Manhattan Research Inc. is a two-CD compilation of electronic music

Electronic music

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...

 created by the musician, composer and inventor, Raymond Scott

Raymond Scott

Raymond Scott was an American composer, band leader, pianist, engineer, recording studio maverick, and electronic instrument inventor....

 and his company, "Manhattan Research Inc." Posthumously released in 2000

2000 in music

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 by Basta Music of Holland, the album contains selected samples of Scott's work from the 1950s and 1960s for film soundtracks, commercial

Advertising

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s, and for his own technical and musical experiments. The synthesizers, sequencers, and drum-machines used were designed and constructed by Raymond Scott.

Scott would often describe Manhattan Research Inc. as "More than a think factory - a dream center where the excitement of tomorrow is made available today." The material, while never intended for commercial release, provides insight into Scott's work. Included among the tracks on the album are commercials for companies such as Ford Motor

Ford Motor Company

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 and IBM

IBM

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, a humorous "Audio Logo" collage entitled "Don't Beat Your Wife Every Night!", and various collaborations with Jim Henson

Jim Henson

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 (of Muppets fame). The album features a number of Scott's inventions including the Clavivox

Clavivox

The Clavivox was a keyboard sound synthesizer and sequencer invented by American composer Raymond Scott in 1952, and patented in 1956. Scott had earlier built a theremin as a toy for his daughter Carrie. In his first Clavivox prototype, he used a theremin module built by a young Bob Moog...

 keyboard, Circle Machine, Bass Line Generator, Rhythm Modulator, Karloff, Bandito the Bongo Artist, and the auto-composing Electronium.

Much of the audio selections, as well as the images for the accompanying 144-page book, were culled from the University of Missouri Kansas City's extensive collection of Raymond Scott material. Album producers Gert-Jan Blom and Jeff Winner worked with several of the university's staff in choosing material for the project. During the process, the two producers were impressed by the quality and fidelity of the recordings, despite being some thirty to forty years old. Due to Scott's meticulous attention to detail, "They were so well recorded that almost no audio correction was necessary during the mastering" of the album." In the CD notes, Blom & Winner write, "Scott sought to master all aspects of sound capture and manipulation. His special interest in the technical aspects of recording, combined with the state-of-the-art facilities at his disposal, provided him with enormous hands-on experience as an engineer."

Disc one

1. Manhattan Research, Inc. Copyright
   Copyright
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    (0:11, c. 1959)
2. Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. (Instrumental, Take 4) (1:14, c. 1960-1962)
3. Bendix
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    1: "The Tomorrow People" (1:06, 1963)
4. Lightworks (1:52, c. 1960-1963)
   • Vocal by Dorothy Collins
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5. The Bass-line Generator (3:10, c. 1966-1967)
6. "Don't Beat Your Wife Every Night!" (1:44, c. 1961)
7. "B.C. 1675" (The "Gillette
   Global Gillette
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   " Conga Drum
   Conga
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    Jingle
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   ) (3:16, 1957)
8. Vim
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    (0:59, 1960)
9. Auto-Lite: Sta-Ful (Instrumental) (0:47, 1961)
10. Sprite
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    : "Melonball Bounce" (Instrumental) (1963, 1:01)
11. Sprite: "Melonball Bounce" (1963, 1:01)
12. Wheels That Go (0:50, 1967)
13. Limbo: The Organized Mind (4:33, 1966)
    • Narrated by Jim Henson
      Jim Henson
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14. "Portofino" 1 (2:13, 1962)
15. County Fair (1:01, 1962)
16. Lady Gaylord (1:02, 1964)
17. Good Air (Take 7) (0:38, 1953)
18. IBM MT/ST: The Paperwork Explosion (1967, 4:31)
19. Domino (0:33, c. 1960-1963)
20. Super Cheer (0:34, c. 1963)
21. Cheer: Revision 3 (New Backgrounds) (0:39, 1963)
22. "Twilight in Turkey" (1:32, c. 1968-1969)
23. Raymond Scott Quote / Vicks
    Vicks
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    : Medicated Cough Drops (1:34, 1960)
    • Vocal by Dorothy Collins
24. Vicks: Formula 44 (0:46, 1964)
25. Auto-Lite: Spark Plugs (1:00, c. 1961)
26. Nescafé
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     (1:06, 1960)
27. Awake (0:35, c. 1960-1963)
28. "Backwards Overload" (6:04, c. 1968)
29. Bufferin: "Memories" (Original) (0:59, 1967)
    • Narrated by Jim Henson
30. Bandito the Bongo Artist (1:30, c. 1960-1963)
31. "Night and Day
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    " (Cole Porter
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    ) (1:45, c. 1968)
32. Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. ("395") (1:07, c. 1960-1962)
33. K2r (0:19, c. 1963-1964)
34. IBM Probe (1:56, c. 1963-1964)
35. GMGM 1A (1:49, 1963)
36. The Rhythm Modulator (3:37, c. 1955-1957)

Disc two

1. Ohio Plus (0:17, 1967)
2. "In the Hall of the Mountain Queen" (0:49, c. 1968-1969)
3. General Motors
   General Motors
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   : Futurama
   Futurama (New York World's Fair)
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    (1:04, 1964))
4. "Portofino" 2 (2:14, 1962)
5. "The Wild Piece" (a.k.a. "String Piece") (4:07, 1969)
6. "Take Me to Your Violin Teacher" (1969, 1:40)
7. Ripples (Original Soundtrack) (0:59, 1967)
8. Cyclic Bit (1:04, c. 1960-1963)
9. Ripples (Montage) (4:06, 1966)
10. The Wing Thing (1:00, 1963)
11. County Fair (Instrumental) (1:00, 1962)
12. "Cindy Electronium" (1:59, 1960-1963)
13. "Don't Beat Your Wife Every Night!" (Instrumental) (1:45, c. 1961)
14. Hostess: Twinkies (0:32, c. 1963)
15. Hostess: Twinkies (Instrumental) (0:32, c. 1963)
16. Ohio Bell
    Ohio Bell
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    : Thermo Fax (0:24, 1961-1962)
17. "The Pygmy Taxi Corporation" (7:11, 1969)
18. Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. (Announce Copy, Take 1) (0:29, 1960-1962)
19. Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. (0:44, 1960-1962)
20. Lightworks (Slow) (1:40, 1960-1963)
21. The Paperwork Explosion (Instrumental) (3:30 1963-1964)
22. Auto-Lite: Ford
    Ford Motor Company
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     Family (1:03, 1961)
23. Auto-Lite: Ford Family (Instrumental) (0:54, 1961)
24. Raymond Scott Quote / Auto-Lite: "Wheels" (1:50, 1961)
25. Bufferin: "Memories" (Demo
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    ) (0:44, 1967)
    • Narrated by Jim Henson
26. "Space Mystery" (Montage) (5:11, 1963)
27. "The Toy Trumpet" (2:15, c. 1968-1969)
28. "Backwards Beeps" (1:05, 1967)
29. Raymond Scott Quote / Auto-Lite: Sta-Ful (1:36, c. 1961)
30. Lightworks (Instrumental) (1:29, c. 1960-1963)
31. "When Will It End?" (3:14, c. 1968-1969)
32. Bendix 2: "The Tomorrow People" (1963, 1:03)
33. Electronic Audio Logos, Inc. (5:23, c. 1959)

External links

• Information at RaymondScott.com
• Information at BastaMusic.com