Switched-On Bach: When The Synths Hit The Charts

Wendy Carlos recorded Bach on a rented Moog in 1968 and the record went platinum — Carlos herself, Bernstein's reaction, the Clockwork Orange years and the Carlosploitation wave.

Playlist by @synthesizer_history

10 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. Wendy Carlos demonstrates her Moog Synthesizer in 1970 — soup
2. 1970: WENDY CARLOS and her MOOG SYNTHESISER | Music Now | Retro Tech | BBC Archive — BBC Archive
3. Wendy Carlos Interview 1989 BBC Two — automatic_bazooti
4. Young People's Concert: "Bach Transmogrified" / Bernstein · New York Philharmonic — Leonard Bernstein
5. The Broken Scales Of Wendy Carlos — 12tone
6. How One Woman Quietly Created Electronic Music — Mystery Treehouse
7. Wendy Carlos, Moog and A Clockwork Orange — British Library
8. The Most Important Recording Projects Ever (No. 5: Wendy Carlos' Switched-On Bach series) — The Ultimate Classical Music Guide by Dave Hurwitz
9. Oddity Archive: Episode 197 – Switched-On Archive (Carlosploitation) — OddityArchive
10. Discovering Electronic Music (1969-1983) — Fran Blanche