THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN Gil Melle 1971 KAPP HEXAGON LP NM
$
108
Favourite Auctions
To save auctions to your favourites, please login
If you don't have an account, please register
Description
GIL MELLE
"THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN"
ORIGINAL ELECTRONIC SOUNDTRACK
A true renaissance man, 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 '60s, where he began to compose scores for film and television. Over the next 30 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 10th 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 COVER HAS SIX TRIANGULAR FLAPS THAT HOLD THE LP & ALSO INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO REFOLD THE FLAPS
THE COVER HAS NO PROMO HOLES, SLITS OR CUT CORNERS.
COVER CONDITION: VG++
RECORD CONDITION: NM
click to enlarge
SHIPPING DETAILS:
FOR ONE OR TWO RECORDS...
USA: $3.50 BOOK RATE OR $6.50 PRIORITY MAIL
CANADA: $8 AIRMAIL OR $5 SURFACE
EUROPE: $13 AIR MAIL OR $9 SURFACE
JAPAN, THE FAR EAST AND DOWN UNDER: $15 AIRMAIL OR $10 SURFACE
WE COMBINE SHIPPING...PLEASE EMAIL FOR POSTAGE ON MULTIPLE ITEMS.
ALL ITEMS ARE GUARANTEED.
Please note that shipping is not guaranteed unless items are insured.
Domestic insurance is $2.00. Will quote for international insurance.
All LPs are packaged in brand new record mailer boxes
with LPs removed from covers and protected with heavy plastic sleeves.
LPs must be returned to seller before any credit will be applied.
price rating
