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Never underestimate an old man who flew in a Huey shirt

The dawn of high-fidelity recording happily coincided with the beginning of the Fritz Reiner era at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, when the ensemble was hailed by Igor Stravinsky as “the most precise and flexible orchestra in the world.” One of Reiner’s first recordings with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, “Zarathustra,” was taped simultaneously in mono and stereo by two RCA Victor teams although only the mono version was initially issued. The album’s 1958 release in RCA’s Living Stereo line a few years later showed just how great the recording and performance were, with the perspective and balance Reiner drew from the orchestra fully revealed. 15. “Bo Diddley” and “I’m a Man,” Bo Diddley



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