GEORGE HARRISON-ELECTRONIC SOUND (Part One)

[BringItBackITV]

Paul and Ringo were the only artists it seemed not to do any advant garde music (until Paul did one in about 2000) because they weren't on Revolution 9. Am i right?

(excusing carnival of light)

[metafis]

George having fun whilst stoned with his new synth.

He's allowed, he's a Beatle...he's earned his dues.

[oscamt]

Humans, we are an odd lot. Do you think its like we are missing somthing? Like along the way somwhere, we as a species have somehow forever lost some vital piece of our mental make up.

[MrBonifant]

no, this is not rubbish......it's one of the most relaxing things..if one lies down in a dark room and plays the cd....samed thing with "Apple Jam". thanks for posting

[crankycrepeychristus]

i was deeply offended and struck right in the groin after hearing this rubbish! after the golden age of perry como it's hard to come off that golden calf!

[Koolkitties]

frank zapple

[ClassicTVMan1981X]

The CD reissue changes the order of the two songs. The LP versions have "Under the Mersey Wall" as the first song and the Bernie Krause-influenced "No Time or Space" as the second song. However the CD issues failed to change the titles, leading one to believe that "Mersey" is shorter and "No Time or Space" is the longer song.

[ChildofNemesis14]

I don't know about you guys, but I think this is EPIC =D

[glimmer2158]

LSD

[1982pencil]

ok it's obviously him just having fun with this new electronic toy (you have to remember that this thing was still really new ... it basically debuted at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967). but it still ups my respect for him as someone interested in more than just writing successful pop songs (*cough* paul mccartney *cough*)

[wolfsblood07]

@1982pencil Don't forget, Paul liked the far-out crazy stuff like Frank Zappa and Pink Floyd in 1966, and it was Paul who came up with tracks like Carnival of Light. Paul introduced the other Beatles to experimental music.

[turtlliwdnifuoyehthr]

@1982pencil

george is the only beatle who became old and didnt regress as a musician.

there are amazing songs on his last album

[metafis]

@turtlliwdnifuoyehthr

You obviously never listened to any of Paul's work under the name 'the fireman'.

[MrAlbinoPanther]

I like it.

[jamich7]

we must hear works of karlheist stockhausen or conlon nancarow, it folows same line

[FOTOCHOCK]

zapple

[k0stil]

damn i cant believe it was recorded in 1968!

[johnbarry1965]

This Album was released on the Zapple label. the experimental arm of Apple

[BSHFTW]

This is quite innovative... more innovative than John & Yoko's nonsense anyway

[jsilence418]

Ever hear jaggers music for Kenneth Anger's " Invocation of my demon brother" ? both done on moog synthesizers , this is much much better!

[desvanicioj30]

it sounds like tron music!

[Ghoopty]

Yeah, it just sounds like George, bored out of his mind one night, got REALLY stoned and decided to fuck around with his newly acquired synthesizer. I've done it too before, but I've never released it as an album......Actually, it's interesting in spots and tedious in others to me, kinda like early Tangerine Dream with less variety.

[taniya3957]

naneedj.info I love sports and spending time

[salvadory]

awesomo- love when pop artists go weird to piss off their safe fans- george was an artist no doubt

[MonkeySeeism]

Small bits of this remind me of Blade Runner.

[1worriedman]

Well...Once George found out that John made an "experimental" album (2 Virgins)or 2(Life WithThe Lions)with that(in my and a whole other's opinions,that non singer, who shall remain nameless)other "performer's" help,George thoght that he himself had to make one,and of course it was this one.You know,monkey see,monkey do.I still like this.

[HolliValsMusic]

I like this.

[arthurvanfroh]

Jean Jacques Perrey: "I like this, what about a duet?"

[educassiano]

Nice, I was kinda of done with the hole "yeah yeah yeah", this one seems to break the boredom just fine. lol

[stonesgarden]

I used to have the record...

I even listened to it sometimes...

kind of a precursor to industrial don't you think?

[victorialucas38]

I think you have to appreciate this for what it is - 60s avant-garde elctronica, and another example of the refreshing curiosity The Beatles had for every kind of music. It's not a million miles from what Delia Derbyshire was doing with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop and White Noise. I know it's not to everybody's taste, but it would be a great soundtrack for footage of brutalist 60s architecture!

[coachbk1]

Just a bunch of electronic doodling to be honest.

[bremneshatten]

Yea, it is pretty bad.

[Bullet131999]

This was the first experimental work of Harrison, indeed this was the birth of the electronic music 'cause was 1969 and is great! :)

[Bullet131999]

This was the first experimental work of Harrison, indeed this was the birth of the electronic music 'cause was 1969 and is great! :)

[podinspace]

I think it's a complete row BUT....this is probably the first experimental album to feature just synthesizer, years before Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze, both of whom I like. It sounds like George was trying to get to grips with how the big moog worked, and was having a lot of fun at the same time....gotta love George :)

[maida1982a]

what a colossal waste of paper and vinyl.

[k0stil]

too bad zapple label is shut down.

i could release my albums on it

[Vazmusic]

"Ringo" fans.... In honor of Ringo's 70th, I hope U will check out my "RINGO"video. It's very retro with Beatleish touches & was done as a labor of love and with the utmost respect for the Fabs. My attempt at putting a little bit of the Beatle spirit out there for Beatle fans. It's also my tribute to George Harrison's slide playing as well as Ringo's unique style.

Peace,

Vinnie Zummo, former Joe Jackson guitarist

[dalvarox27]

jajaja! maaaaan!! i like this song and must be better with some green stuff... if you know what i mean! XD no im kidding nice sounds

[huntergruntetr123]

is this supposed to be a song?

[tysonsiberio]

this aint crap you cannot critisize what you cannot understand guys

[pazzensutra]

@tysonsiberio Yes, but sometimes there is nothing there to understand to begin with.

[MattHatter]

Well I'm glad I got to sample this album here on You Tube. As trippy as it is (and I like trippy), there's no way I'm paying $30 and up for an out of print CD copy.

[trh2130]

Reminds me somewhat of Free Form Guitar from Chicago's first album

[oscarkev190]

my favourite thing i ever read on a wikipedia was on the entry for this album where someone had edited it to add in the sentence "he was clearly extremely bezonked!" in a large font. Broke my shit laughing

[Transpersonals]

he'd had a smoke

[PackwoodParish]

hey I made this record too when I got my 1st moog

[Discgallerynow1]

thank you for posting!!

[sorcerer666]

I am sure at the time George was amazed at this instument and wanted to make an avante-garde album of sounds no one ever heard of before. Is it crap? Well, yes, but at least you can get some good samples off the album.

[todd7416]

A waste of good vinyl. Anyone could've made this and put George Harrison's name on it. I'm surprised it made it to #191.

[CyrusFingColley]

I bet you're the kind of person who hated Two Virgins as well.

[WiltatKansas]

I was hypnotized by this sound, i think is amazing truly

[mrblonde810]

you totally spelled electronic right...

[TheBeatlesYears2]

To be honest i think this is a load of complete trash and the reason i did not finish uploading it.

[NyeTunes]

I wish you would, I think this album's pretty cool.

[WeedVulva]

@TheBeatlesYears2 your an idiot if you feel that.

[BearWindAppleyard]

7:08 who's that??

[k0stil]

@BearWindAppleyard

dhani harrison,

george`s son

[k0stil]

@BearWindAppleyard

george`s son

dhani

[jayfey77]

when the synthesizers first came out one was brought to the abbey road studios and the only beatle who showed any interest in it was george according to geoff emerick,he said george would spend hours on it and eventually some was used on here comes the sun and maxwells silver hammer and because,and of course this album as well.

[spectres00]

Actually it was George Harrison who brought it to Abbey Road having bought one in early 1969 and used it on Electronic Sounds.

[jayfey77]

the moog people gave one to emi before that,if you bother reading geoff emericks book you would know this.

[spectres00]

My my someone seems easily offended. I was actually just stating what is written in The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions by Mark Lewisohn. It explains how George Harrison had his new Moog transported into EMI and that's when they used it on Abbey Road.

[jayfey77]

well unlike mark lewisohn geoff emerick was there in the studio in person so i think he would know better than mark would since he saw everything with his own eyes.

[spectres00]

You need to loosen up a bit mate, you'll have a heart attack the way you're carrying on

[jayfey77]

what are u talking about im not even cursing im calm and normal u are just proving how ignorant u are since u dont bother to read books of people who were there in the studio like geoff emerick and norman smith.

[spectres00]

This has all got out of hand, Mark Lewisohn wrote his book based on all the tapes and notes written in Abbey Road. Ofcourse I know who Geoff Emerick is and he's an amazing engineer. I wasn't even trying to start any argument, you just got the bull by the horns and started calling me ignorant, you don't even know anything about me. So less of the snap judgements please. I was just making a comment, that's all!!

[jayfey77]

you are ignorant because its obvious you havent read geoffs book or you would know the first moog came from the moog people and they gave it free as a gift to emi and the beatles you fool,geoof has said this in his book so for you to say george was the first one to bring in his own moog is an ignorant statement thats what makes you ignorant because geoff and his words prove you wrong.

[spectres00]

grow up

[jayfey77]

stupid is no way to go through life so you better start reading more you damn fool,start by reading the books of people who actually knew the beatles not like mark lewisohn.

[TheBeatlesYears2]

Geoff Emerick would be the only guy who would have known what was going on.he had worked for the Beatles for a long time.George Harrison bought the The Moog synthesizer into the studio for the first time ever,no one else had done this.He had only planned to mess around on this and the guys then decided to use this on the Abbey Road sessions.

[DrSardonicuss]

Bought this (along with Wonderwall) in the late '60s (I was maybe 12)

Wonderwall I listened to a lot-

this one went way over my head :)

Very cool to get to listen to it again all these years later-

Thanks~

[KokotTheMonkey]

Is that flatulence?

[djminimoto]

#9,#9...LOL HAHAHA! I'm waiting for the "I remember Jeep" part.

[djminimoto]

This sounds just a little bit like Brian Eno's Ambient albums.

[djminimoto]

George's "Two Virgins"! BTW,who's Jeep?

[jayfey77]

he is talking ABOUT the song on all things must pass i believe.i remember jeep.

[MattHatter]

@djminimoto I think Jeep was Eric Clapton's dog who passed away....hence the title "I Remember Jeep."

[ClassicTVMan81]

Is it no wonder why his 2nd solo release failed? Because these two songs were too long for AM radio airplay (clocking at 18:43 and 25:06 respectively); as a result, they take up both respective sides of the record.

[subg88]

Failed? I don't think George made this album with commercial success or radio airplay in mind.

[handinside]

@subg88 As with John and Yoko's "Life With the Lions" T his was one of the only two albums released on the ill-fated Zapple label.Niether was intended to be commercial

[k0stil]

@subg88

i can`t even imagine somebody making an avantgarde album in commercial purposes

[Virpatrick]

George was a silent guy... very much talented and ahead of his time ..altough most ppl think that only John & Macca were riding a ufo att! ♪

Rev 9 , 2 virgins , etc, were (still are) different projects ...

Thanks for sharing fellow ♪

[randlec6]

I want a find this record,give it a spin, sit down and smoke a couple of bowls and sip some Jack and let it blow me away........ Oh shit, I'm supposed to be a responsible adult now, damn...........

[georgelee43211]

this music would be good in a scifi movie[a brief portion is on the beatles 1968 x-mas lp].

[avialableman]

Not only, but the middle of No Time Or Space is on George's I Remember Jeep.

[harrystad]

Never heard it before. It sounds more modern than Two Virgins or Rev 9.... or Paul....

[jigbuilda]

@harrystad ....Paul who?

[cannibaljuice]

Wow this added two days ago cool