DESCRIPTION:
History of Sound Recording ♪♪♪ Year = 1952 to 1955
The next step in the history of sound processing was the so-called "multitrack recording". Much of the credit for the development of multitrack recording goes to guitarist, composer and technician Les Paul, who also helped design the famous electric guitar that bears his name. His experiments with tapes and recorders in the early 1950s led him to order the first custom-built eight-track recorder from Ampex, and his pioneering recordings with his then wife, singer Mary Ford, were the first to make use of the technique of multitracking to record separate elements of a musical piece asynchronously — that is, separate elements could be recorded at different times. Paul's technique enabled him to listen to the tracks he had already taped and record new parts in time alongside them.

NICO GOMEZ
Nico Gomez was a Belgian violin player, composer, arranger and bandleader who started his own orchestra in 1957.
He arranged music for numerous Belgian artists such as
Adamo, Will Tura, Ingeborg, Theo Mertens, Frédéric François en Rita Deneve . He also started a Belgian-Cuban group called "The Chackachas" with whom he had a few moderate hits.
Being the versatile musician that he was, he often appeared as a guest musician in the bands of Francis Bay and Freddy Sunder.
Gomez (real name = Joseph Van het Groenewoud) is the father of Belgian pop/rock artist Raymond Van het Groenewoud.

TROPICAL
Composed and arranged by Nico Gomez for his album "Fiesta Brasiliana" - an album that was released in 4 different versions (different album covers, track sequence different)

MHO
Let's be honest here : would you have thought of a Belgian musician when hearing the name "Nico Gomez" ... ?
Guess not. But yep, next to the more famous Francis Bay, Nico Gomez was (is) another "well kept Belgian secret".
Here he presents a real little gem that combines all "goodies" that can be found in a bossa nova styled track : an infectious rhythm, wordless vocals adding to the exotic flavour of the song and a bold brass sound where needed. European sound you think ? No no ...! This IS the sound of the tropics ! Enjoy !