FERRANTE+TEICHER SOUNDPROOF/SOUND TOMORROW SPACE AGE BACHELOR PAD ORIG STEREO LP

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·       FERRANTE AND TEICHER – SOUNDPROOF: THE SOUND OF TOMORROW TODAY – ULTRA-RARE ORIGINAL 1957 WESTMINSTER RECORDS  STEREO LP WST-15011

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·       (NOTE: STEREO PRESSING HAS DIFFERENT TRACKS, DIFFERENT TAKES AND DIFFERENT MIXES OF SOME TRACKS THAN THE EARLIER, MONO VERSION. STEREO PRESSING ALSO HAS A SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT CATALOG NUMBER THAN THE EARLIER, MONO VERSION;  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, FIRST STEREO PRESSING)

·       ONE OF THE EARLIEST STEREO LP ALBUMS EVER RELEASED (MONO VERSION WAS RELEASED IN 1955, STEREO VERSION IN  LATE 1957)

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·       ORIGINAL BLACK AND RED WESTMINSTER LABEL STEREO LABEL (MONO LABELS WERE PURPLE)

·       DEEP GROOVE PRESSING

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

·       ORIGINAL LAMINATED COVER

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·       MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) ENDS WITH "-1A/-1B".  ON SOME LABELS, THIS  INDICATES THE VERY FIRST, ORIGINAL PRESSING

·       MACHINE-STAMPED MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) OF THE RECORD (APPARENTLY, THE DISC WAS PRESSED BY RCA VICTOR, MOST LIKELY CAMDEN, NJ CUSTOM PRESSING FACILITY)

·       As far as we know, this album has NEVER been available on legitimate Compact Disc or in any other way, manner or format.

(►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

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THE SOUND:

IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE finest high quality audio equipment, don't bother playing this record. For here Arthur Ferrante and Louis Teicher present some of the most unusual, massive, and baffle-busting arrangements ever recorded. In fact it is absolutely the last word in effects recording, utilizing two gimmicked Steinway grands and multi-channel, five-track stereophonic recording coupled with the most unusual electronic effects you have ever heard.

If you are a fan of hi-fi and great recorded sound you might enjoy guessing the gimmicks. Each piece contains a new gimmick not used in the one before. We are sure you have seen records boasting "frequency response 16 — 22,000 cycles," where the instruments in question have no fundamentals lower than 100 or higher than 12,000, but the same cannot be said for this record, for if the fundamental in question does not lie within a range Ferrante and Teicher want, they merely relocate it to any frequency within the range of human hearing by means of electronics.  So many records involving gimmicks, both from a performing and an electronic standpoint, have a very cold atmosphere and very little musical value. But Arthur and Lou and their engineer have been experimenting with sound recording for years, and in this album have achieved beautiful moods—dynamic, sensual, humorous—and really remarkable variety.

The recording was made through seventeen channels, utilizing four Telefunken U-47, four Altec 21-C, four Altec 21-D, and five specially designed microphones. These channels were multed through four 6-channel mixers for simultaneous monaural and stereophonic recording, feeding modified 30" Ampex 301 machines,adapted for 14" reels, with our own specially designed record and playback amplifiers. Three 60-watt amplifiers were used for monitoring at the sessions. All seventeen mikes were placed on movable suspended booms in such a way that their movement could be controlled from the booth while the recording was being

made.

This record was processed from 30" original tapes according to Westminster's new and revolutionary "Panorthophonic" technique on continuously variable-pitch Scully lathes equipped with Western Electric feedback cutters. The finished records were then A-B-ed against the original master tapes to insure an absolute match to the original sound. The R.I.A.A. characteristic is used for this recording. To achieve the greatest fidelity, each Westminster record is mastered at the volume level technically suited to it. Therefore, set your volume control at the level which sounds best to your ears. Variations in listening rooms and playback equipment may require additional adjustment of bass and treble controls to obtain

THE ARTISTS:

WHAT OTHER DUO-PIANISTS can boast that they have played together since the age of six? Arthur Ferrante and Louis Teicher were fellow prodigies at New York's famous Juilliard School of Music, and even while students they appeared as a team. After graduation they gave a few joint recitals, then decided to take time out to prepare a really distinctive repertoire. Together they returned to Juilliard, this time as fellow members of the faculty, and spent all their spare hours for the next year or so working over the standard pieces and cleansing them of every last hackneyed cliché. Their professional debut as a team took place quite a distance from the concert hall, for they bowed in as a popular piano duo at New York's sophisticated penthouse night club, Spivy's Roof. They were such a hit with the starlight crowd that they went on to more cosmopolitan boiles like the Blue Angel, the Little Club and the Ritz-Carlton Terrace. Since 1947 they have been criss-crossing the country annually, winning laurels everywhere for what The New York Times called their "prodigious technical feats." Radio and television audiences know them for their guest stints on Piano Playhouse, and the Firestone, Telephone, and Carnation hours. They have also appeared with leading symphony orchestras throughout the country. Their gift for blending the classic with the modern and the "heavy" with the "light," their extraordinary sensitivity, their technical perfection—these are just a few of the reasons why one stern Manhattan critic, echoing the national concensus, called Ferrante and Teicher "the most exciting piano team of our time."

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ANNONYMOUS ONLINE BLOG)

For additional historical or discography information about Ferrante & Teicher ►click here

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·       CONDITION:

·       RECORD

 (IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          WE GRADE THE VINYL AS EXCELLENT. This is one of those albums that are somewhat difficult to grade. It is somewhere between VG++ and NEAR MINT, just a notch below NEAR MINT. A few light abrasions ARE visible, but they are extremely shallow, superficial  and only moderately visually distracting (nothing significant).For the most part, the vinyl looks impeccable without any MAJOR visual flaws or imperfections. Much of the original luster is intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)          The album comes with its original, 'rice paper' inner sleeve (typically used in the 50’s and very early 60’s) which has - apparently with success - shielded the vinyl from the harmful impact of elements over many years! We believe that, despite great technological progress, these early 'rice paper' inner sleeves provided a degree of protection MUCH HIGHER than any other material used ever since.

(c)           The record has a "deep groove" (an indent in the label about 1/2-inch from the edge of the label, which on SOME labels is associated with very early or first pressings).

(d)          The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(e)           Stereo  pressing of this title is much rarer, and by far more preferable to its mono  counterpart. The mix is more graphic, the sound resolution more precise, and the channel separation (which does not exist on mono version) adds a whole new dimension to the music. Also, the stereo mixes are (by definition) somewhat different than on the mono version. We estimate that mono copies of this album outnumber stereo copies  by a ratio of at least 5:1.

(f)            Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·       COVER (THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, LAMINATED, GLOSSY COVER):

THE COVER IS NICE --- ABOUT VERY GOOD++ (VG++).

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-         Back cover has a few yellowish dust speckles scattered across much of the panel

-         Cover has some light ring wear (nothing significant); On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 4   (VISIBLE ON BACK SIDE ONLY)

-         Cover shows some yellowing on back side, apparently from aging  (nothing significant).

-         Cover has a minor 'bump' (dent) on the bottom seam (nothing significant)

-         Minor shelf wear noted on the seams (nothing significant)

-         Cover has one corner slightly worn / dinged / bent.  (nothing significant)

NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER:

-        No split seams

-        No cut-out (drill) holes.

-        No cut-out corners

-        No saw-marks or indents

-        No wrinkles or creases

-        No writing

-        No stamps

-        No peel-off marks

-        No stickers or labels

-        No water damage

-        No razor marks, scratches, pressure marks, lines, streaks, or  cuts.

-        No warping

-        No wax, glue, paint or liquid drops on the cover

-        No glue traces or wax residue.

-        No bar codes

-        No RIAA stamps or stickers. 

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