Bob Thompson - 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.