GEORGE HARRISON Wonderwall Music 1970 UK APPLE STEREO w/INSERT

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Jun 7, 2014 Sold Date

May 28, 2014 Start Date

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GEORGE HARRISON Wonderwall Music 1970 UK APPLE w/INSERT

WHITE APPLE INNER, FULLY LAMINATED SLEEVE

GEORGE HARRISON
Wonderwall Music

UK APPLE (SAPCOR 1) EARLY 1970s PRESSING
COMPLETE WITH INSERT AND WHITE APPLE INNER SLEEVE (which dates this copy to around 1970)
MATRIX: SAPCOR 1 A-1 (STAP 1 A-1 crossed out) / SAPCOR 1 B-1
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1/P and 1/H

The first Beatle solo album -- as well as the first Apple album -- was a minor eruption of the pent-up energies of George Harrison, who was busy composing this offbeat score to the film Wonderwall as Magical Mystery Tour raced up the charts.
With the subcontinental influence now firmly in the driver's seat, the score is mostly given over to the solemn, atmospheric drones of Indian music. Yet, as a whole, it's a fascinating if musically slender mishmash of sounds from East and West, everything casually juxtaposed or superimposed without a care in the world. Harrison himself does not appear as a player or singer; rather, he presides over the groups of Indian and British musicians, with half of the cues recorded in London, the other half in Bombay. The Indian tracks are professionally executed selections cut into film cue-sized bites, sometimes mixed up with a rock beat, never permitted to develop much. Touches of Harrison's whimsical side can be heard in the jaunty, honky tonk, tack piano-dominated "Drilling a Home" and happy-trails lope of "Cowboy Museum," as well as a title like "Wonderwall to Be Here." Occasionally, the overt footsteps of a Beatle can be heard: "Party Secombe" is a medium-tempo rock track that should remind the connoisseur of "Flying"; "Dream Scene" has Indian vocals moving back and forth between the loudspeakers over backwards electronic loops. As this and Harrison's second experimental release, Electronic Sound, undoubtedly proved, pigeonholing this Beatle was a dangerous thing

Side 1:
Microbes (3:39)
Red Lady Too (1:58)
Tabla And Pakavaj (1:04)
In The Park (4:05)
Drilling A Home (3:08)
Guru Vandana (1:02)
Greasy Legs (1:27)
Ski-ing (1:37)
Gat Kirwani (1:15)
Dream Scene (5:33)
Side 2:
Party Seacombe (4:20)
Love Scene (4:15)
Crying (1:12)
Cowboy Music (1:22)
Fantasy Sequins (1:43)
On The Bed (1:03)
Glass Box (2:15)
Wonderwall To Be Here (1:23)
Singing Om (1:53)

LABELS: EXCELLENT
Clean labels with moderate spindles on Side Two but very few on Side One
VINYL Visual: VERY GOOD+/EXCELLENT
Both surfaces retain their original deep glossy sheen with just one scuff mark halfway through Side One otherwise, clean
VINYL Audio: VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD+
Side one plays with light surface (nothing too major).
The scuff mark mentioned above was probably caused by the original owner when trying to cure an in-vinyl pressing spot which causes four pops as it is passed over (the scuff mark itself is inaudible and purely cosmetic).
Side Two plays extremely well with little to fault
SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+
The fully laminated cover is sharp with little edge or spine wear - all spine text is clear and bold - just a tiny nick on the opening edge.
Both surfaces have a deep glossy sheen
INSERT: VERY GOOD+
Apart from some foxing spots on the White Apple side, the insert, printed on thick card is in fine shape.
Overall, a pretty respectable copy of this fascinating piece of work

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A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: FREE (2nd Class Recorded Delivery)
UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £14.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)

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