Syntonic Menagerie is an album of electronic music by Jon Appleton

Jon Appleton

Jon Howard Appleton is an American composer and teacher who was a pioneer in electro-acoustic music. His earliest compositions in the medium, e.g. Chef d'Oeuvre and Newark Airport Rock attracted attention because they established a new tradition some have called programmatic electronic music...

 released in 1969 on Flying Dutchman Records

Flying Dutchman Records

Flying Dutchman Records was a jazz record label which was owned by veteran music industry executive, producer and songwriter Bob Thiele. Initially distributed by Atlantic Records, it was later distributed by RCA Records which took over the label in 1976...

, a record label owned and managed by classic producer Bob Thiele

Bob Thiele

Bob Thiele was an American record producer who worked on countless classic jazz albums and record labels.-Biography:...

. All of the songs were composed by Jon Appleton.

Side one

1. "Chef d'Oeuvre" (2:26)
2. "Nyckelharpan" (4:07)
3. "Infantasy" (2:52)
4. "Georganna's fancy" (2:35)
5. "The Visitation" (5:09)

Side two

1. "Newark Airport rock" (2:14)
2. "Spuyten duyvil" (3:01)
3. "Second scene unobserve" (1:32)
4. "Times Square times ten" (9:00)

Production

The album was realized at the Bregman Electronic Music Studio, Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...

, Hanover, New Hampshire

Hanover, New Hampshire

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. The album was led by executive producer Bob Theile and it was released on Flying Dutchman Records (Stereo FDS-103).

"Chef D'Oeuvre/Newark Airport Rock" was released as a 45 single (Flying Dutchman 26002). "Chef D'Oeuvre" was also compiled on the "Only In America Vol. 1" cd.

A sequel, "Appleton Syntonic Menagerie 2" was released on cd in 2003.