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Tag: Quintette of the Hot Club of France

  • “Limehouse Blues” – Quintette of the Hot Club of France (1936)

    “Limehouse Blues” – Quintette of the Hot Club of France (1936)

    Recorded on May 4, 1936 in Paris, France.
    Released in the U.S. on Victor 25511.

    Credits
    Arthur Briggs, Alphonse Cox, Pierre Allier – Trumpet
    Eugene d’Hellemmes – Trombone
    Stephane Grappelly – Violin
    Django Reinhardt, Pierre Ferret, Joseph Reinhardt – Guitar
    Lucien Simoens – String Bass

    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)