Two Sides of Wild Moog and Funky Synths 45s

• Listen to these songs on youtube: Hare Krishna, One Man, One Volt
• Listen to these 45s in a Spotify playlist here with other 45s from the blog (though note, spotify doesn’t have all / many of the songs featured on the site so some playlists may be incomplete or feature slightly different versions than the original 45s I’m referring to here.
• Download the songs by clicking the titles above

I just want to clear the air here real quick.  I’m not a synth fanatic.  I have a lot of friends who are very much interested in the synthesizer and I’m not here to pretend to be one them.  These are two 45′s I’ve come across that I thought were funky and interesting enough to put here on the blog.  So please, correct me if I’ve gotten something egregiously wrong, but if you’re looking to begin your path into 70’s French minimal electronics, you’re in the wrong place.

Why then should I bother to give these 45′s space?  Well, first off, because I like them!  But secondly and more importantly, these records come at a time when the Moog was moving into the public consciousness and starting to make appearances on popular recordings such as The Byrds, The Supremes, The Beatles and more.  Previously the Moog had remained primarily in the sphere of special effects and gimmicks with exceptions being Wendy Carlos and Perry and Kingsley.  So it’s the late 60′s and The Moog is emerging.

Today’s first 45′s “Hare Krishna” by The Plastic Cow Goes Moooooog is the work of studio musician Mike Melvoin who was a prolific pianist and related instruments.  He contributed to work by The Jackson 5, Frank Sinatra and worked on The Beach Boys “Pet Sounds.”  

Our second 45 is not the more well known synth man Dick Hyman, but is Richard Hayman who worked as an arranger and worked in films before recording some exotica albums, which is probably the nearest today’s work comes to the rest of his oeuvre.  He spent the bulk of his career as an arranger for symphonies, most notably in my hometown with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

I hope you enjoy today’s 45′s!

-George / Snack Attack

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