George Harrison 2017 vinyl box discussion

I'm sorry, which album are you talking about?

 

George Harrison

 

For anyone interested, there's an interesting little story here about a guy meeting George at the Somewhere in England cover shoot back in 1981. I'm jealous!

Meeting George – The Somewhere In England Cover Shoot »

 

That's a wonderful anecdote. Horses mouth stuff.

 

Ah, I'm good with my Canadian copy and the remastered CD.

 

The A1 B1 (actually) 'strawberry' vinyl is hard to find. Just don't tell me you haven't got the 1u 1u porky press UK first issue Extra Texture vinyl

 

No, my Extra Texture is a US Apple original. Why, is the UK Porky worth it?

 

You must have an earlier version of that album. Because everyone else has Ringo The Fourth...

 

Oh my god. It's late and I better go to sleep. Ringo The Third....

 

I told you not to tell me that.....

Yes Yes Yes. The UK is Extra smooth. You can hear the ambience and warmth in the opening acoustic guitars on The Answers At The End, and there's off mike voices can be heard after Jesse Ed Davis's slide guitar swells on This Guitar. I don't know if the cd remasters capture this, but if you've got a turntable set up, the Uk porky is as close to sound perfection as you'll get from this wonderful lp!!!

 

Would you believe Ringo The Third is actually a masterpiece

 

Well, let's see:
Ringo Albums:
1. Sentimental Journey
2. Beaucoups of Blues
3. Ringo



So, yes, I agree.

 

And so it is!!!

 

Wasn't the US pressing mastered at A&M in LA, where it was also recorded?

 

I thought all the Apple masters went to the UK. I'd love to know if the US is direct from the master tapes?

 

The picture of the box is up on amazon

George Harrison - The Complete Collection - Amazon.com Music »

 

Wow! Only $466. Really? But on the positive side, the albums will be released individually (at least according to the listings on the George Harrison Amazon page. It will be a good way for me to replace the two I've lost (Electronic Sound and Wonderwall).

 

The biggest thickest box set I've ever seen.

 

Good to see All Things does have the box.

 

I thought they said Cloud 9 was going to be a picture disc? That's just the standard Got My Mind Set On You pic disc from 1987...

 

They haven't said anything.

 

Thanks for sharing that. (I never knew about the Faster picture disc.)

 

True, "they" never did, but the info was linked in post #1 of this thread, and that source seemed to have pretty much everything else right...

 

So no vynil for the extra songs released on the cd's? Thats a bummer. And I think they should have included Best of Dark Horse Years aswell.

 

If you purchase all 13 of the re-released titles individually, it totals $358.74. The cost of the box is $466.98, so that means for an additional $108.24, you get the box, book (still included?, it's not pictured), and two pictures discs.