VG+ Records

04/21/2023

Doug McKechnie and the label get a nice shoutout in Jesse Jarnow's Grateful Deadcast regarding Doug and the Moog's work on the band's Aoxomoxoa LP (the ep focuses on former Dead keyboard player Tom Constanten). Doug and VG+ pop up around the 42-minute mark.

T.C. The Deadcast is honored to welcome Tom Constanten to discuss his remarkable tenure as Grateful Dead keyboardist from late 1968 through early 1970, his work on 3 classic albums, & his adventures before & after the Dead, including his current band Dose Hermanos. Guests: Tom Constanten, Bo...

12/21/2022

There are two color editions of Doug McKechnie’s forthcoming San Francisco Moog: an aqua pressing exclusive to this first run and a very limited (100 copies) bundle of a white-vinyl pressing that comes with a digital print of the psychedelic mandala art by Richard Winn Taylor. Those are Bandcamp-only and are going pretty fast so don’t delay. BTW, this is one of the rare surviving color images of Doug with the Moog inside SF Radical Labs.

12/15/2022

The preorder for Doug McKechnie’s San Francisco Moog: 1968-72 Vol. 2 is now live. The LP features the rest of the groundbreaking unreleased recordings Doug improvised live on the Moog he hauled from gig to gig around the Bay Area and beyond. Another chapter in the rewritten history of electronic music has arrived. The album releases on Feb. 14 and is also available in special limited color-vinyl versions.

8 track album

06/15/2022

At long last, after many, many delays, the repress of Doug McKechnie’s San Francisco Moog: 1968-72 is in my hands, going out in the mail, and, thanks to our distro pals, hitting the bins at fine stores all over.

03/22/2022

Susan Alcorn blowing the roof off of Union Pool with Patrick Holmes and Pedernal bandmember Ryan Sawyer!

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01/13/2022

Great news for heads in Europe: Thanks to our friends at Morr Music, VG+ titles will be more readily available on the other side of the Atlantic without insane shipping prices. The pre-order for the repress of Doug McKechnie's San Francisco Moog: 1968-72 Vol. 1 is now live, for a release date of late February. Check it out and spread the word.

San Francisco Moog: 1968-72 documents a missing link in the history of electronic music, as well as the little-known moment when psychedelic music went electronic.

12/16/2021

Coming on VG+ in 2022: the Sound Mechanic soundtrack album.

https://www.facebook.com/soundmechanicfilm SOUND MECHANIC is a feature length documentary about Neil Feather, an artist/musician/performer/sound mechanic who invents…

11/16/2021

There's a great piece from Susan Alcorn in the new Sound American in which she details what she's been up to since the advent of Covid-19. A lot of it, unfortunately, has to do with the vagaries of getting a proper diagnosis and healthcare in this country, but it's well worth your time either way.

Covid Confessions Of A One-Legged Pedal Steel Player For countless millennia, the Earth has turned on its axis and circled the sun, bringing days, nights, and seasons to our oxygen-fueled world. We build our lives, and they’re built for us, passing the days lulled into the fantasy that—unless we...

11/11/2021

Very nice interview with Susan. Check it out.

Susan Alcorn: Another Way article by Dom Minasi, published on November 11, 2021 at All About Jazz. Find more Catching Up With articles

11/05/2021

The preorder for the repress of Doug McKechnie’s San Francisco Moog: 1968-72 (now Vol. 1) is now live at long last. LPs shipping in mid-February.

5 track album

10/23/2021

VG+ has joined the 21st century, or something like that: Doug McKechnie's San Francisco Moog: 1968-72 Vol. 1 is now on Spotify and other streaming platforms. Hit play, share widely, put him on your playlists, and watch this space for updates on the long-awaited repress of the LP.

Doug McKechnie · Album · 2020 · 5 songs

09/19/2021

I missed the actual anniversary by a day or so, but VG+ has been releasing music for two years now. I'm hugely proud of the records the label's released and deeply gratified by the chance to work with the musicians who made them. Things have slowed down a little bit due to the pandemic, etc., but there are more exciting things in the works. Thanks for your support.

08/01/2021

Kind of a cool full-circle moment: The most recent episode of the venerable Hearts of Space show featured a track from Doug McKechnie and San Francisco Moog alongside pieces by Tangerine Dream, Jean-Michel Jarre, Laurie Spiegel, and other “Electronic Fossils,” which was the title/theme of the show. Not only did the episode put Doug’s music in the context of more renowned electronic pioneers, where it belongs, but Mr. HoS himself, Stephen Hill, is an old friend and compatriot of Doug’s and was kind enough to write liner notes for the first LP. Check it out.

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07/28/2021

After nearly two years of collaborating through emails, texts, phone calls, and Zooms, Doug McKechnie and I finally met up in person in San Francisco, and even took a drive by 759 Harrison Street, former home of the SF Radical Labs, Bruce Hatch, Doug, and the Moog back in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s (up on the third floor). It was an honor and a great pleasure. San Francisco Moog: 1968-72 Vol. 2 is in the works as we speak.

03/19/2021

Due to the overwhelming response to Doug McKechnie’s instant-sellout San Francisco Moog: 1968-72 LP, we’re now working on a repress. There will also be an SF Moog Vol. 2. Watch this space for details t.b.a.

03/05/2021

No big VG+ news for this Bandcamp Day (though there’s big news coming soon). Instead, please allow me to point you toward Phillip Greenlief’s new release, three tracks built up from layers of solo-sax overdubs. Phillip’s duet record with Susan Alcorn, Prism Mirror Lens, remains a VG+ catalog highlight, and it’s thrilling to see more great music coming out of his woodshed. Check it out.

3 track album