"Switched-On Bach"/Carlos Available for Download?
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"Switched-On Bach"/Carlos Available for Download?
I've been dismayed to discover that no version of Wendy Carlos' Switched-On Bach ...the 1968 original or any of her later re-make/issues, appear in the expected places, e.g. iTunes, Amazon. My copy of the vinyl album was "lost" in 1969 when a Martha's Vineyard landlord locked out his renters; putting most of our belongings out on the sidewalk. Hey! SOME of us WERE paying rent most weeks. Subsequently my wife and I owned the "album" on cassette, but the iron oxide has long ago flaked off.
WHERE can I buy a downloadable digital copy of Switched-On Bach? I would prefer relatively high quality files, but, truth be told, my 63 year-old ears have trouble telling the difference these days.
I'll appreciate any assistance!
Jim
WHERE can I buy a downloadable digital copy of Switched-On Bach? I would prefer relatively high quality files, but, truth be told, my 63 year-old ears have trouble telling the difference these days.
I'll appreciate any assistance!
Jim
— wish i knew then what i know now
Re: "Switched-On Bach"/Carlos Available for Download?
I'm afraid it will probably be a used CD from Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Switched-On-Bach- ... ed-on+bach
I get the impression she's not interested in releasing her work on lo-res formats.
http://www.amazon.com/Switched-On-Bach- ... ed-on+bach
I get the impression she's not interested in releasing her work on lo-res formats.
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Re: "Switched-On Bach"/Carlos Available for Download?
You have a private message, Jim.
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Re: "Switched-On Bach"/Carlos Available for Download?
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LOL, on Amazon here:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005 ... ycarloscom
Switched-On Bach
11 used from $39.99
12 new from $68.64
1 collectible from $76.99
Sell Us Yours for up to $5.50
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005 ... ycarloscom
Switched-On Bach
11 used from $39.99
12 new from $68.64
1 collectible from $76.99
Sell Us Yours for up to $5.50
John L Rice
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Re: "Switched-On Bach"/Carlos Available for Download?
Yeah, they should change their name from "Amazon" to "Amazing"...
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Re: "Switched-On Bach"/Carlos Available for Download?
If you order from her site she might send you an autographed copy if you ask her, at best, she will respond to your email. I'm sure someone here has a downloaded version of it, though she woudl definitely frown on that.
I never got to hear her "Well Tempered Synthesizer."
I never got to hear her "Well Tempered Synthesizer."
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Re: "Switched-On Bach"/Carlos Available for Download?
You should. It's definitely a major step beyond S-OB. Tuning and intonation are much better, and she draws from a variety of composers-- Scarlatti and Handel are two. There's also some early vocoder-- a taste of what was to come.EricK wrote:I never got to hear her "Well Tempered Synthesizer."
The disc is pricy, but well worth it.
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Re: "Switched-On Bach"/Carlos Available for Download?
Yes. And her 9 minutes exposé about her creations and evolution of her synthesizers on the bonus track "Well Tempered Experiments" of the 1999 CD version of this album is very interesting also.
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Re: "Switched-On Bach"/Carlos Available for Download?
Secrets of Synthesis!!thealien666 wrote:Yes. And her 9 minutes exposé about her creations and evolution of her synthesizers on the bonus track "Well Tempered Experiments" of the 1999 CD version of this album is very interesting also.
http://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Synthesis ... +synthesis
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Re: "Switched-On Bach"/Carlos Available for Download?
Of course !
And all her lesser known works like the music scores for films like Tron, A Clockwork Orange (my favourites are Timesteps and March From A Clockwork Orange featuring a very early Vocoder prototype* by Moog into which Rachel Elkind sings in German), The Shining, and many others of her own work on Moog and later Synergy synths.
(* not the Moog vocoder that was later sold which was a copy of a Bode vocoder)
And all her lesser known works like the music scores for films like Tron, A Clockwork Orange (my favourites are Timesteps and March From A Clockwork Orange featuring a very early Vocoder prototype* by Moog into which Rachel Elkind sings in German), The Shining, and many others of her own work on Moog and later Synergy synths.
(* not the Moog vocoder that was later sold which was a copy of a Bode vocoder)
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Re: "Switched-On Bach"/Carlos Available for Download?
I don't know why they are so damn overpriced.
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Re: "Switched-On Bach"/Carlos Available for Download?
Secrets of Synthesis!! YES!
I also love Sonic Seasonings and Beauty In The Beast
I also love Sonic Seasonings and Beauty In The Beast
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Re: "Switched-On Bach"/Carlos Available for Download?
JohnLRice wrote:Secrets of Synthesis!! YES!
I also love Sonic Seasonings and Beauty In The Beast
Sonic Seasonings. Waay ahead of its time. Ambient years before Eno. If New Age had only continued on this track...
I still have the poster from my vinyl copy. Now if they could only figure out a way to stuff it into a CD jewel case.
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Re: "Switched-On Bach"/Carlos Available for Download?
SOB II is probably my favorite of the two - a lot more use of reverb for a sense of space. Got SOB I and II on vinyl, along with The Well-Tempered Synthesizer - the only way to listen! As far as I know, Wendy is very rigorous when it comes to keeping her music off the free d/l sites like Youtube, Pandora, etc. Can't say I blame her.