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There’ll Never Be Another
You - NTSC Lab A |
2 |
Polka Dots and Moonbeams - NTSC
Lab A |
3 |
Vino for Doris - NTSC Lab A |
4 |
Too Marvelous for Words - NTSC
Lab A (MP3
Sample) |
5 |
Hey There - NTSC Lab A |
6 |
Porgy and Bess Medley - Dick
Harp’s 90th Floor Quartet (MP3
Sample) |
7 |
Louie’s Lament - Paul
Guerrero Quintet (MP3
Sample) |
8 |
Easy to Love - Jane Ames and
Paul Guerrero Trio (MP3
Sample) |
9 |
Lady is a Tramp - Harvey Anderson
Quartet (MP3
Sample) |
10 |
Harvey’s Tune - Harvey
Anderson Quartet |
11 |
Pennies From Heaven - Ann Richards
and Trio |
12 |
You Go to My Head - Ann Richards
and Trio (MP3
Sample) |
13 |
Gone With the Wind - Ann Richards
and Trio |
14 |
Lover - Ann Richards and Trio |
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Circa 1960
Straight-Ahead Jazz Featuring:
- Gene Hall and the North Texas State Lab A Band
- Dick Harp’s 90th Floor Quartet
- Harvey Anderson’s Quartet
- Paul Guerrero’s Quintet
- Jane Ames and the Paul Guerrero Trio
- Ann Richards and Trio
“Everyone who was anyone knew of the 90th
Floor Club
back in the ’50s and ’60s”
- BANKS DIMON
Deciding to resurrect this material
was a study in evolution. Of course the recordings were all on
quarter inch tape. At that time plastic backing was slowly being
replaced by a new, stronger mylar. Amazingly enough, we recorded
the North Texas material on 1 mil mylar, normally not the first
choice because of thickness and possible "print
through", a problem inherent in complex, high energy taping.
Considering that obstacle, the trauma of poor storage, and
time elapsed, 3M can be very proud of their early on products.
If you lived in Denton, Circa 1959, you might have gone to
a concert in the old Denton High School auditorium. The acoustics
weren't too bad - luckily for us, things fell into place to record
our first ever high fidelity (stereo as well!) live session.
I had just taken delivery on a new Sony DK555 semiprofessional
recording deck. Managed to borrow a couple of Telefunken C-47
microphones from a jingle producer, Bill Meeks of PAMS, and got
hold of some impedance matching transformers...two condenser
microphones in an acoustically acceptable auditorium...viola!
As it turned out, the North Texas cuts had such good dynamic
range that the famous Paul Klipsch used them at more than one "Hi-Fi Show" as
a demo of his speaker systems. Even better, it is a particularly
impressive concert via head phones!
Recording Credits: All material
recorded initially by Bruce Collier assisted in part by Jim
Thompson, Pre/mastering done at Piper Nagy Media, Mastering
by Nolan at Crystal Clear Studios. {Incidentally...while Bruce
and Nolan were in the back working on this album, Jim Riggs
and the "2 O'Clock" lab band of UNT were up front
creating their newest 2004 album. About 45 feet (45 years?)
away.}
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