It's the finale of 1982 and this epic year in former Beatle history has one more surprise left before the new year. It's a brand new LP from George Harrison, the tongue-in-cheek, happy-go-lucky, sardonic-with-a-smile GONE TROPPO. As early clues to the new direction go, this collection is chock-full of the kinds of upbeat synth bop that would permeate the 1980's and serve George well in the years to come. Tracks like Greece, Dream Away and the title track Gone Troppo are an exploration in catchy hooks, musical virtuosity and major key commercial potential. But as album projects go, this effort from Harrison was intended more as a gigantic middle finger to the music business, not promoted in any way by its creator and signaling the beginning of a long recording hiatus for George similar to that of John Lennon in the mid-seventies. 1982 gave us many things - new music, new projects, and a new tone for the decade to come...see you in 1983.

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