the Reluctant Beatle page 46 by ric gustafson
In the first part of 1991, the Traveling Wilburys released a second album ' Traveling Wilburys vol 3'. It did not do as well as the first album. Eric and Pattie Clapton divorced in 1988. In 1994, Handmade Films was sold to Paragon Entertainment Group for $ 8.5 million.
George's financial salvation came from the band George was always trying to get away from. Someone the Beatles trusted was Neil Aspinall. Over the years, he had gathered a film documentary. It was titled ' The Long and Windy Road'. The project was fine with George with one exception. George wanted the title to be changed. It was changed to ' The Beatles Anthology'. George, Paul and Ringo agreed to do some new music for the documentary. Yoko Ono gave Paul a cassette tape with four demos that John had done. She gave the three permission to overdub the recordings. The first song on the tape the three worked on was a song called ' Free As A Bird'.
In Jan 1995, George's lawsuit against Denis O'Brien came before Los Angeles County Superior Court. George's complaint was 18 pages. O' Brien was accused of drastically reducing and reorganizing George's finances and business holdings without his knowledge or consent.
' The Beatles Anthology' was released in November 1995. Anthology 1 sold 450,000 it's first day. Anthology 2 and 3 did well also.
George was very pleased about the royalties.
research help: ' George Harrison the Reluctant Beatle' by Philip Norman
Peace and God's blessings. Love Ric
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