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A Wendy Carlos Discography

December 19, 2010

DISCLAIMERS

This discography covers her recordings as released in the United
States, and does not claim to be complete. Versions of some albums
released outside of the USA are mentioned if they differ from their
USA counterparts in some way. This is not in any way an "official"
discography sanctioned by Wendy Carlos or any of her record companies.

THE RECORD LABELS

COLUMBIA/COLUMBIA MASTERWORKS/CBS/CBS MASTERWORKS/SONY MASTERWORKS:
The CBS Records Group was sold to Sony in 1987 and renamed Sony Music
Entertainment in 1991. Columbia Records released their recordings in
other parts of the world as CBS Records, as EMI owned the name
"Columbia" in those areas before 1990. Around 1979, CBS started using
the CBS name worldwide for their Masterworks releases. Although the
earlier titles continued to say "Columbia Masterworks" on the jacket,
LP labels on pressings made after 1979 may say "CBS Masterworks."
SONIC SEASONINGS and CLOCKWORK ORANGE were released on the Columbia
pop label, and TRON, SECRETS OF SYNTHESIS and PETER AND THE WOLF were
released on CBS, an imprint used during the 1980s for "cross-over"
recordings. "CBS Mastersound" was an early 1980s "audiophile" label of
half-speed mastered LPs and chrome cassettes; "Sony Mastersound" was
an "audiophile" label of gold CDs released in 1992-3. Prefix letters
for SONIC SEASONINGS and CLOCKWORK ORANGE changed over the years as
the list prices changed. The cassettes (and, I assume, the open reel
tapes) had the selections in the same order as the LPs. The 8-track
tapes most likely had them in a different order, with some of the
longer selections interrupted for program changes. Quadraphonic LPs
were playable on stereo players while quadraphonic 8-track tapes were
playable only on special 4-channel 8-track players. Open reel tapes
released after 1972 and the 8-track version of Switched-on
Brandenburgs were sold only through Columbia House, Columbia's mail
order record club.

EAST SIDE DIGITAL: All East Side Digital releases except for the two
REDISCOVERING LOST SCORES volumes contain enhanced CD files for your
computer. They also include index points (not to be confused with
track numbers!) "at significant musical transitions" (although these
are never explained; the sole exception is "Pompous Circumstances" in
BY REQUEST). Most CD players, however, do not show index numbers.

"WALTER CARLOS": LPs and tapes released before 1979, as well as the
CLOCKWORK ORANGE soundtrack on compact disc and the movie on VHS, DVD
& Blu-Ray, bears the name "Walter Carlos." Walter Carlos and Wendy
Carlos are the same person; consult Carlos' web site for the story.

CURRENT AVAILABILITY: The Warner compact disc to the soundtrack for A
CLOCKWORK ORANGE seems to be the only one currently in print, as the
ESD web site no longer lists Wendy Carlos as an ESD artist. The
domestic CD version of TRON is also out of print, but used copies may
still be found, in addition to import versions. [I wonder what is
going on with Wendy Carlos, anyway -- her web site hasn't been updated
in nearly two years!]

THE DISCOGRAPHY

** ELECTRONIC MUSIC (1966)
LP: Turnabout TV 4004 (mono)
LP: Turnabout TV 34004S (stereo)

SELECTIONS: [Andres Lewin-Richter: Study No. 1. Ilhan Mimaroglu: Le
Tombeau d'Edgar Poe. Tzvi Anvi: Vocalise]. Carlos: Variations for
Flute and Electronic Sound. Carlos: Dialogues For Piano and Two
Loudspeakers (Carlos, tape; Philip Ramey, piano; John Heiss, flute).
[Selections in brackets not composed or performed by Wendy Carlos.]
[The identity of John Heiss comes from the Wikipedia entry on Wendy
Carlos.]

NOTES: Described by Wendy Carlos as "Two of my earliest compositions
from graduate student days at Columbia University." "Dialogues" is the
earliest composition Wendy Carlos acknowledges, and was later re-
recorded for BY REQUEST. No compact disc of these two early
performances have been officially released.

This is the only recording in this discography that was released both
in mono and stereo. All LPs below were released only in stereo except
for Switched-on Bach, which was released in both stereo and SQ
quadraphonic.

** SWITCHED-ON BACH (1968)
http://www.wendycarlos.com/+sob.html
LP: Columbia Masterworks MS 7194
LP: Columbia Masterworks MQ 31018 (released 1972; SQ Quadraphonic)
LP: CBS Mastersound HM 47194 (released 1981; half-speed mastered)
Cassette: Columbia Masterworks 16 11 0092 (renumbered MT 7194 sometime
during the 1980s)
8 track: Columbia Masterworks 18 11 0092
Quadraphonic 8-track: MAQ 31018 (released 1972)
Open Reel: Columbia Masterworks MQ 1042
Compact disc: CBS Masterworks MK 7194 (released c. 1985)
Compact disc: Sony Mastersound MK 53789 (released 1993; gold disc)
Compact disc: East Side Digital ESD 81602 (released 2001)

NOTES: The Third Brandenburg Concerto was reissued with a new second
movement on SWITCHED-ON BRANDENBURGS.

Carlos' working tile was THE ELECTRONIC BACH. "The Label: The Story of
Columbia Records" by Gary Marmorstein (Thunder's Mouth Press, 2007)
says the name SWITCHED-ON BACH was coined by CBS employee Bill King
after Masterworks director Peter Munves' suggestion of TURNED-ON BACH
was rejected as sounding "too drug related." (This book also claims
that Munves and Masterworks' Paul Myers chose the music.)

The quadraphonic version, mastered on LP with the CBS SQ matrix
system, was withdrawn shortly after release at Carlos' request, who
was quoted at the time (in High Fidelity or Stereo Review, I can't
remember which) as saying, "What goes in does not come out." The Q8
eight track cartridge was the only way this recording was ever
available in discrete four channel sound. Carlos has several pages on
surround sound on her web site, which explains her views on SQ and
other quad systems. Two selections, the Chorale Prelude "Wachet Auf"
and the first movement of the Third Brandenburg Concerto, were
released on a sampler SQ LP, "Bach to Bernstein," CQ 10873, which was
sold only at Radio Shack.

Early LP pressings and open reel tapes of SWITCHED-ON BACH had a
different cover, which Carlos objected to, as well as a performance
credit simply as "The Moog Synthesizer." (Marmorstein credits Peter
Munves as the one who chose the cover photo.) At her request, CBS's
Goddard Lieberson ordered the cover and credit changed. The original
cover (color corrected by Wendy Carlos) and the story behind it can be
found in the book in the SWITCHED-ON BOX SET. The Japanese version
(CBS/Sony LP SOCL-1030) appears to have retained the original (the
Japanese SQ Quadraphonic LP version definitely did) while the latter
was used for a different release (CBS/Sony LP SOCL-208) which seems to
be a release featuring the Third, Fourth and Fifth Brandenburg
Concertos only (see also below). Editions released in other countries
may have retained the original cover as well.

Although released well after the time Wendy Carlos revealed her true
identity, the half-speed mastered Mastersound LP still credited
"Walter" Carlos.

The first ESD version is in the SWITCHED-ON BOX SET with two bonus
tracks, "Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major Adagio" (second
version, 1979, from SWITCHED-ON BRANDENBURGS), and "Initial
Experiments" with spoken commentary.

A 7" promo single, catalog number 4-44803, featured the first movement
of the Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 on the A side and the Two Part
Invention in F on the B side. In England, a 7" single, catalog number
4296 1969, featured the same A side with the Sinfonia to Cantata No.
29 on the B Side. (Source: e-bay auction.)

Columbia released "Switched Off Bach: The Human Side of SWITCHED-ON
BACH" the following year (LP MS 7241; open reel Columbia Musical
Treasuries DT 496) which consisted of the same selections performed by
Columbia artists (Glenn Gould, E. Power Biggs, Pablo Casals, etc.). It
is long out of print (it's not even listed in the Library of Congress
on line catalog) and no, I don't have a copy, although I have seen
some for sale on the internet. The cover is identical to the original
except that the photo has been cropped to show a close up of the Bach
figure with the synthesizer airbrushed out. If you want to do a
"reconstruction" of this LP on CD you can do it with the following CBS/
Sony CDs:

Sinfonia, Jesu, Chorale Prelude "Wachet Auf": E. Power Biggs, Music of
Jubilee, CBS Masterworks MK 42646.
Air on a G String: Pablo Casals, Marlboro Festival Orchestral, Bach
Orchestral Suites: Sony Classical SMK 45892.
Inventions: Glenn Gould, numerous releases, including Sony Classical
SMK 52596, SX12K 64226, SK 87754, SK 90401, 82876-78766-2.
Preludes & Fugues: Glenn Gould, Bach Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1:
Sony Classical SM2K 52600.
Brandenburg Concerto 3: Pablo Casals, Marlboro Festival Orchestra,
Bach Brandenburg Concertos 1-3: Sony Classical SMK 46253

Another release, Columbia S2S 5290, had both Switched-on Bach and
Switched Off Bach shrink wrapped together. It appears to have been
available through their mail order record club only.

"Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" appeared on the Columbia LP "Wishing You
a Merry Christmas" (MS 7322). The front cover featured a photo of
"Walter" Carlos. See
http://ernienotbert.blogspot.com/2007_12_09_archive.html
The same photograph appears on the front cover of Columbia MGP 13,
"Our Best To You," which features the first movement of the Third
Brandenburg Concerto. See
http://audiopreservationfund.org/graphics/acquisitions/COL_00001/Front%20Covers/Big/COL_00001_01443.jpg

On April 11, 2006, Switched-on Bach was added to the National
Recording Registry for the year 2005. These recordings are selected
annually by the Librarian of Congress as recordings that are
"culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
http://www.loc.gov/rr/record/nrpb/nrpb-2005reg.html

Alternate titles: BACH A LA MOOG (Chile), BAROCK REVOLUTION: SWITCHED-
ON BACH (Holland), BACH ELECTRONICO (Argentina; "Great Performances
No. 107" [The US series only went to 100 and did not include this
title]. (Source: e-bay auctions.)

** THE WELL-TEMPERED SYNTHESIZER (1969)
http://www.wendycarlos.com/+wts.html
LP: Columbia Masterworks MS 7286
Cassette: Columbia Masterworks 16 11 0144
Cassette: CBS Masterworks MT 7286 (reissued 1984)
8 track: Columbia Masterworks 18 11 0144
Open Reel: Columbia Masterworks MQ 1150
Compact disc: East Side Digital ESD 81612 (released 2001)

SELECTIONS: Monteverdi: Orfeo Suite (Toccata, Ritornello I, Choro I,
Ritonello II, Choro II, Ritornello II). Scarlatti: Sonata in G Major,
L 209/K 455. Scarlatti: Sonata in D Major, L 164/K 491. Handel: Water
Music (Bourrée, Air, Allegro Deciso). Scarlatti: Sonata in E Major, L
430/K 531. Scarlatti: Sonata in D Major, L 465/K 96. Bach: Brandenburg
Concerto No. 4 in G Major. Monteverdi: Domine ad Adjuvandum from 1610
Vespers. BONUS TRACKS ON THE ESD RELEASE: Stereo Alignment Tones. Well-
Tempered Experiments (narrated by Wendy Carlos).

NOTES: Early LP pressings included a short "Stereo Test Tones" at the
beginning of side 1 (included before the "Experiments" track on the
CD).

Early LP pressings included a 7" bonus 33 1/3 rpm EP, BTS 17, "The
Wild Sounds of New Music," with excerpts of music by Riley, Lasry-
Bachet, Partch, Berio, and Reich.

The Fourth Brandenburg Concerto was reissued on SWITCHED-ON
BRANDENBURGS.

A 45 RPM single, Columbia 4-45033, was released in Canada, Brandenburg
Concerto No. 4 Third Movement Excerpt, backed by a Scarlatti Sonata,
not otherwise specified (Source: e-bay auction).

A CBS/Sony Japanese release (LP SOCL-206) was titled SWITCHED-ON
BAROQUE and had a different cover.

The first ESD version is in the SWITCHED-ON BOX SET with the bonus
tracks described above.

** A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (Original Soundtrack) (1971)
LP: Warner Bros. BS 2573
Cassette: Warner Bros. M5 2753
8 track: Warner Bros. M8 2753
Open Reel: Warner Bros. WST 2573 C
Compact disc: Warner Bros. 2753-2 (released c. 1984)

SELECTIONS: Carlos-Elkind: Title Music From A Clockwork Orange (from
Purcell's Music For the Music of Queen Mary). [Rossini: The Thieving
Magpie Overture (abridged)]. Carlos-Elkind: Theme From A Clockwork
Orange (Beethoviana). [Beethoven: Ninth Symphony, second movement
(abridged)]. March From A Clockwork Orange (Beethoven: Ninth Symphony,
Fourth Movement [abridged]) (Articulations by Rachel Elkind, arr.
Carlos). Rossini: William Tell Overture (abridged) (arr. Carlos).
[Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 (abridged)]. [Elgar: Pomp
and Circumstance March No. 4 (abridged)]. Carlos: Timesteps
(abridged). [Tucker: Overture to the Sun]. [Eigen: I Want To Marry a
Lighthouse Keeper]. [Rossini: William Tell Overture (abridged)].
Suicide Scherzo (Beethoven: Ninth Symphony, Second Movement (abridged)
(arr. Carlos). [Freed-Brown: Singing In the Rain]. [Selections in
brackets not composed or performed by Wendy Carlos.]

NOTES: The "Suicide Scherzo" has never been released outside of this
particular compilation (the version on the CBS/ESD CLOCKWORK ORANGE is
essentially the same, but without the FX heard on this release).

The movie has been released three times on DVD (and once on Blu-Ray).
All include the original theatrical trailer; the only thing heard
during this is a short version of Carlos' realization of the "William
Tell Overture" in mono. The 2000 and 2007 releases feature a
remastered soundtrack with the music in stereo (the original is mono),
but Carlos has never mentioned doing new mixes, so I assume that these
were mastered from the same tapes used for the stereo soundtrack LP.
The 2007 release is a 2 disc DVD set (the Blu-Ray only has one, but
includes all the special features) with documentaries and a commentary
track by Malcolm McDowell. The documentary "Still Tickin': The Return
of Clockwork Orange" features electronic music of the movie's music
which is NOT performed by Wendy Carlos! Why didn't they just use the
original?

A 45 rpm single was released by Warner Brothers: Theme From "A
Clockwork Orange"/March From "A Clockwork Orange," catalog number WB
7547. In Germany, the single was released with Suicide Scherzo as the
B side, catalog number WB 16150. (Source: e-bay auctions.)

"A Clockwork Composer: Wendy Carlos Switched Back on Soundtracks and
Revisits Her Premiere Score," an interview by Jeff Bond, appeared in
the March 1999 issue of Film Score Monthly (available as a .pdf file
from http://www.wendycarlos.com). The interview reveals that she was
also invited to score the movie "Marooned" but the director and
producers changed their minds and used electronic sound effects only.

** SONIC SEASONINGS (1972), SONIC SEASONINGS + (1998)
http://www.wendycarlos.com/+sslms.html
LP: Columbia KG 31234 2 LPs [also PG 31234]
Cassette: Columbia GT 31234 one double-length tape [also PGT 31234]
8 track: Columbia GA 31234 one double-length tape [also PGA 21234]
Open Reel: Columbia GR 31234 one double-length tape
Compact disc: East Side Digital ESD 81372 (SONIC SEASONINGS +)

SELECTIONS: Sonic Seasonings (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter). BONUS
TRACKS ON THE ESD RELEASE: Winter (alternate ending). Land of the
Midnight Sun (Aurora Borealis, Midnight Sun).

NOTES: Recorded 1970-1971. The LP included a poster of the cover art.
The tapes (eight track and cassette; I don't know if this is true of
the open reel version) had about two minutes edited out of "Spring"
and "Summer." My guess is CBS edited it that way in order to avoid
blank run offs during the first three programs of the eight track tape
cartridge, and they simply used the same master for the cassette. At
least one CBS/Sony Japanese LP release (SOCL-209) deleted over half
the material in order to fit it onto a single LP. It was also mastered
in "SX-74 Sound," whatever that is (as were most, if not all, Japanese
CBS/Sony LPs mentioned herein).

Carlos wanted to release a quadraphonic version, but CBS refused to
release it in CD-4, Carlos' choice (since CD-4 was developed by RCA,
CBS's rival), while Carlos refused to release it in SQ, CBS's system.

"Land of the Midnight Sun" is a two movement work recorded in late
1986 as an experiment on recording sound-on-sound on digital recording
equipment.

** WENDY CARLOS' CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1972, 1998)
http://www.wendycarlos.com/+wwco.html
LP: Columbia KC 31480 [also PC 31480]
Cassette: Columbia CT 31480 [also PCT 31480]
8 track: Columbia CA 31480 [also PCA 31480]
Open Reel: Columbia CR 31480
Compact disc: East Side Digital ESD 81362 (released 1998)

SELECTIONS: Carlos: Timesteps. March From a Clockwork Orange
(Beethoven: Ninth Symphony, Fourth Movement [abridged]) (Articulations
by Rachel Elkind, arr. Carlos). Carlos-Elkind: Title Music From A
Clockwork Orange (from Purcell's Music For the Music of Queen Mary).
Rossini arr. Carlos: La Gazza Ladra (Thieving Magpie Overture
[abridged]). Carlos-Elkind: Theme From A Clockwork Orange
(Beethoviana). Beethoven arr. Carlos: Ninth Symphony, Second Movement
(Scherzo)[abridged]. Rossini arr. Carlos: William Tell Overture
(abridged). Carlos-Elkind: Country Lane. BONUS TRACKS ON THE ESD
RELEASE: Carlos: Orange Minuet. Carlos-Elkind: Biblical Daydreams
(sequenced between the William Tell Overture and Country Lane).

NOTES: The CBS/Sony Japanese release (LP SOCL-202) was titled SWITCHED-
ON BEETHOVEN. In fact, the Japanese went somewhat overboard with the
"Switched-on" titles; the 1971 Andrew Kazdin-Thomas Z. Shepard
EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO HEAR ON THE MOOG (BUT WERE AFRAID TO
ASK FOR), transcriptions of Spanish orchestral works composed by Three
Frenchmen and a Cuban (their description) was released there as
SWITCHED-ON BOLERO!

"Country Lane" was released in a compilation, THE PROGRESSIVES,
Columbia KG 31574, along with selections by The Mahavishnu Orchestra,
Bill Evans, Weather Report, Soft Machine, and others. "Theme From A
CLOCKWORK ORANGE" was released in another compilation, PIONEERS OF THE
NEW AGE, Columbia C 44314 (CD CK 44314), along with selections by
Weather Report, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Baden Powel, Carlos Santana, etc.

The compact disc has new cover art with the original cover reproduced
on the back of the booklet. The bonus tracks are music that was
originally intended for the movie but were not used. It appears that
"Orange Minuet" was on an early track list for BY REQUEST (titled
simply "Minuet"), but was bumped, along with other material, by
"Pompous Circumstances" before it was released. See BY REQUEST for the
weird story concerning that LP!

Three additional cues, recently discovered by Wendy Carlos, were
released on REDISCOVERING LOST SCORES VOLUME 1.

** SWITCHED-ON BACH II (1973)
http://www.wendycarlos.com/+sobII.html
LP: Columbia Masterworks KM 32659
Cassette: Columbia Masterworks KMT 32659
8 track: Columbia Masterworks KMA 32659
Open Reel: Columbia Masterworks 1R1 6166 (Columbia Record Club only)
Compact disc: East Side Digital ESD 81622 (released 2002)

SELECTIONS: Excerpts From Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067
(Badinerie, Minuett, Bourrée). Two-Part Invention No. 13 in A Minor,
BWV 784. Two-Part Invention No. 12 In A Major, BWV 783. Aria "Sheep
May Safely Graze" from Cantata No. 208. Suite From the Anna Magdalena
Notebook (Musette in D Major, Anh 126; Minuet in G Major, Anh. 114;
Bist de bei mir, BWV 508; Marche in D Major, Anh 122). Brandenburg
Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050.

NOTES: The Fifth Brandenburg Concerto was reissued on SWITCH-ON
BRANDENBURGS. The selections on side 1 were issued as filler tracks
for the CBS SWITCHED-ON BRANDENBURGS CDs.

The first ESD version is in the SWITCHED-ON BOX SET with one bonus
track, Little Fugue in G Minor (originally from BY REQUEST). The
single disc version omits the bonus track. Carlos describes the ESD
cover art as "a recreation of the original ... That provided an
opportunity to improve on the better parts of the original, remaining
completely true to its spirit, while at the same time fixing several
things we hated about the old CBS version."

** BY REQUEST (1975)
http://www.wendycarlos.com/+br.html
LP: Columbia Masterworks M 32088
Cassette: Columbia Masterworks MT 32088
8 track: Columbia Masterworks MA 32088
Open Reel: Columbia Masterworks 1R1 6453 (Columbia Record Club only)
Compact disc: East Side Digital ESD 81592 (released 2003)

SELECTIONS: Tchaikovsky: Three Dances from "The Nutcracker
Suite" (Russian Dance, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Dance of the
Reed-Pipes). Carlos: Dialogues for Piano and Two Loudspeakers (Philip
Ramey, piano). Carlos: Episodes for Piano and Electronic Sound (Philip
Ramey, piano). Carlos: Geodesic Dance (Electronic Etude). Bach:
"Little" Fugue in G Minor. Bacharach-David: What's New, Pussycat?
(arr. Carlos). Lennon-McCartney: Eleanor Rigby. Wagner: Wedding March
(Based on The Bridal Chorus from "Lohengrin") (arr. Carlos). Carlos:
Pompous Circumstances (Variations and Fantasy on a Theme by Elgar).

NOTES: First released at a reduced price with "XM" (LP)
"XMT" (cassette) and "XMA" (eight track) prefixes. Early pressings
included a 7" promotional record, "The Greatest Show on
Record" (Columbia AS 159) with: Russian Dance from "Nutcracker Suite"
and Eleanor Rigby (from BY REQUEST). Marche from "Anna Magdalena
Notebook" (from SWITCHED-ON BACH II). Scarlatti: Sonata in G Major, L.
209 (from THE WELL-TEMPERED SYNTHESIZER). Rossini: William Tell
Overture (from CLOCKWORK ORANGE). Carlos: selections from "Sonic
Seasonings" (from SONIC SEASONINGS). Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
-- 1st Movement (abridged version for this 7" record) (from SWITCHED-
ON BACH).

On the British version (CBS 73163) "Pompous Circumstances," a parody
of Elgar's first Pomp and Circumstance March, was removed because of a
protest from the Elgar estate and selections from THE WELL-TEMPERED
SYNTHESIZER substituted in its place. Carlos wanted to put a sticker
on the US version reading "Banned in Britain!" CBS refused. A "Banned
in Britain!" logo does appear on the ESD CD. For the record, the
selections from WTS that appeared on the UK BY REQUEST were:
Monteverdi's Orfeo Suite and Domine ad Adjuvandum; Handel's Water
Music Suite (Air and Allegro Deciso). (An aside: a year or so later,
the estate of Gustav Holst forced RCA to withdraw Isao Tomita's
version of Gustav Holst's The Planets in the UK, and a second
synthesizer version of the same work, performed by Patrick Gleeson,
reportedly met the same fate.)

A cassette and eight-track listing for BY REQUEST first appeared in
the now long defunct Harrison Tape Guide in 1972, three years before
its actual release. Note that the Columbia BY REQUEST has a lower
catalog number than the Columbia SWITCHED-ON BACH II, which suggests
that it was intended for release first but for some reason was
delayed. [See also below.]

"What's New, Pussycat?" was released as a 45 rpm single (Columbia
4-45741), but I have yet to ascertain what the B side was for this
release (a promotional version had the track on both sides, mono and
stereo). I have seen an Italian 45 rpm single for auction on e-bay
that has Eleanor Rigby as the B side; another auction featured a 45
rpm single with The Dance of The Reed Pipes as the B side (CBS 3590).

"Dialogues" is not the original recording which first appeared on the
Turnabout LP mentioned above, but is a new recording made for BY
REQUEST.

The ESD version has a cover which is different from the LP's, showing
a close up of patch cords plugged into a Moog with the composers'
names superimposed on the plugs. The original CBS has a cartoon of
"Walter" Carlos and the various composers represented on the disc (I
have seen at least one cover (on an e-bay auction), originating in
Argentina, where Elgar's face was either obscured by the addition of a
beard or replaced by someone else's face, so that release apparently
has the alternate UK tracklist or the one mentioned below) fleeing
from a deranged gorilla (all except poor Tchaikovsky, who was firmly
in the gorilla's grasp). Carlos said that the original cover was
"unavailable and a tasteless compromise we were not happy about." The
original cover can be seen on the German web page
http://www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/~schaetti/musiksynth/WCarlos.html

Some internet sources give a track list for BY REQUEST which does not
include "Pompous Circumstances." This track list is: Eleanor Rigby.
Minuet. What's New Pussycat. Three Dances from Nutcracker Suite.
Episode for Piano & Electronic Sound. Brandenburg Concerto Number 2.
Stay Tuned. Entrance Music. Wedding March from "A Midsummer Night's
Dream" [sic]. Little Fugue in G. Geodesic Dance. As it turns out,
according to the ESD liner notes, there was an early proposed version
which included "an edited collection of many short parodies of radio
and television commercials I'd created before S-OB ... These were
amusing learning pieces, filled with youthful sophomoric glee, and
exploring the initial synthesizer configuration ... We called the
track 'Stay Tuned' ... I've heard that some illegal copies were
secretly made and taken from the CBS studios, to surface again in the
80's, but have never seen or heard any." It is a shame "Stay Tuned"
was not released here as a bonus track! By the way, on the German web
site mentioned above, it gives a slightly different version of the
weird track list (here, the Wedding March is given correctly as being
by Wagner) as well as a 17 second MP3 download of the "Minuet." It
turns out to be an edit of the "Orange Minuet" from A CLOCKWORK
ORANGE. Running the accompanying German text through a translator, it
reads in English: "On this LP some early works and experiments are
heard ... A remarkable fact is that on the LPs for the European market
a parody (sic) of Elgar's 'Pomp and Circumstance' was missing and was
replaced by 'Stay Tuned,' as this piece was censored in England!" So
it appears that three different versions of the BY REQUEST LP were
released throughout the world, one with music not available anywhere
else! For more, check the thread "Open Letter No. 7" in the
alt.music.w-carlos newsgroup http://groups.google.com/group/alt.music.w-carlos/topics?hl=en
and look for a posting by Simon.

Philip Ramey makes a bizarre mistake in his analysis of "Pompous
Circumstances" included in the CD-ROM portion of the disc. He refers
to the "Sousa march 'Hail to the Gladiators.'" It's actually "Entry of
the Gladiators" and it was composed by the Czech composer Julius Fucík
(1872-1916).

A "hidden" file of notes by Wendy Carlos on BY REQUEST, is on the CD-
ROM portion (click the folder titled "wcsite" then click the sub-
folder "BR" then click "EarlyVisions"). According to notes posted on
the Carlos web site, the link on the disc was accidentally left off of
the main menu due to a glitch. This may have been corrected in later
pressings.

** BACH: BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS NOS. 3, 4, and 5 (c. 1978)
LP: CBS 73395 (UK, Germany; perhaps other countries as well)

SELECTIONS: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 3, 4, 5.

NOTES: A special compilation not released in the US, consisting of the
Brandenburg Concertos which were available at the time. The LP covers
(the UK and German releases are slightly different) are variations on
the cover art that appears on E. Power Biggs' LP THE BIGGS BACH BOOK
(Columbia USA M 30539, cassette MT 30539, compact disc MK 30539).
(Source: e-bay auction.)

** SWITCHED-ON BRANDENBURGS (1979, 2002)
http://www.wendycarlos.com/+sobrand.html
LP: CBS Masterworks M2X 35895 2 LPs
LP: CBS Mastersound HM 45950 (Vol. 1), HM 45951 (Vol. 2) (released
1981, 2 separate half-speed mastered LPs)
Cassette: CBS Masterworks MXT 35895 2 cassettes
Cassette: CBS Mastersound HMT 45951 (Vol. 2 only) (released 1981,
chrome)
8-track: CBS Masterworks A11/12 7127 2 tapes (Columbia Record Club
only)
Open Reel: CBS Masterworks R11/12 7127 2 tapes (Columbia Record Club
only)
Compact disc: East Side Digital ESD 81632 2 discs (released 2002)

SELECTIONS: M2X 35895 Record/Tape 1, HM 45950: Brandenburg Concerto
No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046. Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV
1048. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049. M2X 35985
Record/Tape 2, HM 45951: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV
1050. Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047. Brandenburg
Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat Major, BWV 1051. The ESD compact discs have
the concertos in sequence: Disc 1 Nos. 1-3, Disc 2 Nos. 4-6.

NOTES: The original middle movement of the Third Brandenburg Concerto
from SWITCHED-ON BACH was replaced with one newly recorded for this
edition (both were improvisations by Carlos). The first movement of
the Second Brandenburg Concerto was originally released on BY REQUEST,
issued here with additional overdubs. The Fourth and Fifth Brandenburg
Concertos, from THE WELL-TEMPERED SYNTHESIZER and SWITCHED-ON BACH II
respectively, were unaltered.

If Volume 1 of the Mastersound version was released on cassette, I
never saw it, and I never saw a listing for one in the CBS catalogs at
that time.

See below for the CBS compact discs with contains additional material
from SWITCHED-ON BACH II and BY REQUEST.

The first ESD version is in the SWITCHED-ON BOX SET with the First,
Second, and Sixth Brandenburg Concertos only. Carlos describes the ESD
cover as "a recreation of the original ... That provided an
opportunity to improve on the better parts of the original, remaining
completely true to its spirit, while at the same time fixing several
things we hated about the old CBS version."

** THE SHINING (Original Soundtrack) (1980)
LP: Warner Bros. BS 3449
Cassette: Warner Bros. W5 3449

SELECTIONS: Carlos-Elkind: Main Title "The Shining." Carlos-Elkind:
Rocky Mountains. [Remaining selections not composed or performed by
Wendy Carlos: Ligeti: Lontano. Bartók: Music For Strings, Percussion
and Celesta (excerpt). Penderecki: Utrenja. Penderecki: The Awakening
of Jacob. Penderecki: De Natura Sonoris No. 2. Peter Van Steeden,
Harry Clarkson, Jeff Clarkson: Home.]

NOTES: Some of the orchestral selections appear to be mastered from
vinyl records (I can hear some snaps, crackles and pops occasionally
on the cassette), which may explain why it was never released on CD,
although according to the entry on wikipedia, "the soundtrack LP was
taken off the market due to licensing issues and has never appeared as
a legitimate compact disc release."

Brendan Heading remarks, "I heard a rumor once that Carlos had
composed in the order of 7 hours worth of music for the film -- please
remember, this is an unsubstantiated rumour." In December 1998, the
following remarks by Carlos appeared on her web site:

"Most of the score has never been released, and was deleted from the
film, alas. So to those of you who have heard or like the soundtrack,
to quote Jolsen: "You ain't heard nothin' yet!" Most of the film was
scored (as is Stanley's habit) using "needle drops" (generally,
selections from available commercial recordings -- check them out, the
film credits list them, as this is probably the music you may be
responding to). We provided the title music, the dark music cue for
the drive up the mountain while the Donner Party is discussed, and
several textures used throughout the film -- that's all from our hours
of score that Kubrick used. A long story.

"Those textures quite enhanced several other selections that they were
mixed with (we made: heartbeats, throbs, thin tintinnabulations, that
sort of thing), but were not much to hear by themselves. They were
wisely not included on the LP.

"As for all the fine music that we wrote but was not used, some of it
sits in a legal limbo, while other cues may make it into a forthcoming
ESD Collection (of my film score music, including some of the score
[to "Woundings," a British film.]) That means a good chunk of our
Shining music (at least the more comprehensive cues) can eventually be
released, that portion which we retain the rights to. But it will have
to wait until the more straightforward CD releases are
completed." [See REDISCOVERING LOST SCORES VOLUME 1 and REDISCOVERING
LOST SCORES VOLUME 2, both released in 2005.]

THE SHINING has been released on DVD three times so far, and of this
Carlos wrote in December 1999: "I ... saw her [Vivian Kubrick,
Stanley's daughter] fine documentary on The Making of THE SHINING (as
I last remember him), which was shown originally on the BBC, but is
now to be found among the bonus tracks of the new [second version] DVD
[as well as the newer two disc set and blu-ray release] ... including
some music (based on Sibelius' 'Valse Triste') I assembled using the
Circon, which was not included in the film, but ends Viv's
documentary, including a clumsy crossfade as it ends, which jumps key
most awkwardly -- yikes! (And among the sharp-ears out there who've
asked, yes, that creepy music that appears under the trailer for THE
SHINING is among the many selections Rachel and I composed for the
film, but otherwise were never used. We called this piece
'Clockworks,' from the rhythmic figuration that propels those often
frightening vocal sounds Rachel created, and I enhanced further.
Pretty cool, huh?)" [In case you're curious, Vivian Kubrick played Dr.
Floyd's infant daughter in the movie 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY and, as
"Abigail Mead," composed the original music for her father's film FULL
METAL JACKET.] The 2 disc DVD version released in October 2007 (also
available as a single Blu-Ray disc, with all the special features)
contains a new seven minute documentary, "Wendy Carlos, Composer."

** TRON (Original Soundtrack) (1982, 2002)
http://www.wendycarlos.com/+tron.html
LP: CBS SM 37782
Cassette: CBS SMT 37782
Compact disc: Disney 60748-7 (released 2002)

SELECTIONS: Creation of TRON. [Only Solutions]. We've Got Company.
Wormhole. Ring Game and Escape. Water Music and TRONaction. TRON
Scherzo. Miracle and Magician. Magic Landings. Theme from TRON.
[1990's Theme]. Love Theme. Tower Music--Let Us Pray. The Light
Sailer. Sea of Simulation. A New TRON and the MCP. Anthem. End Titles.
BONUS TRACKS FOR THE DISNEY RELEASE: TRONaction (original version).
Break In (for strings, flutes and celesta). Anthem For keyboard solo.
[Selections in brackets are non-Carlos compositions performed by
Journey]

NOTES: The London Philharmonic Orchestra was conducted by Douglas
Gamley; the UCLA Chorus was directed by Donn Weiss. The movie also
credits The Los Angeles Orchestra conducted by Richard Bowden,
orchestrations by Jorge Calandrelli, Music and Sound Design Supervisor
Michael Fremer.

The 2002 special edition DVD has deleted music restored in a
supplemental section. The selections are "Light Cycles," not on the
CD, which unfortunately is marred by dialog and sound effects, and an
alternate "End Titles," which is on the CD. Carlos has written that
the recording of "Light Cycles" was not up to the standard and thus
was not included as a CD bonus track. "I retain ownership of that
section, unused in the actual film, and reworked and expanded it into
the opening Scherzo of the 'Io' movement from DIGITAL MOONSCAPES. You
should listen to that track (#8) if you want to hear 'the definitive
version' of this selection. Film composers often do the same thing
with their better ideas that remain unused for various reasons." (The
cue was later remastered and released on REDISCOVERING LOST SCORES,
VOLUME 2.) The original credit "Soundtrack available on CBS Records
and Tapes" remains at the end of the film. That, of course, is no
longer the case.

Occasionally a "limited edition" CD, predating the Disney release,
pops up on one of the auction web sites, but Carlos says these are
bootlegs of dubious quality (dubbed from LPs or cassettes) and should
be avoided. The 2002 Disney CD has already gone out of print, but used
copies may be found on the internet. A Japanese import CD released by
Avex Trax Japan seems to be available, UPC 4988064122806, but at a
much higher cost. There is also an import from England, EMI
Soundtracks UPC 094637118122, at a more moderate cost.

A sequel, TRON LEGACY, was released in December 2010, but the music is
by the electronic music duo Daft Punk, not Carlos.

I once received an e-mail that a 45 rpm single was released by CBS,
with Journey's "Only Solutions" backed by one of Wendy's selections.
Unfortunately, I suffered a computer crash shortly after receiving
this, and before I could enter it into this discography, so I no
longer have the name of the contributor or the title of the Carlos
selection on this disc. A search on e-bay did reveal a Canadian promo
45, Columbia AE7 1530, with "Theme from TRON" on Side 2.

An article by Robert Moog, "The Soundtrack of TRON," originally
appeared in the November 1982 Keyboard magazine, and can be found on
the Wendy Carlos web site as a .pdf file, http://www.wendycarlos.com/other/PDF-Files/KbdOnTRON*.pdf

** THE BEST OF WENDY CARLOS (1983)
LP: CBS Masterworks 74110 (UK; perhaps in other countries as well)

SELECTIONS: Carlos-Elkind: Title Music From A Clockwork Orange.
Rossini: La Gazza Ladra. Carlos-Elkind: Theme from A Clockwork Orange.
Handel: Water Music (Bourrée, Air, Allegro Deciso). Scarlatti: Sonata
in E, L 430. Scarlatti: Sonata In D, L 465. Lennon-McCartney: Eleanor
Rigby. Bacharach-David: What's New Pussycat?. Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man's
Desiring. Bach: Air on a G String. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in
G Major (Allegro, Adagio, Allegro)

COMMENTS: A compilation that was not released in the US. The Third
Brandenburg Concerto appears to be the version from SWITCHED-ON
BRANDENBURGS. Source: http://www.discogs.com/release/69277

** THE WENDY CARLOS SWITCHED-ON BACH ALBUM (1984)
Cassette: CBS Masterworks MGT 39013

SELECTIONS: Sinfonia to Cantata No. 29. Air on the G String. Two-Part
Invention in F Major. Two-Part Invention in B-Flat Major. Two-Part
Invention in D Minor. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring. Prelude and Fugue
No. 7 in Flat Major from "The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I." Prelude
and Fugue No. 2 in C Minor from "The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I."
Chorale Prelude "Wachet Auf." Selections from Orchestral Suite No. 2
in B Minor, BWV 1067 (Badinerie, Minuett, Bourrée). Two-Part Invention
in A Minor, BWV 784. Two-Part Invention in A Major, BWV 783. Aria
"Sheep May Safely Graze" from Cantata No. 208. Suite from the Anna
Magdalena Notebook. "Little" Fugue in G Minor. Brandenburg Concerto
No. 1 (I-Allegro). Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 (I-Allegro, II. Allegro
assai). Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (III-Allegro). Brandenburg Concerto
No. 4 (III-Presto). Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 (I-Allegro).
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 (III-Allegro).

NOTES: A cassette-only compilation in the CBS Classical 90s series of
pieces from SWITCHED-ON BACH, SWITCHED-ON BACH II, BY REQUEST and
SWITCHED-ON BRANDENBURGS.

** DIGITAL MOONSCAPES (1984)
http://www.wendycarlos.com/+dmci.html
LP: CBS Masterworks M 39340
Cassette: CBS Masterworks MT 39340
Compact disc: CBS Masterworks MK 39340
Compact disc: East Side Digital ESD 81542 (released 2000)

SELECTIONS: Cosmological Impressions (Genesis, Eden, I.C.
[Intergalactic Communications]). Moonscapes (Luna, Phobos and Deimos,
Ganymede, Europa, Io, Callisto, Rhea, Titan, Iapetus).

NOTES: The images of the various moons were not reprinted in CBS's CD
booklet.

The opening of "Io" is a reworking of an unused cue from the movie
TRON (see TRON above).

The ESD disc has different cover art as the original is owned by CBS
(Carlos never cared for it, anyway). The new cover is closer to
Carlos' own original concept. The original cover art can be found on
Carlos' web site.

** BEAUTY IN THE BEAST (1986)
http://www.wendycarlos.com/+bitb.html
LP: Audion SYN 200
Cassette: Audion SYNC 200
Compact disc: Audion SYNCD 200
Compact disc: East Side Digital ESD 81552 (released 2000)

SELECTIONS: Incantation. Beauty in the Beast. Poem For Bali. Just
Imaginings. That's Just It. Yusae-Aisae. C'est Afrique. A Woman's
Song.

NOTES: The Audion version is the rarest of the Carlos releases. The
label went bankrupt soon after it was released, so this version
disappeared quickly. Many copies of the original CD were reported to
be defective, but I never had any problems with my copy. The ESD is
superior in sound.

** SWITCHED-ON BRANDENBURGS VOL. 1 (1987) (see above for URL)
Compact disc: CBS MK 42308

SELECTIONS: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046.
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047. Brandenburg Concerto
No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048. Excerpts From Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B
Minor, BWV 1067 (Badinerie, Minuett, Bourrée). Two-Part Invention No.
13 in A Minor, BWV 784. Two-Part Invention No. 12 In A Major, BWV 783.
Aria "Sheep May Safely Graze" from Cantata No. 208.

NOTES: The first three concertos from the original LP plus selections
from Side 1 of SWITCHED-ON BACH II as fillups. The cover has a silver
tint.

** SWITCHED-ON BRANDENBURGS VOL. 2 (1987) (see above for URL)
Compact disc: CBS MK 42309

SELECTIONS: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049.
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050. Brandenburg Concerto
No. 6 in B-Flat Major, BWV 1051. Suite From the Anna Magdalena
Notebook (Musette in D Major, Anh 126. Minuet in G Major, Anh. 114.
Bist de bei mir, BWV 508; Marche in D Major, Anh 122). "Little" Fugue
in G Minor, BWV 578.

NOTES: The last three concertos from the original LP plus the
selections from Side 1 of SWITCHED-ON BACH II that were not on
SWITCHED-ON BRANDENBURGS VOL. 1 and the Fugue in G Minor from BY
REQUEST as fillups. The cover has a gold tint.

** SECRETS OF SYNTHESIS (1987)
http://www.wendycarlos.com/+sos.html
LP: CBS FM 42333
Cassette: CBS FMT 42333
Compact disc: CBS MK 42333
Compact disc: East Side Digital ESD 81602 (released 2003)

SELECTIONS: Introduction. Examples of Analog Timbres. Choral Tone,
Vibrato, Articulation. Vocal Synthesis. Performance Values. Simple
Orchestration. Electronic Pointillism and Hocketing. For Spatial
Motion. Ensemble Performance via Click-Tracks. Imitative Synthesis.
Musique Concrete plus Synthesizer. Orchestra with Synthesizer. Digital
Synthesis. Digital vs. Analog. Hybrid Timbres. Alternative Tunings --
the Future.

NOTES: A demonstration disc by Carlos, recorded to complete her
contractual obligations with CBS Records.

Don't you believe ESD's early claim on their web site that theirs is
the first CD release of SECRETS OF SYNTHESIS; as you can see above, it
was released on CD by CBS, although the ESD is superior in sound.

One of the files on the CD-ROM portion is a .pdf file, which requires
an Adobe Acrobat Reader. This file is also on the ESD web site at
http://www.noside.com/esd/sos.pdf.pdf If you don't have a Adobe
Acrobat reader installed on your computer, you can download a free
version from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

** PETER AND THE WOLF (1988)
http://www.wendycarlos.com/+pwca2.html
LP: CBS FM 44567
Cassette: CBS FMT 44567
Compact disc: CBS MK 44567

SELECTIONS: Peter and the Wolf (Prokofiev, arr. Carlos; Text by Al
Yankovic) (Introduction, Peter and the Wolf). The Carnival of the
Animals Part 2 (Carlos, after Saint-Saens; poems by Al Yankovic)
(Introduction, Aardvark, Hummingbirds, Snails, Alligator, Amoeba,
Pigeons, Shark, Cockroaches, Iguana, Vulture, Unicorn, Poodle,
Finale).

NOTES: Both have narration by "Weird Al" Yankovic.

In an article in Goldmine Magazine number 514, "'Weird Al' Yankovic:
Parodies and the Power of Satire" by Chuck Miller (on the internet at
http://www.chuckthewriter.com/Yankovic.pdf) the following appears:

In 1988, Yankovic was offered the opportunity to record in a new
format - a classical music album. CBS Masterworks wanted Yankovic to
record a new version of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf. The original
plans - Yankovic working with Michael Tilson-Thomas and a full
symphony orchestra - fell through. But when somebody suggested
Yankovic collaborate with the avant-garde synthesizer pioneer Wendy
Carlos, the combination created a Grammy-nominated classical album ...
"When CBS called to invite me to get involved with Al Yankovic and
them in a gentle leg pulling satire of Peter And The Wolf," said
Carlos, "I couldn't resist. For me the project was a chance for some
musical fun and tomfoolery, working with a bright, witty collaborator,
before getting back to more adventurous tuning and timbre projects."
"Wendy Carlos was an amazing talent, a real thrill to work with her,"
said Yankovic. "Her musical ideas were astonishing. When the original
collaborators fell through, and then they suggested Wendy Carlos, and
I thought - that's perfect, we should have done that in the first
place. Wendy's got such incredible ideas, she's such an amazing artist
and musician, and we'd be able to go in a whole different kind of
direction. And creatively, it was great because we decided that for
the flip side of Peter and the Wolf, we'd do the [Camille Saint-Saëns/
Ogden Nash] Carnival of the Animals with all new Ogden Nash-style
poems and she would come up with completely new compositions based on
those animals." [End excerpt from Goldmine magazine.]

Al's movie "UHF" has been released on DVD. On the commentary track, Al
says he asked Carlos to score that movie but "things just didn't work
out."

Al Yankovic was never a CBS/Sony artist. His records are released on
the Rock 'n' Roll/Scotti Brothers label, originally distributed by CBS/
Sony. Later, distribution passed to RCA/BMG, then to Warner Bros, and
more recently to yet another record company. Now, they seem to be on
the Volcano Records label, currently distributed by Sony.

** SWITCHED-ON BACH 2000 (1992)
http://www.wendycarlos.com/+sob2k.html
Cassette: Telarc CS 30323
Compact disc: Telarc CD 80323
Compact disc: East Side Digital ESD 81772 (released 2004)

SELECTIONS: Happy Birthday S-O B. Sinfonia to Cantata No. 29. Air on
the G String. Two-Part Invention in F Major. Two-Part Invention in B-
Flat Major. Two-Part Invention in D Minor. Jesu, Joy of Man's
Desiring. Prelude and Fugue No. 7 in Flat Major From "The Well-
Tempered Clavier, Book I." Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in C Minor From
"The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I." Chorale Prelude "Wachet Auf."
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major. Toccata and Fugue in D Minor.

NOTES: Released one year early to celebrate the 25th anniversary of
the original S-OB. All recordings were performed in Bach's authentic
tunings: "smoother than equal temperament," says Carlos. Both the
Telarc and the ESD versions are in Dolby Surround. Also, the ESD has a
different cover, a variation on the original S-OB cover. (The original
Telarc cover can be found on the Wendy Carlos web site as well as on
the ESD disc in the enhanced files section.) On the back of the ESD
release (but not in the booklet) the final selection is misspelled
Toccato and Fugue in D Minor.

** TALES OF HEAVEN AND HELL (October 1998)
http://www.wendycarlos.com/+thh.html
Compact disc: East Side Digital 81352

SELECTIONS: Transitional. HeavenScent. Clockwork Black. City of
Temptation. Memories. Afterlife. Seraphim.

NOTES: Carlos's most recent material, now over a decade old. Clockwork
Black (original title was Clockwork Black Mass) is a homage to the
Clockwork Orange film score.

** SWITCHED-ON BOX SET (October 1999)
http://www.wendycarlos.com/+sobox.html
Compact Disc: East Side Digital ESD 81422 4 CDs

CONTENTS: Disc 1 SWITCHED-ON BACH: Sinfonia to Cantata No. 29. Air on
the G String. Two-Part Invention in F Major. Two-Part Invention in B-
Flat Major. Two-Part Invention in D Minor. Jesu, Joy of Man's
Desiring. Prelude and Fugue No. 7 in Flat Major from "The Well-
Tempered Clavier, Book I." Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in C Minor from
"The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I." Chorale Prelude "Wachet Auf."
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major. Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Adagio (1979 version. Initial Experiments (previously unreleased).
Disc 2 THE WELL-TEMPERED SYNTHESIZER: Monteverdi: Orfeo Suite
(Toccata, Ritornello I, Choro I, Ritonello II. Choro II, Ritornello
II). Scarlatti: Sonata in G Major, L 209/K 455. Scarlatti: Sonata in D
Major, L 164/K 491. Handel: Water Music (Bourrée, Air, Allegro
Deciso). Scarlatti: Sonata in E Major, L 430/K 531. Scarlatti: Sonata
in D Major, L 465/K 96. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major.
Monteverdi: Domine ad Adjuvandum from 1610 Vespers. Stereo Alignment
Tones. Well-Tempered Experiments (previously unreleased). Disc 3
SWITCHED-ON BACH II: Excerpts From Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor,
BWV 1067 (Badinerie, Minuett, Bourrée). Two-Part Invention No. 13 in A
Minor, BWV 784. Two-Part Invention No. 12 In A Major, BWV 783. Aria
"Sheep May Safely Graze" from Cantata No. 208. Suite From the Anna
Magdalena Notebook (Musette in D Major, Anh 126. Minuet in G Major,
Anh. 114. Bist de bei mir, BWV 508. Marche in D Major, Anh 122).
Little Fugue in G Minor (from BY REQUEST). Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
in D Major, BWV 1050. Disc 4 SWITCHED-ON BRANDENBURGS: Brandenburg
Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046. Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F
Major, BWV 1047. Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat Major, BWV 1051.

NOTES: The topics in Book 1 are: "Bob Moog Comments," "Looking Back on
the Synthesizer Bach," Evolution of a Recording Studio," "Inside the
Moog Synthesizer," "Our Special-Purpose Notation," "A Tale of Three
Logos," "Produced by Rachel Elkind" and "Bio Notes on Wendy Carlos."
Book 2 contains the liner notes from the original Columbia/CBS
releases.

** BOXED SET HIGHLIGHTS: MUSIC THAT CHANGED THE WORLD (1999)
Compact disc: East Side Digital ESD 81422 (promo version; never sold
in stores)

SELECTIONS: Stereo Alignment Tones. Bach: Sinfonia to Cantata No. 29.
Bach: Air on a G String. Bach: Two-Part Invention in F Major. Bach:
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 In G
Major (III-Allegro) (5:05). Monteverdi: Orfeo Suite (Toccata,
Ritornello I, Choro II, Ritornello II, Choro II. Ritornello II).
Scarlatti: Sonata in G Major, L.209/K.455. Handel: Water Music
(Allegro Deciso). Scarlatti: Sonata in E Major, L.430/K.531. Bach:
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major (III-Presto). Monteverdi: Domine
Ad Adjuvandum (From The 1610 Vespers). Bach: Selections from Suite
No. 2 in B Minor (Badinerie). Bach: Sheep May Safely Graze From
Cantata No. 208. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major
(Allegro). Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major (II-Adagio).
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major (III-Allegro Assai).
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat Major (III-Allegro).

NOTES: A promotional CD, not for general sale. Source: Library of
Congress web site.

** REDISCOVERING LOST SCORES VOLUME 1 (May 2005)
http://www.wendycarlos.com/+rls1.html
Compact disc: East Side Digital ESD 81752

SELECTIONS: From THE SHINING (Colorado, The Rocky Mountains, Chase
Music, Nocturnal Valse Triste, Greetings Ghosties, Horror Show, A
Haunted Waltz, Psychic Shout #237, Danny, Heartbeats and Worry,
Subliminal Ballroom, Thought Clusters, A Ghost Piano, Visitors, Dark
Winds and Rustles, Bumps in the Night, Setting with Medea, Two
Polymoog Improvisations, Fanfare and Drunken "Dies", Clockworks
(Bloody Elevators), Danny Bells Ascending, Postlude). From A CLOCKWORK
ORANGE (Stately Purcell, Pop Purcell, Trumpet Voluntary). From several
UNICEF Films (The Children of Peru, Shanty Town and Farewell, Daycare
and the Colonel, Two Distant Walks, Ethiopian Life, Tanzanian Scenes,
Three Hopeful Places).

NOTES: Contains recordings made between 1971-1979. See Carlos' web
site for more details. See also above under THE SHINING. This is not
an enhanced disc. Some timings given in the booklet do not correspond
with the actual times (for example, The Rocky Mountains has a
published time of 1:14 but it's closer to 1:41)

** REDISCOVERING LOST SCORES VOLUME 2 (June 2005)
http://www.wendycarlos.com/+rls2.html
Compact disc: East Side Digital ESD 81762

SELECTIONS: From THE SHINING (Orchestra & studio music) (Shining Title
Music, Paraphrase for 'Cello, Where's Jack? The Overlook, Psychic
Scream, Day of Wrath, Paraphrase for Brass, Title Music "Dies",
Clockworks "Dies"). From TRON (Creation of Tron, version 1, Creation
of Tron, version 2, Lightcycle Games, Anthem for Keyboard, Little
Interludes, Trinitron). From SPLIT SECOND (Visit to a Morgue, Return
to the Morgue). From WOUNDINGS (Woundings Title Music, Angela's Walk,
Jimmy, Louise, Doug Does Angela, Scattering Ashes, Angela's Aftermath,
Jimmy Kills Louise, In a Cemetery, Fly Away and End). TWO DOLBY DEMOS
(Jiffy Test-Dee Dee Bel Mir, Listen-Tannhäuser).

NOTES: Contains recordings made during and after 1980. See Carlos' web
site for more details. This is not an enhanced disc.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

There's also Bach's Greatest Hits and other similar collections which
contains bits of various Carlos items with other material (all from
CBS/Sony, all out of print), plus one or two S-OB 2000 selections on
various Telarc samplers.

Brendan Heading points out that there was a "...'R. A. Moog Demo
Record,' narrated by Ed Stokes, for which Carlos contributed Moog
demonstrations sounds and a short piece of original music." Chesney
Christ says that this is available from various places on the
internet, including the Moog Archives http://www.moogarchives.com/demo67.mp3
[1.3 MB mp3 file; 9 minutes running time] or go to http://www.moogarchives.com
and click "Documents and Ads," then click "Promo Records," then click
"1967." "1971" is a second promo disc, credited to Chris Swansen,
Musical Director and narrated by Jim Johnson, but the contents are not
posted so it cannot be downloaded or listened to.

Gwen Smith points out an Audion sampler, THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
(catalog number 108, at least on cassette), which contained "A Woman's
Song" from BEAUTY IN THE BEAST.

The book "Glenn Gould: Music and Mind" by Geoffrey Payzant (original
version published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Ltd., Toronto in 1978;
revised several times since then) lists in the Gould discography a CBC
documentary "Glenn Gould on the Moog Synthesizer" recorded in 1968,
and once available on reel and cassette (catalog number CBC Learning
Systems No. 326L). According to the notes on Chapter 2, Carlos appears
as a guest on this program. The CBC has issued some of Gould's radio
documentaries on compact disc, so this one may actually be released
some day (but don't hold your breath waiting for it). Gould was also
one of the first, if not the first, to review SWITCHED-ON BACH,
calling it "the record of the decade." Portions of this review appears
in the booklet for the SWITCHED-ON BOX set and THE WELL-TEMPERED
SYNTHESIZER CD booklet, and in its entirety in "The Glenn Gould
Reader," edited by Tim Page (Alfred Knopf, 1984).

SOURCES:

http://www.wendycarlos.com [Carlos' web site];
http://www.e-s-d.com [East Side Digital];
and the booklets for the various ESD reissues.

Wendy Carlos' discography pages:
http://www.wendycarlos.com/discs.html
http://www.wendycarlos.com/discnotes.html

"The Label: The Story of Columbia Records" by Gary Marmorstein
(Thunder's Mouth Press, 2007)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Carlos
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switched-On_Bach
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Well-Tempered_Synthesizer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_Seasonings
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Clockwork_Orange_(film)#Soundtrack
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Carlos%27_Clockwork_Orange
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_and_the_Wolf_(album)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tron_(film)

Thanks also to Brendan Heading, Gwen Smith and Chesney Christ for
information.

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