Holiday For Percussion - Dick Schory

Bolero Diablo

Holiday For Percussion
Presents Dick Schory's Percussion Pops Orchestra
Produced by Marty Gold
Recorded in Orchestra Hall, Chicago.
Recording Engineer & Mastering: Ron Steele
RCA Victor Stereo Action
The Sound Your Eyes Can Follow
LSA-2485
1962

From the inside jacket: Engineer Ron Steele used thirteen microphones to achieve the startling musical reproduction in this album. The trumpets and tuba played into an RCA MI 10001, while the trombones and French horns used a Neumann U47. The solo guitar and solo banjo had an RCA BK5A, and the harp was set up beside a Neumann KM56. Another Neumann KM56 covered the piano. The string bass and rhythm guitar shared a Telefunken 251. The percussion department was split three ways. For the snare drum and its accoutrements there was a Neumann KM56. The remainder of the percussion was split into a left group and a right group. The left side crew had no less than three microphones – a Neumann KM56, a Neumann KM54 and an RCA MI 10001. Steele added a Neumann U47 to get stereo depth.

From Billboard - February 24, 1962: Dick Schory's sound sets have done mighty well in the stereo field and this bright percussion set should do as well. It features remarkable stereo arrangements, crossing over from speaker to speaker, etc. Tunes are mainly standards such as "Tiger Rag," "Chinatown My Chinatown," "Ruby," and "Twelfth Street Rag." Solid wax for sound buffs.

El Cumbanchero
Tiger Rag
Bolero Diablo
Can-Can
Ruby
Cherokee
Chinatown My Chinatown
Holiday For Percussion
Stop Time Cha Cha
Twelfth Street Rag
Ain't Misbehavin'
Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers