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TOM R writes: Paul joined the other three ex-Beatles to work on Ringo’s song “I’m the Greatest”. He even suggested doing something more but John Lennon immediately balked and had no interest. According to Lennon’s Playboy interview, in 1977–78, Paul used to show up at his Dakota apartment with his guitar and they’d hang out […]
Jo Whiley opens the doors of BBC’s Radio Theatre for a Radio 2 In Concert with the king of swagger, Liam Gallagher. After being in the spotlight for over 25 years, he releases his debut solo album As You Were. Liam Gallagher became the embodiment of the rock ‘n’ roll dream, with his brother Noel, […]
That’s more or less what local Naim dealer and service center told perspective buyer of my approx -9-10 years old cheapest Naim integrated amp. They said it would at very least need $300 re-cap and preferably $600-900 board replacement since the one which is in the amp is totally obsolete. Was it always like that […]
I have a pair of Meridian M1 mk2, I am the original owner from new although I sold them at the time Bob Stuart messed things up with balanced cables and Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday I’ve definitely got it right now modules for the 101. I bought them back a few of years ago but […]
“DVD (Region 1) – The landmark New Year’s Eve 1978 concert special that marked the end of the famed San Francisco Bay Area venue Winterland is now back on DVD in a deluxe set. Mixed from 24-track tapes, the sound is spectacular, and the 3-hour-plus show is a landmark performance from a band that was […]
Explosive performance at the Sun Palace, Fukuoka, Japan on October 11th 1981 Includes the entire broadcast Digitally remastered for greatly enhanced sound quality Background liners Following a six-year absence from music while he rebuilt his health, Miles Davis erupted back onto the live scene in 1981 with a new, young band comprising Bill Evans (sax, […]
Suzy Klein finds out – by making a record just as Elgar had done it I’ve loved exploring the last 100 years of music-making in Britain as we’ve recorded Our Classical Century. For this project we wanted to tell a story through our encounters with classical – both public and private – which brought into […]
We all have different ways of processing the information around us. Some of us must have the facts/evidence presented in what I would call a linear/serial stream: this fact followed by a related observation to equal a certain conclusion. Others are capable of more parallel logic: these observations coupled with these facts form this conclusion. […]
Udiscover write: Four months before the Beatles made their bid for the best double album of 1968, Cream made theirs. ‘Wheels Of Fire,’ the record that introduced the classic ‘White Room’ and other great performances by the rock trio, was new in UK record shops exactly 47 years ago, on 9 August 1968, and became […]
MICHAEL writes: Taken from a search, we find this insightful snapshot, given to provide some explanation for Sympathy For The Devil”. I find it interesting and coinciding with the reality perception back in the day. The Story behind ‘Sympathy For The Devil’ Over the last 50 years the Jagger/Richards songwriting partnership has produced some of […]
When we record live our goal is quite different. Now, we want to capture perfectly the moment. Like the old Memorex ad, “Is it live or Memorex?” we hope our studio recordings have that live sound. They might get close but they aren’t complete. There’s no audience applause. There’s no clinking of glasses. And, there are mistakes. Polished or […]
Roy Gregory writes: If Audio Origami ‘s nomenclature evokes a dull echo somewhere in the deep recesses of your memory banks, seeing it in the flesh might well seem like déjà vu. Back in the day, when real turntables came from Scotland and they all carried Ittoks, more enlightened audiophiles (or just those who saw […]
Ian Patterson (all about jazz) writes ….. In times when independent musicians have to function as one-person business enterprises most musicians show more than one face. David Lyttle, drummer par excellence from Waringstown, Northern Ireland, wears more faces than most. Musician, songwriter, record label owner, producer, interviewer and talent scout—Lyttle has built a solid reputation […]
I am getting fed up reading about vintage Tannoys, as a person who has never had the pleasure to hear a pair, can any AOSers please educate me as to why they seem to have such a cult following- and do l need to listen to a pair? http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?32756-What-is-so-special-about-vintage-Tannoys
Paul McGowan writes: The last thing you want to do to a power amplifier is put something with impedance between it and the loudspeaker. It’s one of the reasons we spend so much time and money making sure the speaker cables we use are as thick as a horse leg, impede nothing and connect our […]
4 CD box stuffed with blues, folk and songs that shaped an era… When New Yorkers Seymour and Maynard Solomon founded Vanguard Records in 1950 they surely didn’t suspect just how influential their creation would be in shaping the music and ideals of the post-war generation. The brothers were classical buffs focussed on the past […]