S/D: albums that feature the VCS3 synthesizer

http://www.vintagesynth.com/sites/default/files/2017-05/vcs-3.jpg

Sand - Golem and the other LPs
Quiet Sun - S/T
Eno on the early Roxy Music albums and possibly some of the early solo records?

what am I missing? I love the sound of this thing, help me find other examples. I'm sure I'm overlooking some obvious ones.

Dark Side of the Moon

Millions Now Living Will Never Die - Tortoise

First five or six Tangerine Dream albums - apart from the first one.

Oxygene - Jean Michel Jarre

no wonder I like all those records! thanks y'all

https://rateyourmusic.com/list/mburgh/vcs3_/

contemporary act using vintage synths as tribute:

https://www.discogs.com/artist/821910-Wizard-Prison

No Pussyfooting has VCS3 it on loads

xxp thanks for the link

ohhhh right the Baba O'Riley intro!

Heldon

It is the Silver Machine.

<3 <3 <3

sonic boom has one iirc

whaat

Derek Bailey
Solo Guitar (1971)

Derek Bailey plays VCS3 on a few tracks.

so are there any "destroy" entries in that RYM list or is the presence of this instrument pretty much a guarantee of quality?

also, that Tonto's Exploding Head Band record is so good, I thought it was only Moog but I guess not

jeez it's on the Third Ear Band's Macbeth OST!

really wanna hear Franco Battiato's 'Pollution' now:

- Franco Battiato / vocals, synthesizers VCS3
- Ruby Cacciapaglia / piano, synthesizers VCS3 and VCS2
- Gianfranco D’Adda / drums,
- Mario Ellepi / guitars, synthesizers VCS3, vocals
- Gianni Mocchetti / bass, synthesizers VCS2, vocals

You definitely must hear that album.

whaat

sleeve are you into Sensations’ Fix? Cold Nose by Franco Falsini (on that RYM list) is really nice.

never heard of it! thanks!

got a copy of that Cold Nose LP (the reissue on Spectrum Spools) and it sounds great. opinions seem to vary on whether it actually has any VCS3 though. I don't have trained enough ears to hear it, if it's there, I can't tell on first listen.

The three albums Ben Hillier did with Depeche Mode - Playing the Angel, Sounds of the Universe and Delta Machine - all have VCS3 all over them. Hillier has gone on record as saying it was the most used synth on those albums.

surely this one? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rKB3FxTlEI

https://img.discogs.com/luWOF_rt7JRmBM_2RdcVv-eRM8w=/fit-in/362x361/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1577696-1231628414.jpeg.jpg

https://img.discogs.com/lb0HejHySQTlGiX9elnnihmg8Cg=/fit-in/598x598/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-3317298-1337940226-6620.jpeg.jpg

okay i see "pôle" was on the rym list, apologies

just now re-listening to the znr record, so good.

haven't heard "pollution" so i have it on deck, thanks !

this is helpful

Exploring Synthesizer [VCS 3]

https://www.discogs.com/search/?limit=250&q=Synthesizer+%5BVCS+3%5D+&type=all&page=1

no worries re: duplication with RYM list, links here as good too as "seconded" type recommendations

ahhh that Discogs list is cool too, thanks! xp

Led Zeppelin IV

Millions Now Living Will Never Die - Tortoise

― MaresNest, Friday, May 10, 2019 12:02 PM (one week ago)

pretty much any John McEntire production has the Putney involved iirc.

What David Vorhaus is doing with the joystick at 2:30 in this clip is very 'Didgeridoo'. Worth watching from the start for cool step sequencer action leading up to the squelch solo

https://youtu.be/XH3aYVbILP4

Kraftwerk's Ralf und Florian (Synthi A, to be precise)

some great stuff on this new archival reissue

https://www.discogs.com/release/32008319-Intermodulation-Connections-1970-1974