Command Records

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Command Records (originally Command Performance Records) was a record label founded by Enoch Light in 1959 1 and later associated with ABC-Paramount Records.2

The company focused on producing records targeted at audiophiles.3 When ABC Records issued quadraphonic records in the 1970s, they were issued on the Command label.

Contents

Command test record

The Command test record (Stereo Check Out) was an LP album produced by Command Records in 1960. It contained recordings designed to allow users to test their stereo equipment.

Album details

Like many other Command records, the Stereo Check Out came in a gatefold cover with extensive liner notes and full technical data inside. Charles Stark narrated both sides, providing both technical details and information about the musical instruments used on the tracks on Side Two.

Side one

Side One of this LP consists of turntable tests. An oscilloscope is a useful tool when used in conjunction with these tests:

  1. Stereo Balance Check
  2. Left and Right Channel Check
  3. Volume Reference Check
  4. Frequency Run Check
  5. Output Balance Check
  6. Flutter or Wow Check
  7. Phasing Check
  8. Acoustical Check
  9. Rumble Check

Side two

Side Two of this LP consists of musical selections from the Command catalogue:

  1. Hernando's Hideaway (from Provocative Percussion Vol II)
  2. Cumana (from Provocative Piano)
  3. Tenderly (from bongos)
  4. Enjoy Yourself Cha-Cha (from Pertinent Percussion Cha-Cha's)

Other Albums

  1. Enoch Light...And His Orchestra A Discotheque Dance...Dance...Dance
  2. Enoch Light...And The Light Brigade Big Bold And Brassy
  3. Enoch Light...And The Light Brigade Vibrations
  4. Enoch Light...Big Band Bossa Nova - The New Beat From Brazil
  5. Enoch Light...Command Performances
  6. Off Beat Percussion - Don Lamond and His Orchestra
  7. Persuasive Percussion
  8. Persuasive Percussion Vol. 3
  9. Provocative Percussion
  10. Provocation Piano Dick Hyman and His Orchestra
  11. The Man From O.R.G.A.N. - Dick Hyman

See also

References

  1. ^ Grevatt, Ren (Nov 6, 1961). "Record Hunter Displays Sell". Billboard magazine: 15. ISSN 0006-2510. 
  2. ^ Edwards, David, et. al. "Command Album Discography". Album Discographies. Both Sides Now Publications. Retrieved 5 July 2010. 
  3. ^ Rolontz, Bob (Nov 6, 1961). "Sound Record Sales Boom After 3 Years of Stereo". Billboard magazine: 15. ISSN 0006-2510. 

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