5.2 Retrospective assessment and legacy. 4.1 CD release and demand following Harrison's death. The compilation has yet to be remastered since this 1987 release. The album was issued on CD in 1987 featuring the cover artwork from the original British release, rather than the design created in-house by Capitol and used in the majority of territories internationally in 1976. It is the first of three hits-oriented Harrison compilation albums, and was followed by Best of Dark Horse 1976–1989 and the posthumously released Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison. The album failed to place on Britain's top 60 chart. In the United States, The Best of George Harrison peaked at number 31 on Billboard 's albums chart and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in February 1977. In a calculated move by EMI and its American subsidiary, Capitol Records, the compilation was issued during the same month as Harrison's debut on his Warner-distributed Dark Horse label, Thirty Three & ⅓. Music critics have also noted the compilation's failure to provide a faithful picture of Harrison's contribution to the Beatles' work, due to the omission of any of his Indian music compositions. The song selection caused some controversy, since it underplayed Harrison's solo achievements during the 1970–75 period, for much of which he had been viewed as the most successful ex-Beatle, artistically and commercially. Uniquely among all of the four Beatles' solo releases, apart from posthumous compilations, it mixes a selection of the artist's songs recorded with the Beatles on one side, and later hits recorded under his own name on the other. The Best of George Harrison is a 1976 compilation album by English musician George Harrison, released following the expiration of his EMI-affiliated Apple Records contract. "The microscopes that magnified the tears / Studied warts and all" sang Harrison on this moving retrospective on the Beatles' fame.Cover for the North American, Australasian and French editions of the album This cover of an old soul track relaunched Harrison's career and proved he could still produce a chart track. The flip side of Lady Madonna, this haunting track showcased Harrison's by now formidable sitar skills. Still ranks as a simple and eloquent definition of Harrison's philosophy of life. 
It was the source of a lengthy law suit - the writers of the Chiffons' He's So Fine claimed it plagiarised their track.
Recently re-released from Harrison's first album, the triple disc All things must pass. The last Beatles song ever recorded, this cry against selfishness still ranks as poignant and appropriate for the bitter break-up. Rarely has there been a better soundtrack for summer.įamously loved by Frank Sinatra, who called this "the most beautiful love song ever written". Harrison's then best friend Eric Clapton (this changed when Clapton ran off with Patti, Harrison's wife) played lead guitar, reportedly saying afterwards that he couldn't imagine The Beatles needing outside musicians.įrom the Abbey Road album, HCTS has one of the most recogniseable acoustic guitar intros ever recorded. The first Harrison Beatles recording for the With The Beatles album, having previously been relegated to Carl Perkins covers by Lennon & McCartney.įrom the classic Revolver album, Harrison's acerbic complaint about the amount of supertax he was paying.įrom The White Album.
His solo career after the band's break-up in 1970 was arguably the most successful: he was the first Beatle to have a number one single with his first solo track My Sweet Lord. Nevertheless, he produced songs that stand as some of the finest written and recorded in the 1960s. He always felt that the enormous care Lennon and McCartney lavished on their songs was missing from the attention paid to his creations.
G eorge Harrison had to work hard to get his songs on the Beatles albums.
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