The Age of Electronicus

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The Age of Electronicus
Studio album by Dick Hyman
Released	1969
Genre	Electronic
Label	Command COM 946-S

The Age of Electronicus is an experimental 1969 album of electronic music recorded by jazz pianist Dick Hyman and released on Command Records.

The album was one of many in the period which saw then-current popular songs set to Moog synthesizer. Two songs from The Beatles were covered, namely the album's opening track of Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da and Blackbird, both from the so-called "White Album." Musical styles ran the gamut from the funk of the number one R&B hit Give It Up Or Turn It Loose by James Brown, the Memphis soul hit instrumental Green Onions by Booker T. & the M.G.'s to easy listening, evidenced by covers of Alfie and the Joni Mitchell hit, Both Sides Now.

[edit] Track listing

• "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
• "Give It Up Or Turn It Loose"
• "Blackbird"
• "Aquarius"
• "Green Onions"
• "Kolumbo"
• "Time Is Tight"
• "Alfie"
• "Both Sides Now"