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Subject: Re: [motm] classic synth records

From: "Michael Zacherl (aka TonTaub) " <egroups@...>
Date: 2006-02-06

xamboldt wrote:

> I believe that is called "Walter Carlos By Request" -

Guys, thanks for that great pointer!
I just acquired it and I was totally unaware of this record.
I do indeed like it - the weirder the better ;-)

> featuring a
> fantastically psychotic version of "What's New Pussycat" - at one
> point it sounds like he drops a brick on the keyboard, but then you
> remember that everything was monophonic, so the dissonance had to be
> painstakingly arranged. Genius!

You mean that one at 0:59?
Doesn't sound that complicated to my ears but maybe I'm missing something.

And Wendy does like cats as you can hear throughout that tune. ;-)

>
> On Jan 23, 2006, at 3:24 PM, Larry David wrote:
>
>>(the record has a cartoon drawing of walter, the
>>beatles, and a gorilla on the front; and a moog modular - can't recall
>>the title...)

Unfortunately they dropped that layout for the CD-rerelease.

Michael.