ALBERT KING: Memphis Blues Festival 1975 (CD) with BB King + Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland + many more

Albert King, BB King and Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland, live together, at the Memphis Blues Festival, TN on 8th November 1975. With the recent acclaim of BB King and Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland’s joint double album venture Together For The First Time… Live, the addition of another King could only double the impact. The performance at the […]

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SPEAKERS: Can they / do they wear out?

I reckon that based on the serial numbers of my Briks they are late 70’s/early 80’s. Looking at the B139’s the rubber diaphram is a pale grey colour rather than black and it feels fairly firm to the touch – almost ‘dry’ if that makes sense? Now, I’m wondering if speakers degrade with age and […]

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MANLEY LABS PRO and DOMESTIC: For sale but NONE on ebay!

FIRST … Please read the important statement at the foot of this page. Thank you. —//— ABSOLUTE HEAD AMP … https://www.on-off-hifi.de/Produkte/manley-the-absolute-head-amp-silber/KHR16842 ABSOLUTE HEADPHONE AMP … https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649889648-manley-laboratories-absolute-headphone-amplifier-black/ CARDIOID REFERENCE … https://www.kijiji.ca/v-ipod-mp3-player-other/city-of-toronto/manley-cardioid-reference-microphone-used-great-condition/1632929814 CHINOOK … http://www.hifi4all.dk/ksb/Annonce.asp?id=369918 CHINOOK … https://elektro.bazos.cz/inzerat/158447038/manley-chinook-high-end-lampovy-predzesilovac-pro-gramofon.php CHINOOK … https://www.canuckaudiomart.com/details/649904587-manley-chinook-phono/ NEO CLASSIC 300B … https://www.audio-markt.de/market/manley-labs-neo-classic-300b-3614291726 REFERENCE DAC … https://audio-video-tv.hyperinzerce.cz/zesilovace/inzerat/84252768727408595672-manley-reference-dac-nabidka-cela-cr SLAM … https://gearspace.com/board/gearspace-secondhand-gear-classifieds/1389487-manley-labs-slam.html STINGRAY … https://www.hifi.pl/ogloszenie/audio/40/462351.php STINGRAY […]

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CD / SACD: Parts for sale NOT on ebay

THE PUBLISHERS DO NOT VOUCH FOR ANY CONTENTS HERE.THE LISTING YOU ARE ABOUT TO VISIT MAY BE A SCAM. PLEASE BE CAREFUL —//— DENON 3910 … https://www.marktplaats.nl/v/audio-tv-en-foto/cd-spelers/m1894046517-denon-dvd-3910-dvd-sacd-cd-dvd-audio-stereo-of-multichannel DENON CD PLAYER … https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/electronics-photography/home-audio/cd-players/listing/3799292279 MARANTZ CD94 … https://www.preloved.co.uk/adverts/show/121645175/marantz-cd94-front-drop-down-panel-part.html?affil=awin&utm_content=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hifishark.com&utm_term=Comparison+Engine&utm_source=AWin-536903&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=AffiliateWin&awc=5834_1664981810_c76529243fe0dc0956fb3d6ebca239a6 NAD 510 … https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/electronics-photography/home-audio/cd-players/listing/3793716339 SONY BELTS … https://www.bonanza.com/booths/MegaRetailer/items/1326679122?awc=6238_1664981754_2077a1e4a98f1db99e9cf31644934cd1&utm_source=awin&utm_medium=cpa SONY SACD / CD LAZER … https://www.willhaben.at/iad/kaufen-und-verkaufen/d/sony-sacd-cd-laser-khs-180a-fuer-sony-scd-1-und-scd-777-608353787 TECHNICS CD PLAYER … […]

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BLUES: Our office playlist 08/10/22

Marcus Bonfanti Cheap WhiskeyKing King – I Will Not FallDelta Fuse – Letter On The TableThe Black Keys – Crawling King SnakeMary Stokes Band – MoonshineSon Seals – Telephone AngelsAtomic 44s – Barbwire And FencesTail Dragger – BettyThe Dynamite Blues Band – Double Barrel ShotgunMuddy Waters – Sad Sad DayJed Potts & the Hillman Hunters […]

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READERS’ LETTERS: Why stereo can’t sound live

Debate: This is a great topic. Paul, could omni directional speakers compensate for expanding the sweet spot vs a conventional speaker? Not sure what the pros/cons are of these types of speakers. Paul replies … You might get a broader more diffuse sweet spot with omnis or the whole affair might become muddled. Hard to […]

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BLUES: Our office playlist 05/10/22

Boogie Beasts – Who’ll Be NextThe Cold Stares – Nothing But The Blues Mud Morganfield – Blues In My ShoesJohn Angus Blues Band – Life’s What You Make ItJohn Angus Blues Band – Hey MamaThe Alligators – Ninety Nine And a HalfCanned Heat – On The Road AgainClarence “Gatemouth” Brown – Okie Dokie StompEddie 9V – […]

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CIPRIANI POTTER: Was encouraged by Beethoven and admired by Wagner:The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol.72

  We are told: Volume 72 of Hyperion’s Romantic Piano Concerto series comes to the rescue of yet another neglected figure. London-born composer, pianist, writer and educator (he was an early Principal of the Royal Academy of Music), Cipriani Potter was encouraged by Beethoven and admired by Wagner. Howard Shelley and his Tasmanian forces give […]

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MUSIC IS THE

DAVID MUNROW: Tragic genius who brought early music to the masses. The short but brilliant life of David Munrow blazed a trail for his passion, says Ivan Hewett.

For most of history, the territory of what people called music didn’t extend very far. It consisted, by and large, of the sounds and styles they grew up with. Anything else was a barbaric noise. Now, the territory seems endless. It stretches outwards to “ethnic” non-Western instruments and beyond them to electronic sound. And part […]

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OWEN HOULSTON: The Red 8 Interview

Owen Houlston has been a much-respected figure on the London blues scene for a while now, in various bands and at some of the better jams. He’s something of a guitarist’s guitarist, subtle when it suits but just as adept at giving it large when the force is with him. Mostly to be found wielding […]

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BB KING: LIVE IN 1972

First transmitted in 1972, B.B. King is filmed at a recording session at Command Studios, Piccadilly, London during the sessions that led to the ‘B.B. King in London’ album. The blues legend talks about himself and the guitarists who have inspired him, including Django Reinhardt, Charlie Christian and T-Bone Walker. MORE

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