MOTM

Departure From The Northern Wasteland - Michael Hoenig 
all synth, superb

Like A Duck To Water - Mother Mallards Portable Masterpiece Co.
all synth & organ, minimalism with a Mogg IIIc

Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come
deranged rock with lots of drum box, effects, and EMS synths

Body Love - Klaus Schulze

A Wizard, A True Star - Todd Rundgren

Todd Rundgren's Utopia - Utopia
first one with eyeball/pyramid cover; too many electronic devices to list.

Fripp & Eno - Evening Star
well really, all of the early Eno -Warm Jets, Tiger Mountain, Another Green World, & Before & After Science



-----Original Message-----
>From: kheck73@...
>Sent: Jan 23, 2006 6:04 PM
>To: larrydavid@..., djarago@...
>Cc: MOTM@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: FW: [motm] classic synth records
>
> 
>In a message dated 1/23/2006 1:41:41 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
>larrydavid@... writes:
>
>FWIW, I  would like to see other people's recommendations too - I usually 
>carry a  list with me of stuff to look for and am always looking for cool 
>synth  records to add to it.
>
>
>
>Here's a few not yet mentioned (thinking of older pre-1980 stuff):
> 
>Mostly or all synth:
>Tonto's Expanding Head Band (huge modular)
>Stardrive (featuring Dave Mason, custom ARP setup)
>Synergy (aka Larry Fast)
>Gary Wright (Dream Weaver)
>any earlier Tangerine Dream
> 
>any Yellow Magic Orchestra
>Roger Powell (Cosmic Furnace, Air Pocket)
> 
>Bill Nelson (Diary of a Love That Whirls, Chimera)
>
>
>Hot Butter (a bit goofy, but hey, classic)
> 
>Rock/ jazz groups from my formative years, with strong synth performances  :
>early Manfred Mann's Earth Band albums (1971-75 especially)
>Edgar Winter Group (They Only Come Out at Night, Jasmine Nightdreams)
>Johnny "Guitar" Watson (A Real Mother For Ya)
>Isotope (The Best of Isotope)
>Steve Hillage (L, Motivation Radio) (also the Gong-guy, Flying  Teapot)
>The Tubes (The Tubes, Remote Control)
>Little Feat (Waiting for Columbus)
>Utopia (RA)
>Ultravox (Systems of Romance, Vienna)
>Styx (The Grand Illusion)
>Pink Floyd (DSOTM, Wish You Were Here)
>Nektar (Recycled, w/Larry Fast)
>Hawkwind (Levitation)
>Yes (Yessongs, Rick Wakeman again)
>Polyrock (Above the Fruited Plain)
>any Talking Heads, Devo, Gary Numan, Depeche Mode, etc.
> 
>Mellotron:
>King Crimson (Court of the Crimson King)
>Moody Blues 
> 
>As for Gentle Giant, 'Free Hand' and 'The Power and the Glory' are two  of my 
>favorites, but you can't go wrong with any of their stuff.
> 
>-Karl.
>