Bruce Haack: A Picture For Harold's Room electronic psych kids 7"+book 1976 RARE

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Bruce Haack: A Picture For Harold's Room - Scholastic Record & Book Companion Series label & cat. no.:Scholastic Audio Visual Materials 20795 pressed in:USA date:1976 format:7" 33rpm + book + folder Vinyl: ex (couple minor unfeelable scuffs)
Cover Folder: vg (fully intact, shelf wear front and back)
Book: vg+ (minor wear)

description:
Ultra rare holy grail by the legendary creator of children's electronic psych! Probably the best and rarest of the Haack Scholastic releases, this one has non-stop funky electronic background music and sound effects made on Haack's homemade synth gear (even the page turn signal is an awesome synth noise) to go along with this cool story about a kid's imagination as he draws a picture and lives inside of it, written by Crockett Johnson and narrated by Glenn Kezer. This complete set includes the 7" record + illustrated book + outer jacket. Same recording on both sides of the record, one has page turn beeps the other does not. In the 70s, Haack did a few of these projects for educational publishing company Scholastic which mostly ended up in school libraries and are now all but impossible to find and remain unreissued. Fans of obscure early electronic pop, vintage synthesizers, warped children's psychedelia, and unusual spoken word will find much to love. Highly recommended!

artist info from album notes etc.:
Haack was a genius of electronic music and education through sound who invented many early synthesizers and vocoders, released dozens of innovative electronic children's records on his Dimension 5 label starting in the early 1960s as well as non-children's psychedelic rock albums, publicly promoted electronic music on television, and composed commercially. He was also known for his interest in the occult and psychedelic drugs, the influences of both of which frequently made their way into his strange and wonderful recordings. He studied under modern composer Vincent Persichetti, collaborated with Russell Simmons, Raymond Scott, and Tiny Tim, and became an influential forefather to current electronic and techno musicians like Luke Vibert, Add N to X, Mouse on Mars, Money Mark, Stereolab, Aphex Twin, Autechre, Mu-Ziq, and Matmos. • Will be of interest to fans of Jean-Michel Jarre, Paul Beaver, Bernie Krause, Dick Hyman, Pierre Henry, Tomita, Vangelis, Jean-Jacques Perrey, Gershon Kingsley, Tom Dissevelt, Ondioline, Theremin, ARP, Donald Buchla, Robert Moog, Roger Roger, Cecil Leuter, Invisibl Skratch Piklz, Oskar Sala, trautonium, Clara Rockmore, Mort Garson, Philippe Arthuys, Ilhan Mimaroglu, Piero Umiliani, Gil Melle, Kraftwerk, and Conrad Schnitzler.

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