Moondog
Moondog (1969)
LabelSonyGenrePsychedelia & Kraut
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Major label breakthrough (don’t blink or you’ll miss it)! Moondog’s spell with Columbia, then America’s most prestigious jazz and classical label, began here. Joplin’s lobbying opened the door. The album was produced by James William Guercio, a former Mother of Invention and producer of Columbia artists Blood, Sweat & Tears and Chicago. A modest commercial success, and an unqualified artistic triumph, the disc featured Moondog fronting a 40-piece orchestra. The best known track is ‘Bird’s Lament’, written in memory of Charlie Parker, with whom Moondog was scheduled to record before Parker died in 1955. The perfect album with which to start a Moondog habit.
Release notes
Gatefold sleeve, facsimile print. Red/black 2000's columbia labels.
| A1 | Theme | 2:35 | |
| A2 | Stamping Ground | 2:36 | |
| A3 | Symphonique #3 (Ode To Venus) | 5:51 | |
| A4 | Symphonique #6 (Good For Goodie) | 2:45 | |
| Mini-Sym #1 | |||
| B1a | I - Allegro 2 - Andante Adagio, 3 - Vivace | ||
| B1b | II - Andante Adagio | ||
| B1c | II -. Vivace | ||
| B2 | Lament I, "Bird's Lament" | 1:42 | |
| Witch Of Endor | |||
| B3a | I - Dance | ||
| B3b | II - Trio | ||
| B3b1 | A. Adagio (The Prophesy) | ||
| B3b2 | B. Andante (The Battle) | ||
| B3b3 | C. Agitato (Soul's Death) | ||
| B3c | III - Dance (Reprise) | ||
| B4 | Symphonique #1 (Portrait Of A Monarch) | 2:36 | |
- Wally Kane
- Baritone Saxophone, Bassoon
- Alfred Brown
- Bass, Producer
- George Duvivier
- Bass
- Louis Hardin
- Bass, Composed By, Liner Notes
- Ron Carter
- Bass
- Ernie Bright
- Bass Clarinet
- Paul Faulise
- Bass Trombone
- Don Macourt
- Bassoon
- George Berg
- Bassoon
- Jack Knitzer
- Bassoon
- Joyce Kelly
- Bassoon
- Ryohei Nakagawa
- Bassoon
- Charles McCracken
- Cello
- George Ricci
- Cello
- George Silfies
- Clarinet
- Jimmy Abato
- Clarinet
- Phil Bodner
- Clarinet
- Joe Tekula
- Contrabass
- Ron Coro
- Design
- Arthur Kendy
- Engineer
- Fred Plaut
- Engineer
- Henry Shuman
- English Horn
- Irving Horowitz
- English Horn
- Joe Wilder
- Flugelhorn, Trumpet
- Andrew Lolya
- Flute
- Harold Bennett
- Flute
- Brooks Tillotson
- French Horn
- James Buffington
- French Horn
- Ray Alonge
- French Horn
- Richard Berg
- French Horn
- Bob Rosengarden
- Percussion
- Dave Carey
- Percussion
- Elayne Jones
- Percussion
- Jack Jennings
- Percussion
- Don Hunstein
- Photography By [Cover]
- Fred Lombardi
- Photography By [Inside]
- Harold Jones
- Piccolo Flute
- Hubert Laws
- Piccolo Flute
- James William Guercio
- Producer
- Eugene Becker
- Tenor Vocals, Viola
- Raoul Poliakin
- Tenor Vocals, Viola
- Buddy Morrow
- Trombone [Tenor]
- Charles Small
- Trombone [Tenor]
- Tony Studd
- Trombone [Tenor]
- Alan Dean
- Trumpet
- Mel Broiles
- Trumpet
- Teddy Weiss
- Trumpet
- Danny Repole
- Trumpet [Bass]
- Bill Stanley
- Tuba, Tuba [Tenor]
- Don Butterfield
- Tuba
- Bill Elton
- Tuba [Tenor]
- John Swallow
- Tuba [Tenor]
- Phil Giardina
- Tuba [Tenor]
- David Schwartz
- Viola
- Emanuel Vardi
- Viola
- Aaron Rosand
- Violin
- Paul Gershman
- Violin
