Electronic sound

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Electronic sound
George Harrison studio album

Publication
(s)

0May 9, 1969 ( UK ) ,
May 26, 1969 ( US )

Label (s) Zapple Records , EMI Group

Format (s)

LP , MC , CD

Genre (s)

Electronic

Title (number)

2

running time

43 min 50 s

production

George Harrison

chronology
Wonderwall Music
1968 		Electronic sound All Things Must Pass
1970

Electronic Sound is the second solo album by George Harrison . It appeared in the UK on May 9, 1969 to May 26, 1969 in the United States on zapple records, a sub-label of the Beatles -label Apple Records .

History of origin

In November 1968, George Harrison was in Los Angeles , where he was producing for Jackie Lomax on recordings for his debut album Is This What You Want? was active. On November 11, 1968, Bernie Krause - one of the first users of the relatively newly developed Moog synthesizer - was hired to add the sounds of the Moog III to several pieces. Harrison was fascinated by the possibilities of the device and asked Krause for a comprehensive demonstration of the synthesizer. While Krause extensively demonstrated the device in the “Sound Recorder Studios”, a recording tape was included. This recording formed the basis for the title No Time or Space .

As a result, George Harrison ordered a Moog IIIp and had it delivered to his house in Esher (England). Bernie Krause visited Harrison to help him set up the synthesizer. In February 1969, the second page of the album was created, which Harrison named after a newspaper column in the "Liverpool Echo".

When the US edition was first pressed, the order of the recordings on the record was mistakenly reversed, so that the information on the titles on the labels and the cover of the album was incorrect. However, other plate pressings were not affected by this error. The error was not corrected and the original order used when the US version was released on CD. This fact caused some confusion among the audience. The pieces can be clearly identified by their playing time: No Time or Space , recorded in 1968, has a playing time of 25 minutes and 10 seconds; The Under the Mersey Wall , created in Esher the following year, takes just 18 minutes 41 seconds.

Cover design

The simple drawings on the front and back of the album cover were from George Harrison. Bernie Krause, originally named on the cover , was so unimpressed by the quality of the music that he didn't want to be mentioned there. His name was therefore painted over. The drawing on the front shows a person with a green face and a synthesizer. The drawing on the back shows the office of Derek Taylor, the Beatles' press secretary at the time.

Track list

page 1

  • Under the Mersey Wall (George Harrison) - 18:41
    (Recorded in Esher, England in February 1969 with the assistance of Rupert and Jostick, The Siamese Twins)

Page 2

  • No Time or Space (George Harrison) - 25:10
    (Recorded in California in November 1968 with the assistance of Bernie Krause)

Chart placements

Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
United States (Billboard) United States (Billboard) 191 (2 weeks) 2

Re-releases

  • The first release in the remastered CD format took place in December 1996 in Europe without bonus tracks, and the album was also released as a remastered vinyl LP. The remastering was done by Ron Furmarek at Abbey Road Studios . A four-page insert is enclosed with the album.
  • On September 19, 2014, the CD, remastered again, was re-released without bonus tracks. The remastering was done by Paul Hicks, Gavin Lurssen and Reuben Cohen in the Lurssen Mastering Studios . The CD album has a cardboard cover that can be opened and which is accompanied by a 16-page illustrated booklet containing information from Kevin Howlett about the album. The CD is in an inner cover that is based on the original inner cover of the vinyl album. The design is by Darren Evans.

literature

  • Neville Stannard: Working Class Heroes , ISBN 0-907-08092-8 .
  • CD booklet for re-publication in 2014.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ John C. Winn: That Magic Feeling. The Beatles Recorded Legacy. Vol. 2, 1966-1970 . New York: Three Rivers Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-307-45239-9 . P. 222 f.
  2. ↑ John C. Winn: That Magic Feeling. The Beatles Recorded Legacy. Vol. 2, 1966-1970 . New York: Three Rivers Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-307-45239-9 . P. 265.
  3. ↑ Bruce Spizer: The Beatles Solo on Apple Records . New Orleans: 498 Productions, 2005. ISBN 0-9662649-5-9 . P. 209 f.
  4. ↑ George Harrison in the US American charts of Billboard magazine