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CARAVAN: News

From our archives It only seems like a couple of weeks since Caravan announced in August 2013 that they were to record a new album that would be financed by money pledged by fans, and yet here it is already! What should have been a joyous time for the band and fans alike was sadly […]

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AC/DC: News

A film about the sound of Australian rock and the emergence of one of the world’s greatest rock bands – AC/DC, or Acca Dacca as they are known in Australia, and the legendary music company, Albert Music (Alberts) that helped launched them on to the global rock scene. Through the 1960s, 70s and 80s, Alberts […]

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STEINWAY: News

Ken Kessler writes ….. Oh, are we spoiled when it comes to music. For over a century, we’ve had methods of hearing music in the home, recordings by the world’s greatest singers and musicians, played back via cylinders, 78s, vinyl records, tapes and CDs. Now we’re even free of these physical formats: we can stream […]

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SPOTIFY: An ITIL® Case Study

Spotify is the largest global music streaming subscription service. It is building a two-sided music marketplace for users and artists, which is powered by data, analytics, and software. In this case study, Ola Källgården reveals how Olingo, a Swedish management consulting company, helped Spotify to embrace the principles of ITIL. https://www.axelos.com/case-studies-and-white-papers/spotify-itil-case-study

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MILES DAVIS QUINTET: News

This remarkable concert finds Miles Davis playing with his second quintet, comprising Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone), Herbie Hancock (piano), Albert Stinson (bass) and Tony Williams (drums). Recorded for broadcast on KALX Radio, it features the only live recording of Dolores by this group, and their last known recording of Stella By Starlight. An incendiary document […]

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THE LOUDNESS WAR: Where does it end?

Here’s the thread start which I spotted this morning: “One look at the graph below, will explain why music is not as it once was. MORE With All of the technological advancements, it is hard to understand how recorded music today is not at the level it was in the 50’s! Play Miles Davis, and […]

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LEONARD COHEN: News

They tell us ….. Recorded at Toronto’s famed Massey Hall on November 9, 1988, this live broadcast recording features the great Leonard Cohen several months after the release of one of his finest later efforts, I’m Your Man. The beautiful recording focuses heavily on tracks from that great album but also spans his career, pulling tracks […]

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MAHLER: News

On the 100th anniversary of the premiere of Mahler’s Ninth Symphony, Gramophone Magazine recommend the most outstanding recordings Essential Recordings / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan – DG Double 453 0402GTA2 (132′ · ADD · Recorded 1979-80 ) Mahler’s Ninth is a death-haunted work but is filled, as Bruno Walter remarked, ‘with a […]

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DECCA: News

  This is seriously impressive, well produced, well mastered. If anyone has been wondering about it I can heartily recommend it. It might seem strange that a collection of analogue recordings put on a digital medium can be such a success, but I can assure you the results are surprisingly good. Continue HERE

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