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Let’s go crazy

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“Delirium in Hi-Fi”  Elsa Popping and Her Pixieland Band  Fontana Records (UK) 1959.  Jalousie-Tango; Beer Barrel Polka; Adios Muchachos-Tango; La Polka Du Roi.  Illustrated by the great William Steig (Father of jazz flautist Jeremy Steig, FYI)

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Fee-line woman

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The World of Phase 4 Stereo  Easy listening compilation from Decca Records

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Daddy sang bass

IMG_0880“Tweeter and Woofer”  (The highs and lows of Hi-Fi for Youngsters)  Columbia Children’s Records

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BAM! ……………….. BAM!

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“Cartoons in Stereo”  Comedy Strips with Sound Effects!  Audio Fidelity Records   Cover Drawing by Ted Schaap.  Effects by Bob Prescott.  Voice by Cy Harrice.

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Echo-friendly

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Westminster Records Stereo Test record

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Out of this world!


“Delirium in HI-FI”   Elsa Popping and Her Pixieland Band   Fontana Records (Philips Records)   AUSTRALIA     Recorded “somewhere in France, “Elsa Popping” is actually French arranger-conductor Andre Popp and sound effects wizard Pierre Fatosme.   Cover Art:   Morris Tookey

Here’s the latest, greatest LP cover I have to get a copy of.     Here’s a $100 bounty for anyone down under (or elsewhere) that can find me a copy!   (This one is Tony’s and that’s just unbearable)   Here’s the more common U.S. cover on Columbia:

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Double f – Double s

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Another Stereo Demonstration Record.   This one on Decca UK.

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Analogue retentive

“The Ultimate Analogue Test LP”   Analogue Productions   Get the best sound…

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Bang a gong

“Music To Break Any Mood”   Dick Schory’s New Percussion Ensemble   RCA Victor Living Stereo   1960.   Includes Caravan, Speak Low, Walkin’ My Baby Back Home, Fascinating Rhythm, A Foggy Day, Autumn in New York, I’ll Remember April, Stranger in Paradise, South Rampart Street Parade, and Tortilla.

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On the Chopin block

“Chopin Hits in Stereo Hi-Fi”   Westminster

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