A new collection of George Harrison’s early Beatles photographs is set to be published later this year, including a never-before-released song.
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The Third Eye: Early Photographs will be released on October 8 via Ebury Spotlight, collecting more than 200 never-before-collected photographs taken by Harrison between 1963 and 1969.
Many of the images will be published for the first time, and will include Harrison’s personal photos and 8mm film stills from The Beatles’ rise to global fame, from their first trip to the US to their times in Paris, Australia, Miami, Rishikesh and Tahiti.
The collection has been compiled and curated by Olivia Harrison, the late Beatle’s widow, and will also feature an introduction by author Colm Tóibín and an afterword by Booker Prize-winning novelist George Saunders.
In an essay accompanying the collection, Olivia Harrison said: “I want to show people, from George’s unique photographic perspective during the Beatles’ early years, that moment when the whole of your life is ahead of you with unknowable possibilities.”
She added that the images in The Third Eye capture “that spirit that George’s life possessed”.
Alongside the standard hardback edition, a limited number of deluxe editions will also be available, featuring a cloth-bound, foil-stamped book housed in a specially designed case. The edition will also include a seven-inch vinyl of a never-before-released song recorded by George Harrison, four photo prints and signed, numbered cards from Olivia Harrison.
