He also branched into production at this time, and was a pioneer in stereo recording and overdubbing of jazz music in the 1950s.

In other words, when observing the audio frequencies only, the record appeared to have an ordinary stereo recording.

It was one of the last major recording companies to adopt stereo recording, about 1960.

Although sound quality of early tape recordings was poor, improvements in technology and the introduction of stereo recording, chromium tapes, and noise reduction made hifi quality devices possible.

By the late sixties, however, stereo recording for pop music was becoming more popular and, thus, the new standard.