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Hi Howard. I know you are into this type of 60’s music and so what can you tell me about The Blues Magoos please? What should I avoid of theirs? Thanks Laurence Rode. Hmm, well ….. the short answer is ‘not much’. But yes, I am into this genre and many similar ones too. I […]
Tom Service’s survey of the 50 symphonies that changed classical music Continues HERE
Lance LaSalle writes … It didn’t change music, it changed popular culture. Suddenly certain fashions and styles of music that were confined to rather limited social underground scenes became fashionable. At the time, I was wearing a lot of hand-me-down flannel shirts; I had a pointy chin beard and I had questionable hygiene. I deliberately […]
Concerts, live and recorded all over the UK, including Monday’s flagship Wigmore chamber music series and repeats on Saturdays and Sundays. MORE
I’m curious what everybody’s riuals are when listening to albums. How often do you clean the records? Every Time? How often do you clean and lubricate the stylus? Every time? So far, 185 people have replied and you can read their responses HERE
“I listened to the acoustic version of “Under the Milky Way” from the band “The Church”. I can only describe it as haunting. Jokes aside, which might be too much to ask :-), what is the most haunting music/song or cd you have heard?” 73 opinions HERE
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I recently purchased a Benchmark DAC 2 which supports DSD decoding following an article from Robert Hartley indicating that Sony would release all of its music catalog in DSD download format. As of today, there are only 358 DSD downloads available from Acoustic Sounds. On average the DSD downloads is music that is 30-45 years […]
Hi. Was wondering what sort of spend would be necessary to get back into vinyl, to at least compete with the quad cdp-2 CD player. I have a croft pre but, maybe stupidly, I only bought the line level version, so I’d need a phono stage and deck/arm/cartridge. I haven’t looked at decks for a […]
Given the various hoops that we seem to jump through just to get USB as-good-as other options is its ubiquity justified or are there really no better ways to get an audio file delivered from a computer? Leaving aside S/PDIF from an internal soundcard for now there aren’t many other options on the back of […]
I’ve gotten back into records over the last 12 months and have recently acquired roughly 200+ second (or even third) hand classical boxsets which I’m currently working my way through to see what is salvageable. I’m finding that the discs look pristine after cleaning but once the stylus hits the groove there’s a lot of […]
Keith Spinney, Indie Artist at Elppa Records (1990-present) answers: Short answer, it was John’s band. Also, no matter how huge a Paul McCartney fan you are, John was his business partner and songwriting partner. Paul did not want to carry on without him. Also, It would be hard to continue on without George, John and […]
A couple of years ago a family member gave me a burnt disc of a band called Tricky Pixie. This was their first release under this band name, album is Mythcreants. I have listened to this disc a ton, and really enjoyed the music, and always thought it was well recorded. But I had lost […]
I was reading an article recently about how an artist digitized their catalog in the 80s because LPs were supposedly often compressed due to the limitations of the format and that CDs had about 96db of headroom. I have noticed some digitally DR compressed CDs do tend to sound warmer. I thought someone might have […]
Over the past couple of years I’ve been shocked at the sound quality of some CDs but equally there have been others that have blown my socks of. With the right system and right CD it can sound every bit as good as vinyl IMHO. Sadly, it doesn’t matter how good your system is, if […]
I listened to the acoustic version of “Under the Milky Way” from the band “The Church”. I can only describe it as haunting. Jokes aside, which might be too much to ask :-), what is the most haunting music/song or cd you have heard? Continues HERE
As I look at my 100 favourite albums of all time, I realise very few are without fault. A duff track here or a naff vocal there. May be I am picky but even DSOTM and St Peppers have their weaker moments. The closest I get is Ziggy Stardust and strangely Camel Alive Record ( […]
Most of my real listening is on vinyl. I don’t even own a cd player, or have a disc drive on my computer. One of the things I’ve noticed of late is that I like the sound on older records than I do on newer pressings. For example, I have a newer pressing of Rubber […]
Hi Howard, So pleased to hear that a piece of classical music had such a profound effect on you. The problem is these days is that the recordings just aren’t being made like they used to be. In schools many youngsters are not exposed to the breadth and depth of music that’s available, past and […]
Born in New Orleans New Orleans in the first two decades of the 20th century was a musical melting pot of musical styles. African music was still prominent, as drumming and dancing were some of the few freedoms allowed slaves before emancipation. Ragtime was popular, and its up-tempo and syncopated rhythms had a profound influence […]
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