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Home > Beatles diary > Release > Zapple Records launched in the US

Zapple Records launched in the US

9.00am, Monday 26 May 1969 (42 years ago)

Following its UK launch on 9 May 1969, the Apple subsidiary Zapple Records was launched in the United States.


The same two albums were released: John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Unfinished Music No 2: Life With The Lions, and George Harrison's Electronic Sound.

Life With The Lions was released as Zapple ST 3357, with the same tracks as the UK edition. Electronic Sound - written, performed and produced by Harrison - was Zapple ST 3358.

Zapple was an experimental label intended for spoken word and avant-garde recordings. It was closed in June 1969 by Allen Klein without any other records being released.

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