Cover for the North American, Australasian and French editions of the album The Best of George Harrison is a 1976 compilation album by English musician, released following the expiration of his -affiliated contract. Uniquely among all of the four ' solo releases (apart from live albums), it mixes a selection of the artist's Beatles-era songs on one side, with later hits recorded under his own name on the other. The song selection caused some controversy, since it underplayed Harrison's solo achievements during the 1970–75 period, for much of which he had been viewed as the most successful ex-Beatle, artistically and commercially. Music critics have also noted the compilation's failure to provide a faithful picture of Harrison's contribution to the Beatles' work, due to the omission of any of his compositions.

In a calculated move by EMI and its American subsidiary,, the compilation was issued during the same month as Harrison's debut on his -distributed label,. In the United States, The Best of George Harrison peaked at number 31 on 's albums chart and was certified by the in February 1977. The album failed to place on Britain's top 60 chart. It is the first of three hits-oriented Harrison compilation albums, and was followed by and the posthumously released. The album was issued on CD in 1987 featuring the cover artwork from the original British release, rather than the design created in-house by Capitol and used in the majority of territories internationally in 1976. The compilation has yet to be remastered since this 1987 release. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Background [ ] of observed in December 1976 that it was 'somehow ironic' that, having made 'millions of pounds' from ' recordings, should put out The Best of George Harrison within days of 's debut release on -distributed.

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The compilation was instigated by EMI's US counterpart,, a company with which Harrison had grown disaffected since August 1971, due to what author describes as its 'avaricious dithering' over the release of the album. In a final effort to force Capitol to distribute that live album at cost price, to generate much-needed funds for the refugees from, Harrison had gone public with the issue and embarrassed the label. On 26 January 1976, all the former Beatles' contracts with EMI/Capitol expired, and only had chosen to re-sign with Capitol. The two record companies were now free to license releases featuring songs from the band's back catalogue and the individual members' solo work (except for McCartney's), without the need for artist's approval. Following EMI's reissue of the entire Beatles UK catalogue in February that year, Capitol's first venture under the new arrangement was to release a compilation,, along with accompanying singles. Issued in June 1976, Rock 'n' Roll Music contained 28 previously released tracks from throughout the Beatles' career. And both expressed dissatisfaction with the compilation's running order, the reversion to a pre-1967 royalty rate for the band, and what Starr termed Capitol's 'craphouse' packaging.

After the record company had promised 'the largest selling campaign in the history of the music business', the album was a commercial success. Late in 1975, EMI/Capitol had issued greatest-hits collections on the Apple Records imprint for Lennon and Starr – and, respectively. Since Lennon and Starr were still nominally Apple artists, they each had input into the content and packaging of their solo compilation, and Lennon, in particular, was active in promoting his album. Shaved Fish and Blast from Your Past sold reasonably well, in America, but their sales failed to match record-company expectations. For Harrison, there had been long delays between releases following the international success of his triple album in 1970–71, due first to his commitment to the and later to his production work for Dark Horse Records acts and. Harrison issued his final studio album for Apple in the autumn of 1975,. As a result, by the time that Capitol came to prepare a compilation of his solo work the following year, he had effectively surrendered all artistic control over its content.