Two early examples of a talk box being used on studio

Two early examples of a talk box being used on studio recordings are Sly and the Family Stone's "Sex Machine" from their album "Stand" and Al Kooper with Shuggie Otis' "One Room Country Shack" from their album "Kooper Session", both released in 1969. The band Steppenwolf has used the Talk Box since at least 1970. On the album Live Steppenwolf, on the tracks "Hey Lawdy Mama" & "Twisted" the talk box is clearly heard. On the album "Hour of the Wolf", on the track "Someone Told A Lie", some of the lyrics are sung through a talk box. Also John Kay was observed using a talk box on stage at two shows in New Jersey (Wildwood & Cherry Hill) in 1971. The band Iron Butterfly used a talk box in the song "Butterfly Bleu" from the album Metamorphosis in 1970. Alvin Lee used a talk box for the Ten Years After song "I Say Yeah" from the album "Watt" in 1970. Young-Holt Unlimited featured a talk box on their song "Wah-Wah Man" also released in 1970 on the album "Born Again". Stevie Wonder first used a talk box on his album Music of My Mind in early 1972. Jeff Beck used the Kustom Bag talk box on "She's A Woman" from his 1975 release Blow by Blow. He can be seen using it for the song "She's a Woman" on a BBC television performance in which he also demonstrates its use to the host of the show. In 1975, Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry used a talk box in their highly popular single "Sweet Emotion". In 1976, Steely Dan guitarist Dean Parks used a talk box during a solo in Haitian Divorce, on the album The Royal Scam. Pink Floyd has also used the talk box in "Pigs (Three Different Ones)" from 1977's Animals album, and in "Keep Talking" from 1994's The Division Bell. The band Stillwater used a talkbox on their song "Mind Bender" in 1977. Roger Troutman, lead singer of the R&B group Zapp used the talk box on their first hit single in 1980 "More Bounce To The Ounce" and was used in subsequent released songs that gave the group its distinctive sound.



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