A good collection of songs from the "Beatle period" and early solo career of George Harrison. While the first side shows some of the peaks of George's achievement with the Beatles, such as "Here Comes The Sun", unquestionably one of the greatest songs ever written by a Beatle; "If I Needed Someone", perhaps George's first real "classic" track; and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", one of the first "panoramic rock" songs; there could have been more imagination in the selection of some songs (such as the rejection of the nice but insubstantial "For You Blue" to include songs like "Old Brown Shoe", George's last B-side for the Beatles and a track which should really be among Beatle classics). The second side only highlights hit singles from George's solo career; a few of the more memorable album tracks would have been welcome, such as "All Things Must Pass", "Living in the Material World", etc. Because this record was released in 1976, it obviously does not have any later releases on it, but some of these can be found on "Best of Dark Horse 1976-1989", where tracks from the following albums can be heard: 33 and 1/3 (1976), the excellent "George Harrison" album of 1979, Somewhere in England ('81), Gone Troppo ('82), and the masterpiece "Cloud Nine" ('88). Both of these albums together would be an excellent summary of George Harrison's career.

This collection of songs features the musical talents of L'Angelo Mysterioso as a Beatle, and doing his early, solo years (pre-Dark Horse).

George was active in the early 70's, either recording his own material or producing the works of others (most notably Badfinger's "Straight Up").

The songs on this CD are all very good. Unfortunately, it falls short of the mark. For openers, half the CD is full of Beatles recorded music. This material has already been packaged in various formats. The songs covering George's early solo years are terribly incomplete. Where is "All Things Must Pass?" Did they forget about the B-side to Bangladesh, "Deep Blue?" Why didn't "Beware the Darkness" Make the Cut?

To really make this CD more competitive, Capitol/EMI should have repackaged it -- you know, add some bonus tracks like the one's mentioned above.

If Capitol/EMI feels that they should mix some of George's Beatle contributions into this CD, then it should include "The Inner Light." However, I believe that George Harrison recorded enough good material as a solo artist to full any CD. There is ample material available from his "Apple Days."

I rated this CD three stars because (1) The Beatle material has been offered in other packages; thereby making half this CD nothing more than a knock-off of previously recorded material; (2) Representatives from EMI/Capitol could have selected much better material to include in this Collection of greatest hits, and (3) The CD should have been repackaged to include more selections; thereby making it more complete.

As it stands right now, this CD represents nothing more than a record company holding an artist to the terms of his contract -- by way of cashing in on a name (The Beatles).

Released in 1976, after Harrison's EMI contract had lapsed, this title is a study in missed opportunities. In its original LP format, side one consisted of Harrison songs recorded by the Fab Four, with side two containing solo material.The original (North American) cover art has been replaced here by that used in overseas editions of the album, but it's no improvement...the current graphics have a thrown-together quality.As for the tunes---the whole is less than the sum of the parts. It seems somewhat cynical of Capitol/EMI to include Beatles recordings here, as if to say Harrison didn't have enough quality solo work for a "best of" set.Keep in mind that this was before the time of boxed set collections, with rarities like obscure b-sides and outtakes.Having cleared those hurdles, though, the music itself is a decent introduction to the Quiet Beatle's song- and record-crafting career. I'd recommend it to those new to Harrison's work, and to the Beatles freaks who have to have EVERYTHING. Perhaps EMI will someday rethink the concept of a solo Harrison "best-of" set.Here's hoping!

The low rating does not reflect the quality of what's on this album. It reflects wasted potential. As of 1976, the year this compilation was first released, George was probably the second most successful former Beatle behind Paul. And yet, when it came time to put together a "best of" collection, they filled half of it with Beatles songs!

Don't get me wrong. Every song on here is either very good or great. But chances are that most people who originally bought this already had every Beatles album, making this 50% redundant. Instead of yet another rehashing of "Something" and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", each of which were already available on TWO Beatles collections, we could have had some more obscure, yet worthy, tracks such as "Wah-Wah", "Sue Me Sue You Blues", "Living in the Material World", or even "Ding Dong Ding Dong" (as silly as this song is, it's quite catchy).

I agree with the reviewer below that this collection should be revamped "Yellow Submarine"-style especially now that the individual albums (except for _All Things Must Pass_) are now out of print in the U.S.

I have heard many solo albums by the Beatle guys. Though it was said that John Lennon & Paul McCartney had the best solo careers (Paul's music is also really good to me) but I think George Harrison should have been called "The Best solo Beatle"! I really, really LOVE this album! I have 40 albums and this one is my FAVORITE ("McCartney" is my 2nd)! I really like the songs "Something", "Here Comes the Sun", "Taxman", "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "My Sweet Lord", "Bangla Desh", and "Dark Horse". Alot of people find this hard to listen to because these songs are so full of life, and now, George Harrison is dead. But I think these keep him alive! Example: In the song "Here Comes the Sun" he sings the line "Here comes the sun" and I feel ( Knowing hes dead!) hes the sun in heaven, and when he sings the line "Its alright" I feel that hes saying hes dead, but its OK and hes happy!

This is truely a beautiful CD with very meaning full songs. George Harrison was a fantastic songwriter. This is a HUGE recomend! Worth MORE than five stars! WAY MORE!!!!!!!!