which was a hit single.

And as Pete said, to completely skip over three albums worth of material, especially during an active part of his solo career? Makes for an uneven collection.