Electric Moog Orchestra "Music from Close Encounters" LP (1977)

Details: Electric Moog Orchestra, "Music from Close Encounters of the Third Kind" LP (Musicor Records, 1977). Spooky synth-moog psychedelic freakouts inspired by the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind performed by Brazilian composer Nelson Ned. Wild moog & synth sounds, abound! Slight warping with record that is noticeable, and surface scuffs/imperfections apparent. Record plays through on both sides, warp is of course more pronounced toward end of LP play. Cover has ring wear, shelf wear and corner bending. Still, a fantastically weird album. Description: "Almost as soon as it started, the Moog music fad was over. A few groups continued to try to sell “pure” Moog music to the public into the late 1970s (such as the Electric Moog Orchestra, which released Moog-based covers of the soundtracks to Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind in the late 1970s), but they thinned rapidly and eventually disappeared. But the use of the synthesizer was moving in new directions by