Unappreciated Moog Records

ptq28ptq28 38 Posts
edited May 2005 in Strut Central
Moog records are a dime a dozen. Most of the material is inconsistent and downright cheesy. But, there are tons of dope moog records out there that we just don't know about. Enter: Gil Trythall- Nashville Gold-Switched on Moog...I picked up this LP for free at a friends yard sale. I read the cover and thought it was wack. Moog covers of traditional country songs. Needless to say, I was blown away by some of the music on here. There are two tracks which I wouldn't even bother with. The rest is dope. No joke. Soulful country tunes with moog and orchestral arrangements. A good dig.Anybody have a similar situation?

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  • akoako https://soundcloud.com/a-ko 3,413 Posts
    Moog records are a dime a dozen. Most of the material is inconsistent and downright cheesy. But, there are tons of dope moog records out there that we just don't know about.

    Enter: Gil Trythall- Nashville Gold-Switched on Moog...I picked up this LP for free at a friends yard sale. I read the cover and thought it was wack. Moog covers of traditional country songs.

    Needless to say, I was blown away by some of the music on here. There are two tracks which I wouldn't even bother with. The rest is dope. No joke. Soulful country tunes with moog and orchestral arrangements. A good dig.

    Anybody have a similar situation?

    you really think so? i have two of his country moog lp's and personally they are incredibly cheesy. mosreso than half the "appreciated" moog lps.

    some favorites though:

    Moog Groove - great record, and 3 even greaterbreaks to boot.

    Swithced-On Rock - maybe cheesy? but theres a few tracks on here i really really like.

    Moog Indigo - obvious.

    Music to Moog By - another obvious.

    i know theres more i like. i recall the country ones having a few sample-worthy moments, but aside from that they really werent my cup of tea (maybe just the fact that unlike most other moog lps of the era, they actually used synthesized drums instead of live ones...)

    no offense or anything, just sayin theres muuuuch better lps out there.

  • Walter "Wendy" Carlos Moog records are a dime a dozen.

    BTW, I was shocked to learn that Walter Carlos of Switched-On Bach fame was a tranvestite, even when "she" recorded her first moog LP. Funny that she first revealed her secret to Playboy in 1979. But seriously, plenty of moog records have great moments - that Claude Denjean with the whistling Aphex Twin sample, the Moog ROck LP with the Beastie's "Get it Together" loop... I find even the common moog LPs have something unique about them...


  • just found one today thats pretty nuts by a guy name Donald Erb on a label called Nonesuch. I have an uncle named Donald Erb so i thought if i diddnt like it i could just give it to him. Its pretty freaky stuff. pretty avant garde. Im not too into moog. I have Dick Hyman's Electronicus and Electric Eclectics. I guess they are decent moog albums.

  • akoako https://soundcloud.com/a-ko 3,413 Posts
    common moog LPs


    good luck avoiding this one:
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    oh, and this one has a beck sample.

  • TheMackTheMack 3,414 Posts


    Moog Groove - 3 even greaterbreaks to boot.

    really? i count 2

    Music to Moog By - another obvious.

    my favorite

  • akoako https://soundcloud.com/a-ko 3,413 Posts


    Moog Groove - 3 even greaterbreaks to boot.

    really? i count 2

    well, ones got a rising synth note over it, but "feelin alright", "rock me", and "grazing in the grass"

  • volumenvolumen 2,532 Posts
    There is a Big Band one. I think called Moog Orchestra? It's got kind of a trippy cover with lots of greens and oranges.I really need to get unpacked so I can contribute actual info!!!!

    The Claude De Jean with the lips is kinda cool. Most of his stuff has cool moments though it's never face melt stuff.

    The Copper Plated Circut was one that kinda of let me down.

    I recently found a Moog Does the Blues one and it was pretty cool for a Moog LP.

    A lot of the problem with Moog LP's is that the Moog was such a big deal that people just used it on LP's and so it's pretty crazy souding stuff. At the time people were all about "you can make the Moog sound like a whole band". The better records are the ones that actually have a band.




    As far as Wendy Carlos goes that's no big deal to me. If you see pictures of Walter he never looks happy and when you see pics of Wendy she always has a smile, so more power to her. The trasvestite thing is pretty standard for people who end up getting a sex change. They feel trapped in the wrong body so they dress how they feel.

  • akoako https://soundcloud.com/a-ko 3,413 Posts
    The Copper Plated Circut was one that kinda of let me down.

    yeah, the only track even remotely ok was "wheres prince brilliant", but overall i wouldnt spend more than a dollar the second time around...

  • akoako https://soundcloud.com/a-ko 3,413 Posts
    speaking of moog records on command, whats that one called, latin love machine or something? i really want that one, but ive never seen it out in the field.

    also true that dick hyman and richard hayman were two seperate people?

  • SwayzeSwayze 14,705 Posts

    also true that dick hyman and richard hayman were two seperate people?

    That is true!

  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    Who here has heard:

    (1) The Delta Merchant's SWITCHED-ON BLUES on Excello? (Down-home blues on a synth.)

    (2) The Zeet Band's MOOGIE WOOGIE on Chess? (Michael Bloomfield, Donny Hathaway, and other sessionmen doing the Moog thing.)

  • volumenvolumen 2,532 Posts
    Who here has heard:


    (2) The Zeet Band's MOOGIE WOOGIE on Chess? (Michael Bloomfield, Donny Hathaway, and other sessionmen doing the Moog thing.)


    This is another one that was kinda of a let down. With that label and those players I was expecting more.

  • akoako https://soundcloud.com/a-ko 3,413 Posts
    (1) The Delta Merchant's SWITCHED-ON BLUES on Excello? (Down-home blues on a synth.)

    never even heard OF this one. is there a moog record database?

  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts

    also true that dick hyman and richard hayman were two seperate people?

    That is true!

    Dick Hyman = Piano virtuoso, moog, electric organ, harpsichord. EZ listening and jazz.

    Richard Hayman = Piano virtuoso, harmonica, composer and conductor. EZ listening and classic.

  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    ...really strange this thread should be at the top of the list, I just got back from some sunday record shopping, and the first record I put on as I sat down to check the Strut was this:



    The follow-up to In Sound from Way Out, I'm definitely diggin' it, although I'm not expecting any "monster braeks" or anything...nice moody version of "Umbrellas of Cherbourg," and the price was right, $4 for a clean copy.

  • girgir 329 Posts


    is there a moog record database?

    this might be a good place to start

  • akoako https://soundcloud.com/a-ko 3,413 Posts


    is there a moog record database?

    this might be a good place to start

    thanks!

    from the database:

    "Dick Hyman: Funk Moog; GNP Crescendo (track info wanted)"

    ????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • MoogManMoogMan Sao Paulo, Brazil 1,173 Posts
    speaking of moog records on command, whats that one called, latin love machine or something? i really want that one, but ive never seen it out in the field.

    AKO, it??s this one your talking

    Genuine Electric Latin Love Machine - Persuasive electronics by Richard Hayman







    Very nice record, in that moog way


    Peace

  • The trasvestite thing is pretty standard

  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    (1) The Delta Merchant's SWITCHED-ON BLUES on Excello? (Down-home blues on a synth.)

    never even heard OF this one. is there a moog record database?

    It's not listed on that link supplied above, but I've seen it pictured on Excello/Nashboro inner sleeves. I believe there's a listing for it on the Both Sides Now website, which has album discographies for a bunch of different labels, including Excello.

  • THRIFTDIGTHRIFTDIG 36 Posts
    Mort Garson put out some nice ones/ Notably "Music To Make Your Plants Grow" on Homewood Records 1976. Pretty easy to find. Very tuneful & right on the money just about every track. Tomita stuff is pretty amazing. Debussy "Afternoon Of A Faun" is Beautifullllll

  • parsecparsec 5,087 Posts
    My fave- The Wozard of Iz an electronic odyssey by Mort Garson
    also Gershon Kingsley's first moog quartet "popcorn"
    Dick Hyman- the age of electronicus (w/the money mark sample)

  • THRIFTDIGTHRIFTDIG 36 Posts
    Mort also did a dozen or so Horoscope moog spoken records for A&M in the late 60's. I think Nancy Priddy is on a couple of them. His most obscure release to my knowledge is the soundtrack for this awful film called "Didn't You Hear?". It's a private label LP. Great stuff by Mort. Only seen it twice in 10 years. Goes for around $100. All the Nunsuch stuff is a little too far out for my taste.

  • upskibooupskiboo 2,396 Posts
    John Murtaugh- Blues Current (with Bernard Purdie and Herbie Hancock), one of my favorites in the moog section, real nice moogweeax !!!
    peace-

  • m_dejeanm_dejean Quadratisch. Praktisch. Gut. 2,946 Posts
    Two of my favorites:




  • upskibooupskiboo 2,396 Posts
    Cant forget about Czeslaw Niemen's Katharsis (moooooooooooog) LP !

    (wasup Dejeanski)))

    We dig that joint too,...right hom??Z (the Czeslaw fanclub's in the house!!!)


  • m_dejeanm_dejean Quadratisch. Praktisch. Gut. 2,946 Posts
    Cant forget about Czeslaw Niemen's Katharsis



    No doubt UpskiB







    Not a moog concept album per se, but just as "moogy" as the average Wendy Carlos album and a whoooole lot doper!!!



    Niemen Aerolit is a sureshot in general. "Id??e Fixe" is heavy on the moog as well:







    (Kind of Miles-inpsired artwork in that gatefold painting, I think)



    My Niemen collection is missing that other double album he did, but I'm hoping to trade it with Woody soon. And if you ever get a spare of that John Murtaugh thang, count me in on a trade on that one as well.
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