SR-60003: Percussion In Hi-Fi / David Carroll

	Label Type :	black Mercury type C (large oval)
	Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	SR_60003A FR1    A1    I
		SIDE-B	SR_60003B FR1    A1    I

Comments

Equivalent release: Mercury MG-20166 (mono).

One of the earliest pressings by RCA Victor's plant - sounds great!

Inside The Groove

A gorgeous summit of various percussions from left to right - comfortable arrangements with jazzy flavours.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

David Carroll, Mercury's house arranger and director, released many his own albums. They include exotic kind, percussive kind, boring easy-listening kind and many more.

Fortunetely this album captures one of the most thrilling session, full of various percussions by Bobby Christian and five others. Although not a "Jazz" album, the sound actually is stimulating.

Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)

7 out of 10

Track Listing

Personnel

Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)

The Ruppli's disco. didn't mention the exact recorded date nor personnels. The below date and personnel was taken from the original liner-notes on the back cover.

David Carroll (leader, arranger, conductor) with:
Caesar Giovannini (p), Robert Acri (p), Harold Siegel (b), Peter Eagle (harp), Earl Backus (g), John Gray (g),
Dale Anderson (perc), Hubert Anderson (perc), Bobby Christian (perc),
Sam Denov (perc), Harry Brabec (perc), Frank Rullo (perc).

NOTE: “Percussion” (perc) includes the following instruments:
vibraphones, marimbas, xylophones, tympani, tam-tam, celesta, glockenspiel, orchestra bells, castanets, tom toms, triangle, maracas, bass drum, traps, greco cymbals, hand symbals, claves, cathedral chimes, snare drum, tambourine, conga drum, guiro, cabaza, timbales, bongo drums and field drum.

Recorded at Universal Recording Studio, Chicago, IL in June 4, 1956.

A-1, A-5, B-1: arranged by Mike Simpson.
A-2, A-4: arranged by Carl Stevens.
A-3: arranged by Frank Rullo.
B-2, B-3: arranged by Bobby Christian.