''Persuasive Percussion'' was an LP

album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

performed by Terry Snyder and the All Stars and released in 1959 by

Command Records Origin and history Command Records was a record label founded by Enoch Light in 1959 and, in October that year, was acquired by ABC-Paramount Records. Light produced a majority of the releases in the label's catalog. The company focused on prod ...

(run by Enoch Light). The packaging includes the first use of the

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cover which, upon being unfolded, lists information about each selection. The

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state that the album may be used to test audio equipment, due to the

stereo Stereophonic sound, or more commonly stereo, is a method of sound reproduction that recreates a multi-directional, 3-dimensional audible perspective. This is usually achieved by using two independent audio channels through a configuration ...

placement of sounds independently in either the left or right channel (something common today, but extremely innovative in 1959). The album cover artwork, by

Josef Albers Josef Albers (; ; March 19, 1888March 25, 1976) was a German-born artist and educator. The first living artist to be given a solo show at MoMA and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, he taught at the Bauhaus and Black Mountain College, ...

, is minimalistic in style, consisting of an arrangement of dots. The album was the first volume in a series of ''Persuasive Percussion'' releases. ''Provocative Percussion'' was the second release of the ''Percussion'' albums. Both ''Persuasive Percussion'' and ''Provocative Percussion'' had four volumes released over the next several years. In April 1960, the album reached number 1 on

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's Stereo Action Albums chart,and stayed at the top for 13 weeks. It spent a total of 124 weeks on the top selling albums charts. In 1965 Cash Box magazine stated, "Persuasive Percussion Vol. 1 was perhaps the LP that put the stereo disk on the map. Much like

Milton Berle Milton Berle (born Mendel Berlinger; ; July 12, 1908 – March 27, 2002) was an American actor and comedian. His career as an entertainer spanned over 80 years, first in silent films and on stage as a child actor, then in radio, movies and tel ...

, whose antics in the early days of TV was credited with selling millions of sets, this album undoubtedly brought to light the startling ''musical'' aspects of stereo sound on records".

Track listing

# "I'm in the Mood for Love" # "Whatever Lola Wants" # "Misirlou" # "

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" # "Orchids in the Moonlight" # "I Love Paris" # "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" # "Tabú" # "Breeze and I" # "Aloha Oe" # "

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" # "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing"

Credits

* The Command All-Stars Primary Artist * Dominic Cortese Accordion *

Dick Hyman Richard Hyman (born March 8, 1927) is an American jazz pianist and composer. Over a 70-year career, he has worked as a pianist, organist, arranger, music director, electronic musician, and composer. He was named a National Endowment for the Art ...

Organ, Piano *

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Bass * Enoch Light Primary Artist * Art Marotti Percussion *

Tony Mottola Anthony C. Mottola (April 18, 1918 – August 9, 2004) was an American jazz guitarist who released dozens of solo albums. Mottola was born in Kearny, New Jersey, Kearny, New Jersey and died in Denville, New Jersey, Denville. Career Like ...

Guitar *

Cole Porter Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter. Many of his songs became standards noted for their witty, urbane lyrics, and many of his scores found success on Broadway and in film. Born to ...

Composer *

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Bongos, Percussion * Terry Snyder Drums * Todd Sommer Drums * Stanley Webb Woodwind

References

1959 albums Command Records albums Enoch Light albums Albums with cover art by Josef Albers {{1950s-pop-album-stub