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George Harrison - George Harrison (OSS) (1979)

Track listing:
  1. Love Comes To Everyone (Remaster) 4:37
  2. Not Guilty (Original) 3:34
  3. Here Comes The Moon (Original) 4:50
  4. Soft-Hearted Hana (Remaster) 4:05
  5. Blow Away (Original) 4:00
  6. Faster (Original) 4:48
  7. Dark Sweet Lady (Remaster) 3:24
  8. Your Love Is Forever (Remaster) 3:50
  9. Soft Touch (Remaster) 4:01
  10. If You Believe (Original) 2:56
  11. Mo (Mo Songs) 4:57
  12. Here Comes The Moon (Demo) (Remaster) 3:38
  13. Blow Away (Demo) (Remaster) 3:04

Notes


George Harrison (Optimal Source Series)

Here's another good example of how record companies try to make money at the expense of the consumer. The recent "remaster" of this CD is hardly what anyone would consider a remaster. The difference between the remaster and the original is miniscule (there IS a very minor difference to at least prove they did SOMETHING). So, if you want the official CD, get any used one. Don't worry about the remaster.

Anyway, I listened REALLY closely to pick out the very (VERY) slight differences and choose the ones that were slightly better either off the original or remaster, and that's what you have here. "If You Believe" is the only song I found that is significantly different, and it's actually better on the original release!

I also added 3 bonus tracks. One is a song that was originally considered for this album. "Mo" was written for Warner Bros record executive Mo Ostin's birthday in 1977. While Mo was alive, he was able to convince George NOT to release the song. It was ultimatley released on a box set honoring Mo after he died. My source for "Mo" was "Pirate Songs", but, as I stated on another torrent, the song was ripped directly from the CD box set (Mo Songs) for that bootleg, so the quality is identical to the original source. The other 2 remasters are demos. One was issued on the remaster and I-Tunes (I took it off the remaster so it's not lossy). The other is ONLY available on I-Tunes in lossy AAC format. I upconverted it to FLAC just for consistency (so everything was in the same format).

Here is the lineup:

1. Love Comes To Everyone (Remaster)
2. Not Guilty (Original)
3. Here Comes The Moon (Original)
4. Soft-Hearted Hana (Remaster)
5. Blow Away (Original)
6. Faster (Original)
7. Dark Sweet Lady (Remaster)
8. Your Love Is Forever (Remaster)
9. Soft Touch (Remaster)
10. If You Believe (Original)
11. Mo (Mo Songs)
12. Here Comes The Moon (Demo) (Remaster)
13. Blow Away (Demo) (I-Tunes)