This recording was made utilizing the facilities of the University of Iowa Music Department with Lowell Cross as Recording Engineer.  The taping was accomplished during four separate sessions on February 25, 27, March 1 and 3, in 1976.  The personnel for the recording was chosen from the University of Iowa Symphony Band.  Fourty-one players were used, which corresponds to the general size and instrumentation of the Karl King Band as evidenced by photographs studied and information provided by long time King Band members.  The seating arrangement used by the King Band was also followed with the cornets to the right of the director, clarinets to the left, etc.  Suggestions for the interpretation of the music were obtained from present and former King Band members and from tapes of the Karl King Band.

Produced by Ross A. Leeper for the American School Band Directors Association in cooperation with the Iowa Bandmasters Association.

It is said that McAllen resident Bob Leach and his brother, Gordon Leach, organized the first high school band in America in Ackley, Iowa, in 1909.  Mr. Leach has been a life-long friend of Karl King and organized the first All-King Concert in Waverly, Iowa in 1934.

This record was made from tape recordings of the actual Karl L. King Concert performances in the McAllen, Texas, Civic Center on February 12, 1963.  Two performances were presented that day.  A concert in the afternoon was given for the Iowa Winter Tourist Picnic where over 1200 Iowans enjoyed the tribute to one of their fellow statesmen, Karl L. King.  The other performance was held that evening with an estimated attendance of over 1700.  Roy Poole, of Austin Custom Records, was the recording engineer for this album.

RHS-33-6970  Produced by ACR, Inc., O.O. Drawer 4248, Austin, Texas  78751

Golden Crest Records, Inc., 220 Broadway, Huntington Station, N.Y.  CRS 4096

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