Electronic Sound is one of the rarest and most curious artifacts in rock history: a solo album by a Beatle that almost no one heard at the time and that collectors have chased ever since.
Released in May 1969 on Apple Records' short-lived Zapple imprint, the album was born from George Harrison's early fascination with the Moog synthesizer. Zapple was Apple's avant-garde subsidiary, launched in February 1969 to give artists a space for, as the label put it at the time, "more freaky sounds.” Electronic Sound and John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Unfinished Music No. 2: Life With the Lions were the only two records Zapple ever released before the label was shuttered.
The album is a document of pure sonic exploration. Each side features a single extended work, unedited, unpolished, and entirely unlike anything else in the Beatles catalog. Harrison recorded the pieces using his Moog IIIp synthesizer, the same instrument that would later appear on four tracks of Abbey Road. The cover art, painted by Harrison himself, depicts the Moog and its four modules, making the record both a musical and visual artifact of a pivotal moment in rock and electronic music history.
For collectors, Electronic Sound checks every box: a Beatle solo record, an extinct label, a one-of-a-kind format, hand-painted cover art, and historical significance at the exact intersection of rock and the early synthesizer era. Copies in any condition are difficult to find. Copies in documented, unhandled condition are exceptionally rare.
What Alliance Authentic Preservation Means: Every copy in this catalog was moved directly from the pressing source into preservation: uncirculated, unhandled, and documented before it ever reached the open market. Each preserved copy includes an embedded NFC chip. Tap it with any smartphone to access your Certified Copy: verified authenticity, documented condition, and a full provenance chain from pressing source to you.
Limited to 5 individually numbered copies.
