History of Sound Recording ♪♪♪ Period = 1970sIn the 1970s, advances in solid-state electronics made the design and marketing of more sophisticated analog circuitry economically feasible. This led to a number of attempts to reduce tape hiss through the use of various forms of volume compression and expansion, the most notable and commercially successful being several systems developed by Dolby Laboratories. These systems divided the frequency spectrum into several bands and applied volume compression/expansion independently to each band (Engineers now often use the term "compansion" to refer to this process). The Dolby systems were very successful at increasing the effective dynamic range and signal-to-noise ratio of analog audio recording; to all intents and purposes, audible tape hiss could be eliminatedAL CAPPSAl Capps is an American music producer, arranger, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist. Since the sixties, he has produced and arranged albums for artists like Cher, Andy Williams, Helen Reddy, José Feliciano and Liza Minnelli, and has delivered film music for more than twenty films. As a musician he played on albums of The Everly Brothers, Gábor Szabó and Frank Sinatra.Capps produced and arranged albums for many artists, like for Andy Williams, Helen Reddy, Vikki Carr, José Feliciano, Liza Minnelli, The Osmonds, Cher, Jennifer Warnes, The Lennon Sisters, The Ventures and The Cats. In the seventies he was a fixed arranger of Snuff Garrett.He has made film music for more than twenty films, like The Windsplitter (1971), Sasquatch, the Legend of Bigfoot (1977), Buffalo Rider (1978), Smokey and the Bandit II (1980), Sharky's Machine (1981), The Cannonball Run (1981), Stroker Ace (1983) and Flawless (1999), and a handful of television films.In his later career (2000 and beyond) he recorded some orchestral easy listening albums.GENTLE ON MY MIND"Gentle on My Mind" is a song written by John Hartford, which won four 1968 Grammy Awards. Hartford himself won the award for Best Folk Performance and Best Country & Western Song (Songwriter). The other 2 awards Best Country & Western Solo Vocal Performance, Male and Best Country & Western Recording, went to American country music singer Glen Campbell for his version of Hartford's song.MHOSuperb orchestral rendition of the song that was a major hit for American singer Glen Campbell. The arrangement and orchestration fully "catch" the spirit and emotions of the song - a song that, in mho, belongs to the best pop songs ever written.Enjoy !