Walter Carlos Switched On Bach LP UK Pressing, 1968 Moog Synthesizer
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Description

Condition:

• Vinyl: VG+ (nice gloss, minor surface marks, plays well)

• Sleeve: VG (light ring wear and age spots, solid spine and readable text)

• Inner Sleeve: Generic CBS green paper sleeve


Label: CBS – S 63686

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo

Country: UK

Released: 1968

Genre: Electronic, Classical

Style: Baroque, Synth-pop


Tracklist:

Side A:

1. Sinfonia to Cantata No. 29

2. Air on a G String

3. Two-Part Invention in F Major

4. Two-Part Invention in B-flat Major

5. Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring

6. Prelude and Fugue No. 7 in E-flat Major (from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I)


Side B:

1. Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in C Minor (from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I)

2. Chorale Prelude “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme”

3. Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major (First Movement)


Credits:

• Electronic Realizations and Performances: Walter Carlos

• Assistance: Benjamin Folkman

• Produced by: Rachel Elkind


Description:

A groundbreaking 1968 album where Walter (now Wendy) Carlos reimagined J.S. Bach’s music using the Moog synthesizer, introducing electronic music to mainstream audiences. The album was a huge commercial and critical success, earning three Grammy Awards and transforming how listeners experienced classical compositions.


This is the original UK CBS pressing, with vintage laminated sleeve and classic orange CBS label — a must-have for fans of early electronic music, synth history, or Bach reinterpretations.


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