PRODUCTIONS (dates based on original Philips production lists):
Kid Baltan: “Song of the Second Moon”
October 1957, mono
Produced at Philips Research Laboratories in Eindhoven.
Kid Baltan: “Colonel Bogey” (composed by Kenneth Alford, arrangement Kid Baltan)
April 1958, mono
Produced at Philips Research Laboratories in Eindhoven.
Tom Dissevelt: “Whirling”
August 1958, mono (technician Kid Baltan)
Produced at Philips Research Laboratories in Eindhoven.
Tom Dissevelt: “Syncopation”
November 1958, mono (technician Kid Baltan)
Produced at Philips Research Laboratories in Eindhoven.
Tom Dissevelt: “Drifting” and “Vibration”
August 1959, mono (technician Kid Baltan)
Produced at Philips Research Laboratories in Eindhoven.
Kid Baltan: “Pianoforte”
May 1960, mono
Produced at Philips Research Laboratories in Eindhoven.
Kid Baltan: “Mechanical Motions”
Late 1960, mono
Produced at Philips Research Laboratories in Eindhoven.
(“Mechanical Motions” is based on Dick Raaijmakers’ electronic music for the animation film Achter de Schermen from March 1960.)
Tom Dissevelt: “Intersection: Fantasy for Electronic Sound and Jazz Orchestra”
January–February 1961, mono (technician Kid Baltan)
Produced at the Studio for Electronic Music (STEM) of Utrecht University.
The jazz-orchestra parts were recorded at the NRU Hilversum on 31 May 1960.
Tom Dissevelt: Checkpoints (later called Fantasy in Orbit)
July 1963 – May 1964, mono (ass. technician during final mixes Frits Weiland)
Commissioned by Philips, produced at the Studio for Electronic Music (STEM) of Utrecht University. The studio’s date book mentions that final mixes for Philips’ Phonographic Industries were made on 30 May 1964.
“Waltzing Mathilda” was composed by M. Gowan and B. Patterson and arranged by Dissevelt.
ORIGINAL DUTCH RELEASES:
Kid Baltan: “Song of the Second Moon” / “Colonel Bogey”
Philips 315 538 NF (7 inch, 45 RPM, mono)
Released June 1958 (review in Philipskoerier 28 June 1958).
Tom Dissevelt: Electronic Movements
EP with “Syncopation”, “Vibration”, “Whirling” and “Drifting”
Philips 430 736 PE (7 inch, 45 RPM, mono)
Released around December 1959 (an undated article by J. van Voorthuysen in Raaijmakers’ personal archive mentions that Electronic Movements was released one-and-a-half year after “Song of the Second Moon”).
Tom Dissevelt: “Intersection” / Kid Baltan: “Mechanical Motions”.
Philips 430 791 PE (7 inch, 45 RPM, mono).
Released November 1962 (review in Algemeen Dagblad 22 November 1962).
Kid Baltan and Tom Dissevelt: The Fascinating World of Electronic Music
LP with “Syncopation”, Intersection”, “Drifting”, “Vibration”, “Song of the Second Moon”, “Whirling”, “Mechanical Motions” and “Pianoforte”.
Philips P 08168 L (LP, 33 1/3 RPM, mono)
Released May 1963 (review in Billboard 11 May 1963, review in De Maasbode 22 June 1963).
Tom Dissevelt: Fantasy in Orbit: Round the World with Electronic Music
LP with “Ignition”, “Atlantic”, “Spearheads”, “Zanzi”, “Anchor Chains”, “Tropicolours”, “Gamelan”, “Woomerangs”, “Waltzing Mathilda”, “Pacific Dawn”, Gold and Lead”, “Mexican Mirror”, “Seconds to Eternity”, “Re-entry”.
“Waltzing Mathilda” was composed by M. Gowan and B. Patterson and arranged by Dissevelt.
Philips B 633 302 L (LP, 33 1/3 RPM, mono)
Philips 840 233 BY (LP, 33 1/3 RPM, fake stereo)
Released July 1964 (The titles were registered at the Dutch mechanical rights organisation STEMRA on 27 July 1964).
ORIGINAL US RELEASES:
The Electrosoniks: Electronic Music: A New Concept of Music, Created by Sonic Vibrations
LP with “Song of the Second Moon”, “Moon Maid” (= “Drifting”), “The Ray Makers” (= “Mechanical Motions”), “The Visitor from Inner Space” (= “Vibration”), “Sonik Re-entry” (= “Whirling”), “Orbit Aurora” (= “Syncopation”), “Twilight Ozone” (= “Intersection”) and “Pianoforte”.
Philips PHM 200-047 (LP, 33 1/3 RPM, mono)
Philips PHS 600-047 (LP, 33 1/3 RPM, fake stereo)
Released January 1963 (The Fascinating World of Electronic Music has the same tracks with different titles. A Philips’ Phonographic Industries library copy is dated 16 January 1963. The Us titles were registered at the Dutch mechanical rights organisation STEMRA on 28 January 1963. Apparently, the US release was earlier than the Dutch release).
NB: the cover contains incorrect information such as “Arranged by Tom Dissevelt” and “Created by Tom Dissevelt and Kid Baltan”. “Song of the Second Moon”, “The Ray Makers” and “Pianoforte” were composed and created by Kid Baltan. The liner notes wrongly state that “The Ray Makers is Dissevelt at his most adventurous”.
Thomas Dissevelt: Fantasy in Orbit: An Astronaut’s Impressions While Orbiting the Earth
LP with “Ignition”, “Atlantic”, “Spearheads”, “Zanzi”, “Anchor Chains”, “Tropicolours”, “Gamelan”, “Woomerangs”, “Waltzing Mathilda”, “Pacific Dawn”, Gold and Lead”, “Mexican Mirror”, “Seconds to Eternity”, “Re-entry”.
“Waltzing Mathilda” was composed by M. Gowan and B. Patterson and arranged by Dissevelt.
Philips PHM 200-189 (LP, 33 1/3 RPM, mono)
Philips PHS 600-189 (LP, 33 1/3 RPM, fake stereo)
Released October 1965 (listed under New Releases and advertised in Billboard 30 October 1965).
