On June 16, George Harrison's first greatest-hits collection in more than 30 years was released. The set, 'Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison,' is the only compilation that spans his entire solo career. Its release is one of a series of current activities celebrating Harrison's legacy, starting in April when he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In September come both the Beatles' highly anticipated version of Rock Band and their rereleased, remastered catalog.

Spinner talked with Harrison's widow, Olivia, about 'Let It Roll,' plans for other Harrison reissues and her late husband's obsession with taping everything.

How involved were you in picking the music for 'Let it Roll'?

More than I cared to be, to be honest, because it was nearly impossible. Everyone was fighting and pushing and pulling. [Harrison's son] Dhani had a list, of course, and he was, "No, you can't have this; you gotta have this." Then the record company has ideas ... I had a two-CD set; we really honed it down [to one] ... We tried to pick something from every era.

What's the most gratifying part for you that there's seemingly no end in the interest in George's music, whether it's solo, with the Traveling Wilburys or with the Beatles?

I guess just hearing his voice. I love that voice ... But you know, [people] would say, "What would you like to be remembered for?" and [George] would say, "I don't really care if I'm remembered" ... He wasn't trying to make himself into something that had to be remembered. If somebody takes something away, which I think they have and obviously his music has endured, [that's fine], but if not, that's fine, too.

Do you listen to your husband's music a lot?

I listen to a lot of really rough recordings, cassettes and demos. George seemed to have a tape recording going ...The other night I listened to New Year's Eve, it must have been '87. There was Joe Brown, a great musician; and Dave Edmunds; Alvin Lee, who was a neighbor; Jon Lord from Deep Purple. We're all just hanging out. And then we're sitting around the piano, someone has a guitar. You can hear all the wives talking, the guys are playing and we're all singing along ...I'm like, 'Wow, who had this tape going,' you know? And George would always end up putting it in his pocket, throwing it in a drawer, so I listen to things like that.

Any thought of releasing them?

No, not really, but you just sit and listen and it's sort of like you're there again.

Why is there no previously unreleased material on the set?

George had a "best of" that ended in 1976 -- that was the only "best of" collection out there. That album always bothered me ... I just thought that is really not fair and I think we have to put something in that place, and that's really what this is.

Ask Dhani Harrison his biggest influence and his answer is not surprising. "Mostly just my dad. I spent more time with him than anyone," Harrison says of his father, the late, great George Harrison. "I was recording stuff with my dad when I was like five, six years old. I played with him on tour. I'd gone with him to Japan in '91, played some gigs, did a couple shows at the Albert Hall."

But growing up playing with George meant playing with a lot of his father's famous friends as well, and the younger Harrison, now making music with his band theNewNo2, has gotten to learn from some of the true greats, including when the elder Harrison played was alongside Jeff Lynne, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty as part of the Traveling Wilburys. "Just that band, the Wilburys, was so nice," Harrison recalls. "Tom Petty was the kind of guy who was always kind of fun and happy, didn't seem to give a s--- about anything and was like a real rock 'n' roller. He was a really big influence on me."

George Harrison's son, Dhani, has been working with Harmonix, the makers of the wildly successful 'Rock Band,' while making his own music with the NewNo2. But Dhani Harrison tells Spinner it was through his own music he was able to bring the Beatles to 'Rock Band,' which hits shelves September 9. "I had a few of my own songs on there before I brought the project to the Beatles," he says. "Then, I could go to Apple [Corps Ltd.] and say, 'This is what I'm doing with my music and I intend to do this with the George Harrison catalog and the Beatles catalog, if you will let me. This is a great music delivery system.'"

Having now brought the most popular rock band of all time to the digital age, who would Harrison like to see follow the Beatles? "Radiohead and Led Zeppelin," he says without hesitating. "Radiohead are reluctant to give up their masters. They don't like people having the stems because they don't want them to remix their stuff. If you've been Radiohead for this long you shouldn't really worry about that because it's not as if anybody's going to remix your tracks better than you've done. And Zeppelin would just be great, straight-up rock 'n' roll."

George Harrison became the newest recipient of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Tuesday with a little help from his friends.

By "friends" we mean former Beatles mate Sir Paul McCartney, Tom Petty, Tom Hanks and a number of other luminaries. Fittingly, Harrison's star, unveiled by his widow, Olivia, and son, Dhani, is right in front of the Capitol Records building and a few stars down from that of John Lennon, who is the only other Beatle to have his own star.

McCartney didn't speak, but catered to the crowd -- several hundred people strong -- at the intersection of Hollywood and Vine. He waved, smiled and charmingly pretended to polish Harrison's star.

On This Date in 1970: 'All Things Must Pass,' a triple LP set by George Harrison, is released.

The Almanac Advises for November 27: "Some younger siblings need to be allowed to come out from the shadow of their older family members in order to make their own mark."

On This Date in 1976: A judge rules that George Harrison plagairized the melody of his 1970 song 'My Sweet Lord' from the Chiffons' 1963 hit 'He's So Fine.'

The Almanac Advises for August 31: "In high schools and colleges everywhere, students are passing off the work of others as their own. In the Internet age, it's easier than ever to plagiarize. On the other hand, the Internet also makes it easier to catch copycats."

Paul McCartney paid tribute to John Lennon and George Harrison when he rocked Liverpool this past Sunday as part of the city's 2008 European Capital of Culture celebrations. The performance -- which also marked to the date the 41st anniversary of the release of the Beatles' landmark 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' -- was held before 36,000 attendees at Anfield Stadium.

Saluting Lennon, his former songwriting partner, McCartney sang 'A Day in the Life' for the first time ever live as Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono looked on. During the performance, McCartney reportedly blew a line, chuckled at his mistake and eventually segued into the Lennon's eternal anti-war missive, 'Give Peace a Chance.'

Sir Paul also paid homage to the late Harrison by performing 'Something' on ukulele, one of Harrison 's favorite instruments. Harrison 's widow, Olivia, also attended the concert.

"Thank you for coming here in the City Of Culture , at the center of the universe," McCartney told the cheering crowd. "I was born just down the road and I lived not far from here. Every time I come back to Liverpool all the memories come flooding back."

McCartney was joined by Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, who played guitar on 'Band on the Run,' and drums on 'Back in the USSR" and 'I Saw Her Standing There.'

See the full set list after the jump.