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BLUE HOUR
The room during a set

Eleven
steps down

The
tracklist
so far

  1. 1966The coal is cleared out of 12 Example Street. The vault turns out to be round in section.
  2. 1968Forty chairs, a borrowed upright, a licence for music on Thursdays only.
  3. 1974Listening evenings on the other six nights become a record stall at the top of the stairs.
  4. 1987The Steinway Model B comes down the eleven steps on a Sunday, with six rowers and no lift.
  5. 2009Seven-night licence. The house band starts the Monday open session.
  6. 2024Blue Hour Sessions: live records cut in the room, pressed in runs of 300.

The people

  • Jane Doe

    Owner, books the music. Ran the door for nine years before she bought the place.

  • John Doe

    Runs the shop. Grades every record himself and will tell you if it skips.

  • The Blue Hour Five

    The house band. Mondays from 21:00, open session, bring your horn.

The room in numbers

seats, 30 standing, nobody further than nine metres from the bass
62
Steinway Model B, tuned every Monday at noon
B
brick vault, round in section, no corners for sound to hide in
2.4 m
speakers pointed at the audience. The PA is for voice only.
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