Moog/Space/Sci-Fi/
Electronic/Avant
Original LPs
The Word: Many of the best Moog, theremin, space, electronic, avant-garde, experimental, and strange-instrument LPs. See also below:
Moog/Space 45s
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Sheldon Allman: Folk Songs for the 21st Century; HiFi R415; N/E- $100 (or promo E+/E- $90, specify) -- space/space rock[abilly]/folk/spoof/gospel; one of the rarest & best old space LPs (coveted for the great space/satellite jacket as much as the songs); spoofs the space age mainly through folk, a la Katie Lee ("Schizophrenic Baby" is right up her alley), but other standouts are the rocking "Radioactive Mama" & "Rocket to the Moon" & "Big Brother" (as in George Orwell); we also love the hip space-gospel(!) of "Walk on the Ground"; 14 great songs in all, totally original & scarce as the dickens; wear heard mainly on "Crawl Out Through the Fallout" (both copies)
[Moondog w/] Julie Andrews & Martyn Green: Tell it Again--Songs of Sense & Nonsense; Angel 65041; no insert E-/V S $20 -- European recording featuring the great Moondog (Louis Hardin) from when he was under contract w/Prestige!; priced very low for wear (marks & noise) but not bad/well worth it!
Richard Band: Troll ST; Restless 72119-1; 1985 sealed cutout S $35 -- "elements of avant garde Euro-progressive rock and haunting musical themes...evocative electronic and orchestral score for Troll is superb...for fans of Tangerine Dream, Magma, Il Balleto di Bronzio, and the like."; great jacket photo!
The Frank Barber Percussion: Deep Percussion; Polydor 24-4508; 1970; N-/N S $35 -- percussion/Moog/mod; unique, modern, & wonderful percussion LP that features nice applications of Moog, vibes, & other unusual sounds (mod chorus on some tracks even lends a Brasilian feel); jacket shows scuba divers descending on an underwater drum kit!; essential for Mah-Na-Mah-Na (stellar version!!!) & If I Were a Rich Man (funky--samplers take note); also: Hare Krishna, Theme 18, Precisely Percussion, Mendocino, Minight Cowboy, Big Spender, Raindrops Keep Falling, Mendocino (intense intro), Summer Place..
Sid Bass: Moog Espana; RCA Victor Dynagroove LSP-4195; 1969; cutout E+/N S $30 -- Moog on a mod Mexicali theme; "Old Spanish Favorites Played in an Exciting New Way"; for the pop Moog collector a full mod-Mexicali Moog LP is novel enough but it's also quite hard to find; great for fans of Herb Alpert, bullfight music, & organ too; also notable is the "Moog-scape" (circuitry sculpture) jacket art; Spanish Flea (gotta have this!), Mama Inez (catchy), Peanut Vendor, Ritual Fire Dance, Malaguena, Granada, Espani Cani, Mantilla, Lady of Spain, Valencia, Playera
Leon Bates Explores Music of the New World; Orion [Master Recordings of Malibu, CA] ORS-76237; 1976; sealed promo S $50 (or V+/E- S $20, specify) -- avant/classical; still-performing, distinguished "musical genius" Philly pianist --winner of 1969 National Assn of Music Teachers Collegiate Artists Competition, Natl Assn of Negro Musicians Competition, Symphony of the New World auditions, and the presitigious Philadelphia Orchestra Competition, & Settlement alumnus-- plays MacDowell (Sonata #4--The Keltic), Barber (Excursions for Piano), & Walker (Sonata #3)
Les Baxter: Music Out of the Moon 10"; Capitol H-2000; 1952 pressing E+/V+ $45 -- theremin/orchestral; classic set w/Dr. Samuel Hoffman--the first best-selling & perhaps still most famous theremin record, not to mention one of the first mindblowers by space-exotica pioneer Les Baxter!; bordered jacket of legendary, hall-of-fame image--prone gal in foil garb (what there is of it) on foil moonscape (see Incredibly Strange Music); original Capitol inner sleeve
Les Baxter: Space Escapade; Capitol ST-968 E/E S $150 (or mono T-968 E+/E $100, specify ) -- space-orchestral; camp space hoot in high demand for the hall-of-fame jacket has its musical & liner-note virtues too; see our Liner Notes of the Gods page; a few small flaws but very nice (esp. jacket faces); stereo is especially rare
Les Baxter: Moog Rock--Greatest Classical Hits; GNP Crescendo GNPS-2053; V+/E- S $40 -- Moog (w/Paul Beaver); Baxter's uneasy relationship with rock rears its ugly head in the title but it has funky drums (as in others from this period/label); classical chestnuts comes off instead as hip, sleazy listening for switched-on types (GREAT makeout music)
MORE LES BAXTER -- see also exotic-foreign for all exotica; Rock for later STs (Wild in the Streets, etc.); Pop for mod & misc. (Teen Pops, etc.)
Vinnie Bell (pop sitar/guitar) -- see pop
T.A. Benham (rec.): Voices of the Satellites!; Folkways FX-6200; 1958; white label, w/booklet N/E shrink $60 -- narration & sounds of Sputnik, Explorer, Vanguard; rare
Alban Berg/Pro Arte Quartet: Lyric Suite; Dial 5; deep groove V+/V+ $50 -- avant garde (2 violins, viola, cello); quartet in residence at University of Wisconsin; looks & plays well tho brief slight noise occurs in a few places
Bjornar Bergethon & Eunice Boardman: [Record to Accompany] Musical Growth in the Elementary School--second edition; CBS Special Products for Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Inc.; 1970 sealed $30 (or N/N shrink $25, specify) -- education/avant garde; 18 excerpts of important works of interest to bright children, some from LPs we'd love to be able to offer on this page; intended to accompany a classroom book (at least the LP is rare): Composition for Synthesizer (Babbitt/RCA Electronic Sound Synthesizer), Banshee (Henry Cowell), Tinga Layo, Prince of Denmark March (E.Power Biggs), See Saw Margery Daw, Roumanian Folk Dances, Greensleeves, Fourth String Quartet Opus 37 Third Movement, Poor Bird, Rain Song, Parade (Morton Gould), Chebogah..
Hal Blaine: Psychedelic Percussion; ABC/Dunhill D-50019; cutout N/N- shrink $90 -- drums/psyche/Moog; look past the marvellously exploitagroovy title & jacket to find drums & percussion galore (w/Emil Richards!!!) & plenty of electronic effects (Paul Beaver on Moog & other) swirling around in a very heady, completely original mix; the list of instruments alone is staggering ("Traumatonium" is just one); Love-In, Freaky, Flashes, Kaleidoscope, Hallucinations, Flower Society, Trippin' Out, Tune In-Turn On, Vibrations, Soulful, Inner Space, Wiggy
Bobby Christian: Strings for a Space Age; Audio Fidelity AFSD-5959; 1962/1961; 2nd, silver, deep groove N-/N- S $75 -- space/orchestral; Side 1 is 6 space-themed standards like "Out of this World"; Side 2 is a 5-part "Space Suite"; great jacket art & liners on the music and Bobby Christian (a leading percussionist and bandleader, although here it's strings w/some ethereal effects)
Lew Davies & his Orchestra: Strange Interlude; Command RS-829-SD; 1961; gatefold; N/N S $20 (or N/E- S $15, specify) -- theremin/ondioline/strange pop; a classic of early stereo electronica & one of the most interesting items on Command at the time, & not just bc of the tunes w/theremin (Walter Sear, Paul Lippman) & ondioline (Sy Mann)--it packs some very creative arrangements & mysterious tunes besides!; Riders in the Sky, Wild Goose, The Riddle Song, The Witching Hour, Spellbound, In a Mist, Strange Interlude..
Claude Denjean: Moog!; Decca/London Phase 4 SP-44155; gatefold 1st press N/N S $25 -- Moog; well-loved, best-selling classic of Moog pop/rock; beautiful space-scape jacket; Venus, Proud Mary, Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye, Nights in White Satin, House of the Rising Sun, Everybody's Talkin', Come Together, Lay Lady Lay, Raindrops, Sugar Sugar..
Claude Denjean: Open Circuit; Decca/London Phase 4 SP-44196; 1973; gatefold promo cutout E/N- S $30 -- Moog/Moog funk; hipper 2nd LP has the funky, saucy, drop-in original "Kiss This" (great, essential, early but timeless Moog funk-rock!); "Let's Stay Together" is another groove & the rest is classic '70s: I Can See Clearly Now, Duck You Sucker (Morricone), Godfather theme, Love Story, Tight Rope (Leon Russell), Honky Cat..
Claude Denjean: Moods; Decca/London Phase 4 SP-44266; 1977; Canadian sealed S $30 -- Moog; last of his 3 LPs, very hard to find yet bargain-priced & still unopened!; My Way, Wave, Baia, El Cumbanchero, New World, Desormais..
Martin Denny: Exotic Moog; Liberty LST-7621; 1969; N-/N S $75 (or [promo] E-/E+ S $60, specify) (or New Zealand import E+/E S $50, specify) -- exotic-pop Moog; his legendary oddball, truly unique & GOOD!!!; despite the mod pop titles, the sound is pure, hip space-electronica or occult-Moog (deep, spacey, moody instrumentals); unlike any other Denny LPs (it's Clark Gassman on the Moog anyway); long considered his rarest & most desirable LP, here in an unprecedented choice of top copies; if the rest of this page means anything to you, YOU NEED THIS NOW!!!; Quiet Village; Midnight Cowboy, I Talk to the Trees, A Taste of Honey, Delilah, Yellow Bird, Cast Your Fate to the Wind, Love Me Tonight..
Disney: The Official Album of Disneyland/Walt Disney World; Disneyland/Vista 2510; 1980; E+/N-warp-plays S $20 (or E/E+ S $15, specify) -- Moog/pop: "Main Street Electrical Parade" is a classic pop-Moog piece solidly in the Perrey-Kingsley vein (if you like J.J. Perrey, you'll love it), tho longer!; rest is from other Disney attractions such as Enchanted Tiki Room; the ultimate sonic souvenir for Mousketeers but essential for pop Moog fans; best of all, it's cheap!
Tom Dissevelt/Kid Baltan, The Sonic Vibrations of: Song of the Second Moon; Philips/Limelight LS-86050; Unipak gatefold; E/N- ES $90 (or E-/N- ES $80, specify) (or E-/E+ ES $75, specify) -- space/electronic; reissues the impossibly rare The Electrosoniks: Electronic Music (Philips PHS-600-047): the first, greatest, hip (still, today!), modern (concept, sound, deep bass, etc.) LP of its kind (tho rec. mono only), which nevertheless was made when other space albums were still just orchestral w/effects; literally avant garde yet melodic, natural-sounding, electronic-synthesized; every track creative & a stone killer ("Sonik Re-Entry" being the classic DJ pick, however); highest recommendation for both this & the sequel; a MUST-HAVE best-of-breed!; Song of the Second Moon, Moon Maid, The Ray Makers, The Visitor from Inner Space, Sonik Re-Entry, Orbit Aurora, Twilight Ozone, Pianoforte
John Eaton -- see jazz
The Electric Hair: Electric Hair; Evolution 2013; cutout N/N- shrink S $30 -- Moog; "Switched-On Hits from America's First Tribal Love Rock Musical"; brainchild of Robert Byrne, it's the most entertaining/uptempo/surprising of the 3-or-more Moog "Hair" LPs; top jacket art of a stupendous wire-as-wig sculpture (perhaps worth it just for that); mostly uptempo, funky rock (all from "Hair"), hip percussion as well as far-out space sounds, good for DJs
Electric Moog Orchestra: Music from Star Wars; Springboard/Musicor MUS-8801; 1977; E+/N S $30 (or E/E S $25, specify) -- Moog/space/space funk; comp. John Williams, arr. Jimmy Wisner; decent Moog/space-synth treatment in general, which is saying something for any version of the Star Wars ST, but the standout, reason-to-care here is "Imperial Attack," an obscure, primordial drum-and-bass (yeah, we mean it!) wonder w/psychedelic guitar & synth that date it w/out making it dated; DJs don't have to be old Moog nuts to find this valuable!
Electro-Harmonix Work Band; Electro-Harmonix ER-711; 1977; w/booklet V+/N S $75 (or w/booklet V/E- S $40, specify) -- funky guitar w/breakbeats (esp. on great, long, Moog-funky cut "I Am Not a Synthesizer") & all manner of guitar effects ("state-of-the-art electronic devices") similar to synthesizer; unique, rare, intense!; best of all, booklet/catalog shows & fully describes all the wild gear for axe heads: Big Muff Pi, Attack Equalizer, Crying Tone Pedal, Doctor Q Envelope Follower, Black Finger, Frequency Analyzer, Zipper Envelope Follower & so on for boosters & octave multiplexers--even the "Golden Throat Mouth Tube" for finding your inner Frampton
The Electronic Concept Orchestra: Cinemoog; Philips/Mercury SR-61279; cutout N-/N S $30 -- Moog; led by the great Eddie Higgins w/Phil Upchurch, etc.!; Mah-Na Mah-Na(!), Midnight Cowboy, & music from STs Che (Lalo Schifrin), Sterile Cuckoo, Z, Justine, Last Summer..
The Electronic Concept Orchestra: Moog Groove; Philips/Mercury/Limelight LS-86070 (New Zealand import) E+/E+ S $25 -- Moog/rock; "The First Album of Electronic Rock"; w/Eddie Higgins, Phil Upchurch, etc.!; hip tunes & jacket art; Aquarius, Oh Happy Day, Grazing in the Grass, Atlantis, Rock Me, Feelin' All Right (funky!), Windmills of Your Mind, Hey Jude..
Mort Garson: Plantasia; Homewood H-101; 1976 sealed w/booklet S $40 -- Moog; we're very pleased to offer unopened, remaindered warehouse stock at a great price; the master's final occult-Moog LP; very rare (tiny label, perhaps nothing else on it); part of the trend of plant-stimulation records (of which this & some others are top rare grooves), mellower than his heaviest occult-Moog masterpieces though w/its fierce moments, paticularly in "Music to Soothe the Savage Snake Plant"; the booklet from "Mother Earth's Indoor Plant Care" is really cute, practical, friendly '70s fare, a nifty period-piece in itself
Mort Garson & Jacques Wilson: The Wozard of Iz; A&M SP-4156; c.1969; E/N- S $150 (or E-/E S $100, specify) -- legendary & in great demand; far & away the hippest spoken/Moog LP ever (further out than Zodiac Cosmic Sounds but not as dated); produced by Bernie Krause; "Word-Man" Jacques Wilson's very clever, "Oz"-on-acid, anti-materialistic, freakout "Odyssey"--DJs should covet the electronic mindblower "Leave the Driving to Us"; others include Upset Strip, Never Follow the Yellow-Green Road, Thing-a-Ling (Scared Crow), In-Man, Man with the Word (Lyin' Coward), They're Off to Find the Wozard, Blue Poppy, I've Been Over the Rainbow, Big Sur, Killing of the Witch..
Mort Garson's Electronic Hair Pieces; A&M SP-4209; N-/N cutout S $90 (or uncut V+/N- S $60, specify) (or white-label promo V+/E- S $45, specify) -- occult Moog/instrumental; the greatest of the Moog "Hair" LPs (not just for the famous "Incredibly Strange Music" jacket) is also one of the rarest by Garson
"Z" w/Mort Garson: Music for Sensuous Lovers; Anthem/Sensuous Records 5800; 1971; E/N- S $50 -- Moog/sex; the ultimate "squeaky-bedsprings" LP (SEX & MOOG!), hilarious yet intriguing; sides simply titled "Climax 1" & "Climax 2" feature extemporaneous, otherworldly Moog noodling (really great, as it's the occult-Moog master & he's free to do what he likes, in a sort of free-form electronic space jazz) & of course the obligatory female moaning every space-age bachelor pad needs
Mort Garson: The Unexplained--
Ataraxia; RCA Victor APL1-1217; 1975; E+/N- S $75 -- occult Moog/instrumental; "Electronic Music Impressions of the Occult"; first-rate, electronic freakout (a close second to Black Mass-Lucifer but rarer); liners by Jacques Wilson; super-spooky jacket art tops it off; Tarot, Sorcerer, Deja Vu, Astral Projection, Seance, I Ching, Cabala, The Unexplained, Wind Dance; jacket bottom wrinkled from water but image fully intact
Mort Garson & Jacques Wilson (w/Paul Beaver): The Zodiac Cosmic Sounds; Elektra EKS-74009; 1967; tan/1st E-/E- S $20 -- zodiac/rock/moog/sitar/psyche; "celestial counterpoint with words & music...must be played in the dark"; classic, unique, crazy, hip, fun, rockin', Summer of Love occult-electronica by the masters; a bit camp but groundbreaking--the very first Moog LP done in California (w/the late Bob Moog's assistance) & a huge hit with weirdos everywhere (not rare generally but ideal copies are scarce); covers all signs & sports a VERY groovy jacket!
Mort Garson & Jacques Wilson: "Signs of the Zodiac" series: Gemini; A&M SP-4213; Unipak gatefold; E/E+ S $15 (5 $15 LPs for $50) -- Moog/occult/zodiac; hip/groovy/funny astrology spoken word w/Moog background by the master, paired w/the great "Word Man" Jacques Wilson (words on Wozard of Iz)
Mort Garson & Jacques Wilson: "Signs of the Zodiac" series: Virgo; A&M SP-4216; Unipak gatefold; white-label promo E+/E+ S $20 -- Moog/occult/zodiac; hip/groovy/funny astrology spoken word w/Moog background by the master, paired w/the great "Word Man" Jacques Wilson (words on Wozard of Iz)
Mort Garson & Jacques Wilson: "Signs of the Zodiac" series: Aquarius; A&M SP-4221; Unipak gatefold; white-label promo E-/N- S $20 -- Moog/occult/zodiac; hip/groovy/funny astrology spoken word w/Moog background by the master, paired w/the great "Word Man" Jacques Wilson (words on Wozard of Iz)
Tom Glazer & Dottie Evans: Space Songs [from Ballads for the Age of Science by Lou Singer & Hy Zaret]; Argosy/Motivation MR-0312 (reissues Argosy/Library of Science/Science Material Center 101; 1959) w/booklet N-/N $50 (or same but w/warp--affects 1st secs only E+/E+ $25, specify) -- space/kids/science; w/Tony Mottola; "16 delightful, authentic musical journeys to the world of outer space--for the entire family"; late pressing (purple label) but top shape, which is tough for this one!
Marty Gold/Walter Sear: Moog Plays the Beatles; Avco Embassy Ave-33003; gatefold cutout N-/N- S $50 (or deep groove New Zealand import V+/V+ S $20, specify) -- Moog pop/rock/sitar; scarce LP is a one-stop shop for the best Beatle covers on Moog; daring jacket features 2 incredible naked-hippie clay figurines; Eleanor Rigby, Norwegian Wood (w/sitar), Day Tripper, Yesterday, Get Back, Penny Lane, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, Michelle, Hey Jude, In My Life, Fool on the Hill, Good Night
Bernie Green: Futura; RCA Victor Stereo Action LSA-2376; 1961; deep groove 1st press N-/E+ S $35 -- space/pop; one of the top LPs in the series (in nifty silver die-cut jacket) as well as one of the rarest (1st press copies are stamped "Discontinued" & few followed); unique, hip explorations in channel separation, vibes, effects, steel guitar?; several space-age pop legends: Under Paris Skies, Kiss of Fire, Out of this World, Futura..
Ferde Grofé/Dr. Samuel Hoffman: Rocketship X-M ST; Starlog SR-1000; 1977/1950; E/E+ $50 -- sci-fi/space/theremin; one of those great "from the vaults" projects that brings to a light a rare, previously unreleased ST; made from the original tapes, faithfully kept in mono; sensational color jacket of weird '50s rocket, bold lettering, & 4 b/w scenes from the film; copious notes, some on theremin star Dr. Hoffman & more stills; the compelling "Theremin Solo" (never used in the film!) is a highlight, & there's more theremin in the rest of the score (orchestra arr. & cond. by Albert Glasser): Exploring the Red Planet, None Came Back, Romance in Space, Floating Free, The Martian Mutants..
Bruce Haack: Funky Doodle; Chambers CD-1001; 1983/1976 (reissues Dimension 5 D-191); sealed S $200 -- kid funk/Moog/strange/electronic; super rare in both the original & this reissue series (which gives you new artwork & top shape/sound)
Bruce Haack: Captain Entropy; Chambers CD-1002; 1983/1974 (reissues Dimension 5 D-171); sealed S $200 -- kid funk/Moog/strange/electronic; super rare in both the original & this reissue series (which gives you new artwork & top shape/sound)
Richard Hayman, Persuasive Electronics by: Genuine Electric Latin Love Machine; Command 947S; 1969; gatefold E+/N S $35 (or cutout N-/N- S $30, specify) (or cutout E+/E+ S $25, specify) -- Moog; a classic; besides the far-out title & even weirder jacket art, some very hip, sampladelic, funky-drummer music--not your old man's orchestral crap!; Girl from Ipanema (tongue-in-cheek), Dansero (funky sample), Windmills of Your Mind (funky drums), Hare Krishna, Peanut Vendor..
Tom Hazelton/Gene Ciszek: Explorer [Orbits the World]--Familiar Tunes; EXP-100; 1967; N/N shrink S $30 (or E+/N- S $25, specify) (or E/E+ S $20, specify) -- organ/proto-synth; "A totally new electronic musical instrument in recording!"; local treasure (Allentown PA is a big organ place) promotes a super-organ-to-Moog missing link: the Explorer II, a "proto-synthesizer & Allen Electronic Organ"; also, great/stupid jacket photo of goateed Tom & Gene at the Explorer & drum kit; Mr. Bach Meets Mr. Batman (yes, BATMAN theme!) is the highlight, also great are Explorer Theme, Take Five, Caravan, Spanish Flea(!!!)..; BONUS: free for the asking (1 only): 1970s "Allen Organews" 20-page newsletter w/photos of Allen installations (came w/the LP)
Ray Heindorf/Dr. Samuel Hoffman: Spellbound as Performed by Heindorf; Warner Bros. BS-1213; 1958; E/E S $30 -- theremin; Miklos Rozsa's "Spellbound"; one of the tiny handful of full-length, theremin LPs, and one of very few in modern, stereo, hi-fi sound (w/gorgeous jacket to boot); and, clean stereo copies, such as this, are especially scarce--snap it up!
Mel Henke: La Dolce Henke; Warner Bros. W-1472; 1962; E+/E+ $100 -- space/beatnik/strange; w/Mel Blanc(!); most famous for "The Lively Ones" (wack, beatnik jive like the best moments in "Kookie") & "Woman in Space" (w/Beverly Ford!) but many other fine space-age thrills; great jacket & rarity round out this odd-pop holy grail/best-of-breed!
Pierre Henry: Messe Pour le Temps Present (Mass for Today); Philips 6510.014; 1968; E+/N- S $60 -- funky Moog/music concrete; a whole side that's totally hip & essential for DJs & anyone else into sounds that are danceable yet completely far-out (super-psychedelic!): Psyche Rock--w/bells, like Jean-Jacques Perrey's EVA!!!, Teen Tonic, Fever, Too Fortiche, Jericho Jerk, Rock Electronique & a side+ of major works of music concrete: The Green Queen (Maurice Bejart), The Voyage (excerpt), & Variations for a Door & a Sigh (based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead); impeccable French import has richer sound/fidelity than the US version on Limelight (yeah!)
Bernard Herrmann: The Mysterious World of; Decca/London/Phase 4 SPC-21137; 1975; w/catalog insert N-/N S $20 -- sci-fi; awesome high-impact London National Philharmonic treatment of Ray Harryheusen's music for giant crabs: Jason & the Argonauts, Mysterious Island (tunes: The Ballon, The Giant Crab, The Giant Bee, The Giant Bird), Three Worlds of Gulliver; fantastic full-color fantasy jacket art & extensive notes
Hot Butter [Popcorn]; Musicor MS-3242; 1972; E/N S $20 -- Moog; the 1st major Moog dance hit ("Popcorn," which began life when HB leader Stan Free was cutting the 1st pop Moog LPs with Gershon Kingsley--this is the hipper, hit version!) plus other great stuff, all transMoogrified to the max: Hot Butter, Pipeline(!), Apache(!), Song of the Nairobi Trio (Robert Maxwell's masterpiece), Telstar, Day by Day, Tomatoes, Tristana, At the Movies, Amazing Grace
Hot Butter: Popcorn--Version Originale; Barclay 920-399; 1972; French import (licensed Musicor); N-/N S $40 -- Moog; a real treat even for those who have the Musicor version, as it offers 3 or so new/unique tunes (including one by Serge Gainsbourg) you can't get otherwise (at least not in the US); Pop Corn, Day by Day, Visa to the Stars, At the Movies, Tristana, Tomatoes, Amazing Grace, Love at First Sight, Song of the Nairobi Trio, The Silent Screen
Hot Butter: More Hot Butter; Musicor MS-3254; 1973; N/N shrink S $60 -- Moog; even better than the classic 1st LP but scarce, with juicy breaks & even a groovy chorus--just where it works!; better still, we got it in flawless shape!; Space Walk (breakbeat/funky!!!), Tequila (move over, wacky Three Suns version), Mah-Na Mah-Na (great version!), Percolator, Wheels..
Dick Hyman & "The Group": Mirrors--Reflections of Today; ABC/Command RS-924-SD; gatefold N/N S $30 (or cutout N/N S $25, specify) -- soul covers/organ; like the sequel "Sweet Sweet Soul," it's a hip trio setting of Hyman on Lowrey, Bob Rosengarden (drums), & Bob Haggart (bass) in great sound!; Respect, Hit the Road Jack, Ode to Billie Joe, Up Up & Away, Groovin; The Flower Road, House of Mirrors..
Dick Hyman & "The Group": Sweet Sweet Soul; ABC/Command RS-933-SD; gatefold cutout N/N S $25 (or cutout N-/N- S $20, specify) -- soul covers/organ; great sequel to "Mirrors" again w/the hip trio of Hyman/Rosengarden/Haggart in great sound!; Chain of Fools, Boddy & Soul, Soul Man, Tell Mama, Dock of the Bay, Honey Chile..
Dick Hyman: The Synthesizer; Command RSSD-968-2; 1973; 2-LP cutout N/N S $20 -- Moog/funk; w/Walter Sear; reissues "Moog-The Electric Eclectics of Dick Hyman" & "The Age of Electronicus" in 1 nifty, "Two-Fer" set; even if you have the original issues, you consider this for top shape & groovy new jacket art, or just to be able to spin the hell out of "Give It Up or Turn It Loose" & others w/out jeopardizing your originals; an extraordinary value!!!
Dick Hyman: Fantomfingers; Project 3 PR-5057-SD; 1971; gatefold; E+/N S $75 (or E/N- S $60, specify) (or E-/E+ S $50, specify) (or cutout E/E+ S $50, specify) -- organ/space/funk/Brasil/gospel; "Dick Hyman rocks the new Baldwin organ"; wow!!!--that's right, a GREAT, HIP, FUNKY, scarce/obscure Dick Hyman LP; loads to love, including the Moog-y space-electronica of the title cut, the funky gospel of "Put Your Hand in the Hand," the funky, funky boogaloo cover of Ray Charles' "Booty Butt" (way better than the original!), "A Letter from My Brother in Brazil," and (best of all) the SERIOUS BREAKBEAT organ funk of "Memphis Two-Step" (on his 2 well-known Moog LPs only the James Brown cover even comes close to this!); DJs must have it!!!
Mel Kaiser (rec.): Science Fiction Sounds Effects Record; Folkways FX-6250; 1959/1958; white label, no booklet N/N $40 -- production; 32 electronic/tape/whatever cues; clean, rare, & highly desirable!; rocket-ship graphic on the jacket; Mel Kaiser of Cue Recordings was a leading US production-record maker
John Keating: Space Experience; Columbia CQ-32382; 1972; E/N- S SQ--quad! $65 (or E/E S SQ--quad! $50, specify) (or New Zealand pressing Columbia Studio 2 Two-393 N-/N- S $45, specify) -- space-electronic/space funk/Moog; the GREAT one of his 3 space LPs; one of the best things on the UK Studio 2 label & one of the best quad experiences ever (ditto in plain old stereo); funky "I Feel the Earth Move" known to DJs now but there's much more: beats, funk, Moog-like synth, spies--all very ahead of their time yet space-trippy & groovy; originals Space Agent & The Unknown Planet are essential; Star Trek theme, Rocket Man, Jesus Christ Superstar, & jacket space photos are strong highlights
John Keating Conducts the Electronic Philharmonic Orchestra; EMI EMC-3057; 1974; UK import N/N S $15 (5 $15 LPs for $50) -- orchestral Moog (& 7 similar synthesizer/super-organs); scarce, a rare treat for the US Keating fan & classical Moogophile, at least; Sabre Dance, Fanfare for the Common Man, Washington's Birthday, General Lavine: eccentric, Hebridean Impressions, The Unanswered Question..
Gershon Kingsley & the Moog: Music to Moog By; Audio Fidelity AFSD-6226; blue N-/N S $100 (or Capitol-made black E+/N- S $75, specify) -- Moog; one of the early classics, in even higher demand now for "Hey Hey" (which has been compared to the Dr. Who theme but w/a funkier beat) & the original version of "Pop Corn" (the 1st/biggest smash hit of Moog); no Moog collection can be without it
KPM (Production/Sound Library)
Armand Migiani/The Backgrounds; KPM 1003; 1966; N-/N $30 -- production (sound library)/jazz-classical; French musicians The Backgrounds do Migiani's arrangements for modern jazz of J.S. Bach, from Preludes & Fugues for the Well-Tempered Clavier Books 1 & 2; unusual & delightful, entertaining without being stuffy; no strings; early one on KPM!!!
Various: Light Intimations Vol. 1; KPM 1006; 1966; N-/N- $20 -- production (sound library)/; Larry Ashmore & David Francis do a variety, best of which is Military Pickle, which sounds a bit like Perrey-Kingsley; Pentuet, Tijuana Tap Dance, Endless Belts, Pattern of Pistons..
Various: Predictions Part Two; KPM 1234; 1979; E+/N- S $25 -- production (sound library)/ethereal/electronic/space; F. Monkman/M. Ironton/P. Cox/J. Devereaux; No Man's Land, Lift Off, Electromechanic, Dark Star, Prophet, Time Tunnels..
Various: Progress & Prestige/Fourth Dimension; KPM 1066; 1970; E/N $35 -- production (sound library); Side 1: Keith Mansfield (w/1 by Neil Richardson); Side 2: Derrick Mason; the highlight is funky, mod "Wonderama"; Side 2 is 6 spooky/ethereal mood pieces
Enoch Light & the Light Brigade: Brass Menagerie 1973; Project 3 PR-5060QD; gatefold N/N- S/Q-quad (4-channel disc) $30 -- Moog/funk/conga/mod/sitar/quad; the only 1 of the 3 Brass Menagerie LPs you need, but it's terrific, one of the hippest things on the label; w/the great Candido on congas!; terrific cover of Hot Pants (JB!), Explorations for Moog (Dick Hyman original), Theme from Shaft (w/tabla!), I Feel the Earth Move, Season of the Witch ("psychedelic" w/Vinnie Bell on sitar)..
Enoch Light & the Light Brigade: Permissive Polyphonics; Project 3 PR-5048SD/QD; 1970; gatefold quad (4-channel disc) N/N- S/Q $30 -- mod/Moog/breakbeats/sitar/quad; "escapism through the turned-on sounds of today"; one of the very best, hippest ones on the label; at this price everyone overseas at least should snap it up; w/Dick Hyman on Moog & Lowrey organ, Vinnie Bell on sitar, Arnie Lawrence; Puppet Man (terrific mod Moog funk!), Mas Que Nada, Pass & I Call You (more Moog, Lowrey, & breakbeats!), Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay, Marakesh Express, Let it Be..
Lothar & the Hand People; Capitol SM-2997 (REISSUES ST-2997 minus 3 cuts); cutout N/N- shrink S $75 -- rock/psyche/theremin; incredible rare LP here reissued early in top shape (recommended also for anyone w/the original in less-than-perfect condition); missing only 2 unimportant cuts & "Woody Woodpecker" which is good but only 45 seconds; what you do get is "Machines" (FANTASTIC!!!--WAY ahead of its time, sounds like Television only much better), "Sex & Violence," & other greats; the cut "Milkweed Love" features "Lothar," the band's theremin (ergo the "Hand People" are the band members)
Marty Manning & his Orchestra: The Twilight Zone; Columbia CL-1586; 1961/1960; black 6-eye E+/N- $75 (or black 6-eye promo E-/E $60, specify) -- space-electronica/space TV themes; "a SOUND adventure in space" (w/ondioline, ondes martinot, electronic effects, exotic percussion), it's one of the best space-electronica LPs of the period--and rare!; w/Jerry Murad, Mundell Lowe, Harry Breuer, Phil Kraus, Lois Hunt (exotic vocalese)..; covers theremin STs by Miklos Roza & other classic space themes; liners include photo & bio of Rod Serling; the show's logo is used on the jacket face; Twilight Zone, Forbidden Planet, Lost Weekend, Invitation, You Stepped Out of a Dream, The Unknown, Far Away Places, Spellbound Concerto, Sorcerer's Apprentice, The Moon is Low, Night on Bald Mountain, Shangri-La
Richard Marino: Out of This World; Liberty Premier Series LSS-14007; die-cut jacket, gold-label deep groove E+/E S $40 -- space-orchestral; "A Unique & Startling Musical Adventure"; no doubt an attempt to duplicate the success of the better-known "Fantastica" LP, this rarer one's got more glitz (special series, fancy jacket) & similar charms, such as 3 soprano voices providing the electronic, "ethereal" sound; 12 tunes: Out of this World, Stardust, Over the Rainbow, Stairway to the Stars, Full Moon & Empty Arms, Stella by Starlight, Misty, Moonlight Becomes You..
Robert Margouleff & Malcolm Cecil: Tonto's Expanding Head Band; Atlantic SD-18123; 1975; N-/E S $35 -- cyber-Moog; originally issued as "Tonto's Expanding Head Band: Zero Time; Embryo SD-732" (rare), but this version has the great, psychedelic "frog" jacket (preferable); very spacey, trippy, way-ahead-of-their-time electronica (something of a link between pop Moog and later stuff by Tang. Dream, etc.): Cybernaut, Jetsex, Timewhys, Aurora, Riversong, Tama
Mike Melvoin: The Plastic Cow Goes Moooooog; Dot DLP-25961; sealed cutout S $75 (or N-/N S $65, specify) (or deep groove New Zealand Festival SZL-933.497 import E+/N- S $50, specify) -- Moog pop/rock; scarce (as are most on Dot) & in high demand, both for the sensational jacket/title (see cover of Incredibly Strange Music) & for hip Moog versions of heavy rock hits; keyboardist Michael Melvoin joined by Moog masters Paul Beaver & Bernie Krause; drummers include Earl Palmer & Paul Humphrey; Medicine Man, Spinning Wheel, Lady Jane, Ballad of John & Yoko, Tomorrow Tomorrow, The Plastic Cow, Born to be Wild, One Man-One Volt, Brown Arms in Houston, Lay Lady Lay, One, Sunshine of Your Love
Robert Miller: Sound Forms for Piano--Experimental Music by Henry Cowell, John Cage, Ben Johnston, & Conlon Nancarrow; New World NW-203; 1976; gatefold w/inner leaves E+/N- S $30 -- avant garde/piano; worth it just for the extensive liners on each composer; Cowell: The Banshee/Aeolian Harp/Piano Piece (Paris 1924); Cage: Sonatas I,V,X,XII & Second Interlude; Johnston: Sonata for Microtonal Piano; Nancarrow: Studies for Player Piano #1,#27,#36
Hugo Montenegro, his Orchestra & Chorus: Moog Power; RCA Victor LSP-4170; 1969; all deep groove: E/N S $40 (or E/E S $30, specify) -- Moog pop/rock/sitar/chorus; w/a hypnodelic jacket & Paul Beaver/Mike Melvoin on Moog duty it's already a very happening record, but for sampling it also has funky drums & breakbeats, esp. on Moog Power (w/sitar accents) & My Way (yes, the Paul Anka/Frank Sinatra standard--Moog w/vocal!!!); also has the classic '60s vocal/pop-choral sound of Montenegro, Mike Curb, & the Beach Boys but hip; MacArthur Park, Dizzy, Touch Me (Doors!), You Showed Me, Hair/Aquarius..
Hugo Montenegro: Hugo in Wonder-Land; RCA QuadraDisc APD1-0413; 1974; N/N- shrink Q $75 -- Moog funk; "Hugo Montenegro interprets the Genius of Stevie Wonder"; essential for AWESOME version of Superstition, one of the best funky Moog cuts ever; we're talking funky drums & radical Moog/synth all over the place here; a wild space ride (spatial channel separation done to great effect, for once) in stereo, it's no doubt even more of a mind-blower in true quad!; Higher Ground, Too High, Living for the City, My Cherie Amour, You Are the Sunshine of My Life, Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing..
Hugo Montenegro: Love Theme from The Godfather; RCA Victor APD1-0001; 1972; sealed S/Q $30 (or N/N- shrink S/Q $25 (or cutout E+/E+ S/Q $20, specify) -- Moog/percussion/funky; one of the best of the Montenegro '70s ARP LPs; the killers for DJs are Quadimodo (like a funky Blue Note cut) & Stutterology (wild percussion fans of Emil Richards especially will dig); also some other weird sounds on the title track; one of the best values on this page & definitely an LP everyone should have; supposedly the very first discrete quad formulation!; Baby Elephant Walk, I Feel the Earth Move..
The Moog Machine: Switched-On Rock; Columbia CS-9921; deep groove/1st press E-/N- S $20 -- Moog/rock; like the Mike Melvoin it's wanted for heavy tunes done Moog style; Spinning Wheel, Jumpin' Jack Flash, Feelin' Groovy, Get Back, Yummy Yummy Yummy, The Weight, Time of the Season, Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (funky drums), You Keep Me Hangin' On, Hey Jude
Moondog; Columbia MS-7335; gatefold; promo w/timing strip E+/E S $50 -- avant-garde/percussion by Luis Hardin, the legendary, blind "Viking of 6th Avenue" outsider-artist musician who influenced Charlie Parker & many others; glorious jacket photo of Moondog
John Murtaugh: Blues Current; Polydor 24-4016; cutout E/E+ S $75 -- SERIOUSLY funky Moog; w/Herbie Hancock, Bernard Purdie, Gerry Jemmott; all excellent, original groovers highlit by some intensely heavy cuts (deep Moog funk like the best cuts by the Zeet Band, "Eva," & DAMN LITTLE ELSE); do we even need to mention the awesome, clean drum breaks? (yep, consistently funky drums AND hot breaks galore); Blues Current, Blues for Dreaming, The Sign Wave's Connected to the Pulse Wave, Good Old Fashioned Electronic Synthesizer Blues, Travelin' Man, Ramblin', The Floater, Slinky, All Day Saturday, Moon Rock
Muzak: Stimulus Progression Number Four; Muzak SLP-8980; 1972; gatefold E/E+ S $25 -- scarce, revealing artifact of the Muzak phenomenon; jacket shows a planet in space w/title "The Sound Heard Round the World"; extensive liners (in 4 languages) include photos & chart documenting the 6 original cuts on Side 1 (incl. "Muzak on the Move"); the 6 covers on Side 2 are perhaps an even better reason to get it, however: "Godfather" theme, Sugar Daddy (mod, uptempo), American Pie (Don McLean!), Diamonds Are Forever..
Long John Nebel Reveals the Flying Saucer Story; American Music Library AML-201; E-/E $50 -- spoken/occult/UFOs; "Authentic First Hand Interviews Revealing Saucer Contacts"; great private-press wonder by a leading light of kook records; sensational jacket art, promises "flying saucer reports the Air Force won't talk about!"; "Is an invasion of the Earth coming?"
New World Electronic Chamber Ensemble: Switched On Beatles; Island ILPS-9300; 1974; gatefold cutout N-/N- S $40 -- Moog; one of the very rarest pop-Moog LPs, it has a colorful (psychedelic) jacket & more Sgt. Pepper than the other Beatles Moog LP (Marty Gold's Moog Plays the Beatles); not saying it's a favorite, just that you may have a very hard time finding it otherwise
[Jerry Styner & Larry Brown:] Orbit III; Beverly Hills BHS-38; E/E+ S $30 -- Moog rock-pop/funky Moog/organ; in a hip purple jacket, it's a rare product showcase for the Wurlitzer Orbit III Synthesizer, a grand "missing link" super-organ/early-synth hybrid that challenged the Moog for dominance; tho on an obscure Hollywood label it's nevertheless slickly produced, adding 3 unusual Beatles covers to the world's short supply of Moog versions of Beatles, plus other rock covers & 3 compelling originals (best being the title track); Back in the USSR, I Guess the Lord Must Be in NYC, Moonwalk, Oob La Di, Mother Nature's Son, Orbit III (FUNKY w/drum breaks!), Tuesday Afternoon, Falcon's Endeavor, Dock of the Bay, It Was a Very Good Year, Glass Onion(!)
The Peppers; Polydor/Event EV-6901; 1974; cutout E-/N S $30 -- Moog (partly funky); we see the 45 a bit but rarely the LP (rec. in Paris); definitely one to have whether you're after all of pop Moog or just the funkier slices; Hot Caramel, Pinch of Salt, Pepper Box, Do It Do It, A Taste of Honey, Just a Rock..
Jean-Jacques Perrey: Moog Indigo; Vanguard VSD-6549; 1968; V+/N- S $200 -- Moog/funk; the killer "E.V.A." plus nearly equal funky cuts Soul City, Moog Indigo, Cat in the Night
Jean-Jacques Perrey: The Amazing New Electronic Pop Sound of Jean-Jacques Perrey; Vanguard VSD-79286; 1968; 1st press/StereoLab E/E+ S $60 (or deep groove New Zealand import E-/E+ S $30, specify) -- Moog pop; 1 of the 2 great Vanguard LPs & more pop than funky, but still totally hip & groovy, at least in the nerd-chic way; fantastic music, jacket, the works, w/help from Harry Breuer; Porcupine Rock (INSANE, absolutely incredible mod-soul-twist from SPACE!!!), The Minuet of the Robots, Brazilian Flower, Mister James Bond, The Little Ships, The Mexican Cactus, The Little Girl from Mars..
[Jean-Jacques Perrey &] Pat Prilly: Moog Generation; Montparnasse 2000 Mon-27 (2nd/abstract jacket) N/N S $80 -- Moog/production; an early 1 in the great French series (hard to get!), ostensibly by Perrey's daughter but really Perry w/Harry Breuer!; Kiddy Kappers, Go-Go Scotch, Mosquitoes on Parade..
Jean-Jacques Perrey & Gilbert Sigrist: DynaMoog; Crea Sound Ltd. 46.532 (Canadian version of Montparnasse 2000 Mon-33) N-/E S $100 -- Moog/production; "The ultimate in music conception"; 3 or 4 really hip tracks (funky Moog or space) stand out, and of course it's a prize for all other reasons too; Le Fugitif, Jeux de Moogs, Syntheme, Bossa Mooga, Dynamoog..
[Jean-Jacques Perrey &] Pat Prilly: Moog is Moog; Montparnasse 2000 MP-106; N/N S $80 (or trade for any other in the series) -- Moog/production; another in the great French series (very hard to get!), ostensibly by Perrey's daughter but really Perry w/Harry Breuer!; Brazilian Chick, Mod Ghost, Krazy Cat Rag, Crazy Crow & Daffyduck, Goosey Goosey Gander, The Giddy Goblin..
Perrey-Kingsley: The IN Sound from WAY OUT!; Vanguard VSD-79222; Stereolab E-/E+ S $25 -- pop Moog "Electronic Pop Music of the Future"; yep, it's the mighty, nutty, wacky original: UFO, Swan's Splashdown, Spooks in Space, Girl from Venus, Jungle Blues from Jupiter, Computer in Love..
[Jean-Jacques] Perrey & Kingsley: Spotlight on the Moog--Kaleidoscopic Vibrations; Vanguard VSD-6525; 1971/1967 U.K. IMPORT N/N- S $30 -- pop Moog; the classic in state-of-the-art original form, except that it's the foreign version w/different jacket art; One Note Samba/Spanish Flea, Fallout, Baroque Hoedown, Carousel of the Planets, Pioneers of the Stars, Mas Que Nada..
Alain Presencer: The Singing Bowls of Tibet; SayDisc SDL-326; 1981; UK import E-/N- $50 -- Tibet/space/electronic-sound; one of the best Tibetan LPs is also one of the very best space-electronica LPs, though naturally produced!; at first you'd swear it's an avant-garde lab using a Buchla or something, but instead it's "singing bowls" (like the old crystal-goblet-with-water trick); some voice, conch/yak horn, & flute but it's mainly the demon-repelling, 8-metal alloy bowls, which yield a feast of sound!
Andre Previn/London Symphony/Simon Preston: Rollerball ST; United Artists UA-LA470-G; 1975; cutout N-/N S $25 -- funky Moog; "Executive Party" & "Executive Party Dance" serious deep-funk Moog(!) & essential DJ items; rest classical, though classic horror theme Toccata in D Minor is always nice to have
Eldon Rathburn: Expo '67 Labyrinthe ST; Labyrinthe LAB-650S; 1974; Canadian; deep groove N/N shrink S $50 -- cond. by Louis Applebaum, it's an original work (rare outside Canada) for a very popular Expo 1967 exhibit, the Labyrinthe, for which this is the ST; electronic (Mooglike), leaning more toward the avant-garde than pop
Gene Roddenberry: Inside Star Trek; Columbia PC-34279; 1976/1974; white-label promo, cutout w/original inner sleeve! V+/V+ S $20 -- space/spoken; no self-respecting Trekkie can live without it!; William Shatner Meets Captain Kirk, The Origin of Spock, The Questor Affair, The Star Trek Philosophy, A Letter from a Network Censor...& more!
Rome Symphony Orchestra/Bruno Maderna: The New Music; RCA Victrola VICS-1239; 1967; E+/E S $25 -- avant garde; music by Karlheinz Stockhausen (Kontra-Punkte--for 10 instruments), Kryzystof Penderecki, Earle Brown, Henri Pousseur; jacket painting by Jon Henry
Rome Symphony Orchestra/Bruno Maderna: The New Music Volume 2; RCA Victrola VICS-1212; 1968; N-/N- S $25 -- avant garde; music by Boulez Haubenstock-Ramati, Maderna; jacket painting by Jon Henry
Saturne EA1: Magic Fly; Polydor/Barclay 45016; 1977; import E+/N S $30 -- disco Moog on a space theme; the Saturn jacket is great; Magic Fly, Saturn's Brass, Meteor Chase, Ballad for Space Lovers, Venus in Love, Gamma Ray Dance..
Tony Schwartz/Various: New York 19; Folkways FD-5558; 1954; w/booklet; E/E+ $30 -- worth it just for Moondog from the Mars recording & kids playing bongos; unique collection of found sounds from the streets of "NY 19," zip code of the world's greatest concentration of commercial music production (at the time); taped jacket edges/former school library copy
Christopher Scott: Switched-On Bacharach; MCA/Decca DL-75141; 1969; N-/N S $25 -- Moog/mod; a big seller well worth having; The Look of Love, Alfie, Walk on By (nice, funky drums), I Say a Little Prayer, What the World Needs Now is Love, What's New Pussycat..
Sir Christopher Scott: More Switched-On Bacharach; MCA/Decca DL-75243; 1970 (MCA-21 reissue) N-/N S $20 -- Moog/mod; ranges beyond the more obvious hits of Vol. 1 to more intriguing, less shopworn melodies; consequently it sounds more like a great Moog production LP from the period; Raindrops, Close to You, Paper Mache, Promises Promises, A Message to Michael, Wishin' & Hopin', Trains & Boats & Planes..
Raymond Scott: Soothing Sounds for Baby, Volume 1 (1 to 6 Months); CBS/Epic LN-24083; w/booklet E/E+ $75 -- space-electronic/Moog; prod. by Sonny Lester; "An infant's friend in sound"; could just as easily have been a "music to grow plants by" LP; extremely rare (we've never even seen any other copy of any of the 3 volumes); demonstrates (as perhaps no other LP does) Scott's abilities in the electronica department; high production values (good sound well produced)
Walter Sear: The Copper-Plated Integrated Circuit; ABC/Command 947-S; 1969; gatefold cutout N/N S $40 -- Moog; "plugged-in pop presented on the Moog synthesizer & other electronic instruments by Sear Electronic Music Productions, Inc."; a classic of hip, pop Moog; sold well & has a cryptic jacket/title, so it's a bit underrated but it's great, worth having in a perfect copy; Integrated Circuit, Jazz Waltz Circuit, Where's Prince Brilliant? (funky drums), Circuit Breaker, Hey Jude, Resonant Circuit, Love Child (funky drums), Relay Circuit, Feedback Circuit, Revolution, Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
Ananda Shankar -- see exotic-foreign
Sound of Genesis/Victor Jay/Astronauts: Journey to the Moon; Buddah BDS-5045; cutout N-/N S $25 -- space/spoken/rock/sitar/electronic effects; a bit of everything, particularly notable for the funky rock (typical of the label); "recorded live on Earth, in Space, on the Moon"; not rare enough to be priced high, but it's more entertaining than most that are
Sounds Galactic: An Astromusical Odyssey; London/Decca SP-44154; gatefold N-/N- S $30 -- space-orchestral/space-electronic/hippie; prior to the great "Space Experience" LP, John Keating made this delightful 1969-ish space fantasy ("Hair" goes space here) that fills the gap between "Barbarella" & the 1972 masterpiece; there's the original "Round Trip Mars" as well as pop hits, mostly with strings but effectively (like a better James Bond ST); also some ethereal abstract vocals & electronic effects; great abstract space photos, top production values; 2001, Spinning Wheel, Aquarius, Nocturne, Across the Universe (Beatles tune), Up Up & Away, Good Morning Starshine, Claie de Lune, Round Trip Mars
Spleen: [Leonard Feather Presents] The Sound of Feeling; Mercury/Limelight LS-86063; yellow-label promo E+/E+ S $90 -- avante/out/psyche/strange; w/Fred Katz, Emil Richards..; legendary voice-led strangeness!; rare enough original/clean, but this one's also a rare promo; the name "Spleen" comes from Baudelaire's "Flowers of Evil" (title of another LP on this label)
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Complete Piano Music; Columbia 32-21-0007; 2-LP BOXED SET sealed S $100 -- Aloys Kontarsky, piano; "first recording supervised by the composer"; probably comes w/a booklet (jacket doesn't indicate)
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Prozession for Tamtam, Viola, Eleftronium, Piano, Filters, & Potentiometers (1967); Candide CE-31001; w/insert (notes by Stockhausen) E+/N- S $60 -- avant garde/electronic
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Kontakte for Electronic Sounds, Piano, & Percussion/Refrain fdor 3 Instrumentalists (1959); Candide CE-31022; w/insert (notes by Stockhausen) E+/N- S $60 -- avant garde/electronic
Larry Taylor: Taylor-Made Moog; Cozy PL-1008; N-/N- S $30 -- Moog; on Dora Hall's label, its 10 cuts are 9 corny ancient (bi-band era) tunes done on Moog & 1 nice original, "Synamoog"; one of the very rarest pop Moog LPs (Cozy/Premore & pop-Moog completists should get it while it lasts)
Mike Vickers: A Moog for More Reasons; KPM 1155; 1975; E/E S $150 -- Moog/production; one of the great ones!; several top cuts, including "The Light Fantastic", which despite the geeky title is a funk bomb (funky Moog) equal to JJ Perrey's very best; 17 cuts total, w/times ranging from just under 2 mins to just under 3 mins
Dave Vorhaus: The Vorhaus Sound Experiments; KPM 1243; 1980; N-/N- S $40 -- electronic/space/Moog/production; "Flights of electronic wizardry & imagination"; yes, it's 1980 but it's really good, like the best of the commercial electronic records of the day but crammed with great ideas & sounds which could have been the basis for many more records; mainly on a space/tech theme (Computer Code, Future Scan, Voyager One, Interaction, Disintegration Series..) w/several short cues (Moog logos, synth effects) & even some humor ("Jamaican Digital Blues")
Kai Winding: Mondo Cane #2; Verve V6-8573; N-/N S $20 -- mod/ondioline; rarer than but at least as vital as the 1st (each an essential classic of both mod & the Moog-like electronic instrument, the ondioline); Claus Ogerman/Creed Taylor; Simian Theme (FANTASTIC!), Python, Theme from Nowhere, Blue Star/Medic Theme, Warm..
Klaus Wunderlich: Sound 2000--Moog, Organ, Rhythm; Telefunken 6.21134; 1973; [Canadian pressing, Ace of Clubs SCL.2074] N-/E- S $25 -- Moog; 1 of the German keyboard master's great synth LPs; awesome not just for the better covers (Charade, Humoresque, Cherokee, Raindrops, Blue Tango, Felicidade, To the Spring) nor even his originals (Dufter Zahn, Krimoogulus), but for "Corn-Flakes"--his very worthy answer to the Moog super-hit "Popcorn"; condition is fine except "Raindrops Are Falling On My Head" (boring cut anyway)
Klaus Wunderlich: Wersi-Time 2; WersiTime 2; Gema 66.21365; E+/V S $20 -- super-organ/synth; demo/promotional LP for the Wersi series of super-organs (all 8 models pictured in color on jacket back) has inner leaves detailing how to play the tunes, which include Shaft, Girl from Ipanema, Eso es el Amor, Rock Around the Clock, Whiter Shade of Pale..; priced low a scratch affecting 3 other tunes
The Zeet Band: Moogie Woogie; Chess LPS-1545; E/N- S $150 (or cutout N-/N S $125, specify) (or promo V+/N S $75, specify) -- Moog funk/blues-rock Moog; RARE "electronic boogie and blues composed and played on the Moog"; "Down with it? Can't Quit It!--Zeet! Zeet!"; rare, unique, wonderful, deeply funky Moog, led by 1960s guitar-god Mike Bloomfield (credited as "Fastfingers Finkelstein" to dodge contractual obligations) in own of his least-known but most happening/strangest recordings, with some really cool guitar effects (and a lot of sounds that are like the very best/hippest Jean-Jacques Perrey); of course, the mighty Zeet outfit (this being their only record) includes other superstar heavyweights: Paul Beaver (Moog), Phil UpChurch, Donn E. Hathaway, Morris Jennings..; all original tunes: Boogie-Loo (dark & GREAT!!!), Fat City!, Angel's Dust Boogie, 3:45 Blues, Beaver Boogie, Fireball Boogie, Piggie Woogie, Moogie Boogie
Uncredited: Moog Party Time; Contour 2870-197; 1973; UK import E/N- S $20 -- Moog pop/rock; decent UK fare w/some sampleable drum and Moog sounds; Popcorn, Beautiful Sunday, Coconut, Sweetly & Slowly, Taka Takata, Horse Theme, Son of My Father, Listening to Mozart, Song Sung Blue, Chorus, What's Your Name
Uncredited: Power Parts; TM PPV-1 (Texas); 1990; E/N- S $20 -- production (sound library)/Moog/drums; synthesizer & percussion galore!; a smorgasbord of 44 shorts on each side, 27 of which are scratch effects!; a sampler's delight, for sure
Uncredited [Production Music]; Robert Hall RH-1/2; deep groove generic/E $75 -- production (sound librar)/space-electronic/gong/horror/instrumental; the first & one of the best Robert Halls! (similar to Sam Fox stuff); seriously spooky-scary outer-space electronic sci-fi sounds; 30 short cues (some are variants) w/isolated bands; Outer Space, Buck Rogers, Glass Breaking, Bees, Ethereal Effect, Arriving Outer Space, Flying Trunk, Bottom Out, Bong-Ping, Musical Vibe, Wire Recorder with Oscillator, Ghost, Coach Horn, Water Samba..; slight dishpan warp does not affect play
Various [Production Music]; Chappell LPC 535-540; E/E+ $25 -- production (sound library)/orchestral/space; Melodi Light Orchestra/Telecast Ensemble/Roger Roger; 20 rare & interesting pop confections, the highlight of which may be Clive Richardson's 3:15 tune "U.F.O." (good orchestral space/sci-fi)
Various: The International Contemporary Music Exchange, Inc. Presents The Outstanding Contemporary Orchestral Compositions of the United States--a sampler & comprehensive survey; ICME 1; 1975/1974; 2-LP gatefold w/inserts [promotional only] E/E+ S $150 -- avant garde; 21 varied works (instrumental, orchestral, voice), magnificently presented in a rare private-press anthology (probably never sold commercially); inserts are a letter from ICME Director Igor Buketoff and a wonderfully illuminating 12" booklet-guide to composers, with photos, bios, and in some cases recommendations for further listening: Barber, Cowell, Druckman, Harrison, Hovhaness, Riegger, Rochberg, Schuller, Thomson, Varese, Wuorinen, Babbitt, Gershwin, Bernstein, Riley, Brant, Brown, Cage, Carter, Copland, Crumb, Foss, Harris, Ives, Ruggles, Schuman, Sessions (most are represented on the discs)
Various: The Twilight Zone Vol. 1; Varese Sarrabande STV-81171; 1983; N/N $15 (5 $15 LPs for $50) -- space/orchestral; 1st of multi-volume series of original TV scores & incidental music; this set by Marius Constant, Jerry Goldsmith, Nathan Van Cleave, Bernard Herrman, Franz Waxman; unlike Marty Manning's LP but a nice TV-fanboy document, particularly for the liners & stills of early episodes
Moog: Original 45s/EPs
Please note: shipping/handling for 45s is gratis!
Claude Denjean: El Cumbanchero/Another Day, Another Way; London L-2593; 1977; N- S $20 -- Moog/disco; Canadian pressing; great for the funky A-side w/Conga; rare
Mort Garson & Jacques Wilson: (Prologue from) The Wozard of Iz/same; A&M 962; white-label promo N $30 -- rare single(!) from legendary, very scarce LP (A&M SP-4156), far & away the hippest spoken/Moog LP ever; produced by Bernie Krause; definitely one for the "Jukebox of the Gods"
Hot Butter: Popcorn/At the Movies; Musicor MUS-1458; 1972; N S $15 (5 $15 LPs for $50) -- Moog; the 1st major Moog dance hit, "Popcorn," which began life when HB leader Stan Free was cutting the 1st pop Moog LPs with Gershon Kingsley--this is the hipper, hit version!
Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman w/Billy May: Music for Peace of Mind set of 3 45s; Capitol CCF-221; E+ $25 -- theremin/orchestral; no box or sleeve but w/the discs in top shape, it's ideal for anyone seeking an upgrade or the sound you get only with this format; nicely priced, too
Various: The Wild Sounds of New Music Compact-33 EP; CBS/Columbia Masterworks BTS-17; picture sleeve; E/E+ S $40 -- new music/percussion; excerpts from 6 LPs (jackets pictured in thumbnails); worth it just for the extremely rare Lasry-Baschet: Chronophagie (hypnotic music of sculptures that sound) & the similar Harry Partch: Castor & Pollux; also Terry Riley: A Rainbow in Curved Air, Luciano Berio: Sinfonia Section III & Conlon Nancarrow: Study #7; OR, the best part may be the liners! (it's all so good)
Wanted in Trade:
- Forrest J. Ackerman Presents Music for Robots; Science Fiction
- Pete Bellote: Moog Party
- Richard Hayman Presents the Electric People; Murbo (& other Murbo)
- Dick Hyman: Funk Moog; GNP Crescendo (track info wanted at least)
- KPM #s 1035, 1044, 1056, 1067, 1070, 1130, 1131, 1166, 1233
- Michel Magne: Musique Tachiste; Paris (France)
- Jean-Jacques Perrey (or Pat Prilly; France):
- 45s & EPs (non-LP tunes, pseudonymous; inquire)
- Moog Expressions
- Moog Vibrations
- Don Spencer: Fireball/XL5 (Zero G); 20th Century Fox 440 (7"/45rpm)
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