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THE MAINS: If you can’t get it out of the wall in pure, unrestricted, undistorted form, uncompromised music can’t reach your speakers.

AC power is a complicated subject if quality is to be considered. The number of problems needing attention includes regulation, removal of noise, guarding against surges and spikes, lowering of impedance, isolation, restoring missing energy, attaining the correct level, uncontaminated grounds, ensuring there is enough current (both dynamic and steady state) for the job. What […]

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JOHNNY WINTER: I’m A Bluesman (CD)

His first album of new material in almost eight years in 2004 was certainly very much in the straightforward blues-rock mold, emphasis on the “blues” over “rock.” The songs here are a mixture of originals, contributions from past and present sidemen. A fantastic collection of good-natured blues-rock, and the acoustic “That Wouldn’t Satisfy” that provides […]

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ACOUSTICS RESEARCH CENTRE: Psychoacoustics aimed at solving practical problems. The results of our research are used in …..

The goal of psychoacoustics is to understand how people perceive and experience sound. This can be at a low level; for example, we might want to understand how accurately you can locate a sound source, or we might want to measure the smallest change in sound level you can detect. We can also work at […]

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MIKE BLOOMFIELD: Bottom Line Cabaret 31.3.74 (CD)

Classic live radio broadcast from 1974 Includes the entire broadcast Digitally remastered for enhanced sound quality Background liners Klondike’s celebratory edition of this blues master’s retrospective live work serves to amaze and educate as Bloomfield had done with his seminal 1975 solo album If You Love These Blues, Play ‘em As You Please. For fluency […]

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JULIAN LENNON: Emotional echoes

Emotional echoes of the artist’s complicated public history reverberate through his album’s solid collection of mature mid-tempo rockers and ballads Calling his seventh album Jude was an act of reclamation for Julian Lennon. In a recent interview, the 59-year-old explained that, while 1968 song “Hey, Jude” is “a great chanting song, a favourite Beatles song”, […]

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LARRY CARLTON; Then and Now (3CD)

    “This 3 CD set is the perfect introduction to the work of guitar maestro Larry Carlton who has been one of the most in-demand guitarists in the worlds of jazz, smooth jazz, jazz fusion, pop and rock since his earliest recordings in 1968. CD1 features tracks from 3 classic recordings – Larry Carlton […]

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Beats & Pieces Big Band make a splash at Ronnie Scott’s, review

Ivan Hewett, Chief Classical Music and Jazz Critic 3 January 2018 • 12:06pm Beats & Pieces Big Band, Ronnie Scott’s ★★★★☆ Few sounds are as instantly recognisable as a big band. And that’s its problem. Those choirs of trumpets and horns raised in ecstatic harmony carry one irresistibly back to a different, more glamorous age. It […]

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THE ROLLING STONES: The Lost Chess Tapes (Limited Grey Vinyl LP) by The Rolling Stones

We are told ….. During 1964 The Stones booked two sessions at the legendary Chess studios. They recorded the big hits ‘It’s All Over Now’ and ‘Time Is On My Side’. Also recorded were eight legendary outtakes which were never officially released including ‘Goodbye Girl’, a rare Bill Wyman composition. Also included are bonus tracks […]

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GREG ADAMS: In Conversation

  Denis Poole writes: Much of the early buzz surrounding the release of ‘East Bay Soul 2.0’ was about how a sensational campaign to raise the $25,000 necessary to record the album hit its target.  However, now it’s all about the music.  Make no mistake; this is a collection of the highest order and everything […]

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LED ZEP: How The West Was Won (3CD Digi-Pack)

Led Zeppelin will continue their reissue campaign with a new edition of their celebrated live album How The West Was Won, originally released in 2003, featuring newly remastered audio, which was done under the supervision of Jimmy Page. CD – Remastered audio on three CDs HOW THE WEST WAS WON highlights the best performances from […]

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The Silos – Tennessee Fire Live (CD)

On April 18, 1990, shortly after the release of their self-titled third album, the Silos performed about 75 minutes of music for the SNAP alternative music radio program. Broadcast on KCRW in Santa Monica, California near Los Angeles, it features versions of all but one song from that third album, as well as selections from […]

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ALBERT KING: The Purple Carriage St Charles IL 02-02-74 (CD)

Albert King was one of three kings (B.B. King, Freddie King, Albert King) who helped in defining the blues and pronouncing its grip on generations of young musicians. King was also a pioneer in merging blues with the hard-driving funk of his Stax label mates The Bar-Kays and with Isaac Hayes’ Movement. The Memphis sound […]

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DINAH WASHINGTON: Back to the Blues – Parlophone/ PurePleasure vinyl

Audiophile Audition / Jeff Krow writes ….. Towards the end of her career, songstress Dinah Washington was panned by some critics for recording weak pop music with overly commercial string backing. Washington’s inimitable voice overcame these limitations but her reputation still suffered. Recorded a little over a year before her tragic death at age 39, […]

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