Jack Dupree & Mr. Bear - Walking The Blues / Daybreak Rock [FLAC 96kHz/16bit]

Champion Jack Dupree & Teddy "Mr. Bear" McRae
Walking The Blues / Daybreak Rock
Transferred from original 10" King 78.26 RPM Shellac Single (King 4812)

Year: 1955
Genre: Blues
Style: Piano Blues
Record Grading: Visually VG, but sound quality is great for a 78.
Dynamic Range: DR 11

Label Matrices: K-9652-1 / K-9653-1
Run-out Matrices: K9652 / K9653

Equipment:
- Audio-Technica AT-LP120-USB Direct Drive Professional Turntable
- Audio-Technica AT120E/t Dual Moving Magnet Cartridge
- Adobe Audition CC v6.0
- Audacity v2.0.5

Tracks:
1) Walking The Blues
2) Daybreak Rock

A Quick Review/Comment:
I haven't heard any CD with these tracks. This means a couple things: 1) I don't know if they exist at all, but if they do 2) I don't know the sound quality. Regardless, I found this 78 and transferred it (albeit with a stereo LP stylus, not a 78 stylus), and it sounded good, so I thought I'd share it. It truly is rare to find a 78 RPM record in this good of shape, so, if it is valuable, the world deserves to have it. It's here for you now, so do please enjoy!


TRANSFER/MASTERING INFO:
The disc was transferred at 33 1/3 RPM (quartz lock engaged) into Adobe Audition at 48kH/16bit. I then passed it through a light pop filter (NOT harmful noise reduction) and removed the subsonic rumble AT Turntables famously leave behind. The result was incredibly clean. I exported to a FLAC and opened the file in Audacity, where the RIAA curve was removed before doubling the bitrate to 96kHz (to achieve an effective speed of 66 2/3 RPM) and speed correction by a factor of 17.39 to achieve the perfect 78.26 RPM. I then applied the correct EQ setting for King 78RPM records (500 Hz bass turnover frequency, -16db 10kHz Gain Rolloff, 50Hz LF Shelving Frequency). I then amplified the recording to maintain maximum dynamic range as well as loudness. Exporting back to FLAC, I imported the file back into Audition
and did a lot of manual click/pop removal as well as sparse, small sections of the automatic heavy removal. The result from this long and tedious process is a record that sounds very clean and unplayed, which is incredibly difficult to find in 78RPM records, as only a few plays with the day's gigantic counterweights would give irreparable groove damage.

In order to improve sound quality, the transfers have been collapsed to mono, as the record was recorded.

Discogs: http://www.discogs.com/Jack-Dupree-And-Mr-Bear-Walking-The-Blues-Daybreak-Rock/release/5568620