BOB DYLAN and FRIENDS: Decades Live… ’61 To ‘94 (8CD Box Set)

8CDs, Collectors Box Set with 16 Page Full Colour Booklet with Background Liners and Rare Images Exhilarating live performances across 4 decades of Bob Dylan masterpieces Includes broadcasts from various radio stations, including WBAI-FM, WNBC-FM and others. Since coming to prominence in 1962, Bob Dylan has never ceased to create and innovate, his remarkable songwriting […]

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Music under Soviet rule: Vladimir Ashkenazy talks about Shostakovich

“Vladimir Ashkenazy was interviewed by John Stratford and John Riley in October 1991 while travelling by car to his hotel from Walthamstow Town Hall, where he had spent the day rehearsing the Eighth Symphony with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. This interview, conducted shortly before the attempted Communist coup which, backfiring, brought Boris Yeltsin to power, […]

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NEIL YOUNG: He reveals streaming service Xstream – that will offer music in ‘as high quality as your internet can handle’

First published April 2017 Canadian artist says ‘all songs should cost the same, regardless of digital resolution’ http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/neil-young-xstream-streaming-service-pono-tidal-jay-z-music-quality-a7698676.html

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Vladimir Horowitz plays Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto with the New York Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta at Avery Fisher Hall, New York in 1978.

Born in Russia, Horowitz emigrated in 1925 and in 1939 made his home in New York. His technical and flair won him a huge following and his concerts sold out within hours. He performed and recorded with Arturo Toscanini (who became his father-in-law). During his career he recorded for RCA, CBS and, late in life, […]

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THE SORROWS:

AllMusic Review by Mark Deming  [-] Though they were little known in the United States (where none of their recordings were ever released), the Sorrows were one of the more interesting acts to rise from the British Beat scene of the 1960s.With their unabashed force, the Sorrows were in a league with the Kinks and […]

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TRIO / KENWOOD: KT-917 FM tuner – Some people believe that the Kenwood KT-917 is the finest FM tuner that was ever manufactured.

This is what tubesound.com have to say on the subject: Some people believe that the Kenwood KT-917 is the finest FM tuner that was ever manufactured. This is truly the cream of the crop. Pulse Count Detector, high build quality, Made in Japan. A fellow in my community decided to trade-in this KT-917 for some […]

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BEETHOVEN: The Gramophone guide to the best recordings

Introduction Beethoven truly felt that he was both sent by God and inspired by God. ‘Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy,’ he is quoted as saying. People approach Beethoven with a feeling of awe and reverence, an appropriate response to one of the supreme creative geniuses of history. Read full biography […]

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