Persuasive Percussion was an LP

Gramophone record

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 album

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 performed by Terry Snyder and the All Stars and released in 1959 by Command Records

Command Records

Command Records was a record label founded by Enoch Light in 1959 and later associated with ABC-Paramount Records....

 (run by Enoch Light

Enoch Light

Enoch Henry Light was a classical violinist, bandleader, and recording engineer. As A&R chief and vice-president of Grand Award Records, he founded Command Records in 1959. Light's name was prominent on many albums both as musician and producer...

). The packaging includes the first use of the gatefold

Gatefold

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 cover which, upon being unfolded, lists information about each selection. The liner notes

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 state that the album may be used to test audio equipment, due to the stereo

STEREO

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 placement of sounds independently in either the left or right channel (something common today, but extremely innovative in 1959). The album cover artwork, by Josef Albers

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, is minimalistic in style, consisting of an arrangement of dots. The album was the first volume in a series of Persuasive Percussion releases. "Provocative Percussion" was the second release of the "Percussion" albums. Both "Persuasive Percussion" and "Provocative Percussion" had four volumes released over the next several years.

In August, 1960, "Persuasive Percussion" was No. 1 on The Billboard

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's Stereo Action Album chart.

Track listing

1. "I'm in the Mood for Love"
2. "Whatever Lola Wants"
3. "Miserlou"
4. "I Surrender Dear
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5. "Orchids in the Moonlight"
6. "I Love Paris"
7. "My Heart Belongs to Daddy"
8. "Tabú"
9. "Breeze and I"
10. "Aloha Oe"
11. "The Japanese Sandman
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12. "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing"