ROBERT CRAY: 4 Nights of 40 Years Live (CD+DVD)

Contemporary blues icon Robert Cray will be celebrating his 40 years of performing with an incredible live release, ‘4 Nights of 40 Years Live’ on 28th August 2015. This live album was recorded at Venture, Belly Up, Saban Theatre and his rehearsal studio in Dec 2014. Both the DVD and Blu-ray contain 90 minutes of […]

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LECSON: AP1, ProAc, Celef, Lentek Monitors, Sonab, LS3/5a and Harbeth HL1 Mk3

Hello Howard. Memory test! I remember a couple of years ago you recommended a speaker that mated particularly well with the Lecson AP1 power amplifier.  Hope all is well, John Hello John. Oh wow. At my age, trying to remember? You are kidding, right? On a more serious note though, here are the ones that […]

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OTIS GRAND: He Knows the Blues

Today we welcome guest writer Dave Thomas to the Stereonow blues music family. Dave is the driving force behind north London’s blues revival. He performs regularly with his band The Vintage, organises the annual North London Blues Festival (February each year), keeps everyone in line during the Friday Blues Night at St Monica’s Hall, Cannon […]

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RANDY NEWMAN: How I wrote … Losing You

“Randy Newman sits at the piano in the London showroom of Steinway & Sons and absent-mindedly tinkles the keys. Fresh off the plane from Los Angeles, the 67-year-old singer-songwriter is fretting that his voice is croaky, that he looks “beat out”. “Can you put a little pink in my cheeks?” he asks the make-up lady. […]

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THORENS: TD-124/II restoration / upgrade

My TD-124/II is cosmetically in very good condition and shows no evidence of being butchered / tampered with over it’s life, e.g. all the screw-heads below are sharp and clean, the chassis and platter are largely unmarked etc. It looks just as the picture above aside from it’s now sporting a Stereo Lab arm board […]

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JOHN MAYALL: Live In 1967 Volume 2 (CD)

The follow up to last year’s Volume One of John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers “Live In 1967”, featuring Peter Green, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood. Volume 2 showcases three John Mayall originals including the opening track, all-time blues classic “Tears In My Eyes”; “Chicago Line”, complete with John McVie bass solo; and “Please Don’t Tell”, a great […]

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BONNIE RAIT: Slipstream (2LP)

  Bonnie Raitt’s latest album ‘Slipstream’ is daring, bluesy, and steeped with the inimitable slide guitar and soulful vocals that could only be hers. The vinyl version is 180 gram and is a Limited Edition  ‘Slipstream’ marks her first new album in seven years and bares all the hallmarks of a classic Bonnie Raitt record. While most of ‘Slipstream’ […]

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JBL: The very rare SA600 integrated amplifier recent images + relevant links

http://www.audioheritage.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?605-JBL-SA600-integrated-amplifier https://www.hifiengine.com/manual_library/jbl/sa600.shtml http://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/jbl-sa-600.182877/ https://www.manualslib.com/manual/924555/Jbl-Sa600.html JBL SA-600 https://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=660963

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