[78-L] Davy Jones dies

[Cary Ginell]

Actually, "Reflections" by the Supremes may have beaten them both. It was released in July 1967, before both the Doors and the Monkees LPs.
 
Cary Ginell
 

> Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:44:52 +0100
> From: saag at telia.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Davy Jones dies
> 
> On 2012-02-29 21:06, Cary Ginell wrote:
> >
> > You should - start with "Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn,& Jones Ltd." It was the first rock record to use a Moog synthesizer (on "Daily Nightly" and "Star Collector").
> --
> Most rock historians list "Strange Days" by the Doors as the first - Jim 
> Morrison plays Moog on the title track (the album was released in 
> September 1967, two months before the "Monkees" album). Jim, BTW, got 
> the instrument from synthesizer pioneer Paul Beaver of Beaver & Krause.
> There are rumours that The Beach Boys used a Moog on "Good Vibrations", 
> but it was neither a Moog nor a Theremin - I've heard Bob Moog confirm 
> this in a lecture - but an Electro-Theremin, a modified Theremin built 
> by Paul Tanner with a physical slider for tone control (much like the 
> Ondes Martenot).
> Kristjan
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