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Backgrounder: Sal Salvador - 'Colors in Sound' ('58)

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Marc Myers
May 30, 2025
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The stereo revolution began in late 1957, when Sidney Frey of Audio Fidelity Records cut the first LP with the new sonic format and played it on December 13 for an audience in the auditorium at The New York Times on West 43d St. Within months, every major label was recording orchestral jazz to show off stereo's new dynamic fidelity. Sal Salvador was…

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