PHASE 5 STEREO (A tribute to Phase 4 Stereo recordings). Phase 1 was the concept of stereo. Phase 2 was using stereo as a gimmick , such as having a Ping-Pong ball bouncing from left to right speaker, etc. Phase 3 was when engineers discovered how to electronically "move" sounds. Individual instruments, voices and effects could be moved left and right and back and forward in the stereo spread. And then, here's the label's explanation of Phase 4 Stereo: "New Scoring Concepts Incorporating True Musical Use of Separation and Movement. In this phase, arrangers and orchestrators re-score the music to place the instruments where they are musically most desired at any particular moment and make use of direction and movement to punctuate the musicality of sounds. The effect is more sound -- more interest -- more entertainment -- more participation -- more listening pleasure...And then after 27 years along came PHASE 5 STEREO!!! pushing the boundries of stereophonic sounds & mashin it up with the nigh.
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