We are told: Live At The Gaslight, NYC, September 6th, 1961 is a historic performance in many regards; it is one of the first known live recordings of the great Robert Zimmerman and, more importantly, THE first known live recording to feature original songs (“Man On The Street”, “Talkin’ Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues”, and […]
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I’ve tried to sell my 334s without luck, and I’ve been watching others have similar problems. The used Levinson market was so hot a couple of years ago. What gives? MORE
Following his relentless creativity in the 1950s and 60s, Charles Mingus was slowing down by the early 70s, having combated financial hardship and health issues in recent years. In 1971 he served as Slee Professor of Music at the University at Buffalo, New York, as well as performing intermittently. This superb set was taped at […]
I have just acquired the big DG Karajan box and it highlights a dilemma I find increasingly in the era of multiple reissues. How do you know which remastered version of the recording you are getting? For example, a while back I saw the Galleria issue of HvK’s Beethoven overtures cheap on a resale website […]
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Robert Baird (Stereophile magazine) writes: “So where did it all go wrong, George? When did the major-label record business begin slipping away?” Before he can answer, I recall something George Avakian once told me over the phone. “Goddard Lieberson [former president of Columbia Records] said, ‘I’m tired of sitting in A&R meetings with record guys. […]
More moody, atmospheric evocations of sacred spaces and the natural world, with Norwegian trumpeter and sound-sculptor Henriksen once again assisted by producers Jan Bang and Erik Honoré on samples and programming, with Honoré also singing (very capably, and oddly for a Norwegian, in what appears to be an Irish accent) on the final track, “Shelter […]
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In 1947, just after the release of his first LP album, The Voice of Frank Sinatra, Ol’ Blue Eyes began building his first home in Palm Springs, an estate that soon became known as Twin Palms. Once a year, the home is opened to the public as part of Palm Springs Modernism Week, celebrating the […]
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A New Benchmark In Acoustic Performance Continuing their collaboration since the hugely successful launch of the Empyrean, Meze and Rinaro are delighted to introduce a new luxury headphone model which combines Meze’s well-known aesthetic with state of the art engineering to create a powerful and immersive listening experience. ELITE is a hybrid array powered isodynamic headphone […]
The symphonies explored by nine leading conductors: Norrington, Zinman, Jansons, Vänskä, Gardiner, Iván Fischer, Tilson Thomas, Paavo Järvi and Chailly https://www.gramophone.co.uk/feature/beethovens-symphonies-the-complete-guide?utm_content=The%20complete%20guide%20to%20Beethoven%27s%20Symphonies&utm_campaign=Gramophone%20Newsletter%20-%2014MAR17%20%28Subs%29&utm_source=Gramophone&utm_medium=adestra_email&utm_term=https%3A//www.gramophone.co.uk/feature/beethovens-symphonies-%25E2%2580%2593-the-complete-guide
We are told …. The Poll Winners series: classic albums reviewed in the legendary Downbeat magazine. Originally awarded 4 stars by Downbeat Mag. The sextet heard on ‘3 Blind Mice’ (United Artists),with Freddie Hubbard, Curtis Fuller, Wayne Shorter, Cedar Walton and Jymie Merritt, is widely regarded as one of the finest formations of Art […]
Classic footages from early 1970s performance from British Proggers FAMILY Record Collector Magazine feature on the band for March. One of the most respected British progressive rock bands, Family came together in 1967 and created a fine body of work typified by such classic album as Music In A Dolls House and Family Entertainment. The […]