World Broadcast Recordings Vol. 1 (Mono Remastered) Les Paul

• 1 These Foolish Things 02:04
• 2 Just You, Just Me 01:34
• 3 Three Little Words 01:20
• 4 When We're Alone 01:54
• 5 Night and Day 02:54
• 6 This Can't Be Love 03:25
• 7 Where or When 01:55
• 8 What is This Thing Called Love 02:02
• 9 More Than You Know 01:58
• 10 Forty Days and Forty Nights 03:29
• 11 If I Had You 01:31
• 12 Limehouse Blues 02:05
• 13 Body and Soul 03:10
• 14 The Sheik of Araby 01:30
• 15 Stardust 01:51
• 16 Nice Work If You Can Get It 02:35
• 17 Rose Room 01:58
• 18 Take Me Out to the Ball Game 01:24
• 19 Sunday 01:53
• 20 Why Do I Love You 02:46
• 21 Tea Talk 02:55
• 22 Melancholy Baby 01:57
• 23 Oh Lady Be Good 01:56
• 24 Confessin' 01:25
• 25 Coquette 01:16
• 26 Crazy Rhythm 01:42
• 27 Embraceable You 02:34
• 28 Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 02:39
• 29 Moonglow 02:45
• Total Runtime 01:02:27

Info for World Broadcast Recordings Vol. 1 (Mono Remastered)

Something I discovered in that learning process was the delay effect and the way it could enhance sustain and the fullness of the tone. Very few people know I was the one who discovered that effect which is so common now. Delay was a problem I worked on for years to figure out, and it was so simple. It’s just a matter of chasing it until you realize it’s been right in front of you the whole time, but for some reason you can’t see it. The remaining important element In achieving my goal was controlled delay. I was after a different sound, and I knew it was right there. I just hadn’t heard it yet. One night Lloyd Rich and I were out having a beer and I told him about my problem. I said, “I don’t want the empty concert hall reverb because it just lays there and muddies everything up. I want an actual echo I can control.” And Lloyd said, “You mean an echo like the same note repeating again as soon as you play it?”. When he said that, the light went on and there it was. An extra play back cartridge just next to the recording head was the answer, and I knew it as soon as the idea flashed in my head. So Lloyd and I went immediately back to the garage and started doing surgery on one of the disk cutters, experimenting with placement of a second arm wired to play back what the cutting stylus had just inscribed. As soon as we started getting a result, and as soon as I heard the clear echo enlarging the tone with rich sustain, I knew I’d found my sound.

Les Paul, guitar

Digitally remastered in Mono

Les Paul
Jazz guitarist and inventor, Les Paul made the sound of American Rock 'n Roll possible with his unique solid-body electric guitar and recording innovations such as overdubbing and multi-track recording that significantly advanced the development of pop music. Les Paul (born Lester William Polsfuss) was born on June 9, 1915 in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Paul dropped out of high school to join the Wolverton’s Radio Band on KMOX in St. Louis, Missouri. By 1934, he was in Chicago maintaining a dual musical persona playing country-western under the nickname Rhubarb Red and jazz as Les Paul. Also at that time, still dissatisfied with the available electric guitars, Paul continued experimenting with the guitar designs he started when he was 12 years old. From 1938 to 1941, Paul played with his first trio in New York City. After recovering from an electrical accident, Paul moved to Hollywood in 1944. He formed a new trio there and the band played back up for Nat King Cole and others including the Andrew Sisters. Later that year, Paul met Bing Crosby, who featured the trio on his radio show and later recorded with them, producing songs such as, "It's Been a Long, Long Time," which became a number one hit. In 1941, Paul designed and built one of the first solid-body electric guitars. In the early 1950s, the Gibson Guitar Company produced a guitar according to Paul’s specifications and he signed on with the company, allowing them to create and promote the Les Paul model. After a break in the relationship, it was renewed and today the Gibson Les Paul guitar is used by musicians worldwide. Paul’s recording innovations took off in 1947 when Capitol Records released the multi-track song "Lover." The song became a hit the following year. Bing Crosby continued to support Paul in these recording experiments. Unfortunately, in an automobile accident in January 1948, Paul’s right arm and elbow were crushed. Faced with the possibility of amputation, Paul chose to have his right arm set at a permanent right angle that would allow him to continue playing. After a year and a half of recovery, Paul teamed up with Colleen Summers, a young country singer and guitarist. She would become Paul’s second wife, taking the name (from Paul) of Mary Ford. During their musical and marital partnership, Paul’s recording innovations resulted in a series of multi-layered pop discs for Capitol with Mary singing that included new takes on jazz standards such as "How High the Moon" and "Tiger Rag," turning them into smash hits. Shortly after divorce from Mary in 1964, Paul essentially retired. However, he returned in the late 1980s with a weekly performance gig in New York and in 2006 won two Grammys for Les Paul & Friends: American Made World Played. A documentary film titled Chasing Sound: Les Paul at 90 was broadcast on PBS in July 2007 as part of the American Masters series. He continues to appear at New York’s Iridium Jazz Club.

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