at le ▁George ▁Harrison , ▁and ▁had ▁groups ▁of ▁instrument al ists ▁to ▁back ▁them ▁on ▁each ▁album . ▁S pl inter ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁act ▁signed ▁to ▁Harrison ' s ▁Dark ▁Hor se ▁Records ▁label , ▁when ▁it ▁was ▁partner ed ▁with ▁A & M ▁Records . ▁The ▁band ' s ▁sound ▁has ▁often ▁been ▁li ken ed ▁to ▁that ▁of ▁The ▁Beat les ▁( part icular ly ▁Harrison ▁and ▁John ▁L enn on ) ▁and ▁Bad f inger . ▁The ▁du o ' s ▁biggest ▁success ▁came ▁with ▁their ▁debut ▁album , ▁the ▁crit ically ▁adm ired ▁The ▁Place ▁I ▁Love ▁( 1 9 7 4 ), ▁which ▁contained ▁the ▁hit ▁single ▁" Cost af ine ▁Town ". ▁The ▁Place ▁I ▁Love , ▁Hard er ▁to ▁Live ▁and ▁Two ▁Man ▁Band ▁have ▁been ▁rem aster ed ▁and ▁re iss ued ▁on ▁compact ▁disc ▁on ▁the ▁Big ▁P ink ▁Music ▁label ▁from ▁South ▁Korea . ▁The ▁remainder ▁of ▁S pl inter ' s ▁catalog ue ▁is ▁out ▁of ▁print ▁and ▁has ▁yet ▁to ▁be ▁issued ▁on ▁compact ▁disc . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁S pl inter , ▁who ▁had ▁worked ▁together ▁at ▁various ▁times ▁in ▁the ▁New castle ▁and ▁London ▁music ▁scenes , ▁first ▁came ▁to ▁the ▁attention ▁of ▁Harrison ▁through ▁Mal ▁Evans , ▁a ▁long time ▁assistant ▁to ▁The ▁Beat les ▁and ▁latter ly ▁a ▁sc out ▁for ▁Apple ▁Records . ▁Harrison ▁was ▁im pressed ▁with ▁one ▁of ▁their ▁songs , ▁" L on ely ▁Man ", ▁which ▁he ▁felt ▁would ▁be