In 1980, the publisher Genesis released the memoir George Harrison, written by the same artist. The success of the launch was based on the fact that it was a limited edition signed by the musician himself and of which only two thousand copies were made, at a high value of 335 pounds sterling each. Of course, currently the copies of that launch more than 40 years ago are listed at a very high price. A real challenge to the devotion and collecting for The Beatles.
publishers Simon & Shuster Y ChronicleBooks they later offered editions at a much cheaper selling price, dispensing with some of the full-color material found in the original release. Last year, Books of the Kultrum published in Spain “YO. I. MINE. Letters and memories of George Harrison, including the material discarded in previous copies. That volume arrives this month at Argentine bookstores. The price is not quite as high as the original, but it will take some effort to buy it: it costs $8990.
In addition to handwritten lyrics and other curiosities, the publication highlights a wide selection of photographs from the “beatle’s” family and personal archive, while including lysergic inscriptions on each image. The work of the guitarist, who died in 2001, is recognized in his work with the band of Liverpoolwith legendary songs like “Something” Y “I Need You”and also in his solo stage in the 80s with the hit “I got my mind set on you” and his participation in The Traveling Willburys.
“I can not take it anymore. I decided: this far we have come. This isn’t fun anymore, being in this band is depressing, this is all bullshit, thanks, I’m out… John and Yoko had terrible tantrums and spent the time yelling at each other. I left the band, I came back to my house… and I wrote this tune”, is part of a fragment of the rockstar, which attaches this text about the song wah-wahincluded in his work All Things Must Pass.
In 640 pages, a mental journey of the musician is made before, during and after the “Fab Four”, derived from the recorded and transcribed conversations with the press officer of the British group Derek Taylor. With anecdotal passages in which he refers to his work as a film producer of the film “Brian’s Life” of the Monty Pythonhis youthful romances in the heat of the fury of the band and his friendship with John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. An autobiographical account without interference, or self-censorship, of his personal life and his creative development, at the “moderate” price of 8,990 pesos.
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