I just dug my record out, and you're right, that sound at :59 wasn't
all that complicated - actually just sounds like maybe a single
blarty oscillator. I hadn't heard the song it years, so I guess it
had become more complicated in my mind - I guess it was shocking at
first listen since it was so loud and seemingly random. Anyway, the
liner notes said it was recorded in 1967, and was one of her first
Moog pieces and an experiment with an 8-track recorder. So the song's
worth hearing even if it's just to see how out there she was from the
beginning of her Moogery.
-Chris
On Feb 6, 2006, at 12:19 PM, Michael Zacherl (aka TonTaub) wrote:
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> xamboldt wrote:
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>> I believe that is called "Walter Carlos By Request" -
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> 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 ;-)
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>> 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!
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> You mean that one at 0:59?
> Doesn't sound that complicated to my ears but maybe I'm missing
> something.
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> And Wendy does like cats as you can hear throughout that tune. ;-)
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>> On Jan 23, 2006, at 3:24 PM, Larry David wrote:
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>>> (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...)
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> Unfortunately they dropped that layout for the CD-rerelease.
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> Michael.
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