Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong – Ella And Louis (1956)
Vinyl rip in 24 bit/96 kHz | FLAC tracks, Tech Log | Artwork | 1,07 + 1,03 Gb | UL,FF
Verve Records – MG V-4003, Speakers Corner Records – 009 4003 (Europe Reissue, Rem.??) | Jazz, Swing
Ella and Louis is a 1956 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, accompanied by the Oscar Peterson Quartet. Having previously collaborated in the late 1940s for the Decca label, this was the first of three albums that Fitzgerald and Armstrong were to record together for Verve Records. (Wiki)
Side One:
“Can’t We Be Friends?” (Paul James, Kay Swift) – 3:45
“Isn’t This a Lovely Day?” (Irving Berlin) – 6:14
“Moonlight in Vermont” (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf) – 3:40
“They Can’t Take That Away from Me” (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:36
“Under a Blanket of Blue” (Jerry Livingston, Al J. Neiburg, Marty Symes) – 4:16
“Tenderly” (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) – 5:05
Side Two:
“A Foggy Day” (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 4:31
“Stars Fell on Alabama” (Mitchell Parish, Frank Perkins) – 3:32
“Cheek to Cheek” (Berlin) – 5:52
“The Nearness of You” (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) – 5:40
“April in Paris” (Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg) – 6:33
Personnel:
Louis Armstrong – vocals, trumpet
Ella Fitzgerald – vocals
Ray Brown – bass
Herb Ellis – guitar
Oscar Peterson – piano
Buddy Rich – drums
EQUIPMENT:
RCM –> Clearaudio Smart Matrix (Personal clean fluid + L’Art du Son Cleaning Fluid )
TURNTABLE –> Dr. Feickert Woodpecker
TONEARM –> Reed 2A, 9,5” (Ziricote armwand, cable Finewire C37+Cryo.Eichman bullet plugs)
CARTRIDGE –> Benz Micro Ruby Z (MC)
PHONO PREAMPLIFIER –> ALLNIC H-1201 ( four Mullard E180CC tubes ) // NAGRA BPS
ADC System –> Mytek Stereo96 ADC Professional Converter
DAC System –> Roland UA-55 Quad-Capture USB (only bring Mytek digital signal to PC)
Cables: XLR-RCA (Mogami, Neutrix connectors), Kimber Kable USB
Zerostat 3
Zerodust
ALLNIC SPEEDNIC ANALOG speed verifier.
SOFTWARE:
SoundForge Pro 10.0 (record 24/96)
ClickRepair.
dBpoweramp Music Converter (WAV–>FLAC)
RIPPING NOTE:
No Equalization, Minor ClickRepair (whenever possible) , No Noise Reduction and No Normalization.
VINYL CONDITION: NM (-)
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INFO RIG:
http://www.reed.lt/products/reed-2a
http://www.feickert.de/engl/lw_woodpecker.html
http://www.tonepublications.com/analogaholic/review-the-benz-micro-ruby-z-cartridge/
http://hammertoneaudio.com/Product/Allnic%20H1201/Allnic%20H1201