Percussion in Hi-Fi

by David Carroll

Percussion in Hi-Fi cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1958
  • Label: Mercury
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 31:27
  • Community rating: 3.35/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Conceived as an ultimate demonstration record for early high-fidelity stereo systems, the arranger utilizes an arsenal of tuned percussion and sweeping brass. The heavily engineered tracks prioritize crisp channel separation and dynamic impact, transforming standard melodies into thrilling acoustic demonstrations. The album remains a quintessential artifact of the late-1950s audiophile boom.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, lounge, melodic, rhythmic, theatrical

Tracklist

  1. Hell's Bells (2:23)
  2. Bali Ha'i (2:28)
  3. The Chimes of Swing (2:20)
  4. Malaguena (3:07)
  5. Discussion in Percussion, Pt. I: Quiet Talk (1:53)
  6. Discussion in Percussion, Pt. II: Chatter (2:03)
  7. Discussion in Percussion, Pt. III: Controversy (2:18)
  8. The Cricket (2:46)
  9. Jungle Drums (2:15)
  10. Spanish Symphonique, No. I: the Pyrenees (2:10)
  11. Spanish Symphonique, No. II: Madrid (3:03)
  12. Spanish Symphonique, No. III: Bull Fight (1:46)
  13. Spanish Symphonique, No. IV: Finale Flamenco (2:50)

Credits

  • John Frigo - bass
  • Harold Siegel - contrabass
  • Earl Backus - guitar
  • John Gray - guitar
  • Peter Eagle - harp
  • Bobby Christian - percussion, composed by
  • Dale Anderson - percussion
  • Frank Rullo - percussion, written-by

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