In a time of nearly uniformly bad news, Obama's election is certainly a good reason to rejoice, and what would a celebration be without a good dose of Space Age Moog music? So today I offer a mix that surfaced some years ago on the Internet for a short time, the compilation Switched-On Basic Hip. Who could resist a computer singing "I Walk The Line", or Hugo Montenegro doing the Neil Diamond classic "Porcupine Pie"? It also features one of my favorite Walter Carlos tracks, the Burt Bacharach cover "What's New Pussycat". See the rest of this post if you're ready for more than an hour of Moog madness...
MP3s: (original album title in parentheses)
01 Harry Breuer - March of the Martians (The Happy Moog)
02 Hot Butter - Song of the Nairobi Trio (Popcorn)
03 Rick Powell - I Walk the Line (Switched-on Country)
04 Sid Bass - Spanish Flea (Moog EspaƱa)
05 Christopher Scott - Wives and Lovers (Switched-on Bacharach)
06 Electronic Concept Orchestra - Grazin' in the Grass (Moog Groove)
07 Marty Gold - Norwegian Wood (Moog Plays the Beatles)
08 Mort Garson - Hair (Electronic Hair Pieces)
09 Claude Denjean - Sugar, Sugar (Moog!)
10 Enoch Light - Marrakesh Express (Permissive Polyphonics)
11 Hugo Montenegro - Sunshine of My Life (Hugo in Wonderland)
12 Gil Trythall - Polk Salad Annie (Nashville Gold)
13 Dick Hyman - Time is Tight (Age of Electronicus)
14 The Zeet Band - Moogie Boogie (Moogie Woogie)
15 Ron Frangipane - Smile a Little Smile For Me (Rated X for Xcitement)
16 Christopher Scott - Wishin' and Hopin' (More Switched-On Bacharach)
17 Electric Concept Orchestra- Je T'aime...Moi Non Plus (Electric Love)18 Gershon Kingsley - Nowhere Man (Music to Moog By)
19 Mort Garson - The Ride of Aida (Voodoo) (Black Mass Voodoo)
20 Claude Denjean - Hony Cat (Open Circuit)
21 Enoch Light - What the World Needs Now... (Spaced Out)
22 Hugo Montenegro - Porcupine Pie (Neil's Diamonds)
23 Ruth White - Polka From "The Age of Gold" (Short Circuits)
24 Richard Hayman - Dansero (Genuine Electric Latin Love Machine)
25 Gil Trythall - Folsom Prison Blues (Switched-on Nashville)
26 The Moog Machine - Spinning Wheel (Switched-on Rock)
27 Walter Carlos - What's New, Pussycat (By Request)
28 Walter Sear - Hey Jude (The Copper-Plated Integrated Circuit: Plugged-in Pop)
If you haven't had enough yet, you can get all the Moog you ever wanted (and more) at Basic Hip.
"Obama's election is certainly a good reason to rejoice"
"Certainly"???? Some people are very happy, true enough. But you are aware that Obama got something like only 52% of the vote, aren't you? That means 48% are NOT rejoicing. Try not to get too caught up in your little lefty liberal New Yorky parochial world, kopa setic?
Posted by: Not Celebrating | November 10, 2008 at 12:16 AM
how about a thank you for this killer post of TWENTY-EIGHT awesome mp3s, instead of getting all drudge about it?
Posted by: totally celebrating | November 10, 2008 at 01:07 AM
Yeah, Not Celebrating, you had your EIGHT years of wonderful Bush policy. At least you enjoyed the torture, financial crash, lies, secret renditions, indefinite imprisonment, phone tapping and other fun.
Now don't DESTROY MY MOOG!
:-)
Posted by: Pardon me, please, Mr. Bush! | November 10, 2008 at 02:22 AM
Awww.. Unhappy, Not Celebrating?
GOOD!!!!
Now shaddup and eat your Moog.
Posted by: 9voltGod | November 10, 2008 at 02:28 AM
Sorry that I did not display the appropriate political balance. (And FYI, I don't even live in NYC, I live in one of those big red states...) But even John McCain and Sarah Palin seemed to be happy after the election and talked about how great it was to have a black president. And this happened only 44 years after the Civil Rights Act was passed. I think this should be reason for (at least a little) celebration, even for conservatives.
Posted by: Lukas | November 10, 2008 at 02:28 AM
shots up all joe naggin americun nobs, an liesten to thies wunderfall muzacks, !!
Posted by: george | November 10, 2008 at 07:41 AM
With the passing of Neal Hefti, Rudy Ray Moore, and Yma Sumac, the passing of eight years of paleoconservatism is a bright spot. And the moogs are nice too.
Posted by: jalefus | November 10, 2008 at 08:36 AM
Awesome post. No awesome original art for this compilation, though? Anyhow, thanks! I've been rocking my MOOG GROOVE vinyl for years and loving it. So this is a great surprise.
Posted by: brad | November 10, 2008 at 09:50 AM
oh sweet christams- thanks! if for nothing else than the 'i walk the line'
Posted by: trav | November 10, 2008 at 09:52 AM
MOOGTASTIC!
Posted by: walter brennan | November 10, 2008 at 11:24 AM
brilliant! i'd go so far as to say these clips show something you don't expect from the electronic - a groove.
Posted by: j | November 10, 2008 at 11:54 AM
Ah, the first fruits of the homosocialist revolution! Let these transexual moog stylings be as the new balalaika for our glorious future! Do not be sad, conservatives! I know, it is not easy off the coast of alaska in winter, drilling for our precious latte. But someone has to do it. Drill, baby, Drill!
Posted by: K | November 10, 2008 at 12:31 PM
It's kind of insensitive to call Wendy Carlos by her former name...
Posted by: | November 10, 2008 at 01:58 PM
The 1975 album "By Request" is still credited to "Walter Carlos". I love his/her work both before and after the sex and name change, why would using her former name be insensitive?
Posted by: Lukas | November 10, 2008 at 04:28 PM
awesome - thanks!
Posted by: lokel JC FITE Style | November 10, 2008 at 05:29 PM
knot selabrateing - cant ad or spel? werne't it 53-47? and wht meens kopa setic? kopa dictionary next time. maybe i'm on the lookout for it, but it seems republicans often use words they don't understand, and can't spell the words they use. and why are they always angry?
Posted by: y cant u spel? | November 10, 2008 at 07:56 PM
"Thanks for the switched-on collection!"
Posted by: Bren | November 10, 2008 at 09:33 PM
It's insensitive because it's not her name, and she does not want to be referred by it. Check out her website, she's much more eloquent on the subject than I am
Posted by: | November 11, 2008 at 03:12 PM
Good deal. Garson's "Ride of Aida" appeared on the Electronic Toys 2 CD that Normal Records put out a decade ago, but the rest of these are new to me.
Of interest: anyone into this kind of music should track down this CD: http://www.recordshopx.com/artist/hanatarash/live_84_dec_16_zabo_kyoto/
I'm serious! The first track is a typically insane live Hanatarash show, followed by about an hour's
worth of vintage moog music ripped from eYe's vinyl collection. Secret revealed: you can get the proper
track listing for those songs by opening up the tray card. Or, nowadays I think CDDB database just does it for ya.
Posted by: Advantus | November 12, 2008 at 12:36 PM
>>It's kind of insensitive to call Wendy Carlos by her former name...
More sensitive than a compilation of her early works entitled
"When she was Walter"
Posted by: TrotskyTamale | November 13, 2008 at 03:47 PM
I really dig this stuff...the music, not the politcal pish-posh. Now all I need is an elevator to play them in.
Posted by: jAKAsso! | November 14, 2008 at 04:31 AM
I always just say "W. Carlos."
Posted by: Kip W | November 15, 2008 at 12:15 AM
Hey, "Not Celebrating"....WTF were you doing here, anyway? Whaddya, a closet liberal?
Posted by: klem | November 19, 2008 at 10:12 AM
My favourites so far
The Two Johnny Cash songs are tops
Folsom Prison Blues by Gil Trythall
I Walk the Line by Rick Powell
Spanish Flea by Sid Bass, I call this song the theme to the Dating Game and it's super hot, I have a real love for gameshow music, it is its own wonderful genre.
Hair by Mort Garson is bladerunner fresh. timeless.
Polk Salad Annie by Gil Trythall (again) is like some atari shit you never heard before.
Moogie Boogie by The Zeet Band (great name) sounds like chase music from Miami Vice, i can't seeing wanting to hear the whole song again, but i would drop a few seconds of it at a party just to release the flavor.
Porcupine Pie by Hugo Montenegro is a weird 8-bit atari seventies porno soundtrack, it's like a cheesy hot jazz combo playing with a moo0g player who has the most awesome like 8-bit atari tones and sounds and its this totally stereotypical porno movie sounding jam, five stars
Whats New Pussycat by Wendy (Walter) Carlos, its a carnival jam cover version that is really Wendy Carlos, Its like an outtake from A Clockwork Orange that didn't make it into the film. I am not much for carnival music but I do like the super freakout at the end, Scary.
Posted by: tmrsn@hotmail.com | December 13, 2009 at 02:05 AM