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Month: March 2021
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From 1988
Paul McGowan writes: There sure are a lot of ways to convert bits and numbers to analog and music. The dizzying array of choices can be somewhat overwhelming to people: FPGA, Chip DAC, Ladder DAC, passive, active, oh my! I am often asked to help unravel the myriad of choices as if by doing so […]
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Simply superb. I’ve been playing a copy of this for years. Please click HERE for what is currently an eBay bargain.
I bought mine for next to nothing off e-Bay after a reader suggestion. Outstanding! Please note; I bought the CD. The original vinyl seems to sell for really silly money! Read the typically accurate AMG review HERE Buy yours cheaply HERE
We are told: Limited edition 3CD set featuring live FM broadcasts from 1975, 1988 and 1993 Please note, we have been advised by manufacturers that Disc 3 is now a recording from El Mocambo, Toronto, Ont, 1st September 1993,CBC – FM Broadcast and not as originally advertised. With his laid-back rootsy style, J.J. Cale was best […]
They tell us ….. Disc 1. The Flying Burrito Brothers – White Line Fever – The Record Plant, Hollywood, September 19th,1971 (CD) Following Sneaky Pete’s decision to leave the band in April ’71 for a more lucrative day job as a session player in L.A., Al Perkins was drafted in from Texas band ‘Shiloh’. Their […]
Paul McGowan writes: None of us have ever heard the true sound of music. In fact, everything we hear, in particular, if it has been recorded, is colored by uncountable distortions: microphones, speakers, headphones, the room, cables, equipment, mastering, varying air densities of any particular day. Even without the recording/playback medium in the way we […]
PAT TRAVERS BAND 1981 STANLEY THEATER PITTSBURGH With the demise of the short-lived, but renowned Pat Travers any newcomer to the line-up alongside Travers could be standing in the shadows, but all was not lost. The addition of ‘Italian battalion’ (and ex-Blackjack drummer) Sandy Gennaro combined with his counterpart Peter ‘Mars’ Cowling (ex Gnidrolog) allowed […]
Track 1Side By Side May 13th (Recorded April 1st). Tracks 2-4 Saturday Club May 25th (Recorded May 21st). Tracks. 5-7 Pop Go The Beatles June 11th (Recorded June 1st). Track 8 Pop Go The Beatles June 18th (Recorded June 1st). Tracks 9-10 Easy Beat June 23rd (Recorded June 19th). Tracks 11-12 Side By Side June […]
They tell us…. MAGICAL LATE PERIOD JOHN PRINE BROADCAST FROM 1996 Founded as “The Stars Factory” in 1983, Frutigen in Switzerland held its first Singer-Songwriter Festival in 1987. Set up as an initiative to raise the cultural standing of the area, Frutigen welcomed a vast array of big names during the event’s tenure, including […]
Connecting a home computer to a stereo system is not the easiest thing to do if you’ve never done it before. Audio guru Paul helps us understand what we need, how it all fits together and the best way of getting music from digital bits and converting them into audio on our speakers or headphones. […]
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Paul McGowan writes: One thing I like about engineering is its honesty. Circuits do not care what your opinion or mood are, they either work or they don’t. If I have a strong conviction on a subject I can search for supporting opinions and find them—lots of them—bolstering my belief whether right or wrong according […]
Grammy award winning artist Emmylou Harris first came to wider commercial attention with a series of albums in the mid-seventies beginning with Pieces Of The Sky an album which also spawned a #4 Billboard Country Chart hit with If I Could Only Win Your Love. Her career however had started in 1969 with the release of her […]
“Open Your Eyes” is the seventeenth studio album by progressive rock band YES, originally released in 1997. Together with the album “Magnification” from 2001 it was never released on vinyl before. Up to now – Sireena Records will publish both the albums in this year. On 180 Gram vinyl, in gatefold cover, as double album. […]
Classic live broadcast of the legendary performance at The Fox Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia USA, 30th September 1978 Includes the entire broadcast Background liners Originally scheduled for 23rd July (but postponed due to Springsteen’s occurring throat infection), the 30th September 1978 performance in Atlanta offers a valuable snapshot of The Boss in his energized, formative years. […]
We are told ….. This is King Crimson….re-imagined.’ – Robert Fripp, June 2016 A comprehensive and immersive account of the 2015 live incarnation of the ever evolving entity that is the mighty King Crimson. Featuring a 36 page booklet and presented in two double digipaks in an outer case, this limited edition version of Radical […]
We are told: Linda Thompson’s career begins in the much beloved late ’60s, early ’70s British folk-rock scene. At first, she was mostly a session singer and a part of a short-lived duo with Paul McNeill with whom she released two singles in 1968 and 1969. McNeill happened to be friends with Sandy Denny, and […]