Silver Apples Of: The Moon (vinyl Rip)

: A slow, atmospheric exploration of "pitch" and timbre, full of whistles, sirens, and alien-sounding chirps.

Because the album was designed as an intimate "chamber music" experience for home listening, the original vinyl pressings are highly sought after by collectors. In digital music circles, a "Vinyl Rip" of Silver Apples of the Moon is often prized over standard digital remasters because: “Silver Apples of the Moon”--Morton Subotnick (1967) Silver Apples Of The Moon (VINYL RIP)

Subotnick composed the album over 13 months in a small New York studio, working 10 to 12 hours a day on a modular synthesizer. : A slow, atmospheric exploration of "pitch" and

: He helped designer Don Buchla develop this synthesizer, which notably lacked a traditional keyboard, using touch-sensitive plates instead to avoid the "tyranny" of standard scales. : He helped designer Don Buchla develop this

: The name comes from W.B. Yeats’s poem, The Song of Wandering Aengus . The Sonic Journey

The album is split into two distinct sides, originally dictated by the physical limitations of vinyl: