Este não é apenas um fabuloso  LP mas também uma peça chave da história do Jazz e Pop. Em 1958 o compositor Henry Mancini era bastante fluente no Jazz, e a sua música capturou a popularidade desta série. Com a faixa de abertura, uma peça ritmada e excitante que dá o mote ao disco, Peter Gunn tornou-se um enorme hit comercial, quase inacreditável para um Show de TV.

• Edição Limitada
• 2LP 45rpm Vinil 200 Gramas
• Prensagem na Quality Record Pressings QRP, USA
• Masterizado por Ryan K. Smith na Sterling Sound
• Corte a partir das Master Tapes Analógicas Originais
• Capa Gatefold Deluxe

This is the recording that truly established Henry Mancini as both an innovator and a household name. While he had already nabbed an Oscar nomination, this soundtrack to the hit 1959 television series Peter Gunn with its jazz score logged ten weeks at the top of the charts and remained a top seller for almost two years. While Blake Edwards' detective show may not have proved an enduring favorite, the music certainly has.

Of course, the memorable "Peter Gunn" theme is the anchor here. The interlocking bass and drums provided hits for artists as diverse as Ray Anthony, Duane Eddy, Deodato and The Art of Noise. Mancini was also working with some of the best musicians in the business here with special mention going to trumpeter Pete Candoli, saxophonist Ronnie Lang and pianist Johnny T. Williams, who would later earn his own share of awards as composer John Williams.

Henry Mancini composed music that's woven into the fabric of American pop culture: "The Pink Panther Theme," the "Peter Gunn" bass line, "Moon River" (from Breakfast at Tiffany's), "Days of Wine and Roses" and more. Mancini holds the record for most Grammy nominations (72), out of which he won 20. In addition to his four Academy Awards, he won a Golden Globe, secured two Emmy nominations and was honored in 2004 with a United States Commemorative Postal Stamp.

This is not only a great LP but a key piece of jazz and pop music history. Back in 1958, "Peter Gunn" was one of the unexpected hits of the new television season, capturing the imagination of millions of viewers by mixing private eye action with a jazz setting. Composer Henry Mancini was more than fluent in jazz, and his music nailed down the popularity of the series. With the main title theme, a driving, ominous, exciting piece of music to lead off the album, The Music From Peter Gunn became a huge hit, charting extraordinarily high for a television soundtrack and doing so well that RCA Victor came back the next year asking for a second helping (More Music From Peter Gunn) from Mancini.

The music holds up: "Session At Pete's Pad" is a superb workout for trumpets of Pete Candoli, Uan Rasey, Conrad Gozzo and Frank Beach, while Barney Kessel's electric guitar gets the spotlight during "Dreamsville." "Sorta Blue" and "Fallout" are full-ensemble pieces that constitute quintessential "cool" West Coast jazz of the period. Now The Music From Peter Gunn is back bigger and better than ever with the deluxe Analogue Productions treatment — remastered from the original analog tape by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound, cut at 45 RPM, plated and pressed at Quality Record Pressings. Then packaged in deluxe tip-on gatefold jackets from Stoughton Printing. A great title, a brilliant reissue. Exceptional!

Lista de Faixas:

LP 1 Lado A
1. Peter Gunn
2. Sorta Blue
3. The Brothers Go To Mother's

LP 1 Lado B
4. Dreamsville
5. Session at Pete's Pad
6. Soft Sounds

LP 2 Lado C
1. Fallout!
2. The Floater
3. Slow and Easy

LP 2 Lado D
4. A Profound Gass
5. Brief and Breezy
6. Not From Dixie

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