SV: [sdiy] Learning from Raymond Scott

[KA4HJH]

>Raymond,
>
>> This talk about ancient drum machines has been syncing up
>> for me with
>> my girlfriend getting me the 3xLP set "Manhattan
>> Research" by Raymond
>> Scott. Talk about ancient rhythm machines...a "bongo
>> machine" ???
>>
>> All the info on Scott that I've found online focuses on
>> his
>> authorship, industrial/advertising recordings, etc.
>>
>> Does anyone on this list know if technical info concerning
>> his
>> inventions exists on the web? Or is this lost technology?
>
>Dunno about the LP-version, but the CD-version of the Manhattan Research
>record contains a booklet with all kinds of information. I don't remember
>if it goes into detail about his gear, but it does talk about how Raymond
>Scott was really paranoid about people stealing his inventions, that being
>one of the reasons he didn't really sell any instruments IIRC.
>

You definitely want Manhattan Research, inc. It's a small hardback book
with two CD's. It has more info than anything else I've seen.

<http://www.amazon.com/Manhattan-Research-Inc/dp/B00004SYD6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1231720542&sr=1-2>

'...nothing captures his diverse sound creations as well as Manhattan
Research Inc. This previously unreleased two-CD collection features Scott's
handmade electronics, top-secret creations he'd use to create
ambient-sounding commercial jingles, as well as the odd soundtrack with
budding filmmaker/Muppeter Jim Henson. Scott was impossibly ahead of his
time: a snippet for "Baltimore Gas & Electric Co." could have been written
by Terry Riley; "Limbo: The Organized Mind" is a hint at musique concrete;
and 1960's "In the Hall of the Mountain Queen" could easily fit on an Aphex
Twin disc. Gorgeous packaging, previously unreleased photos, and liner
notes by Irwin Chusid, Robert Moog, and others make this a must for fans of
electronic music.'


For hardcore fans this is also a must-have:

<http://www.amazon.com/100TH-ANNIVERSARY-DOLL-CD-SET/dp/B001I9MV6S/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1231720542&sr=1-11>

Only nine days to go.

-- 

Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
"The Mac Doctor"