GEORGE HARRISON Electronic Sound 1970 UK ZAPPLE w/ PRINTED INNER - NEAR MINT
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GEORGE HARRISON Electronic Sound 1970 UK ZAPPLE w/ PRINTED INNER - NEAR MINT
GEORGE HARRISONElectronic Sound
1970 UK ZAPPLE (ZAPPLE 02) ISSUE
SUPERB COPY
THE FINEST I HAVE SEEN AND THE CLEANEST I HAVE HEARD
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL UNSPLIT PRINTED INNER SLEEVE
PRESSED WITH THE DARK GREEN ZAPPLE LABELS
MATRIX: ZAPPLE 02 A-1 / ZAPPLE 02 B-1
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1/O and 1/P
HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FULLY LAMINATED SLEEVE
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVE
Hard as it is to believe, George Harrison, guitar picker, was also an electronic music pioneer, as these two lengthy, abstract tone poems for early-vintage Moog synthesizer reveal. A naif in the electronic sphere, George had a lot of help putting this music together, particularly from California electronic composer Bernie Krause.
Dramatically structured, unearthly in its pitch-less writhing, flamboyantly manipulating pink and white noise from the opening electronic gun battle onward, "No Time or Space" is an entertaining listening experience, and some of its passages would turn up later in the "I Remember Jeep" jam from Harrison's All Things Must Pass.
The shorter "Mersey Wall," recorded in Harrison's Esher bungalow with his own Moog, is a low-key, drifting, less theatrical affair.
Though scoffed at when they were released, these pieces can hold their own along side more seriously regarded electronic composers.
And when you consider that synthesisers were only capable of playing one note at a time and sounds could not be stored or recalled with the push of a button, the achievement becomes even more remarkable.
Alas, George never followed up on this direction, which, like the Zapple label, was abandoned after this release.
Side 1:
Under The Mersey Wall (18:42)
Side 2:
No Time Or Space (25:07)
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked labels with just a few light spindle traces per side
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like new and even under bright light there is barely a wispy hairline to be seen
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Plays as-new throughout with nothing of note to fault.
No loud clicks, ticks or pops and beautifully clean on the quieter sections
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
The fully laminated cover is again crisp, clean and unmarked with sharp, unworn edges and spine where all text is clear and bold
INNER SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
Clean, white, fresh and unmarked with no seam splits to any of the edges
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINERS, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £5.00 (Recorded Delivery)
UK: £11.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £18.00 (International Signed For delivery)
Combined Post: Additional records £1 (UK) £2 (Europe including Russia) £3 (International)
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841 (GS 7.0.16 (841))
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