Tag: Paul Beaver

"Diamond"

Paul Beaver Played Clavinet, Too (plus Emil Richards Tribute)

Remember last month when I was hot on the trail of identifying the first recording of a clavinet, thanks to a tip from Jim Kimsey: “Six O’Clock” by John Sebastian & The Lovin’ Spoonful? Was John Sebastian‘s “electric harpsichord” (as he referred to the instrument), in fact, a clavinet? Sebastian

June 29, 2016 2 Comments

"I Know You Aries"

“I Know You Aries”: Mort Garson Asks, What’s Your Sign?

How nutty to release 12 albums of Moog synthesizer music simultaneously, one for each sign of the Zodiac. And yet Mort Garson somehow convinced A&M to do so in 1969 – “I Know You Aries,” the lead-off track on the Aries LP, could have been the A-side of a 45:

November 22, 2013 No Comments