#harrisonarchive book recommendations

[harrisonarchive]

Photo by Ed Caraeff.

Perhaps the most frequently asked question this fan page gets is: are there any George books you’d recommend? So, for anyone interested, here are my personal top picks. Please note, these are just the fan page curator’s opinions. • I Me Mine — insightful commentary about the songs and what inspired them, alongside insights from Derek Taylor (with whom George conversed for this book), and, in the new editions, an introduction by Olivia. Indispensable. • Living In The Material World — accompanying the 2011 documentary of the same name, this is a treasure trove of rare photographs and commentary by those who knew George best. As with the previous book, indispensable. • Came The Lightening: Twenty Poems for George by Olivia Harrison • While My Guitar Gently Weeps: The Music of George Harrison by Simon Leng — an in-depth look at George’s music. • All Things Must Pass Away: Harrison, Clapton, and Other Assorted Love Songs by Kenneth Womack and Jason Kruppa — a detailed exploration of ATMP. • Very Naughty Boys: The Amazing True Story of HandMade Films by Robert Sellers (2013) — as the title indicates, a closer look at HandMade Films. • If you can speak German, of course, a book with a lot of insightful mentions of George is Klaus Voormann's Warum spielst du Imagine nicht auf dem weißen Klavier, John? (published in German only, 2003, and quite frequently translated from for this fan page). • Honorable mention: Here Comes The Sun: The Spiritual and Musical Journey of George Harrison by Joshua M. Greene (2006) And, as always, in terms of an ordinary biography covering all of George’s life and career… I personally feel that his own interviews and songs provide more insight into George as a complex human and an extraordinary artist than any one definitive biography that sanctifies him or bases itself in large part on rumors and gossip (and doesn’t see George as a human being with a family and a right to privacy).

[georgeharrisonsmiling]

Have you read 'Get back : the unauthorized chronicle of the Beatles' Let it be disaster' or is listening to recordings enough for you? I'm thinking now what's best to do😬

And what books would you recommend about George?

Hi.

I've read some parts of that book. Haven't had time to read it whole yet. It's quite useful though they didn't have access to all the tapes, but it gives us a lot of insight edited out of Get Back. As for the audios, I don't have all the recordings either so in that regard, the book is quite useful. This page also contains information about the tapes.

About the books, I still don't consider myself enough of an expert to recommend things so I will just link this post from @harrisonarchive

[ceofjohnlennon]

Hi! Do you have any good books on George to read? I've love to read more, but it's hard to find much on him 😔

Hello! You are right, there's little material on George, which is a shame because he had an incredible life, and I, personally, need to read more books about him. I recommend, of course, Pattie Boyd's book and "George Harrison" by Alan Crayson. I also highly recommend the @harrisonarchive account as there are a lot of cool things about him. :)