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
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