Title: Truth: The Colombia Recordings 1969-1970 Label: Esoteric The band were formed by the vocals and sax work of Rick Canoff with the vocals, guitar and organ from Fred Glickstein. Back…
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Label: Kent Both of these labels were started by Al Sears, who himself had been a musician for over 30 years, playing sax for a range of outfits across the USA…
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Head amps without a built-in DAC are actually rarer, these days then with. Paul Rigby reviews one such example, the dinky Shanling H1 If you build a mobile headphone amplifier, why…
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Offering a mid-range price with a few intriguing design twists, Paul Rigby reviews the dual speed, belt-driven Thorens’ TD309 turntable The TD309, weighing 6.5kg, is a sort of statement from the…
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Part of your essential support system to remove noise from the hi-fi chain, Paul Rigby reviews Blue Horizon’s Professional Rack System I’ve rambled on more than once about the importance of quality…
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Looking to push beyond a true budget sound, Paul Rigby reviews the mid-priced 1More H1707 headphones I have, thus far, reviewed two different products from the Shenzhen, China-based 1More, the quad-driver…
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Title: Fanfare Label: BMG A fascinating box set and no mistake with luxury stamped all over it, Fanfare remasters all 11 ELP albums including Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Pictures at an…
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Title: The Dream Keeper Label: Mode Avant What an intriguing CD this is. I never really expected to see a production like this at this time but welcome it wholeheartedly. And…
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Title: Ella In Berlin: The Complete 1960-61 Label: Essential Jazz A real treat for fans of Ella and vocal jazz in general. Mack The Knife: Ella in Berlin has been widely…
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Title: Cusp Label: Upset the Rhythm Sotelo apparently played all of the instruments on this rather relaxed and low key debut album of his that, reportedly, looks at significant boundaries within…
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Title: The Joanna Conner Band Label: M.C Records A blues guitar player and one of some skill too. She also sings and her voice is decent but I would draw the…
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Looking for a slimline, portable DAC? Paul Rigby reviews the tube-shaped Spectra from NextDrive The popularity of the DAC knows no bounds, it seems. DACs now arrive in a host of…
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Title: The Eddy Howard Collection 1939-55 Label: Acrobat I’m a fan of older style music and have a fair collection of original recordings from the 30s to the 50s. It’s a…
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Title: Complete 1960-62 Recordings Label: FM In timeline terms, when the music on this CD begins, Monro had already been forging a career for around five years or so. Largely since…
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The new wireless CX 7.00BT ear-canal headphones offer a minimalist lightweight neckband design The design supports Bluetooth 4.1 and Qualcomm apt-X. You can also find NFC one-touch pairing to connect to…
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New Philips headphones offer “specially tuned drivers” plus “bass vents”, so, if the name didn’t give it away, you can see that low-end frequencies are a priority Produced in conjunction with Gibson, the…
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The new No 523 “pure analogue” preamplifier and No 534 dual-monaural power amplifier can be combined as a “Pure Path” amplifier system With a discrete, balanced R-2R Ladder volume control, Class-A…
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If you’re looking for a paid of wireless earphones for use in sports activities, this new design might be of interest In terms of the technologies within and around it, there’s…
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Title: Leave Home Label: Sire Assistant to Andy Warhol at the Factory and photographer, Leee Childers (with three ‘e’s) once talked to writer Legs McNeil about The Ramones, “The first time…
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Title: Some Girls Wander By Mistake Label: Merciful Release The ‘done thing’ within this column is to recommend an album. At a push, I sometimes talk about a collection of music. It’s…
