MICHAEL BLOOMFIELD; Blues At The Fillmore 1968 – 1969 (CD) by Michael Bloomfield With Nick Gravenites And Al Kooper –

“Raven presents Blues at the Fillmore 1968-1969, ten electrifying and rare performances from MICHAEL BLOOMFIELD, NICK GRAVENITES and AL KOOPER, drawn together for the first time on one enthralling release.  This remarkable collection of organic electric blues, with added jazz and modal flavours, highlights Bloomfield’s playing in its full radiant glow. The late, great Bloomfield is […]

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DAVID BOWIE: In Japan (4CD)

We are told ….. This powerful anthology starts with Bowie’s Tokyo broadcast of his 1990 Sound + Vision performance. Bowie’s 1990 Sound + Vision tour was billed as a greatest hits tour. He intended this to be a live swansong for his catalogue of old favourites, after which Bowie declared that they would disappear from […]

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DAVE BRUBECK: Time Was (4CD)

Selection of work by one of the only household names in jazz. Covers his work from the late 40s through to the mid-50s when Brubeck was one of the most visible musicians in jazz Dave Brubeck has long served as proof that creative jazz and popular success can go together. Although critics who had championed […]

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YOU CHOOSE: Verdi or Wagner?

Ivan Hewitt writes:  It’s apt that Wagner and Verdi were born in the same year. They are romantic opera’s two great antipodes, united in stature, but divided in almost everything else. They embody two completely different outlooks on life and art, which are rooted in the cultures of their respective nations. That’s why every German […]

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BESSIE SMITH: Complete Columbia Recordings (10CD)

  When Columbia issued the first of the five volumes in Bessie Smith’s complete recordings series in 1991 — as a logical follow-up to 1990’s wildly successful Robert Johnson: The Complete Recordings box — they were simply hoping for another hit. As the Smith series continued through to its conclusion in 1996, each volume was […]

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MOSE ALLISON: An interview with Mose Allison:

The opportunity presented itself in November to attend a performance by blues artist Mose Allison at a jazz club in the Detroit area. This was my first time seeing him perform live, although I had been familiar with his music since youth. I have just recently become reanimated by his music, which has always made […]

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ROGER McGuinn: The Living Room Concert ’76

    WLIR’s Living Room Studio Broadcast, Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, September 14, 1976 The Band Roger McGuinn (guitar, vocals) James Q. Smith (guitar, vocals) Bruce Barlow (bass, vocals) Lance Dickerson (drums) 01 Up To Me02 Take Me Away03 Dreamland04 She Don’t Care About Time05 Mr Tambourine Man06 Friend07 Hickory Wind08 Bag Full […]

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DOUG SHAM: Limited Gold Vinyl LP

Doug Sahm’s first solo record was something of a coming out party, a big budget affair that let the world know what the insiders already knew: that Doug Sahm was a quintessentially American musical visionary. After The Sir Douglas Quintet concluded its contract with Smash/Mercury, Jerry Wexler convinced Sahm to sign with Atlantic and brought […]

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POWER META: The best albums

Dan Marsciano / ThoughtCo write: The power metal genre as a whole really took off in the late ’80s with help from bands such as Helloween and Gamma Ray. The ’90s continued this momentum, thanks to Iced Earth, Blind Guardian, Hammerfall, and Dragonforce. Metal fans became infatuated with the speedy solos and soaring vocals, along […]

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APOGEE: Amplifiers suitable for 1 ohm Scintilla loudspeakers

Howard – help please! WHICH vintage Krell? Certainly. I sold many pairs of these magnificent but tricky-to-drive speakers when I ran Subjective Audio. I was, so I’m told Apogee’s most successful UK retailer. i mention this because I have a lot of direct, personal hands-on experience. The simple part of my 2-part answer is re […]

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