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When I heard Candy Dulfer’s new CD ‘Crazy’ I was absolutely flabbergasted. This is not a ‘sit down and listen to’ CD. It’s a ‘get up and move’ CD. From the first track ‘Stop All That Noise’ to the cool jazz ending of ‘Too Close’, Ms. Dulfer took me on a wonderful high energy adventure. […]
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Not everything is going to fit you and your particular needs. Yet sometimes we get the wrong cues about the intended audience for a product or service. When that happens, we often blame the product rather than the message. Here’s a silly example. As a vegetarian, I might get excited that a fast food chain […]
Wikipedia describes the Decca Tree as a 3 microphone spaced array most commonly used for orchestral recording. The technique was developed in the early 1950s and first commercially used in 1954 by Arthur Haddy, Roy Wallace, and later refined by engineer Kenneth Ernest Wilkinson and his team at Decca Records, to provide a strong stereo […]
Digital audio is a very complex subject, one most of us don’t really understand at a level deep enough to make a reasoned technological change. Yes, we can change cables, equipment, programs, and even formats and hear the differences. But most of us aren’t able to dig deep into circuitry and programming to make those […]
PLV NESS writes … Dude, where have you been for the past fifty years? You need to lay off that wacky weed and pay closer attention to life. ‘Wings’ was always seen as a serious endeavor. All 23 of ‘Wings’ U.S. singles registered Top 40 hits. Over the years, the band won six Grammy Awards, […]
I often tackle the same question multiple times. With each new answer to the same question, the different angle of attack seems to illuminate the lightbulb of understanding for at least one person. An aha! moment. For me, that’s reason enough to keep trying. We’re all perhaps a bit weary of me beating the DSD horse. I […]
Among the highlights of Abbado Week are two different guides his finest recordings, a comprehensive overview of Abbado’s career and heartfelt tribute from Gramophone’s Editor-in-Chief James Jolly, and a classic interview with Abbado drawn from the Gramophone archive, which was undertaken at the Don Carlos recording sessions. Discover more below… Continues HERE
Fleetwood Mac builds on its formidable legacy as one of rock’s most legendary acts as they re-visit their most ambitious album with deluxe and expanded editions of TUSK. Originally released in 1979, the Grammy® Award-nominated, double-album sold more than four million copies worldwide, and reached number 1 in the UK album charts, and included hits […]
IT STARTS … Since there seems to be a growing amount of interest in the TT2, a suggestion was made (thank you Svend!) to bring as much info as possible into a single place for reference. I’ll trawl through AoS and post links here to all the threads that have run over the last few […]
THE BBC is to take an intriguing look at the science behind the human voice with the help of Manchester Science Festival and the University of Salford. Trailing the Electrifying the Voice event on BBC Breakfast and the Today Programme, Professor Trevor Cox explained some of the secrets that make the human voice the most […]
Documentary, told in Count Basie’s own words, which reveals for the first time the private passions and ambitions that inspired the world-famous bandleader and pianist. Until now, little was known about Basie’s private and family life, but director Jeremy Marre has found a treasure trove of home movies and photo albums that show Basie’s remarkable […]
1978 This superb live performance from John Prine was broadcast live by King Biscuit on July 11th 1978 from the Bottom Line Club in New York s Greenwich Village, several years into the man s career. His debut album had been released to huge critical acclaim, albeit somewhat modest sales (reaching only 153 on Billboard), […]
PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED APRIL 9TH 1970, FILLMORE WEST RECORDING The recording on this CD was made the night before Black Beauty was recorded, albeit at the same venue, with the same line-up (Davis,Corea, Grossman, Holland, De Johnette and Airto Moreira on percussion) and also as support to the Dead (and Stone the Crows). This April 9th […]
The two concerts contained in this release come from the mid-seventies and the late seventies; one concert and radio performance from 1976 in New York and the second at the tenth anniversary of Woodstock, a legendary concert that Stephen Stills had taken part in as part of CSNY when the original was held in August […]
Recorded: Live in 1978 at the Capitol Theater, Passaic, NJ, USA. Contains the Soundcheck* & Complete Show. Track list: 01. Tuning 02. Introduction 03. Jack Straw 04. Sugaree 05. Me And My Uncle 06. Big River 07. Stagger Lee 08. Passenger 09. Candyman 10. New Minglewood Blues 11. From The Heart Of Me 12. Loser […]
Patrick Latimer writes: Vivid account of Bizet’s beautiful music Get Bizet I picked this disc as a (relatively) recent performance of some of Bizet’s greatest show tunes. You get the orchestral music from Carmen without the singing and the plot which is a bit like going straight to dessert. And just like going straight […]