The In Sound from Way Out!

Perrey & Kingsley

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 1, 1995)
• Original Release Date: 1966
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Vanguard Records
• ASIN: B000000EJ3
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #193,433 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Product Description

The first album from the pioneering duo of Jean-Jacques Perrey and Gershon Kingsley, recorded in 1966. Allegedly the recording involved 275 hours of work and several miles of tape. These electronically modified sounds were combined with electronic sounds from oscillators, tone generators, and feedback loops to produce something approximating pop music. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hello, kidhood! I love this album, but here's a better buy:, July 12, 2001

By	Steve Dallas - See all my reviews

I also loved the off-the-wall, electronic magic of this album on Uncle Zeb's Cartoon Camp in Tulsa, but cannot recommend this album to buy when such a superior value exists elsewhere on this site. Click "all albums by Perrey and Kingsley" over at the left, then select "The Essential Perrey and Kingsley", which contains this entire album, plus another 14 ear-tickling tracks, for only 72 cents more. That's the album I'm ordering now.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Really Way Out!, August 9, 2000

By A Customer

I heard this album 20+ years ago. I was able to pick it up in vinyl. But when I found out it was re-released on CD, I had to jump at the chance to own it.

If you like earlier synthesized music such as Switched On Bach, (the original version,) then you'll love this.

Unlike a lot of the music from this era of synthesizer infancy, this CD is really cool! It's not just a bunch of funky sounds and wierd noises jammed together. Created in a painstaking manner with an early synthesizer and recorded with natural sounds, it's fantastic!

If you like any type of electronic music, then this MUST be a staple to your collection.

Enjoy it! I know I will.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Moog of the Era!, March 7, 2005

By	K. Brown "El Rudo Lucky Pierre!" (Walnut, Ca USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Of Gershon Kingsley's Moog-Work, I would by far pick this collaboration with Jean-Jacques Perrey over Kingsley's "Music to Moog By" any day. While Stan Free's one man band "Hot Butter" is still my top pick of Moog music from the 60s-70s era, "The In Sound from Way Out" is one delightful & kitschy listen.

Where Stan Free did straight musical Moog covers of popular music, Kingsley & Perrey become playful with sound effects acting as musical notes; everything from cartoonish computeresque buzzings to Space-Age bleeps to a junilant baby's giggle. If you're one of the many folks these days who like to throw retro-martini parties complete with smoking jackets, shriners' caps, Hawaiian grass skirts, bowling shirts and bongos, than I can say without a shadow of a doubt that you have found the perfect soundtrack for your fiesta. Don't delay! This album is way-hep!