But his experience running a company, and touring to promote himself during that time, would reverberate for the rest of his career, in ways both positive and less so. Dark Horse began with the best intentions and was a testament to Harrison’s wide-ranging tastes. Many current rock and hip-hop artist-entrepreneurs have determined how to own, run, and distribute their own labels, but in the early years of such undertakings, everyone - especially the musicians who fronted the companies - was learning as they went along.

“You got to the end of that and Apple had split up, and he said, ‘I want to do something different.’ It was a new day and a fresh start.” “There was some time and distance between whatever they went through with the breakup of the Beatles,” says Olivia, who met Harrison during this time. During the company’s first few years, Harrison released records in genres few would have ever associated with the Beatles: suave disco, strummy folk rock, funky R&B, Seventies boogie rock, even proto-yacht rock. Dark Horse wasn’t simply one of the earliest artist-headed labels - along with labels started by the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and Jefferson Airplane - but one of the most eclectic. The list of contemporary musicians with their own imprints is vast and includes Drake, the Weeknd, Dan Auerbach, Meek Mill, Jack White, and Kanye West.

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