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Topic: Special Effects in prog (earliest use)

Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Subject: Special Effects in prog (earliest use)
Date Posted: July 10 2005 at 21:32

Greetings all.

I was wondering what the first use of particular effects used within the progressive rock genre, started to be used.

I don't mean just synthesized effects, I am talking about recording backwards, recording of odd sounds (not instruments as such) and any other special techniques that were used on early albums?

I have read in the booklet of the re-issue of VdGG's "Pawn Hearts" album, that a part of _A Plague of Lighthouse-Keepers_ was recorded by recording a different tune in mono on each separate track of a 16-track tape. So 16 different tunes could be heard simultaneously. Has this effect been used since, or even before VdGG used it?

Not really knowing much about the recording technology back in the laye '60s/early '70s, I am not sure what exactly could and couldn't be done.

Any thoughts on this would be welcomed.

Who were the pioneers of these types of effects?

James.

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Posted By: Retrovertigo
Date Posted: July 10 2005 at 21:36

Frank Zappa used them in 1966 on Freak Out! but used them much more heavily on Lumpy Gravy and We're Only in it for the Money, which are 1967 and 1968 respectively.

Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: July 10 2005 at 21:40

Retrovertigo wrote:

Frank Zappa used them in 1966 on Freak Out! but used them much more heavily on Lumpy Gravy and We're Only in it for the Money, which are 1967 and 1968 respectively.

Really good. Well stated. I think so too.

Posted By: DavidInsabella
Date Posted: July 10 2005 at 21:43

Retrovertigo wrote:

Frank Zappa used them in 1966 on Freak Out! but used them much more heavily on Lumpy Gravy and We're Only in it for the Money, which are 1967 and 1968 respectively.

I would think Zappa would be the first. He was the first to do a lot of things.

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Posted By: maani
Date Posted: July 10 2005 at 21:45

I think you will also find them on the first Vanilla Fudge album, also early 1967.