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ITHACA JOURNAL
Saturday, February 16, 1974
The Moog Asks: After Bach, Then What?
By JOSEPH MCLELLAN
"Switched-On Bach," Walter Carlos's first record of Bach on the Moog synthesizer, was an immediate hit upon its first appearance more than five years ago and went onto become one of the bestsellers in the history of recording.
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Billboard
February 16, 1974
How 'Switched-On' Was Turned On
By ROBERT SOBEL
NEW YORK-Walter Carlos' "Switched-on Bach II" has sold more than 70,000 in its first five weeks of release, a Columbia Masterworks spokesman stated recently. Although the sales figure is high, especially because it was achieved in such a brief span of time, it is hardly surprising.
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Melody Maker
February 16, 1974
IN THE MOOG
Chris Hayes
As rock music becomes increasingly more sophisticated greater demands are
made of the equipment it's played up.
And it's both logical and natural that the more imaginative rock musicians
should begin to look outside the conventional guitar/drums instrumentation to increase their personal vocabulary.
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Modern Hi-Fi and Stereo Guide
May 1974
Electronic Music Pioneer-Robert Moog
By Robert V. Weinstein
"As far as I know, there was no one else manufacturing equipment especially for electronic music composition in 1964. By the middle of 1965, we had about a dozen customers."
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The Hot Flash
May 1974
MINGLING WITH MOOG
By Louis Herbert
The whole synthesizer thing has just begun, said Dr. Robert A. Moog at a press conference which took place Tuesday, April 30. second floor of the Sound Factory.
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San Antonio Express
July 29, 1974
It's Moog Point: Music Comes from Musician
By Jack Handey
"Music doesn't come from machines," the man sniffed. "It never has. It comes from musicians." This pronouncement would seem obvious to Most people, except the man saying it has created a brain-child which is criticized for emitting a kind of test-tube variety of musical sound.
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Pasadena Star News
September, 18 1974
How to Make Your Own Moog
By Harold N. HUBBARD
For the young man drooling for a Moog synthesizer costing thousands - which he can't afford- Tom Handforth offers instruction on how to make one for $50 and $100.
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PLUG
FALL 1974
The man who made the Moog
Dr. Robert Moog, creator of the Moog Synthesizer. . . it was easy for us to conjure up an image at a wizard-type happy only in his laboratory surrounded by wires and electronic gadgets.
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Buffalo Evening News
November 7, 1974
Musical Marathon With a Flock of Pianists Leaves Some Sated With Satie Composition
By John Dwyer
The internationally known inventor, Robert Moog was asleep under the piano.
He'd already taken his half hour turn at the keyboard. But the hypnotic spell of the music had gotten to him, and he didn't want to go home.
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Wall Street Journal
December 5, 1974
Synthesizers succeed in gaining greater acceptance in the music world.
A growing market develops for the electronic instruments that produce a wide variety of sounds. The American Music Conference figures 7,000 synthesizers valued at $8 million were sold in 1973
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