Note the record changer in the second video.RCA console pull,I think
I have a few for you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7BcyH30t-I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV7wvBpWXE0 Yes that's The Isley Brothers song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXNGPazlFhk
http://www.discogs.com/Enoch-Light-And-The-Light-Brigade-Enoch-Lights-Action-Its-HappeningSo-Lets-Dance/release/2219032
This one has moog,vocals (!) and cheesy sitar effects.Found a copy of this gem at Goodwill a few months ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhYK7hWVMe4
Here is one that has been heavily sampled,and is in fairly high demand.Yet to find a copy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZTRx7dPnAo
Love to get the EMI Studio 2 shown here.Never seen "Mirrors" either.They could get funky.
Everyone needs a complete run of "Persuasive Percussion" and "Provacative Percussion" records.
Roger
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From: Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 5:59 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Some morning music -- Command Moog records ...
Hi Tim:
There used to be a very good Command Records/Enoch Light fan site, but it seems to be shut down now.
Fortunately, there is the Wayback Machine:
http://web.archive.org/web/20050519085051/http://www.enochlight.com/
Note the interview with Dick Hyman, it's a good one.
The Moog stuff actually isn't Dick's best work with Command. He played keyboards on almost every
record, and I like his Lowry Organ records a lot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9M_6gJQiME
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwqoXBaSevo
(notice how that Lowry sound shows up again on the second Moog record)
He also did a pair of "just what is this soul music the kids are playing?" records which actually
have ... SOUL!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAVnqm_fMbs
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95m1ukrs0ws
the album notes make sure to point out that Dick played all the keyboards using this newfangled rock
and roll technology called re-recording (overdubbing).
The other album was "Mirrors":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wai1kCUT_4
After Command Records stopped making new records, Dick joined Enoch Light's Project 3 Records and
made an album of many overdubbed keyboards:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGwWUn80lNo
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i-1BRnXTD0
This was much more a 70's stoner rock vibe than the funky Command records.
There's a great compilation CD to be made of Dick Hyman's Command era. Every record has one or two
really good cuts, and some are all good. Dick did all or almost all of his own arranging, so the
sound and feel are different from the Lew Davies arrangements used on most of the other Command
records. He also did a jazz trio record for Command, just a straight jazz album.
Another Command artist who made some fantastic albums was Urbie Green, also Doc Severinsen. And
Count Basie made two Command albums, both co-produced by Teddy Reig. The other stuff runs hot and
cold, to my taste and most modern tastes. I like the jazz elements and expert playing, but when you
bring in a pile of strings and reduce broadway tunes to easy listening, I can't do that. But the
same guys who made the syrupy string "Movie Themes" albums also made "Big Band Bossa Nova" and the
"Persuasive Percussion" and "Provacative Percussion" series.
-- Tom Fine
----- Original Message -----
From: "Timothy Wisniewski" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 4:37 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Some morning music -- Command Moog records ...
> Update: Dick Hyman doesn't recall the recording session for the Dark
> Shadows theme at all, so unfortunately we only have Robert Cobert's
> word in an interview printed in the booklet for the Complete Dark
> Shadows Music Soundtracks box set released by MPI. Hyman did tell me
> that if he played on it, the recording certainly would have taken
> place in New York, and would probably have been played on a Moog.
>
> Tim
>
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Timothy Wisniewski
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Thanks for the tip, Tom! I just emailed Mr. Hyman.
>>
>> I didn't realize he had a personal website, how wonderful it is to be
>> able to contact the prolific pianist and moog guru directly!
>>
>> Best,
>> Tim
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> Hi Tim:
>>>
>>> No idea about "Dark Shadows," but Dick Hyman is still alive and active and
>>> has a website. Ask him directly (and then tell us what he said!).
>>>
>>> -- Tom Fine
>>>
>>> PS -- also really cool 70's Moog stuff are John Keatings "Space Experience"
>>> albums. Here's a YouTube of the "Star Trek" theme where the doofus has his
>>> turntable set for 45 instead of 33!
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5Zoymd_0mg&feature=relmfu
>>>
>>> and here's a too-fast "Sounds of Silence" cover:
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhdSAe71W0Q&feature=relmfu
>>> note the comments, doofus got called on the fast turntable. But beggars
>>> can't be choosers. Both Keating albums are together as an iTunes download,
>>> which seems to be mastered from the Quad mix -- play it thru a matrix
>>> decoder and trip out.
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Timothy Wisniewski"
>>> <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 12:01 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Some morning music -- Command Moog records ...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> These Dick Hyman records are classic. My favorite bit of Hyman trivia
>>>> is his playing the "theremin" part on the original Dark Shadows tv
>>>> show theme. Robert Cobert, the composer/conductor stated that it was
>>>> actually a string sound from one of Hyman's synthesizers. I've read
>>>> that most of the early cues for that show were recorded in the UK
>>>> because it was cheaper not to have to pay the American performer
>>>> royalties, but it seems likely that the theme would've been recorded
>>>> in NY. Tom, do you know anything about where that recording was made?
>>>> This would've been in 1966.
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 6:37 AM, Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I grabbed this from an exchange with one of my friends.
>>>>>
>>>>> Dick Hyman was the MAN on the Moog:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyW_VkOTo2k
>>>>> and
>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf6TgwR0EgY
>>>>> (this is an altered modern "remix" version that's not as good as the
>>>>> original)
>>>>> and
>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-j7BTDC4I4
>>>>> (recognize this from Beck "Odelay"? Beck gave proper credit in the
>>>>> booklet
>>>>> notes)
>>>>> and
>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1KK-pqaYcg
>>>>> and
>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDI12la4iu8
>>>>>
>>>>> Walter Sear was also interesting but rhythm challenged at times:
>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yI7y-lKtYs
>>>>>
>>>>> Richard Hayman went more mellow:
>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzrGPp9mbu8
>>>>> and
>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVebBrILgbU
>>>>>
>>>>> All of this was done at Fine Recording in Walter's Moog room with real
>>>>> instruments added in one of the big studios and then mixed by Walter and
>>>>> Russ Hamm on the ADM console in Studio B.
>>>>>
>>>>> -- Tom Fine
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Timothy Wisniewski, M.L.I.S.
>>>>
>>>> Visual Materials Archivist
>>>> Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives
>>>> Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
>>>> 5801 Smith Avenue, Suite 235
>>>> Baltimore, MD 21209
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Timothy Wisniewski, M.L.I.S.
>>
>> Visual Materials Archivist
>> Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives
>> Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
>> 5801 Smith Avenue, Suite 235
>> Baltimore, MD 21209
>
>
>
> --
> Timothy Wisniewski, M.L.I.S.
>
> Visual Materials Archivist
> Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives
> Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
> 5801 Smith Avenue, Suite 235
> Baltimore, MD 21209
>
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