In 1969 the Command label put out three albums of what it called "electronic pop music". Two were by Dick Hyman who I've mentioned before and will do again shortly. The third was by Richard Hayman. This confuses many people, especially on eBay. They were not the same person, however. Hayman started out playing in Borrah Minevitch's Harmonica Rascals, worked as an arranger on films like Meet Me in St. Louis, and has held many positions as music director and conductor, recorded dozens of albums and composed hundreds of tunes including the lovely "Dansero". None of which will concern you hipsters, folkies, jazz-funk fiends and Kate Perry worshippers.

But that album he did for Command...


The Genuine Electric Latin Love Machine was one of the first albums that tried to bring the moog into popular music. Hayman chose a mix of Latin American tunes and current pop standards and did some very odd things to them. Some are the farty, jaunty, cheese-enriched interpretations you might expect. It's quite collectible, mainly because of the cover and also because DJs have sampled just about every squelch, beep and beat of it. But nothing will prepare you for this, his heavy, heavy version of Noel Harrison's "Windmills of Your Mind".

Windmills of Your Mind - Richard Hayman

And as a bonus, here's his moogy version of "Dansero".

These will be up for seven days so don't hang around, kids.