1970: When Wendy Was Walter

WendyWasWalter_1970_DolbyShortly before successful composer Walter Carlos enacted a major life-change, he appeared in this advert for Dolby noise-reduction hardware.

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2 Responses to 1970: When Wendy Was Walter

  1. denny says:

    Frank Zappa’s Joe’s Garage trilogy had a song based on his reaction to the Walter Carlos, er, modification:

    If you been mod-O-fied,
    It’s an illusion an yer in between
    Don’t you be tarot-fied,
    It’s just a lot of nothin’ so what can it mean?
    If you been mod-O-fied,
    It’s an illusion an yer in between
    Don’t you be tarot-fied,
    It’s just a lot of nothin’ so what can it mean?

    Interspersed with commentary on $cientology, in inimitable FZ fashion.

  2. Matth Jenks says:

    He looked like a chick with sideburns. Even when he was a dude.

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