Early Recordings to Feature the MOOG Synthesizer

This one in via Micke on AH, posted here with permission. If you can add to the list feel free to in the comments. "Here follows a number of early recordings that feature the Moog modular synthesizer, all of them from 1967.

The first commercial recording to feature a Moog Modular is afaik Cosmic Sounds by Zodiac which was recorded in the around the summer of 1967.
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The first pop/rock album to feature a Moog modular is I believe either "Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, & Jones, Ltd." by The Monkees or "Strange Days" by The Doors, both of which were released in October/November 1967.
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The Byrd's "The Notorious Byrd Brothers" was also recorded in the same period (i.e. fall of '67) but wasn't released until Jan '68.
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The first record to be entirely recorded with a Moog modular is most likely Beaver & Krause's "The Nonesuch Guide To Electronic Music", released at the end of 1967.
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Electronic music pioneer Paul Beaver was involved in all of the above recordings, programming and (in most cases) playing the Moog, an early 1966/67 model "Synthesizer III": Moog synthesizer III (1967). This early model came with a different module configuration and was slightly wider by 4 inches than the later model IIIC. [image source]

Have I missed any other album from 1967, or earlier, that features the Moog modular? if so, feel free to add to my list."

Micke"







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