Pros: Wonderful and respectful synthesized transcriptions Cons: Occasionally odd and a little disjarring
In the mid-1960s, Wendy Carlos (then known as Walter Carlos, in her pre-sex change mode) was a recent electronic music school graduate and looking for something to do. The brand new Moog synthesizer (designed by the recently-deceased Robert Moog) ...
Pros: Excellent sound quality, comprehensive liner notes, Enhanced CD goodies on the 4th disc Cons: Some cover artwork recreated due to legal restrictions
Wendy Carlos didn't HAVE to do this, you know. Fer pity's sake, the oldest of these recordings is now well past legal drinking age! And, heck, on the average stereo system found in Joe Sixpack's living room (where a vinyl copy of the original...
Pros: Learn to like Bach through a different sound from that of traditional settings. Cons: Out of date when confronted with the palette of sounds samplers and alike provide.
All of us around our 40s surely remember all the excitement and reverence around the venerable masters of symphonic rock back in the early 70s, with Emerson (ELP) and Wakeman (Yes) at the top of it. Those completely new sounds, and the incredible...
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