Sold Date: May 25, 2024
Start Date: February 24, 2024
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 WALTER / WENDY CARLOS


TWO LPs

Switched-On Bach
1968 (1970) LP
Columbia Masterworks
MS 7194
COVER = VG; VINYL = EXCELLENT

AND

Digital Moonscapes
1984 Gatefold LP
Columbia Masterworks
M 39340
COVER = NEAR MINT; VINYL = EXCELLENT

Walter Carlos became "Wendy" in 1972 with sex reassignment surgery, so Walter and Wendy are the same person, not relatives. No matter, these are landmark ground-breaking synthesizer albums revived classical music for the modern age.
Both records were completely play-tested for the vinyl grades above. Switched-On Bach had a couple of light ticks on the first movement of the Brandenburg Concerto (side 2, track 3) but that was it. Digital Moonscapes played superbly throughout, nearly Near Mint. Switched-On Bach is a 1970 Pitman repress with the 6 B Printer's Code on the rear cover. Digital Moonscapes is a First Pressing.  


SWITCHED ON BACH:
Matrix / Runout (Side A stamped, var. 1): XXSM137961-2AK o
Matrix / Runout (Side B stamped, var. 1): XXSM137962-2AE o
Pressing Plant ID (Stamped on both sides very very faintly): P

DIGITAL MOONSCAPES:
Matrix / Runout (Etchings Side A): DAL 39340-1AA // GI A3
Matrix / Runout (Etchings Side B): DBL 39340-1AA // GI C13