Dynamica – RAY MARTIN***

The Flight Of The Bumble Bee/Mood Indigo/Bye Bye Blues/Humoresque/Stormy Weather/Pagan Love Song/ Shadrack/Indian Summer/Malaguena/The Moon Was Yellow/Lullaby Of The Leaves/Cry Me A River

Conductor and arranger Ray Martin achieved his only chart success with Dynamica, a cocktail music album which showcased the capabilities of the then novel stereo recording techniques. (US:43)

"Flight Of The Bumble Bee, Shadrack, and to a lesser extent Cry Me A River and Lullaby Of The Leaves, are wonderful examples of the scored-for-stereo approach, use of Esquivellian wordless chorus, or both. But the bulk of Dynamica lags - a wasted opportunity.”

“One of the very first entries in a line of crazy stereo recordings. My old and worn LP is a lot of fun in stereo.”

“The musical arrangements are absolutely top notch. The rediscovery of cocktail music which led to its resurgent craze in the mid to late 90s has died down...too bad. I hope the stereo tape is not lost to the ages.”

“The music takes me back to the early 1960s and listening to the music flow from the left to right speaker. I love to put it on, sit back and listen when I just want to mellow out.”

“This is an interesting orchestral stereo action recording. There are lots of strings. I would say if you really like stereo action buy this.”

“Dynamica is truly a one of a kind album and the stereo experience was never better dubbed 'the music that you can follow with your eyes'. You can listen and watch as the sounds shift from side to side and from front speaker to back speaker. For it's time it was a masterpiece of arrangement and engineering and was a prized addition to many a record collection. I highly recommend this to anyone who enjoys good instrumental sounds and innovation.”