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George Harrison - “Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea” (video)

by Tyler Gould

[9.Nov.09] :. George Harrison’s version of this American standard made it to his posthumous release, Brainwashed, but this video, recorded for a BBC documentary in 1991, shows he had it in the works...

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Rest in Pieces: Eulogies of the Past, Present, and Future Feature

My Friend, George Harrison: Reflections on the Cool Beatle

by Christopher Guerin

[21.Sep.09] :. The minute I saw George in those blue jeans, work shirt, and those sand-colored boots, I had to have them, and that was exactly what I wore for the months that followed.

Rest in Pieces: Eulogies of the Past, Present, and Future

 

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George Harrison: Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison

by Andrew Blackie

[19.Jun.09] :. Not quite the definitive tribute that rediscovered George deserved, Let It Roll is a patchy albeit always listenable collection

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The Beatles' White Album 40th Anniversary Feature

The White Album: Side Four

by PopMatters Staff

[21.Nov.08] :. The potential breakthrough and the impending breakup, the final side celebrates the Beatles' artistic experimentation -- and the creative contradictions that signaled their eventual end.

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The Beatles' White Album 40th Anniversary Feature

The White Album: Side Three

by PopMatters Staff

[20.Nov.08] :. It's back to basics once again as the band finds the musical muscle memory to mesh all their influences into seven sensational tracks.

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The Beatles' White Album 40th Anniversary Feature

The White Album: Side Two

by PopMatters Staff

[19.Nov.08] :. It's the Beatles 'unplugged' -- from stardom, from pressures, from the friendship that held them together -- while simultaneously reaching inward and outward.

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The White Album: Side One

by PopMatters Staff

[18.Nov.08] :. It's all guitars and good times as the Fab Four rediscover the joys of jamming -- as well as the hidden pain and problems poised to tear them apart.

 

Birthday: The White Album Turns 40

by Zeth Lundy and Bill Gibron

[17.Nov.08] :. In the first day of PopMatters' week-long celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Beatles' self-titled double album, Bill Gibron and Zeth Lundy discuss the record's importance and impact, and why it continues to resonate within popular culture some four decades later.

 

The Best Music DVDs of 2007

by Ron Hart

[25.Jan.08] :. The last few years have seen some mind-blowing DVD repackaging of a wide variety of musically projects. 2007 is the best yet.

 

Paul McCartney – We Believe In Yesterday

by Gary Frenay

[2.Jan.08] :. Taken together, Help! and The McCartney Years, show the breadth of an artist's career, warts and all. Few have lived a life as well-documented or as successful as Paul McCartney.

 

Help!

by Zeth Lundy

[2.Nov.07] :. The Beatles' second (and second-best) movie, an absurdist romp with Bond-esque aspirations, gets an overdue clean-up on this new double-disc edition.

 

Part 2: The Changing Face of Filmmaking

by PopMatters Staff

[19.Jun.07] :. Every staid situation needs shaking up, none more so that the labored Hollywood studio system. The titles chosen for this section stand out as reasons why things had to change, the results of those seismic stylistic shifts.

 
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The Traveling Wilburys: The Traveling Wilburys Collection

by Michael Franco

[15.Jun.07] :. The Traveling Wilburys were always the stuff of myth -- of unlikely beginnings and heroes and, yes, even transcending death through creation. Thankfully, with their work back on the shelves, they will do just that.

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Sgt. Pepper at 40, from A to Z

by Bruce Dancis [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[1.Jun.07] :. It was 40 years ago today -- to be precise, June 1, 1967, in Britain, a day later in the former colonies of America -- that the Beatles changed the world.

 

George Harrison: Living in the Material World

by Zeth Lundy

[8.Nov.06] :. Reissue of the Quiet Beatle's fourth solo album from 1973 includes a few extra b-sides and a bonus DVD.

 

The Dick Cavett Show: Rock Icons

by Michael Buening

[26.Aug.05] :. For classic rock fans, the set contains some fascinating moments, and it's a testament to Cavett's willingness to play with format that they don't seem dated.

 

George Harrison: The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992 [DVD]

by Will Harris

[28.Dec.04] :. Harrison fans will certainly find enjoyment in watching this DVD, but knowing that it could've been so much more without a great deal more effort... that's just downright depressing.

 

George Harrison: The Dark Horse Years 1976 - 1992

by Jason Korenkiewicz

[3.May.04] :. For many casual music fans, the solo career of George Harrison is anchored by two distinct memories. The release of his post-Beatles solo album All Things Must Pass in 1970, and his dynamic...

 

George Harrison: Brainwashed

by Gary Glauber

[14.Dec.02] :. The quiet Beatle sings out one last time and the result is a phenomenal solo album, spiritual and uplifting in a way that serves to remind how much this undervalued Beatle will be missed. Like George...

 

A Hard Day’s Night (1964/2000)

by Sabadino Parker

A smooth amalgamation of Richard Lester's intricate direction, Alun Owen's hysterical screenplay, and the natural charms of John, Paul, George, and Ringo, 'A Hard Day's Night' is a film perfectly of its time and perfectly timeless.