Part 2 of the LGF Sound Archives: French recordings from after WWI and the 20's.
The Label Gallery Française Sound Archive Part. 3: the 30’s
Part 3 of the LGF Sound Archives : French recordings made in the 30's.
The Label Gallery Française Sound Archives Part.4 : WWII and beyond
Part 4 of the LGF Audio Archives: the Second World War and beyond.
“Notre blues à nous, c’est le musette” (Boris Vian)
"Our own Blues is Musette" (Boris Vian) Interview with Christian Van Den Broeck, Dominique Cravic and Robert Crumb to celebrate the release of their book about the history of musette.
Louis Armstrong plays live !
Live recordings of Louis Armstrong, with diffrent orchestras, in different places, released officially...or not.
The Plantation Orchestra, from the Blackbirds of 1926 revue.
Four sides recorded to promote an already successful revue, without the star singer of the revue.
~ June 2021 update ~
New songs added and historic details revealed.
~ June 2020 update: a little bit of everything ~
Details of the posts that have been updated, upgraded or revised this spring.
Undermined expectations, for the better.
A record bought upon its promise of being a rare curiosty teached me a good lesson.
Muggsy Spanier on V-Disc
A few sides from both recording sessions Muggsy Spanier did for V-Disc in 1944 and 1945.
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