I loved this album, I haven't listened to it in years, but I don't play my vinyl that much anymore. I had to special order this when it came out and when I did get it, my first thought was' what the hell is this?' just starting with the cover itself. The sounds were even more unexpected. It really grew on me though and I ended up playing the hell out of it for a few years. This and a few other albums of that time were when I was also just starting to 'understand' abstract art and they are related. An abstract painting that doesn't depict any objects or places can invoke those things through brush strokes and just the paint colors pushed onto a surface. This type of album is an audio abstraction of just sounds pushed intro the air. That being said, Georges side is indeed more atmospheric, mysterious and even melodic. Yes, I agree, both recordings evoke different feelings, demonstrating that pleasant and harsh compositions can be created with no meter or scales. I like your labels of the good and bad trips.Heh, well done. I enjoyed your review, and the information about the cover paints is new to me. Cool. thanks.
You probably don't know, but "No Time or Space" was, after its initial release on Electronic Sound, overdubbed onto "I Remember Jeep," the side two opener of the "Apple Jam" LP of Harrison's third solo album All Things Must Pass; in fact, according to the liner notes for the new 50th anniversary reissue of ATMP, that whole song was recorded in May 1969, over a year before the other songs for ATMP were done.
Thanks, I think this is the first positive review I have seen for Electronic Sound. Do you know if George practiced before making his track or he just dived straight in?
I loved this album, I haven't listened to it in years, but I don't play my vinyl that much anymore. I had to special order this when it came out and when I did get it, my first thought was' what the hell is this?' just starting with the cover itself. The sounds were even more unexpected. It really grew on me though and I ended up playing the hell out of it for a few years. This and a few other albums of that time were when I was also just starting to 'understand' abstract art and they are related.
An abstract painting that doesn't depict any objects or places can invoke those things through brush strokes and just the paint colors pushed onto a surface. This type of album is an audio abstraction of just sounds pushed intro the air. That being said, Georges side is indeed more atmospheric, mysterious and even melodic. Yes, I agree, both recordings evoke different feelings, demonstrating that pleasant and harsh compositions can be created with no meter or scales. I like your labels of the good and bad trips.Heh, well done.
I enjoyed your review, and the information about the cover paints is new to me. Cool. thanks.
I had to special order this too. I was 11, and I too wondered wth? Went back to it in high school , thanks to window pane.
You probably don't know, but "No Time or Space" was, after its initial release on Electronic Sound, overdubbed onto "I Remember Jeep," the side two opener of the "Apple Jam" LP of Harrison's third solo album All Things Must Pass; in fact, according to the liner notes for the new 50th anniversary reissue of ATMP, that whole song was recorded in May 1969, over a year before the other songs for ATMP were done.
The Monkees used a Moog on their song Daily Nightly
Didn't he 'allegedly' lift the album from a Beaver & Krauss sample tape?
Thanks, I think this is the first positive review I have seen for Electronic Sound. Do you know if George practiced before making his track or he just dived straight in?
Thank you for pronouncing Moog correctly. Red flags go up for me whenever someone says it wrong. 🙂
Moog
*Electronic Sound by Bernie Krause.
Check out Beaver and Krause
George Harrison "whited out" Bernie Krause's name on the album cover. Not nice, George.
It was the nicest thing he could have done.