ANDROMEDA STRAIN Gil Melle 1971 KAPP HEXAGON LP nr mint
$
139
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Description
Outstanding vintage electronic soundtrack LP album THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN on the KAPP label, composed by GIL MELLE, from 1971. Stereo pressing, catalog number is KRS-5513.
“Gil Melle began his career as a post-bop baritone saxophonist who also composed and painted, later branching out into a wide variety of artistic and scientific fields. He abandoned jazz fairly early on in his career, choosing to compose a number of film and television scores and experiment with electronic music, instead. Melle only released records sporadically, but he kept amazingly busy, composing scores, pioneering electronic music. Melle moved to Los Angeles in the sixties, where he began to compose scores for film and television. Over the next thirty years, he wrote scores for over 125 films. He also began working with electronic music, building his own synthesizers, including (arguably) the first drum machine, and performing with the first all-electronic jazz band, the Electronauts, at the Tenthth Monterey Jazz Festival. In 1967, he returned to recording with Tome VI, an all-electronic jazz album released on Verve. He continued to pioneer electronic music, writing scores for Night Gallery and The Andromeda Strain entirely with synthesizers, which was unheard of at the time" - by Stephen Thomas Erlewine/AMG.
This LP is the original 1971 U.S. hexagonal vinyl pressing on KAPP RECORDS. The silver foil jacket has six triangular flaps that hold the LP. The jacket has no promo holes, slits, or cut corners.
Condition of vinyl is flawless GEM mint, appears unplayed. It is still in the original poly inner baggie which is also pristine. There is an insert sheet that provides instructions for properly re-closing the hex flaps. The flaps are excellent and have no bends or creases.
Guaranteed to be authentic and original. This is a gorgeous item, and I am certain the winning bidder will be very pleased.
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