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Reporting From Munich Hi-End Show Thursday through Sunday
I'll be attending the Munich Hi-End Show Thursday through Sunday and reporting back here nightly on all things analog at the show. Stay tuned!
Analog Corner #37
From the Archives: What's it worth to ya?" This quintessential American question is the hub of our capitalist society, and one that figures in two subjects that have recently been clogging my e-mail in-box. The first has to do with the Record Club of America's half-million-plus unplayed LPs, which I wrote about last fall ("Analog Corner," September 1997).
Zappa Classics "Freak Out" and "Over-Nite Sensation" Coming From Universal Music-Zappa Records--Along With Never Before Released "Finer Moments"
Universal's new reissues of Frank Zappa's Freak Out and Over-Nite Sensation coming on Zappa Records mid-June, mastered by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering. Good news! Even better news will be the first issue of Finer Moments from 1973, originally intended for vinyl release.
Don't Let This Happen to You!
This is a digital microscope shot of my Lyra Atlas. I am embarrassed. I had removed it from the Kuzma 4 Point and mounted it on the AMG tone arm for a review of the AMG Viella turntable currently underway and that's why I took the microscope shot.
Ken Scott Speaks of Recording The Beatles, David Bowie and His Other Studio Adventures
Woody Allen famously said "80% of success is showing up." 16 year old recording engineer/producer Ken Scott showed up at EMI Studios less than a week after writing a letter requesting a job interview. He "passed the audition" and was rewarded with a job in EMI's tape library.
"Abbey Road to Ziggy Stardust": Engineer/Producer Ken Scott Looks Back On An Amazing Career (so far)
Can a recording engineer's memoir be a "real page turner" as the book trade likes to characterize a suspenseful novel? Yes, if the engineer is Ken Scott and yes if you're a true fan of the art and science of recorded music and you revel in minutiae and historical perspective that adds depth to your appreciation of your favorite records.
"Brick and Mortar Love" Traces the Indie Record Store Story In America Through the Travails of One
Arguably a more thorough, probing and compelling indie record store documentary than "Last Shop Standing"--and not because it's about America and I'm an American--"Brick and Mortar Love" views the state of the indie record store in America mainly through the eyes, heart and bank account of John Timmons, owner of Louisville Kentucky's once thriving record store ear X-tacy.
"Last Shop Standing" DVD Celebrates Independent Record Stores
The documentary "Last Shop Standing", subtitled "The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of the Independent Record Shop" consists of a series of interviews with UK record store owners and fans, some of them famous like guitarist Johnny Marr (The Smiths), Paul Weller and Billy Bragg.
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