2nd Edition
Patrick Higgins Returns With Tocsin
Patrick Higgins' 2016 album Bachanalia a sonically adventurous compilation of Bach compositions transcribed for guitarprovided smooth and familiar musical sailing compared to this recently released double LP of challenging, provocative Avant garde chamber music.
My Two Best Christmas Presents
My two best Christmas presents. One was the record weight pictured above. Chris Stinchfeld of 1441 Engraving in Brunswick, Georgia wrote "Michael, I love your videos and would like to send you a gift." How thoughtful and generous was that?
Paul McCartney Struggles To Churn Out Silly Love Songs On McCartney III
Forty years have come and gone since the release of the second entry within the self-produced McCartney series. One may wonder why a wait equivalent to a fourteenth century human lifespan was necessary.
Craft Recordings Launches "Small Batch" Series With One-Step AAA John Coltrane Lush Life
Los Angeles, CA ( January 14,2021)--Craft Recordings today announced its first lavishly packaged and produced "Small Batch" series release: John Coltrane's Lush Life, an original 1961 Prestige monophonic release recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in his Hackensack, NJ living room studio.
Hegel Music Systems Debuts V10-- Its First Ever MM/MC Phono Preamplifier
Norway-based Hegel Music Systems just announced the February 2021 release of the V10, the company's first MM/MC phono preamplifier, though chief designer Bent Holter says he's been "tinkering" with phono preamp designs since the mid 1990s.
Craft Recordings To Launch Exclusive "Small Batch" LP Series
Craft Recordings will soon launch a limited-edition one-step series focusing on their most revered recordings available exclusively via Craft Recordings. This is a "teaser" so no additional information can be posted here. You'll have to wait until next week. but you will surely like what you learn. So, as they used to say, "stay tuned".
1st Edition
Craft Recordings To Launch Exclusive "Small Batch" LP Series
Craft Recordings will soon launch a limited-edition one-step series focusing on their most revered recordings available exclusively via Craft Recordings. This is a "teaser" so no additional information can be posted here. You'll have to wait until next week.
"Nothing Can Stop the Vinyl Resurgence"--AnalogPlanet's Making Vinyl Video Opener
Making Vinyl conference founders Bryan Ekus and Larry Jaffee asked AnalogPlanet editor Michael Fremer to prepare a 15 minute video to open this year's "Making Vinyl" conference held "virtually" December 8th and 9th 2020 via ZOOM for the first and hopefully final time.
Gem Dandy's PolyTable Signature And Sorane TA-1L Tonearm
With all due respect to Gem Dandy's new PolyTable Signature "layer cake" of a "two tiered" turntable, the bigger news here is the Sorane TA-1L tonearm George Merrill chose to package with his new turntable. Why is the Sorane news?
Jacob Collier Approaches Pop Categorization With Djesse Vol. 3
It's certainly no secret that Jacob Collier is an outrageously talented musician; after all, when family pastimes involve singing Bach chorales... what else was to be expected?
Azu Tiwaline's Draw me A Silence Will Not Leave You Wondering if Your Subwoofer is Working!
Draw Me A Silence is the first long-player from Azu Tiwaline, a project of the electronic producer and DJ Loan, who has "origins which take root in the Sahara and El Djerid region in the south of Tunisia".
Ortofon Introduces 2M Black LVB Cartridge
Ortofon just announced a new $999 2M moving magnet cartridge: the 2M Black LVB 250 in honor of Ludwig Von Beethoven's 250th birthday. More than just a re-badge, the 2M Black LVB 250 incorporates, among other enhancements, the nude Shibata stylus and a boron cantilever found on the more costly MC Cadenza Black.
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