Month: March 2022
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We are told ….. The Beatles played five residencies in Hamburg between 1960 and 1962, the last of which is captured here in December of 1962, just a few months after Ringo Starr replaced Pete Best and finalized the lineup that would soon be known as The Fab Four. The group would soon be signed […]
Earl Dingman writes …. At the start (first and second record) Mike Nesmith had permission from Don Kirshner to produce his own songs and had the ability to use Peter Tork on guitar if he wanted him (but Nesmith was NOT allowed to play on his own songs). I suspect that Glen Campbell was the […]
It’s 40 years since Rough Trade, Mute and Factory Records used an anti-industry attitude to give a voice to the likes of Joy Division and Depeche Mode. The labels’ founders recall why they had to rip things up and start again. Continues HERE
Design e The first time I came across Design e loudspeakers was at hi-fi dealership, Phonography, in Ringwood, Hampshire (see www.phonography.co.uk). Phonography has integrity, as in the recent past, formerly very lucrative manufacturers have been taken off their roster when their latest products failed the musicality test. So it was with shock as I gazed […]
Meyer Lansky writes … I have been reading an interesting article regarding integrating bass with horn loaded speakers. www.6moons.com/industryfeatures/grandecastine/1.html ( i know its 6 moons – but sometimes in a pile of xxxx is a nugget!) Where for the sub 50Hz content a planar dipole system was utilised. Nothing new you may say – the […]
From the archives Gregg Allman will release his first ever DVD as a solo artist in the form of Gregg Allman Live: Back to Macon, GA on August 7 via Rounder Records. The CD/DVD package features Allman and his solo band, along with special guest Devon Allman (Gregg’s son), at the Grand Opera House in Macon, GA from January 14, […]
Sounding as fresh as ever, the singer-songwriter swivels between instruments in an eclectic setlist scattered with cult classics, B-sides and covers aimed at pleasing the hardcore fans CONTINUES HERE
Years of struggle in the music business have motivated the current crop of over-50s Black British talent to make music that’s as exciting as that of the new breed MORE HERE