"Bruce J. Richman" wrote:

I've got both the Peter Gunn, and also "More Music from Peter Gun" albums
in my
collection.

So do I! :-)

These are "Living Stereo" LPs with excellent sound.

Righto! They always sounded fantastic (even on my early -60's mono system),
and the music was intoxicating.

The arrangements are by Henry Mancini, so they are first rate. I'm
currently in the
hunt for nice copies (vinyl, of course) of The Pink Panther and Hatari.

Mancini was the right man at the right time for the genre.

One of my better "scores:" on eBay a few years ago was a large collection
of
"audiophile" LPs sold by a dealer who had an overstock. It contained
mostly
classical RCA Living Stereo, Mercury Living Presence, and London Blue Back
recordings, but among the popular gems included were the Peter Gunn
albums.
It's my understanding that a lot of the albums from that era used simpler
microphone placements, with much less multi-miking employed, and
consequently
sound more natural in many cases.

The miking was of course very important, but the RCA Living Stereo and
Mercury Living Presence, as I recall, were the best recordings available at
the time - I am not familiar with London Blue Back recordings.

As usual, Dr. Richman, you impress with your taste and insight.

Glad to hear others are aware of/enjoying those Mancini classics.

Seabiscuit :0)