Part 1 of the LGF Sound Archives: French recordings from before 1914
The Label Gallery Française Sound Archive Part. 2: The 20’s
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.
~ June 2021 update ~
New songs added and historic details revealed.
Early jazz recordings in Paris: Mitchell’s Jazz Kings
The Mitchell's Jazz Kings is, without any doubt, the most successful American band in Paris in the immediate post-WWI era.
Early jazz recordings in Paris: Bands you know nothing about.
A detective work was required to draw a (still incomplete) portrait of these bands for which history has been lost.
Early jazz recordings in Paris: F. Howard Jackson & his orchestra (the complete session).
Totally forgotten today, the Howard Jackson's orchestra was one, if not the first american band to record "jass" in France. [updated 11/2021]
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