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    George Harrison’s Wife Olivia Details Rare Photos (Exclusive)

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    George Harrison was barely three years later Beatles when he released Living in the material world in 1973, a moving reflection on the star’s struggle to find spiritual enlightenment amid the excesses of celebrity.

    Today, more than five decades later, the record celebrates its 50th anniversary with a series of new editions (out now). Among these is a super deluxe edition box set which includes a 60-page hardcover book curated by the Harrison Estate, including his wife, Olivia.

    The book features previously unpublished photos of Harrison, who died in 2001 at the age of 58, spending time at his Friar Park estate in England. It was a period in the star’s life that he later described as “very emotional”, as he felt desperate to help solve the refugee crisis in Bangladesh.

    He eventually launched the Concert for Bangladesh and The Foundation of the Material Worldand donated the entire Material worldpublishing royalties to the organization.

    Here, Olivia Harrison reflects on rare and never-before-seen photos of her husband.

    A thoughtful troubadour

    George Harrison in 1973.

    All artwork is owned by GH Estate Ltd.


    “George wore the outfit and shoes he was wearing when I met him. He called them his ‘vegetarian shoes’. He borrowed a house that he thought was quite grand at the time, as an example of life in the material world.

    Cheers!

    George Harrison in 1973.

    All artwork is owned by GH Estate Ltd.


    “Obviously the theme of Living in the material world was the dilemma of navigating both the material and spiritual worlds in unison. Here’s George illustrating both at the same time.”

    A musician’s wish

    Handwritten lyrics to “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)” by Harrison.

    All artwork is owned by GH Estate Ltd.


    “I hope you come back Living in the material worldor discover it for the first time, and as you listen, share George’s wish for himself and for humanity…..

    give me Love

    give me Love

    Give me peace on Earth. »

    Say cheese

    George Harrison in 1973.

    All artwork is owned by GH Estate Ltd.


    “George in 1973 in the Friar Park topiary. Unfortunately, one morning the statue disappeared – taken by local ne’er-do-wells.”

    Green gardens

    All artwork is owned by GH Estate Ltd.


    Friar Park was Harrison’s Victorian Gothic Revival mansion in Henley-on-Thames, England, which he purchased in 1970. He restored many of the house’s gardens, including this topiary garden.

    His and Olivia’s son, Dhani, wrote in Olivia’s book George Harrison: Living in the Material World that his earliest memories of his father were of the star “somewhere in a dirt-covered garden…just planting trees all the time. I think that’s what I thought he did for the first seven years of my life.”

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