Very cool, just tried to Google it. Can't find the secret language to make them understand the request. They keep offering other help. ANYhow,,, Love love pipe music. As a kid that lived near the bottom of the second steep hill of a busy route, the cars of '50s and '60s were constantly full-throttling to get home. I used to mark the tones to memory so I could tell who was driving what without looking. Thank You for sharing. Sports Cars in Hi-Fi-The worlds greatest competition cars at rest and at speed LP item (576935) Just found the site "Out of Stock" Riverside 1960-1963
List of tracks here: https://www.discogs.com/release/6996904-No-Artist-Sports-Cars-In-Hi-Fi You can get your own copy of this album: https://www.ebay.com/itm/195528012961
Mine says it was stamped in 1957... Was this damned record full of motor noises popular enough for multiple stampings? Good God, man, if that isn't a sign of society's decline... Nevertheless, I haven't had that much fun with my old stereo in ages. There's something genuinely exhilarating about hearing a cammer Porsche 550 or Carrera stacked up against a big, lazy Caddy motor. Side B shifts gears entirely. It’s a different format—multiple cars passing by. On one track, a Mercedes 300SL swoops through, followed by a glorious-sounding Jag, all backed by the roar of multiple Corvettes tearing past. So damn good.
Very cool article. I still have the sound of a V-12 XKE Jag open headers full bore at Road America in my head from working as a corner cop for the sports car club, because I had forgotten my earplugs. After the ears stopped ringing I found a little canister with a chained lid just big enough for a pair of earplugs that I could run through my belt loop. No wonder why I'm hard of hearing, grin. Well cars and music and working in that machine shop before we knew of hearing protection!
On a slightly different level, I have a copy of Peter Ustinov's "Grand Prix of Gibraltar". A parody based on the Monaco GP. You need a wee bit of knowledge about the racing scene of the 1950's to truly get it. Ustinov's subversive twist on the sounds and commentary make it worth the listen. I think it can be found on line.
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