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Pro-Ject The Beatles SGT. Pepper Essential III, Special Edition Turntable Sweepstakes
Register to win a Pro-Ject The Beatles SGT. Pepper Essential III, Special Edition Turntable (value $500.00) we are giving away.
Pick Me Up Off the Floor and ...'Til We Meet Again--A Norah Jones "Twofer" Review
I meant to review this album of Norah Jones "extras" that she released last year but it kind of slipped through the cracks. It plays like a carefully thought out thematic song cycle but it isn't.
Graham Nash Weighs In on Deja vu 51 Years On
Fifty one later Deja vu still delivers a powerful musical, lyrical and sonic jolt, especially on this newly remastered 50th anniversary set that includes the original record on 180g vinyl mastered by Chris Bellman, cut using the original master tape.
The Best Ever Kind of Blue?
Is it possible to now write anything that hasn't already been written or said about this record? I haven't any fresh insights to offer that might advance what you probably already know.
Craft Recordings Puts A Shine On Travis's Good Feeling
September 26th, 1997 marks the release date of Travis's debut effort Good Feeling. It's also the day the group didn't take the world by storm.
The Right Rite?
In May of 1913, just one year before the start of the first World War, Igor Stravinsky premiered his third ballet with the Ballets Russes in Paris: Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring).
1st Edition
"Live From Van Gelder Studio" Second Show Featuring Joey DeFrancesco & All-Star Band May 15-16!
Legendary Englewood Cliffs, NJ Van Gelder Studio, the famed recording venue in which hundreds of the greatest jazz records ever were produced is the site for this recently announced second "Live from Van Gelder Studios" virtual music concert, happening on May 15th at 9PM EDT, with live re-streams on May 16th at 8PM JST for Asian markets and 8PM CEST for European markets.
London Maroon Cartridge and StylusTimer Sweepstakes
Register to win a London Maroon Cartridge (Value $950.00 ea) and a StylusTimer (value $19.95) we are giving away.
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band The Ultimate Collection--John Breaks From The Beatles
At a time when "all you can eat" music almost force feeds us with more content than any of us can possibly consume, and "table hopping" seems to be the order of the day, it may seem counterintuitive to serve up a multi-course meal like John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band The Ultimate Collection-- a 6 CD, 2 Blu-Ray deep dive remixed set that explores the deepest recesses of John Lennon's pivotal and most consequential album.
R.I.P. (Record In Peace) Legendary Recording Engineer Al Schmitt
Legendary recording engineer, producer, mixer and all around great person Al Schmitt died last week at 91. He was still working at the end of his life. The multiple Grammy winner engineered albums for Bob Dylan, The Jefferson Airplane, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Diana Krall, Sam Cooke, and on and on in an illustrious career that began as a child in his uncle Harry's New York City recording studio where he did odd jobs including cable cleaning.
Analogue Productions Launches 25,000 Copy UHQR Miles Davis Kind of Blue
It's the best selling jazz album ever, one of the most influential too, arguably the one that produced a shift from riffing on chord based tunes to modal excursions that gave musicians newfound improvisational freedom. Cynics and the selfish will react to yet another Kind of Blue reissue by claiming that "everyone" already owns a copy but of course that's not true.
Craft Recordings Announces Record Store Day Dozen Exclusives
Craft's Record Store Day Dozen includes the first ever vinyl release of John Martyn's 1998 blues covers album The Church With One Bell as well as a deluxe edition of the indispensable 1966 3 LP set Chicago/The Blues/Today! originally on Vanguard.
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