“Floyd’s Guitar Blues” – Andy Kirk and his Clouds of Joy (1939)

Recorded in New York on March 16, 1939.
Master pressing released in the UK as Brunswick 02789.

Andy Kirk – director, bass sax
Floyd Smith – electric guitar
Earl Thomson, Harry Lawson, Clarence Trice – trumpet
Ted Donnelly, Henry Wells – trombone
John Harrington – clarinet, alto sax, baritone sax
Don Byas – alto sax, baritone sax
Earl Miller – alto sax
Dick Wilson – tenor sax
Claude Williams – violin
Mary Lou Williams – piano
Booker Collins – string bass
Ben Thigpen – drums

Equipment used in the transfer:
• Lenco L75 turntable with Shure M91ED cartridge
• Focusrite Scarlett 2i2
• Audacity (for digitization, de-clicking, and De-RIAA/Re-EQing)
• Logic (for additional EQ tweaks, light compression, and stereo mixdown to mono)
• Adobe Premiere (for adding label image and final export to MP4)