Henry Mancini: The Music From Peter Gunn

Henry Mancini: The Music From Peter Gunn ( SPC1956 )

Speakers Corner - LP AUDIOPHILE PRESSING 180g

"The Music From Peter Gunn" - Henry Mancini (arr, cond); Ted Nash, Ronnie Lang (as); Dick Nash, Milt Bernhart (tb); Pete Candoli (tp); Johnny T. Williams (p); Larry Bunker (vib); Rolly Bundock (b); Jack Sperling (dr)

This isn't just a great LP, but a key piece in jazz and pop history. In 1958, "Peter Gunn" was one of the unexpected hits of the new television season, capturing the imagination of millions of viewers by blending private eye action with a jazz setting. Composer Henry Mancini was more than fluent in jazz, and his music cemented the series' popularity. With the main theme, a rousing, haunting, and emotional piece that opened the album, "The Music from Peter Gunn" became a huge hit, reaching extraordinarily high chart positions for a television soundtrack and being so successful that RCA Victor returned the following year, asking Mancini for a second installment ("More Music From Peter Gunn").
The music holds up: "Session At Pete's Pad" is a superb workout for the trumpets of Pete Candoli, Uan Rasey, Conrad Gozzo, and Frank Beach, while Barney Kessel's electric guitar takes center stage on "Dreamsville." "Sorta Blue" and "Fallout" are full-ensemble pieces that epitomize the "cool" West Coast jazz of the period. In other words, it's all virtuoso orchestral jazz, presented at its best.

This Speakers Corner LP has been remastered using only analog components, from the masters to the cutting head ( https://pure-analogue.com )

Recorded: August and September 1958 in Hollywood, California.
Production: Simon Rady

• RCA LSP-1956
• Format: 1LP 180g 33rpm / standard sleeve
• Original label: RCA
• Barcode: 4260019711984
• Release Date: 2003-12-11