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Cloud Nine
Regular price $32.00 Save $-32.00While it's generally accepted that George Harrison bloomed late as a Beatles songwriter, there's no denying it was worth the wait. The release of All Things Must Pass, in 1970, was like unstopping a bottle. An ambitious triple-album, it set the template for the nine studio albums that would follow. Harrison continued to shape and redefine his music and legacy with a string of prolific and poignant releases throughout the remainder of the '70s and early-80s.
Five years passed between the release of Harrison's 1982 album, Gone Troppo, and 1987's Cloud Nine, the final studio effort released during his lifetime. Co-produced with ELO's Jeff Lynne – who also co-wrote three tracks – Cloud Nine served as a serious return to form propelled by George's third No. 1 single and first in 15 years - "Got My Mind Set On You." The other big hit from the record was "When We Was Fab," Harrison's nostalgic look back at Beatlemania. No stranger to famous collaborators, guest artists on the album include Eric Clapton, Elton John, Gary Wright and Ringo Starr.
It was after 1987's Cloud Nine that George's solo career seemingly went on hiatus. Following a stint with the Traveling Wilburys, 1992 live outing Live In Japan found Harrison in fine form on stage, but several tragic setbacks ensured that he never fully completed his final, posthumous album Brainwashed.
Electronic Sound (Zoetrope Picture Disc) (RSD2024)
Regular price $38.00 Save $-38.00Dark Horse Records and Record Store Day are excited to announce a multi-year partnership to release limited Zoetrope picture disc pressings of George Harrison’s entire studio album catalog. The first two titles in the RSD exclusive series — Wonderwall Music and Electronic Sound — will be available on Record Store Day in April 2024. Limited to 8,000 units globally and exclusive to Record Store Day, each unit is individually numbered in silver foil and includes an insert reproducing the original artwork. As a direct result of The Beatles’ keen curiosity about experimental music and other avant-garde artistic expression, Apple Records launched its short-lived Zapple subsidiary in February 1969 as a forum for unfettered sonic exploration, or, as announced at the time, “more freaky sounds.” George’s Electronic Sound and John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions, both released in May 1969, were Zapple’s only releases before it was closed down. Electronic Sound’s cover art, painted by George, depicts his Moog IIIp synthesizer (which was later used on four tracks by The Beatles on their album Abbey Road) with the four modules from which the sound was synthesized. Each side of the Electronic Sound LP featured one exploratory long-form work.