The “Golden Hits Of The 70s” 

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HOT BUTTER

“POPCORN”

(Gershon Kingsley)

Musicor 1458

No. 9   October 21, 1972

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Hot Butter was Stan Free, a session keyboardist and Moog synthesizer player.   As a Moog man, Stan had

provided behind-the-scenes synth sounds to rock, pop, and semi-classical works.   Over the years, he had

sound­ seasoned recordings by John Denver, ARLO GUTHRIE, and even Arthur Fiedler’s Boston Pops.

Not counting a few forgettable solo sides for the Amy label in the mid­ ’60s, Stan’s catchy “Popcorn” was

his first front-line outing.   Although the instrumental was momentarily appealing, in a humbly

hummable way, its allure–for the countless-diminished with each hearing.

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In an attempt to forestall the inevitable satiation with Stan’s quirky sounds, Steve Jerome, Bill Jerome,

and Danny Jordan (formerly with the DETERGENTS) at MTL Productions had Stan “Moog-ize” former

hits with distinctive melodies.   BILLY JOE & THE CHECKMATES’ “Per­colator,” the CHANTAYS’

“Pipeline,” JORGEN INGMANN’s “Apache,” and EDDIE PLATT’s “Tequila” were all issued as singles, but

not one found a receptive–money-paying–audience.