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General infos ..; ▀▀▓██▄▄ ░▓█████▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▀▀████▄▄░ ▄█▀█▀▀ ▀▀█▀█▄ ▄▄████▀▀ ▀██████▄█ █ █ █▄██████▀ ▀▀███ ▓ Type ........: Album ▓ ███▀▀ ▀ ██ ░ Music Style .: Cajun ░ ██ ▀ ▄ ▐█ Release.Date : May-31-2005 █▌ ▄ ▀▓▀ ▐█ Release.Size : 64,4 MB █▌ ▀▓▀ █ Playtime ....: 71:22 min █ ▄▄██ ██▄▄ ▀ ▄███▀ █ Grabber .....: EAC █ ▀███▄ ▀ ▄██▓▀▄▓▄█ Encoder .....: Lame 3.90.3 APS █▄▓▄▀▓██▄ █████ ▀ █ Label..:.....: Ace █ ▀ █████ ███▓░ █ Source ......: CDDA █ ░▓███ ██▓░ █ Tracks ......: 28 █ ░▓██ ███▓░ █ Bitrate .....: VBR kbps / 44,1kHz █ ░▓███ ▄ ▀▀██░▄▄ █ Mode ........: Joint-Stereo █ ▄▄░██▀▀ ▄ ▄ ▀▀▀▄▄ ▄▄▀▀▀ ▄ ▀▓▀ ▀██▄ ▄▓█▀ ▀▓▀ ▄ ▀▓█ ██ ▄ ▀ ▄▀ ▀▄ ▀ ▄ ▄ ▀ ..;.TracKList.;.. ▀ 01 ::: Milton Molitor With Austin Pitre ::: 02:43 Band - Midway Two-Step 02 ::: Milton Molitor With Austin Pitre ::: 02:42 Band - Manuel Bar Waltz 03 ::: Lawrence Walker & The Wandering ::: 02:39 Aces - Osson Two-Step 04 ::: Lawrence Walker & The Wandering ::: 02:42 Aces - Bon Ton Rouley 05 ::: Aldus Roger & The Lafayette ::: 02:16 Playboys - O.S.T Special 06 ::: Aldus Roger & The Lafayette ::: 02:34 Playboys - Midway Waltz 07 ::: Lawrence Walker & The Wandering ::: 02:38 Aces - Walker Special 08 ::: Lawrence Walker & The Wandering ::: 02:40 Aces - Midnite Waltz 09 ::: Andrew Cormier & The Rambling Aces ::: 02:33 - Seventy-Three Special 10 ::: Rodney Lejune & The Rambling Aces - ::: 02:35 Dans Les Misere 11 ::: Andrew Cormier & The Rambling Aces ::: 02:19 - Two-Step De Vieux Temps 12 ::: Rodney Lejune & The Rambling Aces - ::: 02:37 La Fille De La Veuve 13 ::: Leo Fontenot & The Ville Platte ::: 02:59 Playboys - Ville Platte Playboys Special 14 ::: Leo Fontenot & The Ville Platte ::: 02:29 Playboys - Jole Basete 15 ::: Adam Hebert & The Country Playboys ::: 02:29 - North Side Door 16 ::: Adam Hebert & The Country Playboys ::: 03:01 - Every Nite When It's Dark 17 ::: Austin Pitre & The Evangeline ::: 02:22 Playboys - Flumes Dans Faire 18 ::: Austin Pitre & The Evangeline ::: 02:23 Playboys - Opelousas Waltz 19 ::: Louis Cormier & The Moonlite ::: 02:13 Playboys - One Step De Duson 20 ::: Louis Cormier & The Moonlite ::: 02:21 Playboys - Drunkard's Blues 21 ::: Austin Pitre & The Evangeline ::: 02:01 Playboys - Rene's Special 22 ::: Austin Pitre & The Evangeline ::: 02:21 Playboys - Rainbow Waltz 23 ::: Adam Hebert & The Country Playboys ::: 02:55 - Cette La J'aime 24 ::: Adam Hebert & The Country Playboys ::: 02:28 - Country Playboys Special 25 ::: Rodney Lejune & The Rambling Aces - ::: 02:56 99 Year Waltz 26 ::: Andrew Cormier & The Rambling Aces ::: 02:33 - Lacassine Two-Step 27 ::: Joel Sonnier & The Duson Playboys - ::: 02:35 Tee Yeaux Bleu 28 ::: Sidney Brown & His French Accordion ::: 02:18 - Font Kee-Lot Two-Step Total ::: 71:22 ░ ..;Release Notes;.. ░ ░ Swallow Records, still run by the ░ ░ personable Floyd Soileau and based in ░ ░ Ville Platte, Louisiana, is the most ░ ░ important and prolific Cajun record label ░ ░ of all. In the 1980s, Ace Records was the ░ ░ first UK label to delve deeply into the ░ ░ Swallow Records catalogue and so bring ░ ░ Cajun music to the masses. ░ ░ ░ ░ With Floyd's Early Cajun Singles we go to ░ ░ the very beginning of Floyd Soileau's ░ ░ career as a record man. Starting out as a ░ ░ teenage disc jockey with Radio KVPI, ░ ░ Ville Platte, he began selling records as ░ ░ a sideline in 1956 before founding the ░ ░ famous Floyd's Record Shop. Realizing ░ ░ there was a dearth of Cajun product, ░ ░ Floyd released in late 1957 a single on ░ ░ 78 and 45 on Big Mamou Records by ░ ░ accordionist Milton Molitor with Austin ░ ░ Pitre on fiddle. Then Soileau started the ░ ░ Vee-Pee label (named after the initials ░ ░ of his home town) with accordion stars ░ ░ Lawrence Walker and Aldus Roger. ░ ░ ░ ░ In 1958 Floyd formed the Jin and Swallow ░ ░ labels with no clear musical divisions. ░ ░ After scoring big regional hits by Rod ░ ░ Bernard and Jivin' Gene on Jin, Floyd ░ ░ earmarked Jin exclusively for his popular ░ ░ singles, with Swallow being strictly ░ ░ Cajun music. In this late 1950s period, ░ ░ Cajun artists were absorbing the 'honky ░ ░ tonk' country influence, with the fiddle ░ ░ and steel guitar prominent alongside the ░ ░ imperious accordion. The music here is of ░ ░ joyous two-steps and poignant waltzes in ░ ░ an age when the local dance hall was ░ ░ still the fulcrum of Cajun society. ░ ░ Our CD booklet features colourful ░ ░ reminiscences from Floyd Soileau and rare ░ ░ photographs from the Johnnie Allan ░ ░ collection. ░ ░ ░ ░ Needless to say, the original 45s and 78s ░ ░ are gold-plated, impossible-to-find ░ ░ collectors' items. But this is not just a ░ ░ CD release for record collectors and ░ ░ music historians, it should also appeal ░ ░ to lovers of any downhome music and the ░ ░ throng of Cajun dancers. Most of all, it ░ ░ is a terrific tribute to Floyd Soileau ░ ░ who helped to preserve this music at a ░ ░ time when few others cared. Another first ░ ░ for Ace! ░ ░ ░ ░ http://www.acerecords.co.uk ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ OK! The bitrate is really low on this ░ ░ release, but if Lame 3.90.3 APS thinks ░ ░ that this bitrate is enough, then it is. ░ ░ Remember that the album consists of early ░ ░ lo-fi recordings from the 50's. 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