EARTHA KITT
1972-02-06
London at Queen Elizabeth Hall
BBC FM broadcast on 1972-12-26

Eartha Kitt: vocals
Nash Ensemble conducted by Marcus Dods (tracks 2-8)
Richard Rodney Bennett: piano, arrangements (tracks 9-15)

Tracklist:
01 Radio intro
02 Overture (Weill)
03 Mack the Knife(Weill)
04 Barbara Song (Weill)
05 Bilbao Song (Weill)
06 Matrosen Tango (Weill)
07 Surabaya Johnny (Weill)
08 Hard Nut (Weill)
09 Anything Goes (Porter)
10 My heart Belongs to Daddy (Porter)
11 My Man's Gone Now (Gershwin)
12 Love For Sale (Porter)
13 I Wonder What Became of Me (Arlen)
14 Ten Cents a Dance (Rodgers and Hart)
15 Let's Misbehave (Porter)

Total time = 55:56

Recorded off-air by a professional audio engineer who freelanced for several Chicago-area FM stations making local live recordings for broadcast. He prided himself on taping high quality FM air checks such as this one. The master tape was purchased directly from the engineer.

Lineage:
Marantz 2270 receiver ->
Sony 850 1/4 track recorder at 7.5 IPS ->
BASF 7-inch reel master ->
fully refurbished TEAC A-2300SD ->
Sound Devices MixPre6ii at 32/48 ->
Audacity, Fission, xAct

THIS IS HAYES TAPE RECOVERY PROJECT 19

Previous volumes of the HTRP are:
01 Magic Slim 1995-06-04 Chicago Blues Fest FM
02 Art Taylor's Wailers 1994-09-04 Chicago Jazz Festival
03 Loraxx 1996-02-xx WNUR-FM
04 The Cannanes 1996-03-07 WNUR-FM
05 Eddie Shaw and the Wolf Gang 1996-05-31 Chicago Blues Festival FM
06 Chuck Hedges Swingtet 1994-09-04 Chicago Jazz Festival FM
07 Gerald Wilson 1994-09-04 Chicago Jazz Festival FM
08 Joshua Redman 1993-xx-xx Boston FM
09 Guillermo Gregorio Trio 2000-09-24 Woodland Pattern FM
10 Long John Hunter 1996-06-02 Chicago Blues Festival FM
11 Jaap Blonk 1996-11-17 Woodland Pattern FM
12 Jan Jang and Pan Asian Orchestra 1996-09-03 Chicago Jazz Fest FM
13 Marian McPartland 1994-09-03 Chicago Jazz Festival FM
14 Sugar Blue 1996-09-01 Chicago Blues Festival FM
15 Wade and Julia Mainer 1989-08-2x East Lansing, MI
16 Mats Gustafsson and Michael Zerang 1996-10-06 Woodland Pattern FM
17 Jim Baker and Damon Short 1996-02-17 WNUR FM
18 Willie Dixon 1974-01-24 Chicago WXRT FM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eartha_Kitt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Rodney_Bennett
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nash_Ensemble
http://castalbums.org/recordings/Eartha-Kitt-at-the-Queen-Elizabeth-Hall-1972-Eartha-Kitt/16729
https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/classical/40thanniversary/performanceon3.shtml