Sounds Unheard Of!
{{Infobox album
| name = Sounds Unheard Of!
| type = Album
| artist = Shelly Manne and Jack Marshall
| cover = Sounds Unheard Of!.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1962
| recorded = Early 1962
| venue =
| studio = Contemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, California
| genre = Jazz
| length =
| label = Contemporary M5006/S6006
| producer = Lester Koenig
| chronology = Shelly Manne
| prev_title = Shelly Manne & His Men Play Checkmate
| prev_year = 1961
| next_title = 2-3-4
| next_year = 1962
}}
Sounds Unheard Of! (subtitled Percussion & Guitar!! Shelly Manne!! and Jack Marshall!!! In a Spectacular Demonstration of Musical Daring and Brilliant New Stereo!!) is an album by drummer Shelly Manne and guitarist Jack Marshall recorded in early 1962 and released on the Contemporary label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/contemporary-records/catalog-3600-7600-5000-6000-series/#m-5006 Contemporary Records discography] accessed May 21, 2015 The album was produced as a stereo test and demonstration record to be used by hi-fi enthusiasts to test the performance of their audio systems. The two men followed this with another release in 1966 on the Capitol label titled Sounds!.
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|1.5|5}}
}}
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "On a dozen standards, Marshall's playing serves as interludes between the percussion displays of Manne; the liners give a full description of every device he hits. The music is fairly routine even if the sound is excellent for the period".{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0000940125 |title=Sounds Unheard Of! – Review |accessdate=May 21, 2015}}
Track listing
- "Poinciana" (Nat Simon, Buddy Bernier) - 3:10
- "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 3:05
- "The Continental" (Con Conrad, Herb Magidson) - 3:26
- "By Myself" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) - 2:19
- "Stormy Weather" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 2:54
- "Begin the Beguine" (Cole Porter) - 3:35
- "Night and Day" (Porter) - 3:09
- "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) - 2:39
- "The Piccolino" (Irving Berlin) - 3:11
- "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) - 3:17
- "The Boy Next Door" (Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane) - 2:42
- "Temptation" (Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed) - 3:12