Montag, Januar 23, 2006

Enoch Light - Provocative Percussion (1959)



This is the first in a series of Provocative Percussion records under the supervision of Enoch Light. Under the direction of Terry Snyder, Light and the revolving cast known as either the Command All-Stars or simply just the All-Stars, began to experiment with extreme stereophonics, using close microphone techniques and hard-left or hard-right panning to re-create a comparatively austere sense of what could be accomplished with two distinct channels of sound. Here it is, it´s an all-time classic.

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listening notes hat gesagt…

Lets not forget the groundbreaking cover art by noted artist, author and professor Josef Albers. His several covers for the first Provocative and Persuasive Percussion LPs unleased a parade of inferior "graphic" covers that tried to cash in on Command's success.