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Walter Carlos - Switched-On Bach

Walter Carlos - Switched-On Bach

Musician: Walter Carlos
Album title: Switched-On Bach
Style: Modern Classical, Experimental
Released: 1973
Country: Spain
Size MP3 version: 1236 mb
Size APE version: 1182 mb
Size WMA version: 1756 mb
Rating ✫: 4.7
Votes: 712
Format: MP3 MIDI VOC AU VQF DXD AC3
Genre: Electronic

Walter Carlos - Switched-On Bach


Tracklist

A1 Sinfonia To Cantata No. 29 3:20
A2 Air On A G String 2:27
A3 Two-Part Invention In F Major 0:40
A4 Two-Part Invention In B-flat Minor 1:30
A5 Two-Part Invention In D Minor 0:55
A6 Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring 2:56
A7 Prelude And Fugue No. 7 In E-Flat Major 7:07
B1 Prelude And Fugue No. 2 In C Minor 2:43
B2 Chorale Prelude "Wachet Auf" 3:37
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 In G Major
B3 First Movement 6:35
B4 Second Movement 2:50
B5 Third Movement 5:05

Companies, etc.

  • Manufactured By – Columbia Records

Credits

  • Composed By – Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Liner Notes – Benjamin Folkman, Rachel Elkind, Robert Moog
  • Performer [Electronic Realizations And Performances By], Synthesizer [Moog] – Walter Carlos
  • Performer [With The Assistance Of] – Benjamin Folkman
  • Photography By [Cover Photo] – Horn / Griner*

Notes

This release is from 1968-70 and is a Second pressing with gray labels and "⟵360 SOUND” STEREO “360 SOUND⟶" in white text. Essentially the same vinyl pressing as the First pressing Switched-On Bach which came in a different cover with "Bach" sitting on the bench. Often referred to as the "Constipated Bach" version. These were quickly pulled and replaced with standing version (seen here) per this release.

Some pressings came with numbered Columbia masterworks liner. (see image)

Later (1970-90) reissue editions have darker olive/gray labels with gold "Columbia Masterworks" around border with black text.

Covers with a UPC code printed are Switched-On Bach

Printed in U.S.A.

Tracks A7, B1 (from Book 1 of "The Well-Tempered Clavier")

The selections are in the public domain.

This album was devised and produced by Trans-Electronic-Music Productions, Inc.

Special thanks to Mary, Hilda and Florence.

May come with a sticker on shrink-wrap with praise from various music press, as well as from Glenn Gould.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Other (Library of Congress catalog card no.): R68-3516
  • Matrix / Runout (Label, Side 1): XSM 137961
  • Matrix / Runout (Label, Side 2): XSM 137962
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 1, Runout, Side 1): [(stamped) 0 XXSM137961 2AD] [(etched) 1]
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 1, Runout, Side 2): [(stamped) P X 0 XXSM137962 2AB] [(etched) S] [(stamped) C (etched) 6]
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 2, Side 1, stamped): XSM137961-2E
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 2, Side 2, stamped): XXSM137962-2H
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 3, Runout, Side 1): [(stamped) 0 XXSM137961 2B] [(etched) 12 B7]
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 3, Runout, Side 2): [(stamped) 0 XXSM137962 2C] [(etched) S B7]

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
MS 7194 Walter Carlos Switched-On Bach ‎(LP, Album, 1st) Columbia Masterworks MS 7194 US 1968
MS 7194 Walter Carlos Switched-On Bach ‎(LP, Album, RE) Columbia Masterworks, CBS Masterworks MS 7194 US Unknown
S-63501 Walter Carlos Switched-On Bach ‎(LP) CBS S-63501 Spain 1970
MK 63501 Wendy Carlos Switched-On Bach ‎(CD, Album) CBS Masterworks MK 63501 UK, Europe & US Unknown
MK 7194 Wendy Carlos Switched-On Bach ‎(CD, Album, RE) CBS Masterworks MK 7194 Canada 1985

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