'The Traveling Wilburys' chronicles the adventures of Nelson, Otis, Lucky, Lefty and Charlie, in their own words and through hundreds of unseen photographs, Polaroids, drawings, log book entries and handwritten lyric sheets.

Genesis are the creators of classic books such as 'I Me Mine' and 'Concert For George', and 'The Traveling Wilburys' has been many years in the making. The result is an inside look at how five great singers, songwriters and musicians joined together in a series of kitchens and living rooms to write two albums of unforgettable songs.




For more information, and to Pre-Order 'The Traveling Wilburys', visit:
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If you wish to discuss the book further, you can call the Genesis office on +44 (0) 1483 540970 and request a free brochure.

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RAVI SHANKAR RECEIVES FIRST-EVER GEORGE HARRISON HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Recognition for Efforts in Saving the Lives of Children

New York, NY (Oct. 13, 2009) – Legendary Indian musician and peace advocate, Ravi Shankar has been honored with the first-ever George Harrison Humanitarian Award. The award was presented by the U.S. Fund for UNICEF and the George Harrison Fund for UNICEF following Shankar’s concert at Carnegie Hall in New York on October 10.

Shankar was recognized for his unprecedented efforts in saving the lives of children, and his involvement with the Concert for Bangladesh – organized by George Harrison and inspired by Ravi Shankar, the Concert marked the first time rock musicians collaborated for a common humanitarian cause.

“George Harrison and Ravi Shankar have been stalwart advocates on behalf of the world’s children their entire careers,” said Caryl Stern, President and CEO, U.S. Fund for UNICEF. “Every day 24,000 children die of preventable causes. We are pleased to honor Ravi Shankar with the George Harrison Humanitarian Award for his commitment to reducing that number and believing in zero.”

In 1971, George Harrison staged two concerts at New York's Madison Square Garden that brought together a star-studded cast of musicians including: Ravi Shankar, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Leon Russell and Billy Preston—to alert the world to the plight of the Bangladeshi people. At that time, the country was ravaged by floods, famine and civil war, which left 10 million people — mostly women and children — displaced and vulnerable.

“The Concert for Bangladesh was one of the most ambitious humanitarian efforts in rock music history,” said Olivia Harrison, Founder of The George Harrison Fund for UNICEF. “The concert focused global attention on the crisis in Bangladesh and raised the consciousness of other musicians and millions of their young fans to a new awareness of UNICEF and its mission in doing whatever it takes to save a child.”

The 1971 concert pioneered the all-star rock benefit concert model, which has since been widely emulated for various causes worldwide. It produced an extraordinary contribution for UNICEF, exceeding $15 million to support programs providing lifesaving assistance to children caught in humanitarian emergencies. The George Harrison Fund for UNICEF continues to support UNICEF programs in Bangladesh while expanding its influence to include other countries in crisis where children are at risk.

For more information, please visit www.unicefusa.org



About UNICEF
UNICEF has saved more children’s lives than any other humanitarian organization in the world. Working in over 150 countries, UNICEF provides children with health care, clean water, nutrition, education, emergency relief, and more. The U.S. Fund for UNICEF supports UNICEF’s work through fundraising, advocacy, and education in the United States.

UNICEF is at the forefront of efforts to reduce child mortality worldwide. There has been substantial progress—the annual number of under-five deaths dropped from 13 million in 1990 to 8.8 million in 2008. But still, 24,000 children die each day from preventable causes. Our mission is to do whatever it takes to make that number zero by giving children the essentials for a safe and healthy childhood. For more information, visit www.unicefusa.org

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GEORGE'S FIRST-EVER CAREER-SPANNING SOLO HITS COLLECTION, "LET IT ROLL: SONGS BY GEORGE HARRISON," IS RELEASED TODAY BY CAPITOL/EMI

iTunes Exclusively Offers Previously Unreleased Bonus Track, "Isn't It A
Pity" (Earliest Demo Version), with Digital Album Purchase.

The album covers George's solo hits from 1970's All Things Must Pass
Through 2002's Brainwashed, Remastered, Plus Live Recordings from 1971
Concert For Bangladesh.  Today, Capitol/EMI releases the collection in CD and digital formats, and iTunes exclusively offers the digital album with a previously unreleased bonus track, George's earliest demo version of "Isn't It A Pity."

The CD version includes a 28-page booklet featuring previously unseen and rare photos, and newly-written liner notes by Warren Zanes. The collection's 19 tracks have been digitally remastered by Giles Martin at EMI's Abbey Road Studios.

Visit http://www.georgeharrison.com for Let It Roll music previews, videos, wallpapers and more

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Included on the album
#1 Billboard Pop singles "My Sweet Lord", "Isn't It A Pity", "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)", and "Got My Mind Set On You".

Let It Roll also features live recordings of three timeless Harrison-penned Beatles songs, "Something", "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", and "Here Comes The Sun" from his 1971 all-star Concert For Bangladesh benefit at Madison Square Garden.

"The keyhole into the world of George Harrison is the music itself.  Yet his songs and the accomplishments for which he's remembered are inextricably bound-and those accomplishments are, without question, eclectic in scope", Zanes writes.

To order your copy:
Official Store (UK):
http://www.recordstore.co.uk/gharrison

Amazon (US):
Amazon US

iTunes (US):
iTunes US

iTunes (EUROPE):
iTunes (US)

Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison (CD, digital)

1. Got My Mind Set On You
2. Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)
3. The Ballad Of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) 
4. My Sweet Lord
5. While My Guitar Gently Weeps [Live] - Concert For Bangladesh
6. All Things Must Pass
7. Any Road
8. This Is Love
9. All Those Years Ago
10. Marwa Blues
11. What Is Life
12. Rising Sun
13. When We Was Fab
14. Something [Live] - Concert For Bangladesh   15. Blow Away 
16. Cheer Down
17. Here Comes The Sun [Live] - Concert For Bangladesh 
18. I Don't Want To Do It
19. Isn't It A Pity

iTunes Bonus Track: Isn't It A Pity (Earliest Demo Version)

GEORGE HARRISON’S FIRST-EVER CAREER-SPANNING SOLO HITS COLLECTION, ‘LET IT ROLL: SONGS BY GEORGE HARRISON,’ 

TO BE RELEASED JUNE 16 BY CAPITOL/EMI 

Collection Features Harrison’s Solo Hits from 1970’s All Things Must Pass Through 2002’s Brainwashed, Remastered, Plus Live Recordings from 1971 Concert For Bangladesh

Hollywood, California – May 5, 2009 – Capitol/EMI confirms the tracklist for George Harrison’s first-ever career-spanning solo hits collection, Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison.  To be released June 16 (June 15 internationally), the CD’s special packaging includes a 28-page booklet featuring previously unseen and rare photos, and newly-written liner notes by Warren Zanes. The collection’s 19 tracks have been digitally remastered by Giles Martin at EMI’s Abbey Road Studios, and will be available in CD and digital formats. 

“Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison is a gathering of material that takes us far into the territory that was ultimately a place unique to George Harrison,” writes Warren Zanes in his liner notes essay for the new collection.

This collection is the first to span Harrison’s entire solo recording career, including the #1 Billboard Pop singles “My Sweet Lord,” “Isn’t It A Pity,” “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth),” and “Got My Mind Set On You."  Let It Roll also features live recordings of three timeless Harrison-penned Beatles songs, “Something,” “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” and “Here Comes The Sun,” from his 1971 all-star Concert For Bangladesh benefit at Madison Square Garden.  

“The keyhole into the world of George Harrison is the music itself. Yet his songs and the accomplishments for which he’s remembered are inextricably bound—and those accomplishments are, without question, eclectic in scope,” Zanes writes.

George Harrison is a twice-inducted member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a solo artist and as a member of The Beatles, and an 11-time Grammy Award winner for his recordings with The Beatles, Traveling Wilburys, and as a solo artist.  On April 14, Harrison was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles.

PRE-ORDER FROM THE OFFICIAL STORE HERE: GEORGEHARRISON.COM

PRE-ORDER FROM AMAZON (US) HERE: AMAZON (US)

Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison (CD, digital)

1. Got My Mind Set On You

2. Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)

3. The Ballad Of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)

4. My Sweet Lord

5. While My Guitar Gently Weeps [Live] - Concert For Bangladesh

6. All Things Must Pass

7. Any Road

8. This Is Love

9. All Those Years Ago

10. Marwa Blues

11. What Is Life

12. Rising Sun

13. When We Was Fab

14. Something [Live] - Concert For Bangladesh

15. Blow Away

16. Cheer Down

17. Here Comes The Sun [Live] - Concert For Bangladesh

18. I Don’t Want To Do It

19. Isn’t It A Pity

We have posted photographs and video of this historic event at georgeharrison.com and at myspace.com/georgeharrison

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PRESS RELEASE APRIL 9, 2009

WHERE: 1750 Vine Street in front of the legendary Capitol Records building

WHEN: Tuesday, April 14, at 11:30 a.m.

Over a period of decades, George Harrison earned a reputation as one of the most enigmatic and creative individuals born to rock and roll. As signaled by his first post-Beatles release, 1970’s epic All Things Must Pass, here was a man with a story all his own. His list of accomplishments is long and eclectic in its scope.

George Harrison was born on February 25, 1943 in Liverpool. After a stint playing with his group the Rebels, George, together with his schoolmate Paul McCartney, joined John Lennon’s Quarrymen.  He was fifteen at the time, and the stage was set for The Beatles to emerge as the best possible news in post-War Britain.

Over the course of The Beatles' career, Harrison played the role of guitarist, singer and songwriter. His contributions to The Beatles’ catalogue include "I Need You,"  "Taxman," "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," "Something," and "Here Comes the Sun," to name only a few.  His lifelong interest in Indian culture advanced considerably through his friendship with Ravi Shankar and affected all of The Beatles and their musical explorations.

In the years immediately following the break-up of The Beatles, George pursued his interests in the creation and restoration of gardens, rare books, and car racing with the same intensity he brought to all of his passions.  At the same time, he followed up the massive success of All Things Must Pass with a string of major recordings, the bulk of which went gold or platinum. One could argue that The Concert for Bangladesh, featuring George’s friends Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Ravi Shankar, Leon Russell, Ringo Starr, and others, has had the greatest impact.  As a response to a world crisis, it was like nothing that the music business had witnessed up to that point and earned a Grammy for Album of the Year in 1973.

After a five-year hiatus from recording, George Harrison came back on top with 1987’s Cloud Nine. The album made the top ten in both the US and the UK.  It was in this same period that George formed the Traveling Wilburys.  “Handle with Care” was the Wilburys’ first single, and it caught the world by surprise.  The Wilburys would go on to earn a Grammy and are still remembered as the “supergroup” with no equal.

In the years 1994-96, George and the remaining Beatles gathered to work on The Beatles Anthology. The Anthology project was an enormous success, as a movie, a recording, and a book.  It would be George’s last adventure in Beatles territory.

After a life of excursions in the arts and spiritual adventures, George Harrison passed away in 2001.  The following year, A Concert for George was filmed at The Royal Albert Hall.  Among those who turned out to remember their friend were Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, George’s son Dhani, Billy Preston, and Joe Brown.  A magical night, the event captured something of the impact, warm and intense, George had on those fortunate enough to know him well.

His songwriting was powerful enough to generate standards in the field.  His love for humor and film turned him, almost inadvertently, into an important movie producer.  And, without a doubt, his contribution to The Beatles left an indelible mark on that band’s music and character—we hear it still.

Martin Scorsese is currently directing a documentary feature about George's remarkable life, and on April 14, Capitol/EMI will announce plans for a new George Harrison music release.


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"Floating down the stream of time, from life to life with me"



This year's Chelsea Flower Show featured a very special tribute to the life, music and philosophy of George Harrison: 'From Life to Life, A Garden For George'. The garden, which was designed by Yvonne Innes in collaboration with Olivia Harrison, and sponsored by The Material World Charitable Foundation, colourfully depicts George's journey from the material to the spiritual world. 

"George himself was an immensely talented and passionate gardener," Olivia Harrison said of the garden's inspiration. "As George dedicated his autobiography 'to gardeners everywhere' we do the same along with love and gratitude to George for the music, gardens and thoughtful legacy he left behind."

"The comments from our co-exhibitors and from the general public were fabulous," said designer Yvonne Innes. "For Olivia and I, it was exactly as I had drawn it and exactly as we had hoped it would be - a perfect tribute to George the Gardener."

We now invite you to take a stroll down the garden path at www.georgeharrison.com/garden. The website chronicles the journey of building the garden, from concept design to exhibition at the Chelsea Flower Show. Through vivid photos and video, you can watch George's garden spring to life before your eyes.

We hope you will enjoy.

www.georgeharrison.com/garden