wingspan, I love your track listing suggestion. It is easily one of the best I have seen from a fan of George's music. I love the opening of his signature "My Sweet Lord," and I personally have thought that "All Things Must Pass" would make the perfect closer to a greatest hits album, despite it throwing off any potential chronological listing. Well forget about chronology! This makes it more interesting. I'm still undecided about whether or not I would want Traveling Wilburys songs on a compilation, but I don't think it would hurt (but then when I see "Handle with Care" on a suggestion list, I can't help but wonder "why not 'End of the Line' as well?"). I am very happy to see your inclusion of "This Is Love," "Isn't It a Pity," and the aforementioned "All Things Must Pass"...songs I always include in any Harrison mix I concoct. I would be quite disappointed if any one of these songs were left off any future career-spanning compilation they decide to put out. Even though you did already excuse yourself for including "True Love" due to time limitations, I think it would actually be better to ax that song and leave the empty 3 minutes of space. The only song I really feel you should have included that you didn't was George's U.K. top 40 hit single and Grammy-nominated "Any Road." I would definitely keep "Stuck Inside a Cloud" on the track listing (again, I'm glad you put that on there), but I think "Any Road" should also be on there. Some fans might miss the now-out-of-print "Cheer Down," however, I've always been on the fence about including that on a new best-of set, so I'm not too bothered that you left that one off. "Horse to the Water" would also make a nice inclusion as, from what I've read, it is his last recorded song, made a little dent on the radio, and it is also unavailable on any George Harrison release.
However, "Wake Up My Love" and/or "Ding Dong Ding Dong" (or dare I say "Isn't It a Pity," "All Things Must Pass," "This Is Love") may end up being casualties if songs like "Cheer Down" and "Horse to the Water" are included.
Now I know that including "Any Road" in place of "True Love" would push the running time over 80 minutes, but here is a possible solution that may cause a lot of controversy among Harrison fans: Edit down "Isn't It a Pity" to 6 minutes. Try it out. At the six minutes mark, begin to slowly fade out the music, and nothing sounds out of place.
Lennon Legend's "Mother" was an edit, Wingspan's "With a Little Luck" and "Junior's Farm" were also edited versions.
Just at a curiosity, which song would you have included in place of "True Love" had time not been an issue?
Oh, and I also think the idea of simultaneously releasing a 1- and 2-disc version of a new Best Of would be a good idea. Perhaps throw in a few songs like "Flying Hour" and "Sat Singing" onto disc 2. And perhaps that would be the best place for "Cheer Down" and "Horse to the Water."
