Various Artists
Sound Sensor II
Sony (Japan) 1977
YDSC 73 (LP) Promotional Copy. w/insert.
sleeve : EX-(SRW, light wear on corner, slightly dirts.)
media : EX+/EX+(some slightly noise.)
Featured in the first edition of the guidebook obscure sound. This one’s a promo-only LP from none other than Japan’s legendary audio giant Sony, cut during the 1970s when they were pushing the boundaries of in-house vinyl cutting with their proprietary DP-Master Sound technology. Side A gives you three instrumental cuts, cut at 45rpm from a master tape running at a blazing 76cm/sec. Side B offers up instrumental renditions of then-popular tunes, made for karaoke backing. On the surface, it feels like a throwaway corporate demo disc—but here’s the kicker: as noted in obscure sound, if you drop the A2 track—Beethoven’s Ninth played by a mysterious outfit credited as “Can Can”—at 33rpm, you get this jaw-dropping slow-motion, galactic jazz-funk disco groove. Absolutely wild. The other two cuts on Side A, orchestral lounge jazz at its finest.
A2: Can-Can “Symphony No.9" (45rpm +-0)
A2: Can-Can "Symphony No.9" (33rpm +6)
A3: Time Cycle "Dream"