Comments on: Discovering Raymond Scott

By: Televiper

Televiper — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 04:04:14 +0000

I fell in love with Raymond Scott through “Reckless Nights and Turkish Delights” and later picked up Manhattan Research and the Soothing Sounds for Baby compilation. Of course by the time I had a kid I sort of found the Soothing Sounds for baby thing a little too left of field for that particular cause I always try to encourage people to check out Restless Nights though… it really opens the mind up to the innovation and imagination that Raymond Scott was able to portray in the 1930s. Hearing Scott help changed my entire frontier as a fan of music.

By: mpb

mpb — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:00:19 +0000

Chances are you’d already been introduced to Scott before the encounter that spurred this blog post. His “Powerhouse” is a Looney Tunes staple, serving as the score to a number of mechanized/assembly-line sequences. It’s so pefectly suited for such a use, and being shown such an association at such a young age, it can be hard to separate the song from those scenarios.

The sample on eMusic only provides part of the song’s first section, the “Chase” sequence, and not the more familiar second section.

By: John

John — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 05:37:01 +0000

I’ve had Manhattan Research, Inc. on my “save for later” list for about 2 years now. great album. very ahead of its time. and for some reason, and maybe i’m alone here, but “Cindy Electronium” (disc 2, track 12) eerily reminds me of Radiohead’s “Like Spinning Plates.” Or maybe Radiohead’s “Like Spinning Plates” reminds me of Scott’s “Cindy Electronium.”

By: Matos W.K.

Matos W.K. — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 22:21:39 +0000

The track with Jim Henson on MRI is my favorite, out of many.

By: Semtex

Semtex — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:27:48 +0000

I love emusic, and I love Manhattan Research, BUT… it’s a good idea to buy the actual CD, if it’s still in print, for the small hardcover book the two CDs come in. There’s a lot of great information on Scott and the tracks on the album in the book. The whole package is a must-have for electronic music fans.

That said, I hadn’t noticed The Unexpected on emusic before, so I’ll have to check out the samples shortly…