Posted on 10/13/2014 10:42:38 AM PDT by Squawk 8888
Isao Tomita made a lot of great stuff. Favorite albums were
Pictures at an Exhibition and the Bermuda Triangle.
www.isaotomita.net
My brother just got a Leslie 825 with a rotating speaker from his father in law. He used it when he played concerts with his organ or piano. I don’t know anything about them but I heard some people use them to get a certain sound from the guitar.
Awesome. I used to have a Hammond and leslie years ago. Run guitar through it and it produces a 3 dimensional airy sound that is very cool. I have a pedal that tries to emulate the sound but it can only do so much.
And Rick Wakeman!
Yes. I still have it. Great music.
The first song I ever recall that used a Moog was The Beatles’ ‘Maxwell’s Silver Hammer.’
My brother is selling it but he has no idea what they sell for. It’s in good condition but it’s missing a nine prong plug. I told him to list it as best offer and see what someone will pay.
“Anyone else remember the album Switched on Bach where Bach’s music was played on a Moog?”
I do, it’s one of my favorites. It’s still available but doesn’t have the same cover as the original with Bach in front of the Moog.
"Ahhh, Bach!"
That one is solid state I believe and not as desirable as tube. Still it’s a leslie and will sound good. I see one on ebay - buy it now for $350
Released in 1968, performed by Walter/Wendy Carlos for Columbia Masterworks Records (CBS). Became a Top-10 blockbuster, selling 500k+ units in 1st year, won 3 Grammy Awards in 1969. Definitive Moog synthesizer for classical for better than 10 years!
Talkin my language. Yes was never the same without him.
My oldest brother, the electronics geek, tried to build a synthesizer from scratch components back around 1972-1973. There was one part he just couldn’t to get to work right so he abandoned the project. However, he was able to build radios from scrap parts when he was 14, so if he couldn’t build a synthesizer it must have been a challenge.
His love of synthesizer music exposed me to Yes, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Alan Parsons, and Tomita. Among other things.
Hard to even imagine there having been an analog synthesizer in these digital days.
The real pioneers of this, as musicians, were John and Wendy Carlos.
What’s funny is that to obtain a recording of “Switched On Bach”, it is normal to pay in the ‘double to triple digits’!!!!
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