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Originally Posted by AstralTraveller
When you are finished with Klaus you can move on to Rick Wakeman, Keith Emerson, Pink Floyd, Herbie Hancock, lots of 70's funk etc etc. In the late 60's and into the 70's the synth (mostly Moog) and the mellotron changed the sound of music.
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Not to mention arguably the most influential Moog
synthesizer album of all time, Wendy (then Walter) Carlos and Rachel
Elkind's
Switched-On Bach, which was released in March 1968.
For those old enough to remember, this was a seminal work
that helped broaden the popularization of music played on
a synthesizer. It became the largest selling classical
album of all time, selling half a million copies and by March
1969 reached the Billboard Top 10 and was in the Top 40 for
17 weeks. It went on to win three Grammies.
It may seem strange now that "Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
in G Major - Allegro" could somehow manage to get airtime
on pop radio stations at the time, but it is important
to remember the context of the times. We were going to
the Moon and in the minds of many, this was the new
exotic and exciting sound of a new modern era.
Cheers Bart! LOL
