16-11-2020, 09:14
GEORGE HARRISON "electronic sound." vinyl 1969
his second solo album.
and the second and final album on the short-lived Zapple Label.
one of rock musics first fully electronic albums.
the Beatles were not strangers to use of electronic sounds, they had used them on albums dating back to Revolver three years earlier. Lennon and McCartney both used the genre on solo albums also as a passing influence.
anyway,
the album itself consists of two tracks, one per side at around 18 minutes and 25 minutes respectively.
it consists of some sound effects from various BBC recordings and instrumentation is courtesy of the Moog-3 synthesiser.
to me it sounds like a God awful bad Sci-Fi soundtrack LOL.
it is said that although its not in the same league as the ones that followed like Eno/Lynne/Oldfield it is a primitive pre-cursor.
I DO NOT LIKE THIS ALBUM but it is strange curiosity in what was the Fab's legacy.
this may or may not be somehting Jerome would be interested in other than historical electronica value
side 1: "under the Mersey wall" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfeidh8PQU4 audio
side 2: "no time or space" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wQgVCGGnjQ audio
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.