As you can guess from the previous post, solo discographies will end at the mid-1990s, and that's a bit of a spoiler for a future post. I won't give too much away, but for now, here's the George Harrison discography of Earth-130!
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Side A (19:29)
1. Window, Window - 1:53 (Demo)
2. My Sweet Lord - 4:38
3. Wah-Wah - 5:56 (Take 1)
4. What is Life - 4:34 (Take 1)
5. Run of the Mill - 2:28 (Take 36)
Side B (19:57)
6. I Dig Love - 3:35 (Demo)
7. Apple Scruffs - 3:04
8. I Live for You - 3:35
9. Behind That Locked Door - 3:05
10. If Not for You - 2:59 (Take 2)
11. Dehra Dun - 3:39 (Demo)
Only three songs from All Things Must Pass were given away to Hot as Sun, but there's more than enough material leftover for a full album. My thinking here is that George decides to hold back some material should they ever make another Beatles album, and so he puts out a solo album that's much more stripped back compared to OTL. It's very much Earth-130's equivalent to McCartney, only this time around, it's far better received, partially thanks to the singles "My Sweet Lord" and "What is Life".
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Side A (19:24)
1. I'd Have You Anytime - 2:56
2. Māya Love - 4:24
3. Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) - 3:48
4. Miss O'Dell - 2:33
5. Cosmic Empire - 2:12
6. The Light That Has Lighted the World - 3:31
Side B (18:58)
7. The Lord Loves the One (That Loves the Lord) - 4:34
8. Art of Dying - 3:37
9. Dark Horse - 3:54
10. Awaiting on You All - 2:45
11. Try Some, Buy Some - 4:08
Side C (20:47)
12. Simply Shady - 4:38
13. Beware of Darkness - 3:48
14. Far East Man - 5:52
15. The Day the World Gets 'Round - 2:53
16. Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth) - 3:36
Side D (23:28)
17. Out of the Blue - 11:14
18. It's Johnny's Birthday - 0:49
19. Plug Me In - 3:18
20. I Remember Jeep - 8:07
Unlike the stripped back production of George Harrison, The Magic is Here Again has production that's more in your face, akin to OTL's All Things Must Pass, but with the spirituality of Living in the Material World. And it's a double album! Even after giving away two songs for Everest, for which recording for his solo album had been put on hold, George still had plenty of material that he wanted to get out there, although it is almost at the cost of his own voice, forcing him to take a sabbatical for 1974. At this point, double albums were becoming more common place in rock music, so this was no detriment to The Magic is Here Again when it reached #1 along with the single "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)".
Side A (18:47)
1. You - 3:41
2. Tired of Midnight Blue - 3:43
3. Grey Cloudy Lies - 3:41
4. Who Can See It - 3:52
5. It Is "He" (Jai Sri Krishna) - 3:50
Side B (18:18)
6. Be Here Now - 4:09
7. The Answer's at the End - 4:40
8. Hear Me Lord - 5:46
9. That Is All - 3:43
Once again, George had given away two songs for the Beatles' next album Inclinations, and following that album's release, began work on his next solo project. Even now, he still had a few songs leftover from his previous solo albums, so he set about to make sure that they got completed. He'd written up some newer songs following his split from Pattie Boyd, but of course, some would end up being frittered away as B-sides. His follow up album, Thirty-Three & 1/3, would be a much brighter affair, and completely unchanged from OTL.
Side A (20:16)
1. Love Comes to Everyone - 3:40
2. Sat Singing - 4:28
3. Dark Sweet Lady - 3:22
4. Tears of the World - 4:00
5. Faster - 4:46
Side B (20:57)
6. Flying Hour - 4:35
7. Soft Touch - 3:59
8. Lay His Head - 3:43
9. Circles - 3:46
10. Save the World - 4:54
Four songs off of George Harrison (the OTL album from 1979, of course) were given away to Rainbow Falls, so four of the leftovers were combined with the outtakes from Somewhere in England, with "Flying Hour" coming from 1978, as well as "Save the World" (also from 1978) and "Circles", which was written all the way back in 1968. This was the final solo album George Harrison released in John Lennon's lifetime.
Side A (22:14)
1. Wake Up My Love - 3:34
2. Teardrops - 4:09
3. Writing's on the Wall - 3:59
4. That's the Way It Goes - 3:34
5. Blood from a Clone - 4:03
6. If You Believe - 2:55
Side B (22:53)
7. Life Itself - 4:25
8. Unconsciousness Rules - 3:36
9. Soft-Hearted Hana - 4:03
10. Mystical One - 3:42
11. Unknown Delight - 4:16
12. I Don't Want to Do It - 2:51
The first post-Beatles album George Harrison recorded, being comprised of holdover tracks from George Harrison, Somewhere in England and Gone Troppo, excluding the covers from the latter two, as I wanted to focus on originals; "I Don't Want to Do It" is technically a cover, but Bob Dylan never released a version of it, so I think it skirts by on a technicality. This album is also the last that George releases before taking a sabbatical for a few years to watch over Apple Films. Towards the end of the 1980s, he puts out Cloud Nine and two albums with the Traveling Wilburys, all of which remain unchanged from OTL.
Side A (24:18)
1. Cheer Down - 4:08
2. Last Saturday Night - 2:38
3. Poor Little Girl - 4:33
4. Looking for My Life - 3:49
5. Cockamamie Business - 5:15
6. This Guitar (Can't Keep from Crying) - 3:55
Side B (23:37)
7. Stuck Inside a Cloud - 4:04
8. Run So Far - 4:05
9. Never Get Over You - 3:26
10. Maxine - 2:47
11. Rocking Chair in Hawaii - 3:08
12. Brainwashed - 6:07
In OTL, George's follow-up to Cloud Nine would not be released until a year after his death, but in Earth-130, he puts it out a decade earlier, having completed it following a tour in Japan with Eric Clapton. Portrait of a Leg End is basically OTL's Brainwashed, but with some songs being replaced - the new songs being "Cheer Down", "Poor Little Girl", "Cockamamie Business", "This Guitar (Can't Keep from Crying)" and "Maxine", the last of which was a Wilburys outtake. And as for what I chose to cut out? Rest assured, George was holding back a few songs for a special occasion.
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