2nd Edition
Tips on Some Good VICs!
You say you don't want to spend hundreds on an original LSC-1806 "Living Stereo" or LSC-1817 or $1500 on the Soria box set LDS-6065? That's understandable. By the numbers: LSC-1806 is the 1954 stereo spectacular "Also Sprach Zarathustra" with Fritz Reiner conducting the Chicago Symphony.
Analogplanet Has Egg on its Record: Academy Records Gets An Apology
We screwed up publishing the "records in the dumpster in front of Academy Records" news item. Yes, we confirmed that the records were there but that's not the real story according to Academy owner Mike Davis who was rightfully pissed. We apologize profusely for our error.
"The Royal Sessions" Finds Paul Rodgers In Fine Voice
You can argue over who is the greatest rock singer, but there's no arguing whether or not Paul Rodgers would be high up on every list compiled by music critics and fellow musicians alike.
Beethoven Violin Concerto, Leonid Kogan, The Paris Conservatoire Orchestra Conduced by Constantin Silvestri
The first stereo release from The Electric Recording Company is a reissue of Columbia SAX 2386 first released in 1959.
Transfiguration Phoenix MC Cartridge: Same Name, Different Game
reviewed the Transfiguration Phoenix for Stereophile five years ago. This is not really the same cartridge though it retains the same name. In 2012 the low output moving coil cartridge was updated to include larger gauge pure silver coil wire wound on the square permalloy core used on the now discontinued top of the line Transfiguration Orpheus.
Gimme Shelter! 501 Mk III That Is
I was lucky enough to see the St. Petersburg Philharmonic play Carnegie Hall recently. They did Prokofiev's Violin Concerto with Julia Fischer, who played wonderfully and then Rachmaninoff's Second Symphony.
Stylus Zenith Angle: A Heretofore Neglected Set-up Parameter Considered
How did this one get neglected? Take a look at the photo supplied by WAM engineering. It shows a stylus in a cantilever. Notice it has been affixed into the cantilever at an angle instead of being parallel to the cantilever.
Lyn Stanley Serves Standards Superbly Sang
Was Mel Tormé a jazz or cabaret singer? Or was he both? Some music "purists" actually argue such things. Mr. Tormé's recorded vocal and interpretive talents demonstrate his ability to work both rooms.
An Interview With Ed Sullivan Show Associate Producer Vince Calandra at The Fest For Beatles Fans, NYC
This year's Fest for Beatles Fans coincided with the 50th anniversary of their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, February 9th, 1964. The "invasion" festivities began earlier of course, including one event held Thursday February 6th at the 92nd St. "Y".
1st Edition
Recent Cable Test Bogus? Can't We All Get Along?
Was the recent cable test result wherein approximately 80% of the participants heard a difference and described it consistent with my original observations, due to a variable other than the cables (leaving aside that we did note the junction box variable as a possible cause)?
30,799,783 Long Playing Records Pressed Worldwide in 2013! (Total Updated 2/8/14)
Based on numbers publicly disclosed or provided to analogplanet.com by most of the world's vinyl pressing plants, the total number of records pressed worldwide in 2013 was well in excess of 30,799,783.
All Violins Sound the Same
I posted a comment under the story: "3 arrested after theft of $5M Stradivarius violin" My comment: All violins sound the same. It's like audio cables. In a blind A/B/X test no one can tell them apart. Responses. . .
This new double LP pairs Será una Noche with the appropriately titled follow up Segunda two of M A Recordings’ most popular releases, first on CD then on XRCD and later available as high resolution files.
Has M A Recordings Produced the World's Finest Inner Sleeves?
M A Recordings is best known for its catalog of superbly recorded "world" music. Producer/engineer Todd Garfinkle records at 176.4/24 bit using a precisely spaced pair of custom-made microphones, Cardas cables and a Fostex DV-40 DVD-RAM recorder.
An Interview With Ed Sullivan Show Associate Producer Vince Calandra at The Fest For Beatles Fans, NYC
"Who is this Vince Calandra guy?" I asked myself as the panel assembled on stage. I soon found out! Without him there the event would have been a bust.
Did "Andy's Gang" Call It Correctly?
Did you compare the two files on the University of Texas blogsite? The one that most readers here originally identified as harsher and brighter was found to be running .1% faster than the other, so Mr. Distler, slowed it down and again posted the files.
"The Beatles Live at the BBC": Should You Buy This (Again)?
The BBC did not preserve the master tapes of any of The Beatles BBC appearances. The tape was considered more valuable than the performances recorded therein. That's not exactly a secret. The audio used for the original edition of this set first issued in 1994 came from BBC Transcription Service vinyl, tape copies and radio broadcast tapes provided by fans.
What's Up With Experience Hendrix's Mono "Are You Experienced"?
Comments following the review of the mono reissues of the American versions of Are You Experienced? and Axis: Bold As Love indicated some dissatisfaction with the reissue of the U.K. version of the album, also mastered by Bernie Grundman.
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