QUAD: A story well worth reading

Quality Control, For A Quality Sound Pictured is an image from the late ’50s of the final hand-finished assembly process after mylar stretching and cabinet construction. Although manufacturing is achieved today on a much larger scale, the same approach to quality has never faltered. Many processes from circuit board assembly to piano gloss finishing use […]

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BONNIE RAITT: Under The Falling Sky

This package contains two performances from Grammy Winner Bonnie Raitt’s early career including a rare solo acoustic performance•Includes staples of Bonnie Raitt’s early career including songs from Randy Newman Steve Winwood Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt •Rarely Seen Photographs •Liner notes by Broadcaster/Author Jon Kirkman •Presented In Cardboard Gatefold Sleeve, Grammy award winning artist Bonnie Raitt began […]

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THE WARLOCKS: Songs From The Pale Eclipse (CD)

The mesmerizing new album from L.A.’s premiere psych rock band, The Warlocks, offers some of founder/vocalist Bobby Hecksher’s most captivating compositions in years! Features the hypnotic lead single “Lonesome Bulldog,” plus the subtly seductive album opener “Only You,” and a woozy ode to alcohol in “Drinking Song!” “Lonesome Bulldog” made its debut on Spin magazine’s […]

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STUDIO: Classic UK Recording Studios in the 60s, 70s, and 80s Abbey Road studios

philsbook.com write: Studios become famous because of their clientele. Abbey Road will always be inseparable from The Beatles in history but Abbey Road Studios and the whole EMI support structure deserves its own credit not just as a place that produced great sounding records over many decades, but as an infrastructure that nurtured engineers, technicians, […]

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ANDRES SERGOVIA

As with Pau Casals, so Andres Segovia was a master of his instrument. If Casals established the cello’s proper place in the orchestra and as a solo instrument, Segovia raised the guitar to an entirely new status on the concert platform. Born in 1893 in Linares, Jaen – where there is now a statue erected […]

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STUDIO: The Art Of Working The Microphone (Or How To Record Vocals Without Compression)

Recording Revolution write: Ask any of the all time great recording engineers what their favorite vocal chain is in the studio and you’ll likely get a list of three things: a microphone, a preamp, and a compressor. Recording vocals through compression is a wonderful thing that I highly recommend if you have it available to […]

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PODIUM LOUDSPEAKERS: Dr. S Katz

  How can he be contacted please? The last contact numbers we have are: Tel: 01323 834444Fax: 01323 834499 Possibly 0753 4244189 Also: skatz@symphonova.com Please note: Apparently he can be VERY prickly about both his academic title (he always wants to be addressed as Dr.) and the spelling of his first name, it being Shelley […]

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THE GRATEFUL DEAD: Cornell 5/8/77 (3-CD)

The May 8, 1977 Performance At Cornell University’s Barton Hall, Revered By Many As The Best Grateful Dead Show Of All Time, First Official Release Following Acquisition Of “Betty Board” Master Tapes Available As A 3-CD Set, 5-LP Set LOS ANGELES – The Grateful Dead played more than 2,000 concerts, but none continues to spark […]

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CATRIN FINCH: The harpist who is adding new strings to her bow – by Adam Sweeting

For all its delightful and ethereal tinkliness, the harp suffers from something of an identity crisis. It lacks the versatility of the piano or the piercing qualities of the violin, let alone the brute force of the brass, so if it isn’t careful it can find itself relegated to a soothing, background role. Catrin Finch […]

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