One of the great Louis Armstrong albums, Armstrong`s vocals and playing are unique. This album showcases Louis Armstrong's unique talent in both vocal performance and instrumental playing, adding to its timeless appeal.

Artist(s):  Trumpet, Vocals – Louis Armstrong
Vocals – Velma Middleton
Bass – Arvell Shaw
Clarinet – Barney Bigard
Drums – Barrett Deems
Piano – Billy Kyle
Trombone – Trummy Young
Recording Info:  Recorded in 1954 by Columbia
Producer - George Avakian
Engineer – Mason Coppinger
Sourced from a Columbia 6-eyes Original pressing
Analog: Transferred using a VPI - HW-40 Anniversary Direct Drive Turntable -  Cartridge used Ortofon MC Anna - Merrill Jens Phono Preamp
Digital: Merging Hapi Analog to Digital Converter clocked by an Antelope Audio 10MX Atomic Clock
Power Conditioning: Shunyata Research Everest 8000 for all components
All components grounded to Shunyata ALTAIRA Hubs
This Album was recorded in Mono

1 St. Louis Blues 8:54
2 Yellow Dog Blues 4:15
3 Loveless Love 4:32
4 Aunt Hagar's Blues 4:57
5 Long Gone (From The Bowlin' Green) 4:14
6 The Memphis Blues (Or Mister Crump) 3:00
7 Beale Street Blues 4:58
8 Ole Miss 4:39
9 Chantez Les Bas (Sing 'Em Low) 4:48
10 Hesitating Blues 5:20
11 Atlanta Blues (Make Me One Pallet On Your Floor) 4:33

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Please Note: This release was edited in DXD PCM from a DSD256 Master
then the DXD edited master was used to generate the final DSD files using
Merging Technologies Album Publishing.
DXD (352.8KHz 24/32 bit PCM) is one of the best and least destructive formats for post-processing DSD originated digital recordings

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