BBC Science Show Introduces the Moog Synthesizer in 1969

Broadcaster Derek Cooper introduced the now-iconic Moog synthesizer during a segment from a September 1969 episode of the BBC science show Tomorrow’s World. Musician Michael Vickers of Manfred Mann performed a variety of songs on the synthesizer while Cooper explained how it worked.

Derek Cooper introduces the Moog synthesiser, an instrument that can produce a variety of noises and arrangements, both mimicking real instruments and creating new sounds – all electronically.

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