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Dark Horse Studio album by George Harrison Released 9 December 1974 Recorded September-October 1974 Genre Rock Length 41:19 Label Apple Producer George Harrison Professional reviews Allmusic link Rolling Stone (not favourable) link George Harrison chronology Living in the Material World (1973) Dark Horse (1974) Extra Texture (Read All About It) (1975) Singles from Dark Horse "Ding Dong, Ding Dong" Released: 6 December 1974 "Dark Horse" Released: 28 February 1975 Dark Horse is an album by George Harrison, released as the follow-up to Living in the Material World in 1974. Dark Horse is notable for the well-attended, but ultimately infamous North American tour that supported it, which would turn out to be Harrison's only set of performances there as a solo artist. Contents 1 History 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Chart positions 5 Charts 6 Shipments and sales 7 References 8 External links History 1974 saw a separation from first wife Pattie Boyd, who left Harrison for friend Eric Clapton, with the situation later being uncomfortably parodied on Dark Horse with a cover of "Bye Bye Love". That year also saw Harrison planning for his future. With the end of his EMI contract in sight, he founded Dark Horse Records—to be distributed through A&M Records—and spent much of the year signing acts and guiding their development. When his EMI contract expired in January 1976, Harrison would move to the Dark Horse label himself. With the impending tour pencilled in for the last two months of the year, Harrison was only able to start recording his own album - which he was also dubbing Dark Horse - in September, leaving him little time to complete it. Aiding Harrison were Ringo Starr, Jim Keltner, Nicky Hopkins, Billy Preston and the aforementioned Eric Clapton. The sessions, which were held at his home studio in Henley-on-Thames, compounded Harrison's unfortunate development of laryngitis. When it was time to leave for the US in mid-October to begin rehearsing for the tour - with the album still unfinished - Harrison's voice was completely raw. Ringo Starr confirmed this with Beatlefan magazine when he stated that Harrison was hoarse before he left England to complete the album and start tour rehearsals. After quickly recording the title track (a future US Top 20 hit), Dark Horse was quickly pressed and rushed into shops that December. Although the music was much more uplifting than Living in the Material World's and featured some excellent guitar work, critics soon began calling the album "Dark Hoarse", in reference to Harrison's suffering vocals. With no time to let his throat heal, he performed the entire tour in a sandpaper voice, much to the disapproval of reviewers and fans. The negative press Harrison received also stemmed from his unpopular decision to include an Indian music portion to the concert, as well as performing The Beatles' "In My Life" with philosophically-modified lyrics. After the tour's conclusion, Harrison was so averse to touring that he would hardly ever appear live again, save for a brief Japanese tour in 1991 at Clapton's insistence. Dark Horse failed to chart at all in the UK, while it reached #4 in the US during a brief chart stay, going gold. In 1992, Dark Horse was remastered for CD release. Track listing All songs by George Harrison, except where noted. "Hari's On Tour (Express)" – 4:43 "Simply Shady" – 4:38 "So Sad" – 5:00 A song originally recorded as "So Sad (No Love of His Own)" by Alvin Lee & Mylon LeFevre on their On the Road to Freedom album from 1973 - featuring George on slide guitar Iain Matthews also recorded a demo version of this song in 1974, but it wasn't released until "Orphans & Outcasts, Vol. 1: Collection Of Demos, 1969-1979" album in 1993 "Bye Bye, Love" (Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant, George Harrison) – 4:08 A wry cover of The Everly Brothers' 1957 hit with modified parody lyrics by Harrison, in reference to first wife Pattie Boyd's union with friend Eric Clapton. Rumours circulated that Clapton himself appeared on guitar with Boyd on backing vocals, but they were unfounded.[1] "Māya Love" – 4:24 "Ding Dong, Ding Dong" – 3:40 Harrison's New Year's song, released as a single "Dark Horse" – 3:54 "Far East Man" (George Harrison, Ronnie Wood) – 5:52 Co-writer Ronnie Wood's version of "Far East Man" appears on his 1974 debut album I've Got My Own Album to Do "It Is "He" (Jai Sri Krishna)" – 4:50 Personnel George Harrison – vocals, guitar, bass Mick Jones – guitar Billy Preston – electric piano Ringo Starr – drums Steve Winwood – synthesizer, harmonium, background vocals Ron Wood – guitar Gary Wright – piano Robben Ford – guitar Roger Kellaway – piano Tom Scott – flute, saxophone Nicky Hopkins – piano Alvin Lee – guitar Jim Keltner – drums Max Bennett – bass Eric Clapton – guitar Ray Cooper – percussion Chuck Findley – flute, horn John Guerin – drums Patti Harrison – vocals Neil Larsen – synthesizer Andy Newmark – drums Emil Richards – marimba Derrek Van Eaton – vocals Klaus Voormann – bass Willie Weeks – bass Gayle Levant – harp Dick Newman – strings Chart positions Chart (1974/75) Position Weeks United States Billboard 200 [2][3] 4 17 Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart (top 20)[4] 7 12 Austrian Albums Chart (top 30)[5] 10 4 Japanese Oricon Weekly LP Chart (top 100)[6] 18 16 New Zealand Albums Chart (top 40)[7] 29 4 Charts Album Year Chart Position 1974 Billboard 200 4 1970 UK Top 75 Didn't chart Singles Year Single Chart Position 1975 "Ding Dong, Ding Dong" Billboard Hot 200 36 1975 "Dark Horse" UK Top 100 15 1975 "Ding Dong, Ding Dong" Billboard Hot 200 38 1975 "Dark Horse" UK Top 100 Didn't chart Shipments and sales "wikitable" Country Organization Certification Shipments United States RIAA Gold[8] 500,000+ United Kingdom BPI Silver 60,000+ Country Provider Sales Japan Oricon 46,000+[9] References ^ Leng, Simon (2003). The Music of George Harrison: While My Guitar Gently Weeps. London: Firefly Publishing. p. 115. ISBN 0-946719-50-0.  ^ "allmusic ((( Dark Horse > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r8990/charts-awards. Retrieved October 2, 2009.  ^ "George Harrison - Chart trajectories on the US Billboard 200". October 2006. http://homepage1.nifty.com/tuty/after_beatles_george_albumchartaction_usa.htm/. Retrieved October 3, 2009.  ^ "norwegiancharts.com George Harrison - Extra Texture". VG-lista. http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=George+Harrison&titel=Extra+Texture&cat=a. Retrieved October 2, 2009.  ^ "George Harrison - Dark Horse - austriancharts.at". http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=George+Harrison&titel=Dark+Horse&cat=a. Retrieved October 2, 2009.  ^ a-ザ・ビートルズ "- Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Albums Chart Daijiten - The Beatles" (in Japanese). December 30, 2007. http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/al_beatles.html a-ザ・ビートルズ. Retrieved September 22, 2009.  ^ "charts.org.nz - George Harrison - Dark Horse". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=George+Harrison&titel=Dark+Horse&cat=a. Retrieved October 2, 2009.  ^ "RIAA — Gold & Platinum — Searchable Database". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&title=Dark%20Horse&format=ALBUM&go=Search&perPage=50. Retrieved October 3, 2009.  ^ "George Harrison Japanese Album Chart trajectories". October 2006. http://homepage1.nifty.com/tuty/after_beatles_george_albumchartaction_japan.htm/. Retrieved October 3, 2009.  External links A different interpretation of the album v · d · eGeorge Harrison Studio albums All Things Must Pass · Living in the Material World · Dark Horse · Extra Texture (Read All About It) · Thirty Three & 1/3 · George Harrison · Somewhere in England · Gone Troppo · Cloud Nine · Brainwashed Live albums The Concert for Bangladesh · Live in Japan · Concert for George Soundtracks Wonderwall Music Experimental albums Electronic Sound Compilations The Best of George Harrison · Best of Dark Horse 1976–1989 · Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison Box sets The Dark Horse Years 1976–1992 Related articles Discography · Songs · The Beatles · Traveling Wilburys · Harrisongs · Dark Horse Records · The Concert for Bangladesh · Pattie Boyd · Olivia Harrison · Dhani Harrison · Eric Clapton · Jeff Lynne · Kinfauns · Friar Park · Concert for George · HandMade Films · "Homer's Barbershop Quartet" · Living in the Material World: George Harrison GeorgeHarrison.com