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The Dream Weaver is a solo album by Gary Wright released in July 1975. The album was said by Wright to be the first-ever all-keyboard album (though there were many all-synthesizer LPs before this, including Switched-On Bach by Wendy Carlos, in 1968), but in fact it also features drums, vocals, and guitar, among other instruments. The performers include David Foster, Bobby Lyle, and Wright himself on keyboards, and Jim Keltner and Andy Newmark on drums. The track "Power of Love" featured Wright's Warner Bros. labelmate Ronnie Montrose on electric guitar.

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  • The Dream Weaver is a solo album by Gary Wright released in July 1975. The album was said by Wright to be the first-ever all-keyboard album (though there were many all-synthesizer LPs before this, including Switched-On Bach by Wendy Carlos, in 1968), but in fact it also features drums, vocals, and guitar, among other instruments. The performers include David Foster, Bobby Lyle, and Wright himself on keyboards, and Jim Keltner and Andy Newmark on drums. The track "Power of Love" featured Wright's Warner Bros. labelmate Ronnie Montrose on electric guitar. (en)
  • The dream weaver is het derde studioalbum, dat Gary Wright solo uitgaf. Het verscheen in juni 1975. Hij vermeldde bij dit album expliciet dat het een “album with keyboard music” was; bijna alle muziek op dit album werd onttrokken aan de toen beschikbare synthesizers. Daarmee was hij niet de eerste want de experimenteerdrift van sommige componisten binnen de klassieke muziek had al eerder dat soort albums opgeleverd. Binnen de popmuziek wordt vaak het album van Wendy Carlos als een van de eerste in dat genre aangemerkt. Een andere reden om het te vermelden ligt wellicht in het feit dat de synthesizers destijds nog niet voor vol werden aangezien en Queen beschouwde ze toen nog als verderfelijk voor de popmuziek. Zij vermeldden expliciet op hun eerste albums 'No synthesizers used'. (nl)
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