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Note: Due to major changes in the music business, we unexpectedly lost our ESD distrubution, leaving us stranded with few good options. We expect to have news on a new set of releases of Wendy's albums, plus a return to regular additions on the site as soon as possible. Until our new arrangements are complete, we're leaving this page with the last updated links, which can still find copies (where available) through various sources. Meanwhile, thank you sincerely for your many concerned inquiries and patience, good friends.


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New 20-bit Hi-D releases on East Side Digital (and other available titles):

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Rediscovering Lost Scores
= volume one =
Includes music for Kubrick's
A ClockworkOrange and The Shining.

= ESD 81752 =

Released Spring 2005
= Brand New Album! =

32 tracks of unique filmmusic,
tracks you have asked us about,
unavailable in any form -- until now.

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Rediscovering Lost Scores
= volume two =
Includes music for Kubrick's
The Shining and Disney's TRON.

= ESD 81762 =

Released Spring 2005
= Brand New Album! =

29 tracks of unique filmmusic,
tracks you have asked us about,
unavailable in any form -- until now.

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Switched-On Bach 2000
(The 25th Anniversary sequel to
S-OB, in a new ESD CD release.
Optimum Remastered Edition.)

= ESD 81732 =

Released Fall 2004

This 1992 CD commemorates the
original S-OB, in vivid new surround
realizations -- the progress of
25+ years!

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By Request
(Music as you requested, an album
created to satisfy our faithful fans.
Optimum Remastered Edition.)

= ESD 81692 =

Released Fall 2003
= First Time On CD! =

Beautifully restored from the
original 1975 1/2" masters tapes,
in a deluxe 20-bit edition.

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Secrets of Synthesis
(Wendy narrates and demonstrates the inside story ofhow the music is created.
Optimum Remastered Edition.)

= ESD 81702 =

Released Fall 2003

Optimized original 1986 masters,
in a deluxe 20-bit edition.

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Soundtrack: TRON
(A groundbreaking score combining
orchestra, chorus, with both analog
and digital synthesis
Optimum Remastered Edition.)

= Disney 60748-7 =

Released Early 2002
= First Time On CD! =

Optimum remastering in Hi-D 20-bit,
complete with many bonus tracks.
And check out our new filmscore CD.

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Disney CD
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Switched-on Bach II
(The delightful sequel to the
original S-OB, in our new
Optimum Remastered Edition.)

= ESD 81622 =

Released Spring 2002

Beautifully restored original 1974
masters, in a deluxe 20-bit edition.

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Switched-on Brandenburgs
(2-CD set of all six of J.S. Bach's
Concerto Masterpieces, in our new
Optimum Remastered Edition.)

= ESD 81632 =

Released Spring 2002

Beautifully restored original 1979
masters, in a deluxe 20-bit edition.

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Switched-on Bach
(The Triple-Grammy winning album that
launched the synthesizer, in our new
Optimum Remastered Edition.)

= ESD 81602 =

Released Fall 2001
A Classic, Better Than Ever!

Beautifully restored original 1968
masters, in a deluxe 20-bit edition.

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Well-Tempered Synthesizer
(Long sought after, finally
available on CD, in our new
Optimum Remastered Edition.)

= ESD 81612 =

Released Fall 2001
= First Time On CD! =

Beautifully restored original 1969
masters, in a deluxe 20-bit edition.

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Beauty in the Beast
(The kaleidoscopic adventure into
timbre and tuning. Unavailable
since 1987, now on our new
Optimum Remastered Edition.)

= ESD 81552 =

Yes, it's available again!
Released Fall 2000

Beautifully restored original 1987
masters, in a deluxe 20-bit edition.
Includes an in-depth Computer
Music Journal article.

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Digital Moonscapes
(Music for the major moons of our Solar
System and the Cosmos. Debut of
The LSI Philharmonic, now on our new
Optimum Remastered Edition.)

= ESD 81542 =

Released Fall 2000

Optimumally restored original 1984
masters, in a deluxe 20-bit deluxe
edition, using the original artwork
concept rejected by CBS.

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The Switched-on Boxed Set
(4-CD set, with bonus tracks, 2 colorful
books (over 200 pages), the definitive
Deluxe Collectors Edition.)

= ESD 81422 =

Bach & Baroque Synth Fans--the set you demanded!

Hear it all as never before. Ultra
20-bit audio, many lavish extras.
Includes ALL of Wendy's Bach
and Baroque performances!

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Sonic Seasonings &
Land of the Midnight Sun

(2-CD set, with bonus tracks, in our new
Optimum Remastered Edition.)

= ESD 81372 =

= First time on CD! =

Optimum transfers of the original 1972
1/2" SS master tapes. Plus the first
release of a 1986 companion work.

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Clockwork Orange
(the complete Carlos filmscore,
including all of
TimeSteps, in our new
Optimum Remastered Edition.)

= ESD 81362 =

First time ever on CD!

Optimum transfers from the original
1972 1/2" and 1/4" master tapes.
Includes two newly available tracks.
And check out our new filmscore CD.

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Tales of Heaven & Hell
(featuring Clockwork Black)

= ESD 81352 =

Something new & fun

If you dare--enter this roller-coaster
funhouse of truly scary musical
drama, including themes from CO.

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Notes on auditioning/purchasing the albums above:

    All of the above albums and audio examples are available to browse, and you can conveniently purchase albums at the Amazon webstore (this link takes you to ALL their Wendy Carlos album listings, in one place). We're linking each album to them directly above because currently Amazon provides their familiar fast service with decent discount pricing. It's easy to go directly there just by clicking on any of the small CD images to the right above. Alternatively, you may prefer to purchase in a local music store, or browse an online store of your choice. For example, you can try Barnes and Noble or Borders, (we've placed some clickable icons below for your convenience).
    Once online type in "Wendy Carlos" and pick Classical/Popular Music and choose the album you wish. Currently some of the albums are found in the Classical bin, others in Popular or even under the Soundtrack categories (usually, if not always, the whole list comes up under:
Wendy Carlos). Note that there are several imported editions (at much higher prices) near the end of the Amazon artist listings. We recommend the upper, later versions instead.

(Clicking one of the small CD images in the upper right column above usually bypasses these steps, and links directly to the Amazon page for that particular album, where you may also audition the music on most titles before buying.)
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    For Reviews, Liner Notes, and lots of interesting Background Info, click the appropriate "Learn more about". Quite a few of your questions on general topics about Wendy Carlos albums are answered on the Disc Notes page. To listen to audio examples on the above CD's, and to purchase, click one of the small CD images.
    Please understand that we have no control over the music sellers including those that can be linked from here, and we have no responsibility for their actions or policies. We have experienced only minor problems, and find them to be very reputable dealers. Always use common sense, however: a credit card is best way to order, and expect that with the many albums ordered and sold, occasional errors can be made, and you may have to contact them about it. (You might like to know that virtually all online sellers except amazon buy from the same wholesaler, who ships for them.)
    A few sites allow anyone to "mount a soap-box," via reviews of widely varying quality/relevance, some very genorous, a few quite off-the-wall mean. These can be fun to read, but beware of the hit-and-run pundits, those who refuse even to reveal who it is making the pronouncments. The artist biographies at these web vendors are often sketchy and dated, and some contain notable errors. Hey, what they do best is to sell CD's at prices lower than most record stores -- approach the rest with a wink of skepticism.
    (P.S.: In some searches you may come up with non-Carlos albums. So, for example, please note: "Sonoric Rituals" is NOT by Wendy!)

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Peter & the Wolf
(with Al Yankovic)

CBS/Sony MK 44567

An original, improbable pairing of artists. The CD included an original Carnival of the Animals, pt. 2. The result is musical humor in a very fresh new way. Learn more about this album. Recently out of print, according to Sony Music (stay tuned).
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Disney's TRON
Soundtrack

CBS/Sony CBS 37782

First CD release was through Disney, in early 2002, including many never-before released bonust tracks! Read more about it here!
Also see our all new album:
Rediscovering Lost Scores volume two

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Never released on CD and currently unavailable

The Shining - Most of the score has never been released, and was not included in the final film version. So to those of you who have heard or like the soundtrack, to quote Jolson: "You ain't heard nothin' yet!" Most of the film was scored (as is Stanley's habit) using "needle drops" (generally, selections from commercial recordings -- check the film credits for a list, as this may be the music you're responding to). We provided the film's title music, the dark music for family's drive up the mountain, and several textures within the film -- that's all that Kubrick used from our hours of tracks. A long, familiar story.

The textures were not much to hear by themselves, and were wisely not included on the original soundtrack LP (Warner Bros. LP 3449). As for all the fine music that we wrote but wasn't used, some of it it sits in a "legal limbo", while other cues should make it into a forthcoming ESD Collection of my film score music. But it will have to wait until the more straightforward CD releases are completed.

Good news about the score to The Shining: With the 2005 release of our newest two albums, Rediscovering Lost Scores, volume one and volume two, most of our score for The Shining, much of it unavailable until now, can be heard in Hi-D sound. The first volume includes the earlier studio tracks created for Kubrick from 1978 through late 1979. Volume two includes many orchestral tracks, and several tracks which mix live and electroacoustic sounds, created as the project wound down in early 1980. As the notes explain, some of these tracks will be very familiar to those who know the film, but in more richly orchestrated versions than were finally chosen. And others depict a lost worlds of possibilities for the film left unexplored on its release. READ MORE ALSO HERE.

Woundings - The film score from the yet unreleased (in USA) British antiwar film, has been unavailable until recently. We're pleased to announce that much of the music from the score is now included on our newest Hi-D album, Rediscovering Lost Scores, volume two, above. The film has been shown in the States at several independent film screenings, to excellent acclaim, and should make it to video/DVD (it IS available in European editions, region 2 encoding, as of early 2005). We'll let you know here if it does become available on a region one encoded disk, for North America. (Addendum in June '05: this film is now available on a Sterling DVD, region one encoded, # 40730, under the title: "Brand New World." Google that name and "DVD" to find a copy. Movies Unlimited as of this writing lists a bargain price for the disk. Click their "Search by Title" button to the upper left, then type in "brand new world" to see if it's still available there. This is for your information only, as we neither control nor receive any royalty on DVDs.)
 
Currently Unavailable Music - There were a couple of volumes of Bach's Greatest Hits, which CBS assembled on their own during my years there, and a few other similar collections, (we learned of these years later, and have never seen or heard them). Two of my earliest compositions from graduate student days at Columbia University were included on an early LP from Turnabout, TV 34004S, called simply: "Electronic Music". One of these, a composition for live piano and tape, plus another related work, were included in new performances by Phillip Ramey on the 1975 By Request album (available in a new Hi-D remastering).

Good news about the score to A Clockwork Orange: With the 2005 release of our newest two albums, Rediscovering Lost Scores, volume one, several tracks for Clockwork Orange, unavailable until now, can be heard in Hi-D sound. During the "Quintessential Archeomusicology" portion of assembling these two volumes several older tapes were discovered to contain CO tracks which had been mislabeled, and were overlooked when we put together our definitive soundtrack collection of music for the film. We were pleased to discover three tracks which had not been heard since 1971 and they are included here, available for the first time. READ MORE.

Tron - Was available for the first time on CD on a 2002 Disney release (additional information above). An LP of the music score was released with the film in 1982 (LP on CBS 37782, and cassettes). That sold out in the mid 80's. A deluxe letterboxed LaserDisk of Tron came out in 1996, Disney 6141 CS, which contained some of the deleted music restored in a Supplemental Section. (I made special mixes for them as a favor.) This edition formed the basis for the new 2002 DVD of the film, which includes those restored music tracks as well. While preparing the new bonus mixes I discovered there was a major problem with the master tapes -- they had become unplayable! A few tracks were transferred after hours of struggle, the rest would not play at all, or even rewind! The urathane-based binder had absorbed atmospheric moisture and turned into glue -- phooey!
 
After searching for the most authoritative recommendations (thank you, Eddie Ciletti!), we reported on these pages some good news, on Go Bake a Tape, or Tron Lives! After slowly baking each tape in a carefully adjusted and timed dehydrator, the masters temporarily returned to good playable condition, I made Hi-D transfers right away, and they sound wonderful. There things sat for the better part of three frustrating years (encouraging many poor quality pirate editions to "fill the demand") until Disney's 2002 decision to release a new CD of the score at along with the DVD edition of the film. Read more of the story HERE.

Good news about the score to TRON: With the 2005 release of our newest two albums, Rediscovering Lost Scores, volume two, several tracks for TRON, unavailable until now, can be heard in Hi-D sound. As the notes explain, some of these final master tracks were dropped late in the production of the film for extra-musical reasons. And others were test tracks which developed into the final versions heard on the soundtrack. While the Disney CD seems to have become unavailable for the moment (we're looking into it), this new album contains several favorite themes and moods from the film in arrangements which have been unavailable before now. READ MORE.

"Lost" Record Hunters, please note:

Any album titles not mentioned above were not made by me, and I have no connection with them at all! (Note: a few tracks of mine, from the above albums, were included on a handful of CBS compilations in the 70's & 80's, as mentioned just above.) When SOB first came out there was the expected flurry of "Me-2" albums, and some had titles that attempted to suggest they were sequels to mine, "Switched-On This or That," puns on "Bach" and "Moog." I couldn't keep track of them all, and the others that have followed since then. Most I've heard were unfortunately rather poor, including more recent Me-2-ers, granting that I'm particularly fussy about making music via electronic media. A handful, for example by Dick Hyman and Gil Trythall, were fresh and decent. (The late, great SF author,Ted Sturgeon, was so right: "99% of EVERYTHING is crud!"! Haven't you noticed? ;-)
 
So as for your questions of where you might find: "Moozart's Moogsical Cow" (sorry), or: "Switched-At-Birth Salieri" (wotta concept) the short answer is: "Say again??!" Occasionally one of you will mention an album whose title is vaguely familiar to me. More often not. Since I'm a rather poor detective myself, I confess to having few good ideas how to track down an album title that perhaps had a limited run years ago, and has never been reissued in any form. If you know the company that released it originally, you might try writing them or their successor. Have you tried one of the more powerful, ubiquitous Web Search Engines like Google? Put a "+" sign before each critical term, and put quotes around multiword search terms, like: [ +Moog +record +"The Ill-Tempered Sympathizer" +"P.D.Q. Bach" ]. And since you know now it's not my recording, add a "minus" term: [ -Carlos ], so you won't be led back here. You may turn up some clues...
 
A decent library may have old issues of record guides that would help you track down that title, company and number that haunts you. I know how it is, and have yet to find every movie, recording, book or magazine article that I think back on fondly years later. As for some past treasures that I HAVE managed to find (brace yourself), the worst case is that the memory is often much better than the reality. Ooff! But sometimes you do find a lost "gem" or two. Good hunting to you!

--Wendy Carlos

 

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