Electronic Sound
Electronic Sound is the title of the second solo album by George Harrison. It was released in the UK on 9 May 1969, on 26 May 1969 in the USA on Zapple Records, a sub- label of the Beatles' label Apple Records. In the U.S., the album reached # 191 on the Billboard album charts.
Origin and recording
In November 1968, George Harrison was in Los Angeles, where he worked as a producer for Jackie Lomax when shooting for his debut album, Is This What You Want? worked. On November 11, 1968 Bernie Krause - one of the first users of the Moog synthesizer still relatively newly developed - were hired to add sounds of the Moog III several pieces. Harrison was fascinated by capabilities of the device and asked Krause to provide a comprehensive demonstration of the synthesizer. While Krause the device extensively vorführte in the " Sound Recorder Studios ", a recording tape ran with her. This recording was the basis for the title No Time or Space.
As a result, George Harrison ordered a Moog IIIp and let deliver these to his house in Esher (England). Bernie Krause visited Harrison, to assist him in setting up the synthesizer. In February 1969, the second side of the album which named Harrison, after a newspaper column of the " Liverpool Echo " was born.
Cover
The simple drawings of the front and back of the album jacket were from George Harrison. The originally quoted on the cover of Bernie Krause was done so little of the quality of the music that he did not 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 former spokesman for the Beatles.
Title list
Page one
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 Two
No Time or Space ( George Harrison) - 25:10
- Recorded in California in November 1968 with the assistance of Bernie Krause
Reissues
The first publication in the CD format, newly remastered, took place in December 1996 in Europe without bonus tracks, the album also appeared as a remastered vinyl LP.
In the first pressing of the U.S. edition, the order of the shots on the record was mistakenly interchanged, so that the information provided by the title wrong on the labels and the cover of the album. Other panel pressures were not affected by this error. The error was only corrected and the original sequence used as the U.S. version was issued as a CD. This circumstance caused some confusion among the audience. The pieces can be based on the playing time clearly identify: The post- 1968 No Time or Space has a playing time of 25 minutes and 10 seconds; the resulting in Esher in the following year Under the Mersey Wall takes only 18 Minutes 41 seconds.