{"product_id":"moon-gas","title":"Moon Gas","description":"\u003cp\u003eAdventurous keyboardist and arranger Dick Hyman worked in radio, film and television before making a name for himself as a jazz pianist in the mid-1950s with a hugely popular harpsichord rendition of \u003ci\u003eMack The Knife\u003c\/i\u003e. An early experimenter with electronic instruments, including\u003cbr\u003ethe Moog, his 1963 rarity \u003ci\u003eMoon Gas\u003c\/i\u003e, produced by Creed Taylor and recorded with Sinatra sidekick and Broadway musical mainstay Mary Mayo, was conceived as “a glimpse of the possible sounds of the 22nd Century.” Blasting lounge music and love ballads into the nether\u003cbr\u003eregions of outer space, Moon Gas pitted Hyman’s organ, mini-organ and piano riffs against Mayo’s ethereal voice - sometimes singing wordlessly, other times with actual lyrics - atop a tight studio ensemble, the sounds made more otherworldly through the use of an ondioline, a martinot, oscillators and Vinnie Bell’s customised guitar, which allowed for individualised sound effects. Although improvised opener \u003ci\u003eMoon Gas\u003c\/i\u003e sounds pleasantly jazzy, \u003ci\u003eMaid of the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSpace Reflex\u003c\/i\u003e reach the cosmos and there’s a one-off rendition of Joao Gilberto’s Desafinado too, delivered with skill in Portuguese.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alternative Fox","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50448998465867,"sku":"1085157","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/9feeadd2-d206-42d8-9b1e-9a7f27192770_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727098329","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/products\/moon-gas","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}