Dick Hyman • The Age of Electronicus [1969] Command Records 946 S

 

Electronicus boasts the obligatory Beatles covers (“Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” and “Blackbird”), two Booker T. & The M.G.’s cuts (“Time Is Tight” and “Green Onions”), Hair show-stopper “Aquarius,” an interpretation of James Brown’s “Give It Up Or Turn It Loose,” a rendition of Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now,” and merely one original. Sure, Electronicus smacks of Moog-hysteria cash-in, but Hyman’s inventiveness with this familiar and relatively eclectic material raises the record high above most of its counterparts now moldering in bargain bins. [Jive Time Records]

Tracklist: 

01 Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

02 Give It Up Or Turn It Loose

03 Blackbird

04 Aquarius

05 Green Onions

06 Kolumbo

07 Time Is Tight

08 Alfie

09 Both Sides Now

Arranged and Produced by Dick Hyman