Roland SVC350 vocoder according to VoiceEncoder. Extended vocals come in at the five minute mark, but if you have the time, listen to this one through. Trippy piece. Curious what other synths they used.
"BearEssense: "The Big Hurt".
Copyright 198?, BearEssense. All Rights Reserved.
For listening pleasure only."
And a cover by the androgynous Nessie and Her Beard. That Nessie can whistle.
Nessie & Her Beard - The Big Hurt (Miss Toni Fisher)
YouTube via NessieSanzerbeard
"A true classic, composed and produced in 1959 by Miss Fisher's husband Wayne Shanklin and released on his independent Signet Records. It was quite possibly the first pop song to feature electronic phasing effects and reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. It has since been covered by a number of other fantastic performers, such as Del Shannon, Susan Rafey, Susan Farrar, Scott Walker, and BearEssense."