Maillist
Bob Thompson
- The Sound of Speed
- Format: Vinyl LP
- Catalogue Number: SUNDAZEDLP5287
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Sundazed
- Release Date: 15 February 2010
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PRICE: £19.99
The Sound of Speed
An orchestral tribute to wheels, wings, and whirly-birds, Bob Thompson’s 1960 “concept” LP rhapsodizes about the technology of human transport, from Vespa scooters to Le Mans racers, from tricycles to rocket ships.
Each vehicular vignette is book-ended by authentic sound effects, with vivid stereo motion.The Sound of Speed is an overlooked gem from a bygone era of orchestral elegance.
It has been mastered in wide-angle stereo and pressed on 180 gram vinyl in the year composer/arranger Bob Thompson turns 85.
Track Listing
1. Super Chief (Diesel Train)
2. Midnight Sailing (Ocean Liner)
3. La Vespa (Motor Scooter)
4. Sub-Manhattan Blues (Subway)
5. Three-Wheeler Waltz (Tricycle)
6. Count Down (Missile)
7. Star Fire (Jet Plane)
8. Surrey Serenade (Horse & Buggy)
9. Le Mans (Sports Car)
10. Streetcar Named Irving (Streetcar)
11. Sea-Spray (Speed Boat)
12. Early-Bird Whirly-Bird (Helicopter)