Conductor – Leslie Baxter. Photography By – Paul Garrison (4). Theremin – Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman. Reissued in 1999 as part of a 3xCD set (Basta, 3093-2).
Music Out of the Moon is considered the best-selling theremin record of all time. The music was a mixture of late 1940’s lounge jazz and film music underpinned by Hoffman’s otherworldly theremin playing. Let us know what you think of the Last.
Prior to the 1947 release of Music out of the Moon (a 78 rpm album, just preceding the introduction of the LP format), Dr. Hoffman had already contributed theremin to a few film soundtracks and records. Music out of the Moon, however, was the first recording with Hoffman's theremin aimed toward the popular music market. It was a pretty good seller, too, the music composed by Harry Revel and conducted and arranged by Les Baxter.
Les Baxter & Harry Revel feat. Dr. Hoffman Lunette. Les Baxter & His Orchestra, Dr. Hoffman Lunar Rhapsody. Hoffman Possession. Samuel Hoffman at the theremin. Moon Moods Альбом "Music Out Of The Moon" (1947). Hoffman feat. Les Baxter Lunar Rhapsody.
Album: Music Out of the Moon (2019). Artist: Harry Revel & Leslie Baxter & Dr. Money online! Converting/Cutting. We have song's lyrics, which you can find out below. Org H Harry Revel & Leslie Baxter & Dr.
The first album, MUSIC OUT OF THE MOON, is mostly doo-wah pop vocals. The theremin might double the vocal line or take an occasional solo. The selections sound little like what one might expect given the evocative titles, but then, this was four years prior to THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL and THE THING. The second album, PERFUME SET TO MUSIC, is unquestionably exotica in spirit. There's more variety of sound and mood and Dr. Hoffman's solos are more free - anticipatory of the vocalise for which Baxter would become renowned in the 1950s with Yma Sumac. Nice! I know that at least one.