CD 19520
Multichannel Super Audio CD

A selection from Test-records 1, 2 & 3
Test & Demonstration Disc

This recording was originally assembled as a selection from the first three test records (LPs) made using some of the earliest Opus 3 analogue masters.   Test Record 1 was the first in a series based on the idea of testing a Hi Fi system's capacity for reproducing “Depth of Image,” while Test Record 2 dealt with the “Timbre” concept and Test Record 3 utilized musical “Dynamics.”   These three music elements can be used in evaluating and testing the different components of a Hi Fi system.   This collection is also an interesting sampler, based on the earlier Opus 3 titles.

The original “A Selection of Test records 1,2 & 3,” CD was discontinued over 2 years ago, but due to demand, it was repressed again over a year ago.   Now it has been remastered direct from the original analogue tapes for SACD with the two great tracks added from other early Opus 3 recordings.


  1. Thérèse Juel - Tiden bara går (R. Rönning)     6'00
  2. Stockholm Guitar Quartet - Invention No. 14 (J. S. Bach)     1'32
  3. Tomas Örnberg's BLUE FIVE - Buddy Bolden Blues (Morton)     3'23
  4. KNOA - Unca 's Flight (M. Lingedal)     1'46
  5. Lars Erstrand   * - Land Of The Midnight Sun (B. Wilbur)     5'22
  6. Peder Riis - Fantasie (S. L. Weiss)     2'39
  7. Eric Bibb   * - Going Home (Trad. arr. by Eric Bibb)     4'47
  8. Gunnar Lidberg - I Got Rhythm (G & I Gershwin)     3'03
  9. Saulesco String Quartet - 2nd movement, Andante (J. Haydn)     4'25
10. Tomas Örnberg's Blue Five - 'Tain't Nobody's Bizeness If I Do (Porter-Grainger-Robbins)     2'46
11. Duodecima - Fantasie pour deux Gitares (F. Sor)     4'46
12. Knud Jörgensen Jazz Trio - My Heart Stood Still (R. Rogers)     5'11
13. Stockholm Guitar Quartet - “Violin Concerto” (Telemann)     2'40
14. Lars Erstrand - Four Brothers (J. Giuffre)     3'02

      * Bonus tracks





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