A host of Jasmine CDs have emerged from the veteran outfit, Paul Rigby takes a brief look at each A grand total of six CDs have winged their merry way to…
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Surprisingly small and compact, Paul Rigby reviews this 6-way power block from Titan Audio And you need a new power block because? Masking noise, mostly. A good quality power block can…
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Title: Live and Direct Label: Music on Vinyl Aswad largely considered to be Britain’s greatest ever reggae band, this West London outfit began with Brinsley “Dan” Forde on guitar and vocals…
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Title: Absolutely The…Uniques Label: Music on Vinyl Trios were a popular group format in the early 60s as ska became a popular phenomenon in Jamaica. In this rocksteady/reggae case, the trio…
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Title: Everything is Everything Label: Speakers Corner Frustrating. That’s Donny Hathaway. That this soul man, with a smooth voice, an accomplished interpreter of the protest song, a singer who some believed…
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Title: Rejuvenation Label: Demon Thought they’d all died? Or had retired to become postmen, street cleaners and shelf packers in Tescos? Oh no. Simple Minds might have moved out of the…
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Title: The Complete Landsdowne Recordings 1965-1969 Label: Jazzman The Lansdowne label was founded by British producer/writer Denis Preston, in 1956. The West London company produced works for Joe Harriott, Amancio d’Silva, Stan…
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Title: Human’s Lib/Dream into Action Label: Cherry Red I’ve been watching a few recorded vintage episodes of Top of the Pops via BBC TV’s BBC Four. The time is the mid-80s…
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Title: Just For A Moment: Music 1973-1997 Label: UMC Ronnie Lane may best be known for being the bass player, songwriter and occasional vocalist for the Small Faces and the Faces.…
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Title: Deadlines Label: Esoteric The Strawbs were a strange group – which was an immediate attraction to many future fans. They emerged from a folkie tradition, more bluegrass to be honest,…
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Title: Quivers Down the Backbone Label: Jasmine When your name is Fred Heath and you run a band called the Five Nutters, then you could be forgiven for thinking that that…
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A basic, simple, stripped CD transport? In this day and age? Isn’t Audiolab reading the script? Paul Rigby reviews, salutes and offers live sacrifices to this incredible machine I never…
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A belt-drive design featuring an Ortofon 2M Red cartridge, Paul Rigby reviews this budget turntable I recently reviewed Fluance’s RT81 turntable, priced at the bottom end of the budget sector. Despite…
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A 2-channel integrated design with an optional Bluetooth dongle, Paul Rigby reviews this diminutive amplifier It’s good to see a budget amp priced under £500 on the market. We need more…
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Moving onwards from the 2 Xperience SB turntable, the new X2 houses a DC/AC generator board combined with a speed control board to support 33, 45 and 78rpm speeds Structurally the X2…
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The organisers of Festival of Sound are cancelling the show for this year and looking towards 2020 to pick up the reigns once more The Festival of Sound organisers intriguingly declared…
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The X1 moves onwards from the 1 Xpression Carbon and features a “heavyweight” MDF structure, DC/AC generator board with speed control board (for automatic switching between 33 and 45rpm as well…
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A lightweight, balanced unit, Paul Rigby reviews this pocket-sized headphone amplifier The xCAN is a dinky little thing, spanning 95 x 67 x 19mm and weighing in at only 127g, so…
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Adopting a traditional and solid form factor on the outside, Paul Rigby realises that the magic is occurring under the lid The thing about the 6000A, when the aesthetics are considered,…
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Pressed on vinyl for the first time. This new box set features eight pieces of vinyl plus an 18 page booklet, all contained in a drop-top box The Velvet Underground toured…
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The S800 is based upon the ESS Sabre DAC chip, optimised for 44.1kHz replay apparently. Also, alongside the RCA outs are balanced XLR outputs. The S800 features a solid aluminium fascia…
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The Melco Intelligent Music Library will soon be available as a free firmware update for existing Melco users, in addition to being pre-installed on all new machines leaving the factory The…
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Kimber Kable has announced the launch of the Kimber Select USB cables in a three-model range The Select USB-Copper provides silver-plated copper with low-density PTFE insulation. Pure copper conductors are used…
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Set within a relatively small footprint, Paul Rigby reviews this budget power amp Unlike audiophiles, hi-fi equipment is quite anti-social. We humans might enjoy lumping components together under the same chassis…
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Title: The Max Roach Trio featuring the Legendary Hasaan Label: Speakers Corner It’s an intriguing album. Partly because Hasaan’s name is emblazoned upon the sleeve, retaining a larger font size even…
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Title: The Soul of a Bell Label: Speakers Corner Flip over this new reissues and take a quick look at the 11 tracks listed on the rear and you’ll notice that…
