Editing Electronic Sound (section)

==Release==
''Electronic Sound'' was released on Zapple Records on 9 May 1969 in the UK and on 26 May in the United States.{{sfn|Castleman|Podrazik|1976|p=76}}{{sfn|Miles|2001|pp=343, 344}} In the UK, the album's catalogue number was Zapple 02, indicating it as the second LP on the label after Lennon and Ono's ''Life with the Lions''.{{sfn|Spizer|2005|p=209}}{{sfn|Greene|2016|pp=197, 199}} Unlike Harrison, Lennon and Ono promoted their new album extensively on UK radio. During their interview for [[Radio Luxembourg]], Lennon also gave a plug for ''Electronic Sound'' when stating that atmosphere and sound were now of more interest to him than melody and words.{{sfn|Winn|2009|pp=287–88}}

According to Beatles biographer [[Nicholas Schaffner]], both albums confused and proved "virtually unlistenable" to the majority of record buyers, and Zapple's claim that it was a label producing "paperback records" was not borne out in the high retail price of the LPs in the US.{{sfn|Schaffner|1978|p=118}}{{refn|group=nb|When announcing Zapple and its inaugural releases, Derek Taylor had written that the label's products would be priced according to three categories relating to content and production costs. The categories (with prices in the British [[Pound sterling#Pre-decimal|pre-decimal system]]) and their corresponding catalogue designation were: 15 shillings (ZAP); 21 shillings (ZAPREC); 37 shillings 5 pence (ZAPPLE).{{sfn|Miles|2016|pp=19–20}}}} ''Electronic Sound'' was sullied further after Krause wrote to ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine complaining of Harrison's appropriation of his demonstration piece and saying that he was "frankly hurt and a bit disillusioned by the whole thing".{{sfn|Schaffner|1978|pp=118–19}} ''Electronic Sound'' failed to chart in the United Kingdom,{{sfn|Harry|2003|p=164}} while in the United States, it peaked at number 191 during its two weeks on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' Top LPs]] chart.{{sfn|Castleman|Podrazik|1976|p=360}} As one of the first measures initiated by [[Allen Klein]], the new manager of Apple Corps, the Zapple label was shut down shortly after the album's release.{{sfn|Miles|2016|p=9}}{{sfn|Greene|2016|pp=68, 197}} ''Electronic Sound'' and ''Life with the Lions'' were deleted and soon became highly prized among collectors.{{sfn|Schaffner|1978|p=119}}

On the original United States and Canada pressings of ''Electronic Sound'', the order of the recordings was accidentally switched, although the titles were not.{{sfn|Madinger|Easter|2000|p=423}}{{sfn|Winn|2009|p=265}} This mistake caused many listeners to confuse the two pieces.<ref name="GH.com" /> The album was issued on CD for the first time in December 1996, in the UK and Japan only,{{sfn|Winn|2009|pp=223, 265}} at which point the correct running order was used.{{sfn|Madinger|Easter|2000|pp=423, 634}} Harrison was highly dismissive of ''Electronic Sound'' and ''Life with the Lions'' at this time.{{sfn|Clayson|2003|p=245}} Rather than include the planned 1000-word liner note essay in the CD booklet for his album, he supplied his own text, reading simply: "It could be called avant-garde, but a more apt description would be (in the words of my old friend [[Alvin Lee|Alvin]]), {{'}}''Avant Garde Clue''{{'}}!"{{sfn|Huntley|2006|pp=30–31}}

''Electronic Sound'' was reissued in remastered CD form on 22 September 2014, as part of the ''[[The Apple Years 1968–75|Apple Years 1968–75]]'' Harrison box set.<ref name="GH.com">{{cite web|title=Electronic Sound (2014 Remastered)|publisher=georgeharrison.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330024041/http://www.georgeharrison.com/albums/electric-sound/|url=http://www.georgeharrison.com/albums/electric-sound/|date=September 2014|archive-date=30 March 2015|access-date=25 July 2017}}</ref> The album was also made available as a high-resolution 24-[[bit]] 96&nbsp;kHz digital download. The Moog 3P synthesizer used by Harrison on the album is still owned by the Harrison family and is pictured in the centre photo spread of the 2014 CD reissue. Dhani Harrison supplied an essay in the CD booklet<ref>{{cite web|first=Joe|last=Marchese|url=http://theseconddisc.com/2014/09/23/review-the-george-harrison-remasters-the-apple-years-1968-1975/|title=Review: The George Harrison Remasters – 'The Apple Years 1968–1975'|website=The Second Disc|date=23 September 2014|access-date=25 July 2017|archive-date=4 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404105656/http://theseconddisc.com/2014/09/23/review-the-george-harrison-remasters-the-apple-years-1968-1975/|url-status=live}}</ref> in which he recalls his father's explanation of the cover painting.<ref>{{cite web|first=Graham|last=Reid|url=http://www.elsewhere.co.nz/absoluteelsewhere/6583/george-harrison-revisited-part-one-2014-the-dark-horse-bolting-out-of-the-gate/|title=George Harrison Revisited, Part One (2014): The dark horse bolting out of the gate|website=[[Elsewhere (website)|Elsewhere]]|date=24 October 2014|access-date=25 July 2017|archive-date=17 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217030312/https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/absoluteelsewhere/6583/george-harrison-revisited-part-one-2014-the-dark-horse-bolting-out-of-the-gate/|url-status=live}}</ref>