Silver Apples

[Paolo Valladolid <pvallado@waynesworld.ucsd.edu>]

Silver Apples was a duo of Simeon on The Simeon and Dan Taylor on 
percussion
with both doing vocals.  A CD compiling their first two albums (from the 
late
60s) was just released on MCA.

The Simeon was the name given to Simeon's "instrument".  From the liner
notes, here is a list of The Simeon's components:

6 bass oscillators triggered by six wooden pedals
3 rhythm oscillators controlled by three hand switches
2 Maestro tone controls - one connected to the rhythm oscillators, the 
other
to the lead oscillator.
1 lead oscillator connected to a tone control
1 Echoplex (the old analog one of course)
1 Wah-wah pedal between the lead tone control and the Echoplex
1 Radio
1 Mic
3 Amplifiers

Simeon basically played the bass oscillators with his feet while playing
the other parts with his hands.  All while singing lead vocals too.

To most of us weaned on mainstream pop/rock music, this music may seem a 
little
bizarre.  Yet it has its own quirky appeal.  This amazing CD has to be
heard to be believed. 

I find it a miracle a big company like MCA was willing to release 
groundbreaking music like this.

Cheers,
Paolo