Moog - Early Days in Rock

A great post on the AH mailing list came up on the first use of Moog synths in Rock and Roll. Bill noted the following:

"- The Doors (first rock band to use a Moog on their "Stange Days"
track/album in Oct. '67)
- The Monkees (first pop band to use a Moog on the track "Daily
Nightly" in Nov. '67 - see YouTube)"

vids:
The Doors - Strange Days


The Monkees Daily Nightly

YouTube via Gowansgroupie

"Micky Dolenz singing Daily Nightly"

Aquarius The Lover Of Life - The Zodiac Cosmic Sounds


"Mort Garson 1967 Aquarius The Lover Of Life - The Zodiac Cosmic Sounds. From a John Peel show."

Byrds - Space Odyssey - The Notorious Byrd Brothers


I couldn't find the early Beaver & Krause records, but I did find the following and figured it was interesting and relevant enough to add to the post.

Trailer The Final Programme Jerry Cornelius

YouTube via PlastikOD

"Trailer for THE FINAL PROGRAMME (The Last Man on Earth) from Robert Fuest. This bizarre Sci-fi movie was filmed in 1973 by Robert Fuest. The movie based on the first Jerry Cornelius novel (The Final Programme) by Michael Moorcock. THE FUTURE IS CANCELLED! As the world teeters on the brink of nuclear anarchy, swinging London scientific genius Jerry Cornelius (Jon Finch) discovers that the microfilm formula for a self-replicating human being is missing. With the help of the diabolic computer expert Miss Brunner (Jenny Runacre), the pair must race through a wasteland by murder and madness to recover "The Final Programme" and trigger the creation of a startling new messiah. Also known as THE LAST DAYS OF MAN ON EARTH, this bizarre blend of stylish action, dark satire and wild sci-fi features a score by Moog pioneers Beaver & Krause with Jerry Mulligan. P.S. The German title was Verrückt und gefährlich (Crazy and Dangerous). Most people prefer the book more than the movie, but i like both of them. Sure, the movie isn't very close to the novel but the bizarre 70's psychedelic design is outstanding."

Update: more info on the Moog used for Strange Days via Micke: "That would have been a 1967 modular system "Synthesizer III" Beaver & Krause used such a system on most of the stuff they participated to between 1967-69 --one exception is I think the Performance soundtrack (rec. in '68) where Krause . operated a IIIP which was later sold to Mick Jagger. Also, Mickey Dolenz of The Monkees bought one of the very first IIIP's (oak cabinets) in sep '67 so he might have used that system on The Notorious Byrd Brothers.I reckon this is the synth he plays in the Daily Nightly video that you posted on matrixsynth [above]. In '68 or '69 B&K switched to a couple of IIIP's w/sequencers and a Moog 10 comprising of about 10 box units. This is the setup used on "In A Wild Sanctuary" and "Gandharva" etc. which were recorded in 1969 and 1970 respectively. Bernie Krause then added a Moog 12 at some point in the early '70s. Any sequencing on the earliest stuff was done with a prototype Moog 960 sequencer. Micke" Update: more via Micke:

Beaver & Krause - The Nonesuch Guide To Electronic Music:


Beaver and Krause - Peace Three - Moog Synthesizer Beaver & Krause - Ragnarök: Electric Funk (1968): Beaver and Krause[Electric Funk 1969] - As I hear it

YouTube via synthastia

"Wonderful electronic album has something from nearly every style of classic electronic music you can think of. This song is my favorite off this album, with Fountains of the Depth of Water and Power coming in at a close second."