The Unusual Classical Synthesizer - Mike Hankinson

Moonlight Sonata

The Unusual Classical Synthesizer
Mike Hankinson and The Putney V.C.S. 3 Systhesizer
Westminster Gold WGS-8182
ABC Records, Inc.
1972

From the back cover: This record is the first LP ever to be recorded using only the Electronic Music Studios "Synthi" VCS-3. This instrument has the capability of producing virtually any sound, but was used purely as a straight musical instrument on this LP. The only modification – a potentiometer control was added, which gave a sliding octave up or down, by rotating the control, thus extending the keyboard to 5 octaves.

"The Classical Synthesizer" was recorded on a 4-Track Studer J-37 tape recorder. To add on more than four tracks, the first four tracks were mixed down to 2-track stereo and then over-dubbed, and the process repeated until the work was completed. It says a lot for the J-37 Studer that one title on the LP actually contains eleven individually recorded tracks.

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (Bach)
Variations Mein Jungles Leben Hat
Ein End (Sweelinck)

Sonata in D Major (Scarlatti)
Sonata Rondo (Clementi)
Concerto In A Minor (Bach)
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Mozart)
Italian Concerto (Bach)
Moonlight Sonata (Beethoven)