Many consider "Dick Schory's New Percussion Ensemble Music For Bang, Baaroom, and Harp" to be an audiophile masterpiece. If you are passionate about high-quality sound reproduction, adding this release remastered in DSD256 to your collection would be a wise choice.
Artist(s): Conductor – Dick Schory
Percussion – Bob Wessberg, Bobby Christian, Dale Anderson
Edward Metzenger, Frank Rullo, Hubert Anderson, Jim Ross, Tom Davis
Bass [String] – Harold Siegel, John Frigo
Guitar – John Gray
Guitar, Banjo – Earl Backus
Harp – Carol Baum, Russell Crandall
Piano – Willis Charkovsky
Recording Info: Producer Bob Bollard
Recorded In Orchestra Hall, Chicago, June 2 and 3, 1958
Sourced from a 15ips 2-track tape
Analog: Transferred using a modified Studer 810 tape deck feeding a Merrill Tape Preamp
Digital: Merging Hapi Analog to Digital Converter clocked by an Antelope Audio 10MX Atomic Clock
Power Conditioning: Shunyata Research Everest 8000 for analog components
Shunyata Research Triton and Typhon for digital components
All components grounded to Shunyata ALTAIRA Hubs
1 National Emblem March 2:42
2 Baia 2:31
3 Way Down Yonder In New Orleans 2:11
4 Ding Dong Polka 2:35
5 April In Paris 3:05
6 Holiday In A Hurry 2:28
7 Buck Dance 2:30
8 Duel On The Skins 3:22
9 September In The Rain 2:30
10 Tiddley Winks 1:50
11 The Sheik Of Araby 2:40
12 Typee 3:34
Please Note: This release was mastered in DSD with no PCM. (Pure DSD)
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A BIT OF AUDIO FUN
When stereo LPs were a new development, there were a number of recordings made that emphasised the directionality of the new medium, and this is one of them. The distinguished audio critic Hans Fantel suggested a recording with plenty of percussion to demonstrate the transient response of a sound system, and this fits the bill perfectly. A bit of audio fun that is best enjoyed if not taken too seriously!

Dick Schory's - Music For Bang, Baaroom And Harp
A lot of stereo imaging fun!

Dick Schory's - Music For Bang, Baaroom And Harp
I purchased the DXD. Excellent sound. Sounds almost as good as the LP.

A hoot; & in super sound too
A worthy companion to Jazz at the Pawn Shop: musically humorous & unserious, but the sound is extraordinarily excellent. Lives up to its billing as an audiophile demonstration recording. Many will find the music amusing.


A riotous, rollicking, extravapalooza of sonic excess - All Wonderfulness!
This is just pure audiophilia fun and games—all the various percussion instruments you can imagine gathered on stage for a riotous, rollicking, extravapalooza of sonic excess. Recorded by RCA in 1959 as a stereo demonstration album, this record has been a mainstay in audiophile circles ever since. It's as good today. And in this transfer from a 15ips 2-track tape from the estate of RCA Engineer Joe Habig directly to DSD256, with no intervening processing, we're hearing that analog tape in as pure a manner as most of us will ever get to experience. The sound quality is pure, open, detailed, hugely dynamic, and very natural. If you know the LP, you know why I can get excited about this. If you've never heard an original Shaded Dog LP of this recording, but only heard reissues, you've not heard what is on this recording. It is stupendous. Just get it for the sheer visceral excitement it delivers. Turn up the volume and wig out! It's just pure fun.
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