1976-1992 Dark Horse Years [Box set, Original recording remastered, Best of]

WHY WOULD YOU RE-ISSUE A CD LIKE GONE TROPPO? BECAUSE GEORGE IS AN EX BEATLE AND HIS WORK SHOULD BE REPRESENTED IN ITS ENTIRETY, IN A COMPLETE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER.

THIS IS NOT THE DARK HORSE YEARS BUT SIX CD'S WITH A BONUS DVD.IT IS THE DARK HORSE ALBUMS.

FIVE CDS HAVE BONUS TRACKS THREE OF WHICH ONLY CONTAIN DEMO VERSIONS OF THE ORIGINALS ALREADY ON THE CD, HARDLY NECESSARY.

WHEN THE CD SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND WAS FIRST RELEASED THE RECORD COMPANY REJECTED FOUR SONGS AND THE COVER.THESE FOUR SONGS HAVE BEEN ON BOOTLEG FOR YEARS. THE RE-ISSUE VERSION HAS AMMENDED THE COVER TO THE ORIGINAL REJECTED SUPERIOR VERSION BUT FAILED TO ADD THE REJECTED FOUR SONGS AS BONUS TRACKS AND THUS PUT THESE UN-RELEASED SONGS WHERE THEY BELONG.

THE CLOUD NINE CD HOUSES FOUR OF THE FIVE UNRELEASED SHANGHI SURPRIZE SONGS.TWO ON THE REGULAR TRACK LIST AND TWO AS BONUS TRACKS.'THE HOTTEST GONG IN TOWN' IS THE FITH TRACK AND WHY IT WAS NOT ADDED WITH THE OTHER BONUS TRACKS TO HOUSE ALL FIVE SHANGHI SONGS IN ONE LOCATION IS A MISTERY. EVEN BETTER RELEASE ALL FIVE SONGS AS A CD WITH THE DVD TO THE MOVIE.THIS WOULD ALSO ELIMINATE THE NEED TO HAVE THREE VIDEOS FROM THIS MOVIE ON THE BONUS DVD.

THE DVD ONLY HAS ONE SONG 'THE HOTTEST GONG IN TOWN' WHICH IS NOT ON THE DARK HORSE CD'S. THE ONLY BENEFIT TO THE DVD IS THE
VISUAL ASPECT.THE DVD CONTAINS FOUR SONGS FROM THE LIVE IN JAPAN CD INCLUDED IN THE BOX.WHY WAS THE WHOLE 'LIVE IN JAPAN' CONCERT NOT RELEASED ON DVD AND NOT INCLUDED WITH THE CD OF THE SAME CONCERT? . IF THEY EVER RELEASE 'LIVE IN JAPAN' AS A FULL DVD THIS WILL MAKE THE FOUR TRACKS ON THE BONUS DVD REDUNDANT.

THREE TRACKS FROM THE PREVIOUSLY RELEASED OUT OF PRINT CD 'THE BEST OF DARK HORSE WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS SET.THESE THREE SONGS ONLY APPEAR ON THIS ABOVE MENTIONED CD.THEY ARE ALSO SIGNIFICANT AS THEY ARE THE ONLY THREE SONGS GEORGE PUT OUT FROM 1987-1992.ARE THESE SONGS NOT PART OF THE DARK HORSE YEARS?

ONCE YOU HAVE TAKEN OFF THE FOUR 'LIVE IN JAPAN' DVD TRACKS AND THE THREE 'SHANGHI SURPRIZE' DVD TRACKS AFTER PUTTING THEM WHERE THEY BELONG AS DESCRIBED ABOVE YOU ARE ONLY LEFT WITH SEVEN VIDEO'S.
TWO FROM THE '33&1/3' CD , ONE FROM "GEORGE HARRISON' CD AND THREE FROM THE 'CLOUD NINE' CD.THESE VIDEOS COULD HAVE BEEN PUT IN WITH THE CD PACKAGES AS BONUS MATERIAL WHERE THEY WOULD MATCH THE AUDIO VERSIONS.

ONE MIGHT ARGUE THAT A LATER COMPILATION OF GEORGES UNRELEASED WORK WILL BE RELEASED.IF SO THIS WILL STILL NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM
OF 'SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND' HAVING IT'S ORIGINAL COVER MINUS IT'S ORIGINAL SONGS.AND THE REPRESENTATION OF GEORGE'S WORK WILL BE OUT OF ORDER , BROKEN UP AND DISJOINTED.

THE BOX ALSO HAS NO FINGER SPACE TO RETRIEVE THE CDS SO THE BOX HAS TO BE TIPPED UPSIDE DOWN TO RETRIEAVE THE CDS.

A TRULY WAISTED OPPORTUNITY, WHY IS IT THAT BANDS I DONT LISTEN TO GET IT RIGHT AND HAVE EXCELLENT RE-ISSUES.

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