Love Me Deux

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--GEORGE HARRISON The reclusive guitarist, 57, made headlines last year when he was stabbed by a crazed intruder (found not guilty of attempted murder by reason of insanity last Nov. 15). While there's no word on when he'll record a new disc--his last studio album was 1987's hit Cloud Nine--he is revamping his landmark 1970 solo work All Things Must Pass, due Jan. 23. The remastered two-CD set will include outtakes, alternate versions, and a newly recorded rendition of "My Sweet Lord."

--JOHN LENNON The legacy lives on. In November, Capitol reissued two of his best non-Beatles albums, Plastic Ono Band and Double Fantasy, both remastered and with bonus tracks. (A similar upgrade for the rest of Lennon's catalog remains a question mark.) While consumer response hasn't come close to 1's--imagine that--the first two reissues "flew out the door," says Tony Castillo, the pop/rock CD buyer at a Manhattan Tower Records. "Collectors are collectors: Give 'em extra tracks or original artwork or remaster it and people will buy another copy."

--RINGO STARR Even Beatle fanatics might have missed I Wanna Be Santa Claus--the 1999 album from the rhyming Charles Schwab pitchman--but they may be more excited about the 60-year-old's three-CD boxed set documenting the past six tours of Ringo's All-Starr Band (due in early 2001). The Anthology...So Far will include Joe Walsh, Peter Frampton, Levon Helm (The Band), and Jack Bruce (Cream), as well as Ringo faves like "Yellow Submarine." Also in the works: an All-Starr Band DVD with live performances and backstage footage, as well as a new tour in 2002. "He's performed for over a million people in the last 12 years," says Dave Fishof, producer of all the All-Starr tours. "Somebody once asked him why he does all of this, and he said, 'Because I'm a drummer!'" And we thought he was just a Beatle.

(Additional reporting by Chris Willman)

Originally posted Jan 05, 2001 Published in issue #1 Feb 16, 1990 Order article reprints

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