Audio Fidelity Stereo Spectacular Demonstration & Sound Effects (1963 - Side 1) (1080p)

Well, the entire first side of the Audio Fidelity Stereo Test Album (1963 Edition) is indexed as only one track, so, here you go.
NOTE: I've encoded this one as an uncompressed, lossless HD track so you can truly appreciate all the surface noise.
NOTE #2: Anyone expecting a decent technical assessment of their sound setup will be sorely disappointed.
ALL COPYRIGHTS ACKNOWLEDGED

[@YaGottaBeKidding]

Thank you so much for posting this! Like so many others, I'd played the heck out of this as a kid; it was one of the few albums I was allowed to play. I still, to this day, will say: "AH-HA, YOU LOSE!" I was explaining to my wife why I say this phrase with a Russian accent, so sought out a copy online. I haven't heard this for 50 years! Yup, thank for the memory refresh!

[@indyola1]

OMG. I listened to this about 100 times as a kid in the early 70's. I haven't heard any of it since about 1978 though. Listening now, I still remember all of it, down to the last beat. Thank you so much for posting this!

[@frozenhan]

Thank you for sharing this! This used to be in my father's collection and I played the life out of it when I was a little kid.

[@Johnrosstaiwan]

My dad also had this LP and I loved it ;-)

[@giladnt]

My dad also had this LP -Do you know how to play russian rolet?

[@mrexcellent1]

Brian Greenspan Wow! I am so happy someone posted this. My dad used to play the entire Side A of this record and this was my favorite album as a kid. Especially the part when it says..."You can take a trip around the world without leaving your easy chair...". My dad used to crank up the airplane effect at full volume and I thought, Whoa! Thank you for posting one of my fondest memories as a child.

[@fisherone9]

We all lived parallel lives...

[@sneetchyone]

I played this on a loop as a kid - on an old console record player from my grandfather. This was the best lying down with your ear next to it. 💜

[@mickf3787]

Amazing how many kids knew and loved this record. Like so many others, my dad had it in his collection and I played it over and over in '70. Just played it for my wife who'd never heard it. Thanks for posting!!

[@Fabio_Costa_Music]

Listening to it after 40 years! And remembering as if it were yesterday that 9-year old me were sitting in the living room with headphones on, daddy on my side! Just as if yesterday!! Today I am doing it with my 9-year old son on my side! :-)

[@jonmcknlegg]

Pizzicato Five just brought me to a great album to test stereo sound.

[@ktspirit1]

My mother had an album (LP I think) similar to this when we got our first stereo system in the 60's. The thing I remember most is being able to hear a train coming and going. Good stuff and good memories!

[@yyyguy2008]

I have been looking for this album for years. My father got it when he bought his tv and stereo combo

[@regularchickens]

A new stereophonic sound spectacular!

[@Musicradio77Network]

Like the title says, and speaking of stereo, “Fantasia” was released 80 years ago today in 1940 being the first D***** film to feature an earlier version of stereophonic sound called “Fantasound”. That was way before Audio Fidelity came along with the launch of stereophonic albums in 1957, along with the soundtrack to “Fantasia” as well.

[@FourKnown]

So glad to have found this. Like many others, my father had this back in the day and played it a lot. I can't remember if it was on a record, but I'm thinking it was on a reel to reel tape. I have all his tapes. Will have to see if I can find it. I always loved listening to it. Too bad it's not on CD somewhere for purchase... Thanks bunches for posting it :)

[@jorgecidadeoi]

Sensacional ! Eu tinha por volta de 15, 16 anos quando um amigo meu chamado Ricardo tinha esse disco e colocou pra tocar e me mostrar. O aparelho de som dele é muito bom e quando eu ouvi esse disco, fiquei impressionado com a qualidade do áudio e da separação do stereo e seus efeitos e por coincidência, esse disco foi gravado no mesmo ano em que eu nasci. Valeu, abraços !!!!

[@VVC64]

We had once this is our house it in the early 70 ´s , thanks for bringing it back. Greetings from Mexico.

[@chickenschnitzel]

The narrator is Peter Allen of WQXR, New York, later the voice of the Metropolitan Opera broadcasts. The Russian Roulette actor is Cy Harrice, best remembered for "And they are mild!"

[@VirginSuicide77]

Family friends of ours had this in the 80’s. I recalled the cover and got the album for myself today. It really is cool to listen on headphones!

[@leadersofthenewschool]

I been looking for this every where. Thank you

[@cravog.silveira4601]

I used to have this record, back in the seventies. Thanks for sharing!

[@danw1056]

Thank you so much for sharing this! I've been looking for this for years at swap meets and flea markets. My Father bought a Clairtone ( high end low production Canadian manufacturer) walnut console stereo/phono with colour TV in 1965, and it had this exact demo record included. My sister and I were amazed at the stereo effect, esp. when heard on a high end stereo.

[@SteveBarton13]

Walnut!

[@FabioGnecco]

Can't wait for a Cinemaphonic Quadrovision demo like this one !

[@johnaquino7619]

I'm currently testing a couple of small, portable bluetooth speakers arranged in a stereo setup. . . . it works. =0.0= While this works fine when both speakers are in front of me, left side and right side, it seems the stereo effect works even better with each speaker positioned to one side of my head or the other. This makes sense, considering that its my ears which enjoy the benefit. Now - I gotta figure out how to do something more than just holding these things in my hands out at arm's length while sitting at my desk. :-)

[@dreffed]

Next time I'm back in the UK will have to grab the full recording, nice to be reminded of my youth.

[@saraivalourival]

Obrigado por compartilhar. Quando criança, ouvi infinitas vezes. Grande lembrança do meu passado.

[@milleneschmidt4297]

Passei a minha infância ouvindo esse LP, muito nostálgico!

[@baronderochemont8556]

Eu também!

[@TheDobleQ]

I see you Pizzicato Five.

[@inlandspain1144]

I also listened to this as a kid in the 70's, I remember getting it free in a promotional bag when tandy opened a store in Barking.

[@florenciomendez5529]

I found this album at a Out of the closet thrift store today, it’s spectacular !

[@miroslawkaras7710]

Smobody should recreate this recording with moder technology. This demonstration sound amaizing, I can only imaging what you can today.

[@RobertDickens2002]

Crazy the quality of this for 60 years old also crazy they allowed that Russian roulette bit I guess it really was a different time.

[@georgeprice7922]

I had this as a kid....lost it....and only three years ago found a replacement. Side A was cool,but I played Side B the most- "No More Tomorrows" and" Cindy" are still favorites to this day.

[@Ballsarama]

Post side two!

[@rodoviariatube]

I was 8 when I listened this album first time, oh TY a lot. Now after 33 years i can understand all the dialogs, TY again. When will we apreciate the other side?

[@Lupucillo]

Love Stereophonic sound and Technicolor!!

[@marcviej.5635]

wow this new ''stereo'' thing seems amazing, i hope it catches on!

[@soonerterp]

Thank you for this. As for whether it's a "decent technical assessment" of my loud but below-premium computer speakers/subwoofer ($30 at Best Buy), well, they suck, so this will do just fine! Continued best to you.

[@edsonalvesdemendonca]

Oh God!! Thank very much . Inacreditável que encontrei na santa NET este LP que me roubaram a décadas....

[@miltonsatoinspiremeditacao1520]

Incrível. Lembra minha juventude.

[@zazelby]

We had this one, too. Dad loved these.

[@zazelby]

Incidentally, listening to this and other old stereo test albums on KZbin, I've determined there's something wrong with my left speaker. The left side is much quieter than the right.

[@savannahoneil-pindar4207]

That "old skool" crackle though... Ha, ha, ha, ha! Amazing!

[@johnalanelson]

My dad was really into this back in the early 70s.

[@microlatinamicrocontrol1240]

My father bought a new home and a superb audio equipment that came with this wonderful vinyl in 1970. I was 16 then. Since then I've been an audiophile and then I became an electronic engineer. I have listened to this music hundreds of times. This version is so good ! Thank you for the memories, I've been looking for this for a very long time. Greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina.

[@Ballsarama]

This and the soundtrack for "The Wild Angels" were the first two records I bought in 1966. You can sure hear the print-through (bleed-through) from the master tape.

[@MichaelHansenFUN]

which one?

[@Ballsarama]

@@MichaelHansenFUN The Stereo demo record.

[@antonboludo8886]

I got this as a X-mas gift when I was a kid.

[@JavierDelgadoRosas]

It´s very Nostalgic... I remember the first stereophonic records...!!!

[@richarnold5323]

Awesome - my dad had something like this in his 1962 stereo cabinet

[@bsquared4604]

loved this as a kid!

[@3520cliff]

I bought this album at a Realistic/Radio Shack in like 1969 and wore it out.

[@ELETROELI1]

Viajei no tempo, meu pai tinha esse LP!!!!!

[@gerardobo7388]

Que bueno disco!! Una excelente fidelidad! Todavía lo conservo lo escuchábamos siempre en el combinado kembrown de mi papa

[@emptyspotlight]

cool i need something to listen to on my long trip

[@nelsonloiajr.2249]

Me also.... I listened it a lot..... I used to put these effects in the beggining of my K7 tapes..... inside the car was great!!!!

[@johnroy9654]

I used to have this album!

[@kraai98]

pizzicato five

[@G8YTZ]

Grief, I borrowed this very record from the local public library in about 1970!

[@bpabustan]

A sample can be heard on Pizzicato Five's Sweet Soul Revue

[@Lishtenbird]

...and that's what led me here.

[@olduachap]

Amazing!

[@liammusgrove6334]

I have a few stereo demonstration LP's from the early 60's - An interesting find. I'll do a video on them.

[@ktspirit1]

Let me know when you do, please!

[@Selrisitai]

Did you ever do those videos on the stereo demonstration LPs?

[@richarddavisjr.6090]

I Had This Album And Loved It! Hopefully I'll Find Another Copy Somewhere!

[@SuperBowser87]

I was born in 1969 and my dad had this album. I wore this out during the 70s. Brought back many memories.

[@Holandes09]

Excellent!!!!!!!!!

[@DrewidDesktop]

I think this was in Terry Gilliam's record collection. Thanks had some new old Walfdales to play with.

[@nelsongiacomini8014]

Grazie mille...!

[@Musicradio77Network]

This album was later released on the Realistic label, as you know, Realistic was part of Radio Shack where they put out most of Audio Fidelity albums in the 1970's including the first two volumes of "Sound Effects" records. I saw that one on eBay is a reel-to-reel tape of the same album, but I hope I might find it soon.

[@SteelRail]

+Musicradio77 Television Network I have a copy of that tape.

[@WAQWBrentwood]

MTN Productions Yep! my copy is the Radio Shack version! (Yes, I was an RS geek in the 70s! ) The brands: "Archer, Science Fair, Realistic,Flavoradio,Weatheradio,Patrolman " and even TRS-80 still have personal meaning to me! I miss the old Radio Shack when it was run by nerds for nerds!😆

[@laranaarana]

I worked at several Radio Shack store in San Francisco from 1981 to 1985. Loved their stereo equipment. I still have the Realistic T-120 3-way tower speakers and the LAB430 Direct Drive turntable I bought in 86 and the STAV3770 5.1 Surround amplifier, the SCTV57 Full Logic Control dual cassette deck, the CD7300 6CD cartridge CD player (bought in 1998). The Original Realistic STA790 Amplifier, the CD200 CD player and the SCT23 cassette deck that I bought back in 86 are long gone, but never forgotten!

[@mrexcellent1]

MTN Productions I have both the original Audio Fidelity copy (it's kind of scratchy) and the reissue on Realistic. The songs on Side B of the Realistic reissue are different from the original Audio Fidelity version, but both are superb.

[@Musicradio77Network]

@@mrexcellent1 The Realistic version has a different intro with a different narrator where he was saying, “Realistic, Audiophile Series presents, a new stereophonic sound spectacular”.

[@alabati508]

THX MAN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mickywinters8451]

Damn. My dad had this in the late 70s 😅

[@kennikuhlmann-clark9860]

The 'frequency range test' shouldn't be taken too seriously.... The chain of audio, and outside noise, limits it's 'accuracy' especially in the higher ranges.... Think about it: a somewhat scratchy record, compression into digital file, re-sampling by youtube, and then maybe going through a marginal audio stage (computuer, phone, tablet) and definitely sub-par speakers...

[@offthewallproductionsltd6326]

I couldn't hear that last one! I failed the test!

[@Ballsarama]

On the original record with the range test and with a good stereo system with headphones you heard it take off at 15,000 and then disapear above normal human hearing.

[@kevinisjustthisguy]

Realized my hearing takes a nose dive somewhere in the 6-7khz range. I'm 51 years old. Had noticed my stereo imaging wasn't as good as it once was. Oh well, aging is what it is.

[@JPDunn13]

I had this and loved it!

[@bootheguru]

Hooverphonic!!!!!

[@FabioGnecco]

Does anyone knows more records like this one ? i would love to listen to them !

[@willpn100]

Nos anos 70/80 ouvi muito esse disco. Tenho em CD.

[@northernlight4evah]

Damn! I used to have this record!

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

I still do!

[@giladnt]

me too

[@42Inkonka]

And me, over here in the UK. I bought my copy in South Africa in the '70s.

[@2hardworld32]

It me brings memory from my youth. I loved this Vinyl LP SOUND EFFECTS when I had not my stereo pick up yet so I had to hear that LP on my neighbour's device to feel the real stereo effects

[@RJDA.Dakota]

Northern Light Still have this one

[@BB..........]

I don't remember if my dad actually owned this album or not but I remember playing a reel to reel tape of this album many times as a kid. I'd forgotten how many samples Hooverphonic used from this album on their debut. The part that I've forgotten is Ah ha, you lose!

[@bootheguru]

I finally found a comment about hooverphonic.. Can't believe no one mentioned that!

[@BB..........]

@@bootheguru The very first time I heard Inhaler the samples from this immediately triggered memories from childhood.

[@joeblow7868]

15:15 was always my favorite....

[@mrexcellent1]

Joe Blow That was my favorite segment. I thought it was so hilarious.

[@brunojoseabrego5835]

I have the Spanish version!

[@MichaelHansenFUN]

thats online also

[@enricosanchez894]

Me too.

[@kanamaster]

@@MichaelHansenFUN Can you help me find the link? I cannot find it. Thanks in advance. Regards.

[@BB..........]

Anybody have any info on the orchestra piece @2:30?

[@offthewallproductionsltd6326]

Reminds me of Fallout by Henry Mancini.

[@megamann49]

i have this in my collection\

[@michellemurphy658]

Some of this sounds like "Duophonic" (some of the sound effects and "travelogue" bits, anyway)

[@enricosanchez894]

Now we can mix old mono recordings into stereo using our trusty computers. I remixed Hound Dog, removing Elvis's vocals, to make a karaoke track.

[@histubeness]

This is good, but please post side two also.

[@gillehrer2824]

Why were yesterday's stereo recordings more stereophonic than today's ones? I mean, you can hear each musical instrument on the channel they were recorded at the studio and tell if it was right or left. Today's stereo recordings seems to be all mixed up, you can rarely perceive channel divison ! Any ideas? -- (gilberto lehrer from brazil)

[@RJDA.Dakota]

They could still do it but it’s the way all this is nowadays mixed in the studio. Back in the early days of the then new stereo system, they used to have extreme left and extreme right. Some companies mixed this so that there was a “phantom” or ghost speaker in the center. One company called this “visual sound stereo” and several of these recordings still sound awesome as they used to when they were new.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

@@RJDA.Dakota I wouldn't doubt stereo recording and presentation was a learning experience for many.

[@RJDA.Dakota]

Almost every record company rolled out one of these (or something like it). This one is one of the best of it’s day. Liberty 🗽 records came out with something similar. It was narrated by Spike Jones!

[@mistertentpole]

Where can I hear the other side?

[@mrexcellent1]

mistertentpole I'm like you too. Side B, I loved the song that sounded like the opening to Alfred Hitchcock., and "Greensleeves". I loved this album as a child.

[@jareddicarlo7816]

The Avalanches used some of these tracks on Since I Left You.

[@Musicradio77Network]

It has to be the “Carousel” track from “Sound Effects - Vol. 1”. It was later sampled in these two songs, “In These Changing Times” by the Four Tops, and “Three Ring Circus” by Blue Magic.

[@martinrachelli9027]

I have the Italian version! :D

[@RenatoSampa]

Where is the side B?? Please...

[@bluebettle]

Oh, man, I just had a weird moment there where I was transported to a concert hall and then to a bowling alley and then a jazz band ball.

[@offthewallproductionsltd6326]

You might want to go easy on the brown hash.

[@notmanatee2445]

Can you do a better quality version of this in pristine condition?

[@Holandes09]

And the side two? When?

[@brunojoseabrego5835]

what is name of the song of louis armstrong?? 1:19

[@brunojoseabrego5835]

i can't find it

[@stelachris]

Dogwolf perrolobo st james infirmary

[@megamann49]

st james infirmary

[@mrexcellent1]

Dogwolf perrolobo. St. James Infirmary.

[@Musicradio77Network]

That’s not “Hello Dolly” or “What a Wonderful World”, it was “St. James Infirmary”.

[@russellchido]

the original asmr lol

[@Musicradio77Network]

I have all 10 volumes of the Audio Fidelity’s “Sound Effects” LP’s and these were the original ASMR’s.

[@B1SCOOP]

The Russian Roulette part was sampled into this New Beat track: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gGSQk6CpbKp_iLM

[@awesomewelles9174]

Now all you fans should listen to a binaural recording. Hee hee, itll blow your minds....

[@datsunworld3015]

6:20 you play russian roulete this way... thats sampled in Bomb Da Bass - Beat dis

[@stereoplayers]

At about 15:23, the Department Store...

[@0Kuzon0]

Any Stereolab fans around here?

[@jpesack]

Yes!

[@MichaelHansenFUN]

where is side 2?

[@ArchiveAnnex]

Side 2 is just a collection of random (mostly mediocre) songs from Audiofidelity Records--no stereo tests occur, so I didn't include it.

[@CriticsConfession]

s/o’s Pizzicato Five

[@markhuse9550]

my Dad has this record

[@richterband6784]

Great video to be high.

[@ThreePhaseHigh]

I never knew a pistol had a cylinder.

[@Ballsarama]

That's where the bullets go.

[@Selrisitai]

Older pistols. They're called _revolvers,_ on account of the spinning cylinder.

[@surrealdynamics4077]

That went pretty dark in Russia

[@danielnewhouse5044]

There are arguments that if you make music sound too good, they will die, painlessly. The counter argument is that if that happens, it's because you're a virgin and you need to go anyway.

[@giffyfaces]

this is in mono not stereo wtf