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Sound effects records, which had been in existence during the “Hi Fi” era, now brought railroad trains, aircraft and a pit-stop at Indianapolis into the listening room stereophonically. Many releases exploited the novelty of stereo through exaggerated left/right effects, such as the “ping pong” stereo sounds of bongo drums. Competing philosophies of stereophony were debated and the vagaries of early two-channel audio were liberally represented. The year ended with the release of the first complete recording of Das Rheingold, a production that deliberately used stereo to capture Wagner’s sound-world in a way that had never been heard before on records. It became a best seller that challenged pop records on the American sales charts and spurred rapid general adoption of two channel audio playback. In addition to audio excerpts transferred from original stereo LPs, accompanying graphics will show display ads for many important records and playback equipment introduced that year as seen in the pages of High Fidelity and other contemporary American magazines devoted to audio recordings and reproduction.\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Language"]},"value":{"en":["English"]}},{"label":{"en":["Publisher"]},"value":{"en":["Association for Recorded Sound Collections"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights Statement"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eCopyright Association for Recorded Sound Collections\u003c/p\u003e"]}}],"summary":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eAfter being introduced in the summer of 1958, the stereo LP began its gradual ascent to dominance as a sound carrier until the introduction of the Compact Disc a quarter century later. Throughout that first full year of commercial existence, the arrival of each new stereo LP was greeted with intense interest. Sound effects records, which had been in existence during the \u0026ldquo;Hi Fi\u0026rdquo; era, now brought railroad trains, aircraft and a pit-stop at Indianapolis into the listening room stereophonically. Many releases exploited the novelty of stereo through exaggerated left/right effects, such as the \u0026ldquo;ping pong\u0026rdquo; stereo sounds of bongo drums. Competing philosophies of stereophony were debated and the vagaries of early two-channel audio were liberally represented. The year ended with the release of the first complete recording of Das Rheingold, a production that deliberately used stereo to capture Wagner\u0026rsquo;s sound-world in a way that had never been heard before on records. It became a best seller that challenged pop records on the American sales charts and spurred rapid general adoption of two channel audio playback. 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