Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In

Recorded by The Moog Machine, a studio project led by arranger and electronic music pioneer Gershon Kingsley, during the first wave of commercially released Moog synthesizer recordings. The track reinterpreted the hit medley from the musical Hair using multitracked Moog synthesizers and session musicians. The recording was part of a pioneering effort to bring synthesizer-based music into the mainstream pop market. It demonstrated the commercial potential of the Moog synthesizer at a time when electronic instruments were still largely novel to popular audiences. The track remains an early example of synthesizer-driven pop and is frequently cited in histories of electronic music's transition into the mainstream. It helped establish a template for later instrumental electronic reinterpretations of contemporary pop material.