I have this record in my collection.

Both sides of this stereo introduction record would be appropriate for playing on 60's B&O stereo's.

Martin

but of course it should be from the original source, the 7 inch single.

I suppose copying it for public downloading would be a violation of copyrights ...

but even if quite rare, these records do come up for sale occasionally and shouldn't be too hard to find.

Martin

With the hope that noone will feel offended and as part of the history, please let me present:

Katy Boedtger and Deccas Danceorchestra : B&O Stereo Cha-cha

http://users.cybercity.dk/~dsl42943/Katy_Boedtger_and_Deccas_Danceorchestra_-_B&O_Stereo_Cha-cha.mp3

(The link no longer works but read on !)

Martin

Martin,

You put a smile on my face. Music doesn't get much more 60s than that! What do you know? An ode to stereo!
 

That's a great song. Cha-cha-cha!! 

Thanks Martin
 

Thanks Martin.

Craig

For those who want to sing-a-long.....

B & O præsenterer med fuld musik

stereo cha-cha-cha

tidens rytme i samklang med ny teknik

stereo cha-cha-cha

Derved får De koncertsalen hjem

hjem i stuen Dem får ligefrem

et orkester omkring Dem - og det er jo

stereo cha-cha-cha fra B & O.

Derved får De koncertsalen hjem

hjem i stuen Dem får ligefrem

et orkester omkring Dem - og det er jo

stereo cha-cha-cha fra B.... &.... O..... 

Thanks to Birgit - Tak til Birgit

Stefan 

Thanks guys.
It's definitely a part of B&O's history that is rarely heard of.

The recording was made in London, England since their were no stereo studios and record facilities
in Denmark at the time.
I seem to remember that this record bears the title of being Denmark's first stereo record.
Katy Bodtger definitely was one of the (if not THE) leading vocalist back then so all sails were set.

The first experience of stereo sound must have impressed listeners.
This would have been completely new to most people but B&O actually experienced with stereo recordings way earlier.
I have an article somewhere telling about two Beocord Unitape built together as a dual tape-recorder. I think
it was two 511K's so it must have been in the mid-50's.

The Cha-Cha song is merely about 1/6th of what's on the demonstration single.
It's the last part of the B-side which also has versions of the song as a swinging waltz and a somewhat dramatic march.
The A-side carries train sounds, presenting stereo as a "phonetic doubletrack", speech and music too but lacking room on my ISP webpage, I cannot upload the whole thing.
About 11Mb is needed for the two MP3 files.

Martin

Martin,

thanks for providing the files.

I set up a quick free page just for this... don't know how long I will keep this online...

Happy downloading!

Link  

Ralf

11 MB ready for download.

Ralf