Dick Schory's - Music For Bang, Baaroom And Harp - Pure DSD

A BIT OF AUDIO FUN

When stereo LPs were a new development, there were a number of recordings made that emphasised the directionality of the new medium, and this is one of them. The distinguished audio critic Hans Fantel suggested a recording with plenty of percussion to demonstrate the transient response of a sound system, and this fits the bill perfectly. A bit of audio fun that is best enjoyed if not taken too seriously!

A hoot; & in super sound too

A worthy companion to Jazz at the Pawn Shop: musically humorous & unserious, but the sound is extraordinarily excellent. Lives up to its billing as an audiophile demonstration recording. Many will find the music amusing.

A riotous, rollicking, extravapalooza of sonic excess - All Wonderfulness!

This is just pure audiophilia fun and games—all the various percussion instruments you can imagine gathered on stage for a riotous, rollicking, extravapalooza of sonic excess. Recorded by RCA in 1959 as a stereo demonstration album, this record has been a mainstay in audiophile circles ever since. It's as good today. And in this transfer from a 15ips 2-track tape from the estate of RCA Engineer Joe Habig directly to DSD256, with no intervening processing, we're hearing that analog tape in as pure a manner as most of us will ever get to experience. The sound quality is pure, open, detailed, hugely dynamic, and very natural. If you know the LP, you know why I can get excited about this. If you've never heard an original Shaded Dog LP of this recording, but only heard reissues, you've not heard what is on this recording. It is stupendous. Just get it for the sheer visceral excitement it delivers. Turn up the volume and wig out! It's just pure fun.