Wed
Open Deck
Bring one record. We play one side of it, loud, for everyone.
6:00No cover
BH1959
Stereo / 33⅓ RPM / Thirty-eight seats
a listening room
BLUE HOURBH 1959 / Side A
Side A Track 01
This
week
Five nights, two sets a night, one room.
Program notesBH 1959Doors at six
Thu
The Odessa Reyes Trio
Piano, upright bass, drums
7:309:45$15 a set
Fri
Marlowe Finch Quartet
Tenor saxophone, guitar, bass, drums
7:309:45$20 a set
Sat
Henrietta Okafor & The Low Lights
Voice, organ, guitar, drums
7:309:45$20 a set
Sun
Whole Album Matinee
One LP, both sides, start to finish. No talking until the runout groove.
4:00$8
Seating is first come, first seated, unless you hold a table. The room goes quiet two minutes before each set.
Listen
Side A Track 02
You will be surprised how much is on the record once nobody is talking over it. Posted by the door
Side A Track 03
The
system
Eight watts a side. That is plenty.
Technical dataSignal path, needle to ear
104 dBSensitivity, one watt at one metre
- Turntables
- Two belt-drive decks with twelve-inch arms
- Cartridges
- Low-output moving coil, line-contact stylus
- Phono stage
- Tube, hand wired, built for this room
- Amplifiers
- Single-ended triode monoblocks, eight watts a side
- Loudspeakers
- Two-way horns with fifteen-inch woofers in restored theater cabinets
- Mixer
- Four-channel rotary, built in house
- The room
- Cork ceiling, wool on every wall, 38 seats
- Library
- 4,200 LPs, mostly pressed between 1955 and 1972
Eight watts sounds like nothing. Into horns this efficient it fills the room at talking volume with headroom to spare, and it never turns harsh. Everything between the needle and your ears was picked for one job: you should forget it is there.
Side B Track 01
The
bar
Drinks that keep quiet. Stirred, never shaken during a set.
Side B Track 02
House rules
Six of them. All short.
Read before the needle dropsThank you
1
While a side plays, we listen.
Talk all you like between sides. That is what the gap is for.
2
Phones face down.
Silent, dark, and out of the selector's eyeline.
3
No requests.
The selector has a plan for the night. It is a good one.
4
One drink a set.
It keeps the lights low and the styli fresh.
5
Hands off the records.
Staff handle every sleeve. Ask and we will show you the cover.
6
Clap after the last note.
Not during the bass solo. You will know when.
Side B Track 03
Hold a
table
HoursDoors close when the last side ends
- WED / THU6 pm to midnight
- FRI / SAT6 pm to 1 am
- SUN3 pm to 9 pm
- MON / TUEDark
41 Lantern Row, Port Halloway
Telephone 555 0119
Reservation slipParties of one to six
You are on the list.Admit two
- Night
- Set
- Held under
- Slip number
Demo only. Blue Hour does not exist, so no table is being held and no email went out. The validation and this stub are real, though.