Powerful Percussion! Dramatic Sound! Exciting Variety!
This unique collection presents some of the greatest percussion performances ever released, now gathered in one scratchy album. Here are the thrilling sounds of big-band drummers, Latin rhythm men, drill field percussionists, all captured in the finest sound a fifty cent flea market record can provide.
"Bangkok Beat" - Pepe Dominguin...Here you can enjoy a bongo duet between Dominguin and his rhythmic cohort. And from the time a big gong sounds (a deep resonant sound that produces perceptible overtones, and should reverberate long and clear without the tones 'breaking up'), until it comes in again at the end, the drummers don't let up. An occasional chord from the celesta chimes out between the bongos, as does a random tinkle from the little Chinese cymbal tree.
"Uncle Tom Tom" - Les Baxter...This flashy duet between high and low-pitched tom toms provides sharp varied drum reports that are again, an excellent test of a good speaker. Tenor sax man Plas Johnson is in the middle of it all, aided only by an occasional dry thump from a dampened bass drum and pops & clicks from dusty 45-year old vinyl. Splendid musician that he is, Plas wails his way through it all in fine form.
"Rocket Racket" - Dick Harrell...Wild, swinging and uninhibited, the ability of young drummer Dick Harrell is, in itself, out of the ordinary. But added to this is the revolutionary procedure used to record his two tracks. First soloist Dick and rhythm drummer Roy Harte came into the studio and recorded drum tracks. Uniquely, the other instruments were recorded over the drums! Unhampered by the need to accompany anyone, and further aided by another drummer to hold the beat, Dick really 'rolled'.
"Drivin' Around The Block" - Dick Harrell...Here's another of those very appropriate melodies scored as accompaniment for the drums, which this time include temple blocks and the pop and rattle of a tambourine. Dick is aided by sax and guitar, plus a full-throated electronic organ.
Recording note: These tracks were played on an Audio-Technica turntable. Since the record was really dusty, I blew most of the dust off and tried to remember to clean the fuzz off the needle between songs. This didn't really help much. Wav files were recorded using some shareware that I found on the web. The mp3 conversion was done with Musicmatch, also downloaded from the web, I'm too cheap to buy the full version. These mp3s were recorded with all the meticulous care that some free songs you can download to your computer require, and represents the strictest adherence to the most exacting technical specifications and standards possible after having some warmed up Chinese leftovers and drinking most of a six-pack of Yeungling.
"Bangkok Beat" - Pepe Dominguin...Here you can enjoy a bongo duet between Dominguin and his rhythmic cohort. And from the time a big gong sounds (a deep resonant sound that produces perceptible overtones, and should reverberate long and clear without the tones 'breaking up'), until it comes in again at the end, the drummers don't let up. An occasional chord from the celesta chimes out between the bongos, as does a random tinkle from the little Chinese cymbal tree.
"Uncle Tom Tom" - Les Baxter...This flashy duet between high and low-pitched tom toms provides sharp varied drum reports that are again, an excellent test of a good speaker. Tenor sax man Plas Johnson is in the middle of it all, aided only by an occasional dry thump from a dampened bass drum and pops & clicks from dusty 45-year old vinyl. Splendid musician that he is, Plas wails his way through it all in fine form.
"Rocket Racket" - Dick Harrell...Wild, swinging and uninhibited, the ability of young drummer Dick Harrell is, in itself, out of the ordinary. But added to this is the revolutionary procedure used to record his two tracks. First soloist Dick and rhythm drummer Roy Harte came into the studio and recorded drum tracks. Uniquely, the other instruments were recorded over the drums! Unhampered by the need to accompany anyone, and further aided by another drummer to hold the beat, Dick really 'rolled'.
"Drivin' Around The Block" - Dick Harrell...Here's another of those very appropriate melodies scored as accompaniment for the drums, which this time include temple blocks and the pop and rattle of a tambourine. Dick is aided by sax and guitar, plus a full-throated electronic organ.
Recording note: These tracks were played on an Audio-Technica turntable. Since the record was really dusty, I blew most of the dust off and tried to remember to clean the fuzz off the needle between songs. This didn't really help much. Wav files were recorded using some shareware that I found on the web. The mp3 conversion was done with Musicmatch, also downloaded from the web, I'm too cheap to buy the full version. These mp3s were recorded with all the meticulous care that some free songs you can download to your computer require, and represents the strictest adherence to the most exacting technical specifications and standards possible after having some warmed up Chinese leftovers and drinking most of a six-pack of Yeungling.
posted by KS at 6/19/2006 08:18:00 PM
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