George Harrison - Thirty Three & 1/3 (1976)
Tracklist / front / back album covers
Side one
"Woman Don't You Cry for Me" – 3:18
"Dear One" – 5:08
"Beautiful Girl" – 3:39
"This Song" – 4:13
"See Yourself" – 2:51
Side two
"It's What You Value" – 5:07
"True Love" (Cole Porter) – 2:45
"Pure Smokey" – 3:56
"Crackerbox Palace" – 3:57
"Learning How to Love You" – 4:13
Bonus tracks
For the 2004 digitally remastered issue of Thirty Three & 1⁄3, a bonus track was added:
"Tears of the World" – 4:04
"Learning How to Love You (Early Mix)" – 4:13
George Harrison – vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, synthesizers, percussion, backing vocals
Tom Scott – saxophones, flute, lyricon
Richard Tee – piano, organ, Fender Rhodes
Willie Weeks – bass
Alvin Taylor – drums
Billy Preston – piano, organ, synthesizer
David Foster – Fender Rhodes, clavinet
Gary Wright – keyboards
Emil Richards – marimba
Thirty Three & 1⁄3 (stylised as Thirty Three & 1/ॐ on the album cover) is the seventh studio album by English musician George Harrison, released in November 1976. It was Harrison's first album release on his Dark Horse record label, the worldwide distribution for which changed from A&M Records to Warner Bros. as a result of his late delivery of the album's master tapes. Among other misfortunes affecting its creation, Harrison suffered hepatitis midway through recording, and the copyright infringement suit regarding his 1970–71 hit song "My Sweet Lord" was decided in favour of the plaintiff, Bright Tunes Music. The album contains the US top 30 singles "This Song" – Harrison's satire on that lawsuit and the notion of plagiarism in pop music – and "Crackerbox Palace". Despite the problems associated with the album, many music critics recognised Thirty Three & 1⁄3 as a return to form for Harrison after his poorly received work during 1974–75, and considered it his strongest collection of songs since 1970's acclaimed All Things Must Pass.
Harrison recorded Thirty Three & 1⁄3 at his Friar Park home studio, with production assistance from Tom Scott. Other musicians on the recording include Billy Preston, Gary Wright, Willie Weeks, David Foster and Alvin Taylor. Harrison undertook extensive promotion for the album, which included producing comedy-themed video clips for three of the songs, two of which were directed by Monty Python member Eric Idle, and making a number of radio and television appearances. Among the latter was a live performance with singer-songwriter Paul Simon on NBC-TV's Saturday Night Live. The album was remastered in 2004 as part of the Dark Horse Years 1976–1992 reissues following Harrison's death in 2001.
