Byrd In Mono

 

Donald Byrd - Byrd In Paris [SR10/1 FRA 2021 Mono 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC]

Originally released on the Brunswick label in 1958, in France & Germany.

I mentioned a few weeks back about the growing number of European (& Russian) labels releasing poor quality unlicensed jazz records, using compact disc (or worse) sources. Sam Records is not one of those labels. Fred Thomas runs Sam Records as a one-man-band, out of Paris, focusing on exceptional quality remasters from original tapes, pressed onto good quality vinyl. The label specialises in repressing releases from old French labels from the fifties and sixties, such as Brunswick, Barclay and Philips, most of which never saw release outside Europe. Back in those days, many American musicians hot footed to France, releasing a plethora of products only for the French and European markets.

I have acquired a couple of his releases, here is one from trumpet legend Donald Byrd repressed from the original mono recording. I don't possess a mono cartridge or a mono phono amp, but I am pleased with the results of this rip.

Recorded live onstage at the Olympia on the evening of Wednesday October 22, 1958.

A1 Dear Old Stockholm

A2 Paul's Pals

B1 Flute Blues

B2 Ray's Idea

B3 The Blues Walk