Talk:Gone Troppo

Circles

Circles should have an entry of its own as it was written when George was a Beatle.107.221.229.121 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 03:09, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

One album left on his current recording contract?

The article says that Harrison had "one album left on his current recording contract," however, he appeared on the Porky's Revenge soundtrack "courtesy of Warner Brothers Records" in 1985, and in a 1987 Rolling Stone article "New LPs coming from George Harrison and Ringo Starr," it says "The album would be Harrison's first since 1982's Gone Troppo. Harrison still has a deal with Warner Bros. through his own Dark Horse label." As far as I can tell he was with Warner Bros. continually from 1976 to June 1994. Piriczki (talk) 21:23, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

I've been reading about this issue while putting together an article on one of the album's songs, "Circles". In a 2011 Mojo article, John Harris calls Gone Troppo Harrison's "contract-finisher" with Warner Bros.; in their book Eight Arms to Hold You, Madinger & Easter say it was "the last LP of his Warners contract" – and I've found that book very well-researched, with the authors consulting AFM contracts to confirm studio dates and personnel, and BMI registration for dates of song copyrights. The same contract-finisher point is made by some of Harrison's biographers (from memory, Simon Leng and Alan Clayson). I take it that his contractual obligations were completed with Gone Troppo, in that it was an issue relating to Dark Horse Records and Warner's, which might explain why, as an individual/artist, George would still appear "courtesy of Warner Brothers Records" three years later. I wouldn't pay too much attention to Rolling Stone's 1987 wording – that the artist "still has a deal with Warner Bros." (Judging by the sources I've mentioned, there's every reason to think it was a new deal from 1986–87 onwards.) Either way, there's enough to support the "one album left" statement, although perhaps with an additional mention that Harrison's sole release over 1983–86, "I Don't Want to Do It" on Porky's Revenge, carried the "courtesy of Warner's" tag. JG66 (talk) 05:09, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

Gone Troppo

I recall Gone Troppo being a reference to his staying at his Hana, Maui Hawaii estate in the tropics? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Billkc7i (talk • contribs) 04:11, 8 April 2015 (UTC)