George Harrison - Dark Horse Years 1976-1992 [Box Set][Bonus DVD]
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Album Details: Dark Horse Years 1976-1992 [Box Set][Bonus DVD]
- Release Date:
- 02/24/2004
- Label:
- Capitol
- UPC:
- 724359705101
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Dark Horse Years 1976-1992 [Box Set][Bonus DVD]
, March 10, 2004Reviewer: scg_jack - See all scg_jack's reviews1 of 2 Yahoo! Users found this Dark Horse Years 1976-1992 [Box Set][Bonus DVD] review helpfulPros: Bonus DVD
Cons: Only about 8 new tracks
The new tracks are mostly demos of included songs.
The DVD has the promo videos, including both versions of "I Got My Mind Set On You".
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Pro Reviews: Dark Horse Years 1976-1992 [Box Set][Bonus DVD]
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews George Harrison's albums for Dark Horse drifted out of print in the late '90s as his contract with Warner Brothers expired. Over the halfdecade, they fetched high prices on the collector's market, as any relatively rare Beatlesrelated item does, and the demand for these records along with the Traveling Wilburys albums, which were part of Harrison's Dark Horse/Warner contract never diminished. At the time of his death in November 2001, the albums were being prepared for reissue, but his passing delayed them for a few more years, and it wasn't until February 2004 that the albums Thirty Three 1/3 (1976), George Harrison (1979), Somewhere In England (1981), Gone Troppo (1982), Cloud Nine (1987), and Live in Japan (1992) were reissued, both individually and as part of the lavish box set Dark Horse Years 19761992. All five of the studio albums have been remastered and are graced with a bonus track or two, while the doublelive set has been reissued as a hybrid SACD with a 5.1 surround mix (a nice gesture, but it does raise the question of why wasn't the entire set released as hybrid SACD, the way the 2002 Rolling Stones and 2003 Bob Dylan reissues were). In addition, the box set contains an exclusive booklet and a DVD containing video highlights of the Dark Horse years. It seems like the box would be the definitive word on Harrison's latterday career, and it very nearly is, but it comes short in a couple of ways. First, there is the aforementioned puzzling decision to release only one SACD in the set, which only highlights the fact that the rest of the discs are standard CDs (which do have very good remastering). Second, the bonus tracks are underwhelming. With the exception of Cloud Nine, which has two songs from the Shanghai Surprise soundtrack, there's only one bonus track per disc, and with the exception of Thirty Three 1/3, which has the fine "Tears of the World," a demo of a song that's on the album. Harrison has a lot of unreleased material in the vault Somewhere In England is notorious for being reworked on Warner's request, so at the very least the excised songs could have been featured on this reissue so it's a disappointment that there's not more bonus material here. Third, the DVD isn't nearly as complete as it should have been, containing a tenminute "Dark Horse Feature," some selections from the Live in Japan video, and the Shanghai Surprise movie, plus seven promotional videos, all prefaced with interview excerpts from Harrison. While the featurette would have been much more interesting if it was expanded to a full documentary, the real disappointment is that this doesn't contain all of Harrison's promotional music videos, with such gems as the lovely "Blow Away" missing in action (some may also wish that the videos had been mixed for 5.1 sound as well). Considering the steep price of the box set, it's hard not to think that this DVD could have been a little bit more thorough. That said, the box set is very well made: the art direction is lovely, the sound is terrific, and the hardcover minibook is beautiful, with good notes from David Fricke. All of this makes it an essential purchase for Harrison fans, who have already accepted the uneven quality of the albums and want them in their collection anyway. - Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide |
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Simply put this collection of Geroge Harrison will surprise most people who have not really heard his solo work. The beatles are an impossible group to compare even members of the beatlles to. On it's own althought not the blockbuster sellers of the beatles (who was) these hold up with really thoughtful, beautiful songs with lots of wonderful gitar work. Like A Van Morrison, or Sting Harrison crafted his songs for himself and simply shared them with all of us. These are not trying to be hits which makes the ones that are that much more special.
If you want to hear some beautiful music played by musicians with real instruments see what was really behind a really interesting man who lived as he spoke. Simple, Honest and just trying to be a better person. ...