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“The First Philadelphia Computer Music Festival was held August 25, 1978 as part of the Personal Computing ’78 show. It was organized by Dick Moberg of the Philadelphia Area Computer Society.

“Several people in the area had been producing music with their computers so I suggested we have a computer music concert.” said Dick Moberg, organizer of the feast. “John OK’d the idea and we went to work calling our friends and urging them to perform.”

“The concert was finally held in one of the larger ballrooms of the Sheraton Hotel. Our borrowed sound system was set up and sound checks made for the recording. We opened the doors to the crowd outside to find several hundred more people than the room could hold. Many sat on the floors of the halls as the music filled the hotel.

Hal Chamberlin had set up an oscilloscope that would project the waveform being played on a screen. The result was a fantastic synchronized light show!”

The First Philadelphia Computer Music Festival was held August 25, 1978 as part of the Personal Computing ’78 show.

You can listen to the music online or download the songs in MP3 format. The navigation sidebar to the right includes the album’s liner notes, which describe the event, the programmers, and the computers that created the music.

Downloads, tracklist and more at the release’s website