The Original American Folk Blues Festival Live In Paris 1962 & Bremen 1963 (2 UHQCD)

Frédéric Doria-Nicolas, one of the treasure hunters of the French label "The Lost Recordings", discovered a recording of Sonny Boy Williamson in the radio archives on a trip to Bremen – alone on stage, from 1963. The quality of the recording not only carried him away musically – it was worthy of a high-end performance! A few months later, the label found the original tapes of another incredible concert from 1962 in Stockholm. "The Lost Recordings" is proud to have tracked down the lost performances of these blues gods – in 1962 at the Olympia in Paris and in 1963 at the Bremen Stadttheater – and now to release them for the first time in the form of a double UltraHighQualityCD.
John Lee Hooker, Memphis Slim, Sonny Terry and Brownie Mc Ghee, Willie Dixon, Shakey Jake, T-Bone Walker, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Jump Jackson, Croatian Davor Kajfes and singer Helen Humes will be performing at "The Original American Folk Blues Festival".
"The Lost Recordings" is celebrated worldwide for the preservation of priceless musical heritage and the unsurpassed quality of its Phoenix mastering™ restorations. The double UHQCD of "The Original American Folk Blues Festival – Live In Paris 1962, Bremen 1963" is also an audiophile revelation that shows how fantastic stereophonic mono recordings can sound.
UHQCD stands for Ultimate High Quality Compact Disc and is a joint development of the Japanese CD replication company Memory-Tech and the Audio Quality CD Company from Hong Kong. UHQCDs, unlike conventional CDs, are not pressed from polycarbonate, but cast from a photopolymer and cured with UV light. To protect the softer photopolymer from scratching, another layer of high-purity polycarbonate is applied. The combination results in a significantly reduced reflection of the laser light inside the CD and an unrivalled precise edge transition between pits and lands of the CD. UHQCDs are 100% compatible with normal CD players. Musically, the result is a sound that is strongly reminiscent of analog master tapes.

Features:

• Phoenix Mastering restoration from original analog tapes
• Digipack 24 page booklet
• Made and printed in Europe
• Recorded in Paris, France on 20.10.1962 & 10.1964, at the Olympia & in Bremen, Germany on 10.10.1963, at the Stadttheater Bremerhaven

Musicians:

• Brownie McGhee, vocals & guitar
• Sonny Terry, vocals & harmonica
• Sonny Boy Williamson II, vocals & harmonica
• Helen Humes, vocals
• Willie Dixon, vocals & bass
• John Lee Hooker, vocals
• T-Bone Walker, guitar
• Memphis Slim, vocals & piano
• Davor Kajfes, piano
• Jump Jackson, drums
• Shakey Jake, vocals & harmonica
• Matt " Guitar" Murphy, guitar
• Bill Stepney, drums
• Sunnyland Slim, piano
• Hubert Sumlin, guitar
• Clifton James, drums

Selections:

UHQCD 1
1. I'm a Stranger Here/Stranger Blues
2. Nervous
3. I Just Want To Make Love To You
4. Born With The Blues
5. I Got My Eyes On You
6. John Henry
7. I Need Money
8. Everyday, I Have The Blues
9. Night Time Is The Right Time
10. My Own Fault
11. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
UHQCD 2
1. Moanin'
2. Money Honey
3. Kansas City
4. Bye Bye Baby
5. Medley: The Blues Ain't Nothin' But A Woman & Bye Bye Baby
6. Eyesight to the Blind
7. Your Funeral & My Trial
8. Bye Bye Bird
9. Fattening Frogs For Snakes
10. Bye Bye Blues
11. Wake Up Baby