nursers Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 How cool is this story (from 2016) - I believe they were Moogs. Quote The Keyboard Chronicles Podcast Check out your fellow forumites in an Apple Music playlist Check out your fellow forumites in a Spotify playlist My Music: Stainless Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doerfler Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 I was 7 years old and living in Baltimore City when this happened. I have absolutely no recollection of this story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursers Posted June 22, 2020 Author Share Posted June 22, 2020 I was 7 years old and living in Baltimore City when this happened. I have absolutely no recollection of this story. That's what all the people who got a free Moog say Quote The Keyboard Chronicles Podcast Check out your fellow forumites in an Apple Music playlist Check out your fellow forumites in a Spotify playlist My Music: Stainless Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doerfler Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 back then, it would have been blamed on "The Bermuda Triangle" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyFF Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 What an amazing story. It made me imagine, what if.... someone with money to spread creates happy accidents like this throughout the world. I'm surprised that they weren't confiscated by the local government and sold. Quote Numa Piano X73 /// Kawai ES920 /// Casio CT-X5000 /// Yamaha EW425 Yamaha Melodica and Alto Recorder QSC K8.2 // JBL Eon One Compact // Soundcore Motion Boom Plus Win10 laptop i7 8GB // iPad Pro 9.7" 32GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conundrum Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 It makes for a good story, but also make note of the comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveCoscia Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 What KORGs and MOOGs were available in 1968? The Poly-800 in the photo didn't happen until early 1980s. Quote Steve Coscia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Coda Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 What KORGs ... NONE,- except KORG Minipops "drum"-box ... list of KORG products ... and MOOGs were available in 1968? Only modular components, Modular Synthesizer builds. MOOG Music released the Minimoog in 1970 ! So, that story is fake and/or based on misinformation. A.C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markyboard Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 No mention of Nord? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursers Posted June 22, 2020 Author Share Posted June 22, 2020 No mention of Nord? There wouldn't have been ship loads of Nords at that time as they had the market saturated around 1938.... Quote The Keyboard Chronicles Podcast Check out your fellow forumites in an Apple Music playlist Check out your fellow forumites in a Spotify playlist My Music: Stainless Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markyboard Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Right you are Dave. I believe that"s the year they were spotted in route to one of the first NAMM shows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursers Posted June 22, 2020 Author Share Posted June 22, 2020 Right you are Dave. I believe that"s the year they were spotted in route to one of the first NAMM shows. :D Quote The Keyboard Chronicles Podcast Check out your fellow forumites in an Apple Music playlist Check out your fellow forumites in a Spotify playlist My Music: Stainless Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamanczarek Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 I doubt if anyone on a remote island with little - if any - electricity available could have figured out how to set up a modular Moog let alone get a sound out of it. Nearly every African country with electricity has 220-230V. Since this shipment was bound for Brazil most likely everything was set to run on 120-127V though Brazil has areas that use 220V. A voltage converter as well as adaptor plugs would be needed to use any of this gear assuming there was amplification equipment available. It seems the name of the ship has been forgotten. A bigger mystery is what happened to the crew and how they got so far off course. Quote C3/122, M102A, Vox V301H, Farfisa Compact, Gibson G101, GEM P, RMI 300A, Piano Bass, Pianet , Prophet 5 rev. 2, Pro-One, Matrix 12, OB8, Korg MS20, Jupiter 6, Juno 60, PX-5S, Nord Stage 3 Compact Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowboyNQ Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 This article is based on a very tongue-in-cheek blurb on the record label's website, which you can read here. I think the reason you're all confused is that The Guardian left out the critical fact that the ship took a spontaneous trip through the space-time continuum and then deposited itself 8 kilometres inland surrounded by a massive impact crater. No, I am not making this up! Obvious in hindsight really and explains how the locals were able to get their hands on Little Phattys and Kronoses in 1968. Also speaks volumes for Moog and Korg's build quality. Another far less plausible explanation is that the journo in question was looking for some copy to meet his deadline and took a few short cuts in the verification of the "facts" as presented by the record label. I know this never happens in on-line journalism, but maybe just this one time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doerfler Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Another far less plausible explanation is that the journo in question was looking for some copy to meet his deadline and took a few short cuts in the verification of the "facts" as presented by the record label. I know this never happens in on-line journalism, but maybe just this one time? No, Paul, this is standard Guardian nonsense. Always wasting our time, a journalistic embarrassment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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