Stereo

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Technology

Stereo · As early as 1931, the British engineer Alan Blumlein applied for a patent on a way of recording sound with two channels, so that you hear where an instrument is positioned. It only became a product after the LP. Westrex developed a groove containing two channels at once. In late 1957, the label Audio Fidelity pressed the first stereo record in New York, and in 1958 the major record companies followed. At first they were mainly demonstration records on which percussion bounced from left to right. In the 1960s, rock bands discovered the possibilities. Producers placed vocals and drums entirely to the left or right, and psychedelic bands let sounds float through the room.

Listening

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  Taboo · Terry Snyder & The All Stars, 1959
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  Taxman · The Beatles, 1966
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  Bold as Love · The Jimi Hendrix Experience, 1967

In School of Rock

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See also

• Long-playing record (LP)
• Psychedelic rock
• Art rock