George Harrison - "
Thirty Three and 1/3" (Remastered) [Full
Album]
01. 00:00 "
Woman Don't You Cry for Me"
02. 03:18 "
Dear One"
03. 08:26 "
Beautiful Girl"
04. 12:08 "
This Song"
05. 16:22 "
See Yourself"
06. 19:14 "
It's What You Value"
07. 24:23 "
True Love"
08. 27:15 "
Pure Smokey"
09. 31:03 "
Crackerbox Palace"
10. 35:01 "
Learning How to Love You"
11. 39:16 "
Tears of the World" (
Bonus Track)
Thirty Three & 1/3 is the sixth studio
album by George Harrison released in
1976. As his first release on his
Dark Horse Records label, Thirty Three & 1/3 was beset with misfortune during its production, yet
Harrison still managed to deliver one of his most celebrated albums.
After satisfying his
EMI contract with
Extra Texture (
Read All About It), Harrison signed immediately with
Dark Horse, which was still under distribution with
A&M; Records. A part of their agreement was that Harrison was to deliver his new album by 25
June 1976.
Unfortunately, Harrison was stricken with hepatitis and was only able to start recording the record in late May. Not wanting to rush his debut album on his own label, Harrison put off
A&M;, telling them the album would be ready when it was ready. But with Dark Horse's other artists no longer doing so well, and
Harrison's star on the wane, A&M; decided they wanted to offload the label and promptly sued Harrison for late delivery of Thirty Three & 1/3 in September.[5]
Within weeks, Harrison had moved both Dark Horse and himself over to
Mo Ostin and
Warner Bros. Records, who were more than pleased to have him, and Thirty Three & 1/3 and its lead-off single, "This Song", the upbeat and sardonic send-up of the "
He's So Fine" vs. "
My Sweet Lord" court case (which Harrison lost in 1976) were both released that November.
Named for the fact that he was thirty-three and a third years old during its recording (as well as being the speed at which the vinyl album would be played), Thirty Three & 1/3 gave Harrison his strongest reviews since
All Things Must Pass, including many positive and uplifting songs. It was clear that despite his legal woes, Harrison would not let his bad luck get him down.
Unfortunately, the damage that previously-perceived mediocre albums had inflicted proved irreversible, and while Thirty Three & 1/3 actually outsold both Dark Horse and Extra Texture (Read All About It) in the
United States, it reached a lower peak, cresting at #11 and going gold and selling about 800,
000 copies
. In the United Kingdom, it merely made it to #35. While the US single "Crackerbox Palace" made the
Top 20 (and "This Song" #25), no UK
singles saw any chart action. In actuality, Harrison could not care less about his record sales at this
point in time.
Already a private person, he began retreating more from the music industry as the
1970s drew to a close and immersing himself into films and leisure activities.
Harrison's only major promotion for Thirty Three and 1/3 was an appearance with
Paul Simon as the musical guest on
Saturday Night Live on
20 November 1976, and in some of the show's comedy sketches. The duo performed "
Here Comes the Sun" and "
Homeward Bound" together on the programme. (The live Harrison-Simon performance of "Homeward Bound" was later included on the
1990 various artists' charity album,
Nobody's Child:
Romanian Angel Appeal and is also found on
The Essential Paul Simon,
Simon's greatest hits record released in
2007 on the bonus
DVD). The promotional videos for "Crackerbox Palace" and "This Song", both directed by
Eric Idle, debuted on the same episode.
In 2004, Thirty Three & 1/3 was remastered and reissued both separately and as part of the deluxe box set
The Dark Horse Years 1976--1992 on Dark Horse with new distribution by EMI, adding the bonus track "Tears of the World", an outtake from the
1980 sessions for
Somewhere in England.
- published: 14 Jul 2012
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