A George Harrison compilation that originally was released in 2009 is being issued on vinyl for the first time. Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison will be available as a two-LP set on July 11.
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The 19-track collection, which can be pre-ordered now, spans most of the late former Beatles guitarist’s solo career. It includes all four solo Harrison songs that topped the Billboard Hot 100—“My Sweet Lord,” “Isn’t It a Pity,” “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth),” and “Got My Mind Set on You.”
Several of George’s other solo hits also are featured on the album, including “What Is Life,” “Blow Away,” “All Those Years Ago,” and “When We Was Fab.”
In addition, Let It Roll features performances of three Harrison-penned Beatles classics from the 1971 Grammy-winning live album The Concert for Bangladesh. They are “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” “Something,” and “Here Comes the Sun.”
Two songs George contributed to soundtrack albums also appear on the compilation. “Cheer Down,” which Harrison co-wrote with Tom Petty, was featured on the soundtrack to the 1989 film Lethal Weapon 2. “I Don’t Want to Do It” is a cover of a rare late-1960s Bob Dylan song appeared on the soundtrack of the 1985 comedy Porky’s Revenge.
The retrospective features a pair of tunes from Harrison’s posthumous final studio album, Brainwashed, as well. Those songs are “Any Road” and “Marwa Blues.” Brainwashed was released in November 2002, about a year after Harrison’s death from cancer at age 58.
Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison peaked at No. 24 on the Billboard 200 and No. 4 on the U.K. albums chart.
Harrison’s Other Recent Archival Solo Releases
In November 2024, an expanded 50th anniversary edition of Harrison’s chart-topping 1973 studio album, Living in the Material World, was released.
The Living in the Material World reissue is available in multiple formats and configurations. Among the versions is a Super Deluxe Edition box set featuring two CDs, two LPs, a 7-inch vinyl single, and a Blu-ray audio disc.
The expanded reissue features a newly mixed version of the original album, a selection of previously unreleased alternate takes from the sessions, and the B-side “Miss O’Dell.” It also includes a previously unheard recording of “Sunshine Life for Me (Sail Away Raymond),” a Harrison-penned tune that appeared on Ringo Starr’s 1973 solo album, Ringo.
The vinyl single features the unheard recording of “Sunshine Life for Me (Sail Away Raymond),” and an instrumental version of the track.
The Blu-ray features Dolby Atmos mixes of all of the Living in the Material World album and bonus tracks.
Then, in April of this year, a special triple-LP edition of George’s breakthrough 1970 solo album All Things Must Pass, with each LP featuring a different colored zoetrope design, was released as part of the 2025 Record Store Day event.
Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison Two-LP Track List:
Side A
- “Got My Mind Set on You”
- “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)”
- “Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)”
- “My Sweet Lord”
- “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” (Live from Madison Square Garden, New York, 1971)
Side B
- “All Things Must Pass”
- “Any Road”
- “This Is Love”
- “All Those Years Ago”
- “Marwa Blues”
Side C
- “What Is Life”
- “Rising Sun”
- “When We Was Fab”
- “Something” (Live from Madison Square Garden, New York, 1971)
- “Blow Away”
Side D
- “Cheer Down”
- “Here Comes the Sun” (Live from Madison Square Garden, New York, 1971)
- “I Don’t Want to Do It”
- “Isn’t It a Pity”
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