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• bopster St. Louis, MOProdigy Wide Sky PL-1, 1940? French mystery guitar, ‘37 L-4

  February 2016 Posts: 513

  January 1951 ~ Radio Luxemburg broadcast, Paris
  
  Django Reinhardt (g solo) et l'Orchestre Symphonique
  National Wal-Berg (dir)
  
  Troublant Bolero

  
• cjl ✭

  February 2016 Posts: 45

  
  Thanks for the swift answer!
  
  So are there any more like that?
• Svanis1337 ✭✭✭

  February 2016 edited February 2016 Posts: 462

  The first one is from Nov. 17 1951. This is the same arrangement from earlier that year, Jan. 21 1951:
  
  Here is Night and Day with Paul Baron's orchestra in 1949. It starts at 1.21:
  
  
  
  Then there are the 1942 sessions with Stan Brenders' orchestra like "Nuages":
  
  
  
  Latsly there are a few oddities like "Bolero" from 1937:
  
  
  
  

  
• Teddy Dupont Deity

  February 2016 Posts: 1,273

  There are several recording with the Stan Brenders Orchestra from 1942 which includes a string section. Django plays quite brilliantly throughout. Here are a couple:-
  
  

  youtube.com/user/TeddyDupont
  youtube.com/user/TheTeddyDupont
• Teddy Dupont Deity

  February 2016 Posts: 1,273

  ....and
  
  
  
  The guitar tone is odd on this particular up-load and not like the actual recording.

  youtube.com/user/TeddyDupont
  youtube.com/user/TheTeddyDupont
• Teddy Dupont Deity

  February 2016 Posts: 1,273

  ..... and from 1943 with Nelly Kay on vocal.
  

  

  youtube.com/user/TeddyDupont
  youtube.com/user/TheTeddyDupont
• cjl ✭

  February 2016 Posts: 45

  Great selection gents, thanks for all those .....
  
  (shame that some are 'unavailable' though.... )