Several years after the George Harrison Estate announced an agreement with BMG to bring his solo recorded works (via the Dark Horse Records label) and music publishing catalog together under one roof for the first time ever, more of his acclaimed albums are being reissued. On May 9, 2025, three of his solo titles will once again be available on vinyl and CD: 1974’s Dark Horse (pre-order in the U.S. and U.K.), 1975’s Extra Texture (pre-order in the U.S. and U.K.), and 1976’s Thirty Three & 1/3 (pre-order in the U.S. and U.K.). They’ll join such albums as 1973’s Living in the Material World and 1970’s All Things Must Pass that were reissued in expanded editions in recent years.
Harrison founded Dark Horse Records in 1974 as a place for his solo work and a home for supporting other artists. It is now led by his son, Dhani Harrison, and David Zonshine.
Harrison’s recorded catalog features 12 studio albums of solo works including the U.S. and U.K. chart-topping critically acclaimed, 7x Platinum-certified triple album All Things Must Pass featuring the #1 single “My Sweet Lord,” “What Is Life,” and “Isn’t It A Pity”; and the U.S. #1 Living In the Material World featuring the #1 single “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)”; through the Platinum-certified Cloud Nine featuring his #1 charting cover of “Got My Mind Set On You.”
This announcement ad for the album appeared in the June 2, 1973 issue of Record World.
The catalog also includes the double album Live In Japan, featuring Eric Clapton, and four compilations of Harrison recordings. 1987’s Cloud Nine returned to vinyl in 2024.
In 2022, BMG announced it had entered into a global publishing agreement with Harrison’s Estate to administer the Harrisongs catalog comprising more than 200 songs written with the Beatles, the Traveling Wilburys and Harrison’s solo career.
Harrisongs Limited contains his nearly two dozen songs written with the Beatles including the band’s most popular song on streaming services, “Here Comes the Sun,” as well as “I Me Mine,” “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” and the U.S. #1 single “Something,” his songs from the two albums recorded by supergroup The Traveling Wilburys featuring “End of the Line,” “Handle with Care,” “She’s My Baby,” and “Inside Out,” as well as the 12 studio albums of solo works.
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Having won the Album of the Year Grammy in 1973, it’s absolutely ludicrous that this seminal effort hasn’t been available on vinyl or cd for many, many years. It’s really criminal.