Label: Realistic/Ampex
Number: 513206
Program One
Aquarius/Walk On By/When You Come Along/Moog in My Soul/Sounds like Love
Program Two
T'ain't Necessarily/Michelle/Smoke Gets in My Moog/Electric Soul/Pressure Cooker
Notes by Malcolm
Riviera
This tape just has so much going for it. First, it's a Moog
recording -- from that short-lived era after Switched-On Bach
became the first all-synthesizer hit record, and every producer
in the country had to have their Moog record. Walter Sear,
co-inventor of the Moog, on this phenomenon:
"They were cynical, inept, opportunistic things: throw together a group, lay down some strings and horns and vocals, leave some space for a novelty melody line from the synth. That was the scene in '69. Moog records."
That's basically the gimmick on this cart -- badly-played big band tunes with cheezy Moog lines for the melody. And it's in quad to boot!
Secondly, this cart is released by that true-blue friend of the tracker, Realistic (Radio Shack). It was probably a demo cart for their quad systems.
And finally, to top it off, the word Moog on the cover is in 3-D (if viewed with those red/green cardboard 3-D glasses)! A true triple threat, and borderline Hall o' Fame material.
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