Switched On - Bob Moog and the Synthesizer Revolution By Albert Glinsky

Published by Oxford University Press

Foreword by Francis Ford Coppola

Bob Moog, the man who did that bending, was a lovable geek with Einstein hair and pocket protectors. He walked into history in 1964 when his homemade contraption unexpectedly became a sensation---suddenly everyone wanted a Moog. The Beatles, The Doors, The Byrds, Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, Yes, Stevie Wonder, and many more discovered his synthesizer, and it came to be featured in seminal film scores including A Clockwork Orange and Apocalypse Now.

The Moog synthesizer's game-changing sounds saturated '60s counterculture and burst into the disco party scene in the '70s to set off the electronic dance music movement. Bob had single-handedly founded the synth industry, and become a star in the process.

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• First Edition copy of Switched On - Bob Moog and the Synthesizer Revolution. The first complete biography of the synthesizer pioneer’s storied life and career. The 496-page hardcover book, with 58 black-and-white and color illustrations, includes a foreword by acclaimed director, producer, and screenwriter Francis Ford Coppola

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• First Edition copy of Switched On - Bob Moog and the Synthesizer Revolution featuring a custom-designed bookplate hand-signed by the author Albert Glinsky. 

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• First Edition copy of Switched On - Bob Moog and the Synthesizer Revolution. The first complete biography of the synthesizer pioneer’s storied life and career. The 496-page hardcover book, with 58 black-and-white and color illustrations, includes a foreword by acclaimed director, producer, and screenwriter Francis Ford Coppola
  

• Iconic black and white 11" x 17" poster of Bob Moog in the Moog Music back room autographed by Michelle Moog-Koussa, Bob’s daughter and Executive Director of the Bob Moog Foundation

• Framed 6" x 4" postcard of Bob with a Moog modular at the R.A. Moog factory, 1968                      
  

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• Each of the 50 hardcover copies are individually hand numbered and inscribed by Michelle Moog-Koussa, Bob’s daughter and Executive Director of the Bob Moog Foundation. 

• Exclusive hand-colorized 18" x 24" archival quality art poster of Bob Moog in the Moog Music back room each matching numbered by hand and autographed by Michelle Moog-Koussa, Bob’s daughter and Executive Director of the Bob Moog Foundation
  

• Framed 6" x 4" postcards of Bob with a Moog modular at the R.A. Moog factory, 1968 AND the Imoogination illustration from the first company newsletter, recently re-imagined with an electric sapphire blue background

• Personalized thank you note from the Bob Moog Foundation in appreciation for your support of the Foundation’s ongoing mission to protect, preserve, and share the wealth of materials of the Bob Moog Foundation Archives with people from all over the world

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• First Edition copy of Switched On - Bob Moog and the Synthesizer Revolution.  The first complete biography of the synthesizer pioneer’s storied life and career. The 496-page hardcover book, with 58 black-and-white and color illustrations, includes a foreword by acclaimed director, producer, and screenwriter Francis Ford Coppola
  

• Each of the 25 hardcover copies are individually hand numbered and inscribed by Michelle Moog-Koussa, Bob’s daughter and Executive Director of the Bob Moog Foundation AND includes a custom designed bookplate that's hand-signed by the author Albert Glinsky.  . 

• Exclusive hand-colorized 18" x 24" archival quality art poster of Bob Moog in the Moog Music back room each matching numbered by hand and autographed by Michelle Moog-Koussa, Bob’s daughter and Executive Director of the Bob Moog Foundation
  

• Framed 6" x 4" postcards of Bob with a Moog modular at the R.A. Moog factory, 1968 AND the Imoogination illustration from the first company newsletter, recently re-imagined with an electric sapphire blue background

• Personalized thank you note from the Bob Moog Foundation in appreciation for your support of the Foundation’s ongoing mission to protect, preserve, and share the wealth of materials of the Bob Moog Foundation Archives with people from all over the world

• Anticipated shipping date: 12/1/2022

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In Switched On, author Albert Glinsky draws on exclusive access to Bob Moog's personal archives and his probing interviews with Bob's family and a multitude of associates, for this first complete biography of the man and his work. Switched On takes the reader on a roller coaster ride at turns triumphant, heart-breaking, and frequently laugh-out-loud absurd -- a nuanced trip through the public and private worlds of this legendary inventor who altered the course of music.

• The first in-depth chronicle of Bob Moog's full life and career, covering the inventive genius and complicated private world of this iconic musical pioneer

• 58 photos, many never seen before
  

• Disrupts many long-held views about Moog's story by drawing on a host of primary sources to overturn common myths, timelines, and assumptions

• Based on exclusive and unprecedented access to Bob Moog's personal archives, including never-before-seen correspondence, legal and business documents, and unpublished writings

• Profiles Bob Moog as the father of the electronic sound revolution that altered our relationship to music, striving in a world of psychedelia, countercultural upheavals, and technological sea change

"I was honored to be asked by Michelle Moog-Koussa, Executive Director of the Bob Moog Foundation, to write Bob's biography”, Glinsky noted. “The process of writing this book has been an extraordinary experience, and I am proud to be able to offer this definitive story of Bob's complex life and career." 

The Bob Moog Foundation is proud to have supported Glinsky’s efforts by facilitating interviews and providing access to hundreds of rare historical documents and photos. The Foundation’s Executive Director, Michelle Moog-Koussa, is mentioned in the acknowledgements of the book for her notable role in its fruition. These efforts are an extension of the Foundation’s mission to protect, preserve, and share the wealth of materials of the Bob Moog Foundation Archives with people from all over the world.

Glinsky also wrote the biography of Léon Theremin, Theremin: Ether Music and Espionage, with a forward by Bob Moog. You can order that book here: https://bit.ly/LeonThereminEtherMusic. 

 Accolades for Switched On - Bob Moog and the Synthesizer Revolution

“Bob Moog. Iconic name, iconic man. His revolutionary instrument made it possible for me to find my true voice. I am forever thankful to him. And that's why I'm very excited about Switched On for shining a light on this giant of musical history."

-- Jan Hammer, composer, keyboardist, and former member of the Mahavishnu Orchestra

"I loved the book! Based on superb research into the history of the cloak and dagger era that defined the emergence of analog electronic music instruments and the challenges and misunderstandings of what this new technology meant, Glinsky gives us the very human portrait of a man who embodied the intersection of invention, musical culture, business and destiny. I lived through this era, but to see it etched in such defining detail untangles all the loose ends of a sometimes painful story. Switched On is a page-turner."

-- Suzanne Ciani, composer, electronic music pioneer

"In Switched On, Albert Glinsky shows the character and brilliance of Bob Moog ― a wry wizard of applying science to music, and the creator of tones and tools now foundational to our culture. Tracing Moog's technical advances in close but accessible detail, Glinsky gives an enlightening view of one of the twentieth century's most important musical innovators."

-- Ian Port, Author of The Birth Of Loud: Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the Guitar-Pioneering Rivalry That Shaped Rock 'n' Roll

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