Electronic Beds V1 Moog Synthesizer 1970 private library electronic pre-De Wolfe

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Electronic Beds Vol. 1 Performed On The Moog Synthesizer (1970) listen here label & cat. no.:Media Artists Incorporated LP-81070 pressed in:USA date:1970 format:LP Vinyl: vg (some unfeelable scuffs, plays well with occasional light surface noise, De Wolfe sticker on label)
Cover: vg (stickers, writing, spine taped, old label crossed out and replaced by handwritten De Wolfe cat #s)

description:
Ultra rare fantastic electronic library private press gem credited to the obscure (possibly pseudonymous) producers Franklin Morris, Ron Marquisee, and Dick Averson. Made entirely on a Moog, this contains 48 brief electronic sketches 10-60 seconds in length intended for film and radio use but which also work well as a collective suite for listening, with many innovative techniques applied to the then young Moog modular synth which most artists were still trying to figure out how to use at the time, a quite impressive feat in 1970. The compositions are playful while densely orchestrated with many layers of gorgeously sculpted synth textures. One can only speculate who is really behind this lp as there were only a handful of people able to do this in 1970 (Wendy Carlos? Mort Garson? Jean-Jacques Perrey? Gershon Kingsley? Paul Beaver? Bernie Krause?). Perhaps the Syracuse, New York label address provides a clue (not too far from Moog's Trumansburg HQ), if anyone has any further info I'd love to hear it! Thanks to a tip I learned that Franklin Morris was a music professor at Syracuse University, but his name was removed from later issues of this lp which only deepens the mystery. This is the first pressing of these recordings which were reissued by the De Wolfe library in the UK under the title Electrobeds after De Wolfe acquired the tiny Media Artists library label. This scarce US pressing predates the official De Wolfe issue but has the Media Artists label info crossed out by hand and De Wolfe stickers pasted over the label! Highly recommended electronic obscurity, one of my personal favorite early Moog artifacts.

Should be of interest to fans of Raymond Scott, Manhattan Research, Jean-Michelle Jarre, Tom Dissevelt, Bruce Haack, Robert Moog, Dick Hyman, Pierre Henry, Ondioline, Arp, Donald Buchla, Chappell Recorded Music Library, Mu-Ziq, Dick Raaijmakers, DJ Shadow, Roger Roger, Cecil Leuter, Piero Umiliani, Aphex Twin, Kraftwerk, Conrad Schnitzler...

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