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| "Wake Up My Love" | Dark Horse 7-29864 | Oct. 27, 1982 |
The first single from Gone Troppo experienced some level of sales, but not enough by anyone's standards to render it a hit.
| "I Really Love You" | Dark Horse 7-29744 | Feb. 9, 1983 |
"I Really Love You"/"Circles" was DOA. Commercial copies ($25) are harder to find than promotional copies, simply because no one bought it.
| "I Don't Want to Do It" | Columbia 38-04887 | Apr. 23, 1985 |
George does a good job singing this Dylan song. "I Don't Want to Do It" fit well in the film, Porky's Revenge, but it fits even better into George Harrison's life, being sung at a time when George himself might well have been seeking after perceived lost youth. The single is uncommon, however ($20), even though it was fairly well promoted.
| Songs By George Harrison EP | Ganga Distributors SGH 777 (UK) | 1987 |
This EP was only available to purchasers of the Songs By George Harrison book and record set, published by Genesys Publications. 2,500 total copies were printed/pressed. The songs on the EP (which came in CD or vinyl form) were all unreleased at the time. "Sat Singing" and "Lay His Head" were recorded in 1980 for the original Somewhere in England album. "Flying Hour" was also intended for that LP, but it had been recorded in March of 1978. The final track was a live version of "For You Blue," recorded in Washington DC in December of 1974.
| "Got My Mind Set on You" | Dark Horse 7-28178 | Oc. 3, 1987 |
Two years later, and George gave everyone a hit. The song was an old Rudy Clark song that
the Beatles occasionally jammed to but never recorded. A chart-topping success for George
in 1987 might have been just what he needed to restore his faith in his own ability. Promo
singles were released:
| Cloud Nine | Dark Horse 25643-1 | Oct. 24, 1987 |
George was again riding high with Cloud Nine. It reached the Top Ten, peaking at #8; the album also topped the then-separate CD charts. There were quite a few songs of note, several of which were culled as singles. "Just For Today," for example, is a fine setting-to-music of twelve step program themes.
| "When We Was Fab" | Dark Horse 7-28131 | Jan. 30, 1988 |
"When We Was Fab" is another Harrisonian commentary on the Beatles, but this time from a different angle. By 1987, people were actually beginning to forget the impact that the Beatles had on pop music. George reflects on the music of the 60's, their lives as struggling artists under a microscope, and their legendary status. The whole thing is done rather stylistically and tongue-in-cheek.
| "Devil's Radio" | Dark Horse PRO-A-2889 | January, 1988 |
One song that didn't quite make it as a single was "Devil's Radio." The theme of the song is blunt: Gossip is the Devil's radio. The Devil thrives on it. He refers to the purveyors of gossip with no kind terms.
| "This is Love" | Dark Horse 7-27913 | May 12, 1988 |
Another single from Cloud Nine, but by this time the album had exhausted its attractability. People who were going to purchase the record had already bought the album, but "This is Love" is a good-sounding song.
| "Handle With Care" | Wilbury 27732-7 | October, 1988 |
George teamed up with several famous musicians (see below) to form a fictitious group. Their
leadoff single enjoyed a stint of popularity which was deserved. The sound was much more
of a rich guitar sound than what any of them had been producing. At times, the vocalists
seem to be singing at random, but this doesn't hinder "Handle With Care." In England, a
ten-inch "extended" single was also issued.
| Traveling Wilburys Volume One | Wilbury 25796-1 | October, 1988 |
What if Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, George Harrison, Tom Petty, and Jeff Lynne recorded an album together? Dylan and Petty had been associating with one another for a while, and George H. always seemed to flow in and out of Dylan's field of view. Jeff Lynne had wanted to work with the (ex-)Beatles for many years, and with ELO split up, he had an opportunity. Roy Orbison was a legend (who had sung on the same ticket as the Beatles) who also had his sights on a new solo album. The five of them came together as the Traveling Wilburys, a name reportedly thought up by Lynne while drinking. The result drew a lot of well deserved attention. As the album progresses, each of them can be seen making contributions, and from time to time, they work together on a song. Had Orbison not died soon after, the Wilburys might have been another "supergroup." The album charted as high as #3.
| "End of the Line" | Wilbury 27637-7 | January, 1989 |
"End of the Line" has some very catchy riffs, and the thoughts of death were haunting in the light of Orbison's passing. The video makes reference to this by showing Roy's things.
| "Cheer Down" | Warner Brothers 22807-7 | Aug. 28, 1989 |
George was commissioned to record a song for the film, Lethal Weapon 2. That song turned out to be "Cheer Down," which does not appear on a Harrison album although it's on the soundtrack. The song was nice enough, but possibly the movie wasn't enough of a hit to propel people into the record stores. The last "forty five" by George to date.
| Best of Dark Horse | Dark Horse 25985-1 | Oct. 3, 1989 |
Another GH greatest hits collection, this time pulling exclusively from his post-Apple material. In retrospect, an album containing both Apple and Dark Horse hits might have been more welcome. Best of Dark Horse also suffered from poor cover design, but it features some great songs by Hari Georgeson.
| Nobody's Child: Romanian Angel Appeal | Dark Horse 26280-1 | Jul. 24, 1990 |
While a new Wilbury album was in the works, the Wilburys gathered together to support efforts by the Beatle wives and Elton John to assist Romanian children who were born with AIDS. At the time, 90% of Romania's AIDS cases were children, and there was not much being done to assist them. The Wilburys, Paul Simon, Eric Clapton, and Duane ("twangy guitar") Eddy...oh yeah, and that Ringo guy...teamed up to record an album whose proceeds would go toward helping the children. Nobody's Child was that album. Yes, the title track had been sung back in 1961 by Tony Sheridan and the Beatles.
| Traveling Wilburys Volume Three | Wilbury 26324-1 | October, 1990 |
The Wilburys' second album was appropriately called Volume Three, but without Orbison, the group appeared to have lost something. The album was promoted well, with promo CD singles being issued for several songs, but it was not the hit that the first album had been, stopping at #11 -- just short of the Top Ten.
| "Wilbury Twist" | Wilbury 19443-4 | February, 1991 |
"The Wilbury Twist" is an interesting single, but one which was destined for obscurity.
| Songs By George Harrison 2 EP | Ganga Distributors SGH 778 (UK) | 1992 |
This special EP was available only with the second volume of Songs by George Harrison, published by Genesys Publications. This EP included a demo version of "Life Itself," the final version of which was on Somewhere in England. "Tears of the World," the fourth song that had been dropped from that LP (see the earlier Songs by GH EP entry) also found its way here. "Hottest Gong in Town" was an unreleased track, and a live version of "Hari's on Tour (Express)" (from Washington, 1974) rounded out the selections.
| Live in Japan | Dark Horse 26964-4 | July, 1992 |
George's appearance in Japan had been successful, so why not issue his first live album in over twenty years? The album was not a hot seller, but it shows that Mr. H. still "had it" as far as his ability to perform was concerned.
| "My Sweet Lord"/"My Sweet Lord 2000" (remastered) | Capitol 7PRO-7087 | March, 2001 |
In anticipation of the upcoming rerelease of All Things Must Pass, this promotional 45 was issued to radio stations. One side of the sleeve was made to look like the picture sleeve accompanying the original single, while the other side (shown) was entirely new. The record is a white label promo with a small spindle hole.
| All Things Must Pass (remastered) | Capitol C2-30474 | January 23, 2001 |
After plugging the upcoming release on George's allthingsmustpass.com website, with a promotional CD (Capitol DPRO-15912), and with a promotional interview CD made in February, 2001 (Capitol DPRO-15950), the new version of George's classic LP was released. Containing the complete 1970 album in a colorized cover, the remastered set also featured some previously unreleased tracks, including a new version of the classic hit, "My Sweet Lord." In some countries, the album was released as an LP boxed set.
| "My Sweet Lord 2000"/"All Things Must Pass" | Capitol 58983 | April, 2001 |
Following the successful reception of the LP and promotional single, Capitol released this limited edition green vinyl pressing of the "new" version of "My Sweet Lord." Since it was released only through Cema Special Markets, the single did not chart.
| Brainwashed | Dark Horse/Capitol C2-41969 | November, 2002 |
Shortly before George's death, he revealed that he had been working on a new album, together with Jeff Lynne, his own son Dhani, and others. After a tasteful year delay, Brainwashed was released. One song, "Stuck Inside a Cloud," received some promotion, but by and large the record was left to sell itself. Billboard magazine charted it at #18. A CD/DVD boxed set was issued by Capitol (catalog number 43352), who also imported copies of the vinyl LP from Holland and England for release in the States. The album "went gold" almost right away.
| The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992 | Dark Horse/Capitol 59705 | February 24, 2004 |
This box set features seven CD's, comprising all of the following albums: Thirty-Three and 1/3; George Harrison; Somewhere in England; Gone Troppo; Cloud Nine; and Live in Japan. Each CD, except for the live concert, features bonus tracks, and the concert is in SACD (Super-Audio CD) form. Also included is a bonus DVD, featuring videos and concert footage.
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