In the early days of stereo, novelty titles were released to show off the new format, some of them used comedy with music, these two RCA titles are great examples of that with excellent sound.

Title: Bob and Ray Throw A Stereo Spectacular
Guckenheimer Sour Kraut Band - Music For Non-Thinkers
Artist(s): Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding
Guckenheimer Sour Kraut Band
Conductor – Dr. Fritz Guckenheimer
Bass Drum, Cymbal – Hugo Schmid
Clarinet – Johann Sebastian Schmidtz III, Otto Schmits
Cornet – Wolfgang Schwett
Flugelhorn – Ernst Schmid
Liner Notes – Wolfgang Luftpost
Trombone – Ludwig Schmitz
Trumpet – Rudi Schmitt
Tuba – Heinrich Schwerdt
Recording Info: Bob And Ray Released by RCA 1958
Transferred from an RCA 2-track tape CPS199
Produced by Bob Bollard - Engineered by Ray Hall
Guckenheimer Sour Kraut Band - Recorded December 29, 1957, by RCA

Bob and Ray Throw A Stereo Spectacular
1 Bob And Ray Visit Dr. Ahkbar At The Castle
2 George Melanchrino Riders In The Sky
3 Skitch Henderson Minuet On The Rocks
4 Bob And Ray In The Round Room
5 Dick Schory's New Percussion Ensemble Buck Dance
6 The First Noel
7 Bob And Ray The Thing
8 Lena Horne New-Fangled Tango
9 Sauter-Finegan Orchestra Song Of The Volga Boatman
10 Bob And Ray The End

Music For Non-Thinkers
11 Second Hungarian Rhapsody
12 Grad Aus Dem Wirthaus
13 Katarina Polka
14 Jägermarsch
15 Raymond Overture
16 Trinklieder
17 Der Kuss (II Bacio)
18 Mädel Wasch Dich
19 Rheinwein Polka

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