We recently received the sad news of the passing of composer, Harold Budd from complications due to the coronavirus at the age of 84. He was a talented and unique artist…
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He should have been a big star, says Paul Rigby, but Jack Scott’s music career perfectly followed the ups and downs of the pop music business of the time. Jack Scott…
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…and then there was the time that literary critic, author and TV personality Clive James could have been a pop/rock star. Paul Rigby remembers an interview with the great man who…
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He joined Bill Haley as a young member of the Comets and was thrust straight into the limelight, in the lead guitar role. Paul Rigby talks to Johnny Kay about his…
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…and much more including recorded and live performances, spoken word and video on every conceivable format including the obscure and the obsolete. Paul Rigby talks to George Blood, archive restorer extraordinaire …
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It was 60 years ago that The Beatles made their first ever recording as The Quarrymen and they did it in a terraced house run by the incredible ‘backstreet engineer’, Percy…
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Title: Stormcock Label: Science Friction Roy Harper is a cult hero who can fill the Royal Festival Hall but he’s not in the headlines and Hello magazine photographers have no wish…
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Title: Bullitt OST Label: Speakers Corner I beg your indulgence on this particular review because I want to illuminate the disc around a brief interview I did some time ago now…
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Presenting the magnificent George Harrison 16LP box set, Paul Rigby undertakes a detailed sound test and talks to the mastering engineers behind it, Lurssen Mastering’s Gavin Lurssen and Reuben Cohen George…
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Black Sabbath has released a luxurious and wide ranging vinyl box set covering their glory years from the 70s. Paul Rigby provides a thorough review and interviews the reissue mastering engineer,…
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Interviews VinylDevialet & Fondamenta get TOTALLY LACQUERED: Phoenix Restoration/Mastering System promises enhanced sonics
Gallic mastering engineering outfit, Fondamenta, via the French audiophile hi-fi outfit, Devialet, has launched the Lost Sessions series of vinyl using the latter’s new Phoenix system The Lost Recordings is a…
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The music business, it’s a vulgar and tasteless beast, isn’t it? Paul Rigby reviews three newly reissued CD projects from ELP, including Works Volumes 1 & 2 but then takes the band…
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Featuring a specially-created LP/CD set of their debut album, Paul Rigby examines the anniversary Doors reissue and talks to the original recording engineer on the project, Bruce Botnick It was fifty…
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Mixing swing with rock’n’roll with rockabilly with…the Jive Aces are a band for all seasons. Paul Rigby interviews the band’s leader and lead vocalist, Ian Clarkson They started as a dance troupe of…
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Looking to push the vinyl mastering/pressing envelope, Paul Rigby talks to John K Wood and Shawn Britton of Mobile Fidelity about its innovative One Step vinyl process “Instead of utilising the…
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Wondered about the process of making a cassette tape? Now you can be visually informed with three featured films. The first film takes you step by step through the process…in just…
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Rega control much of the budget and low cost turntable market and have been in business since the 70s. Their Southend HQ produces, in excess of, 4,000 turntables per month. The…
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Country/Bluegrass Review Interviews Rock ReviewTHE GRAND OLE OPRY: Its fight with Rock’n’Roll and the wild men of country
The Grand Ole Opry – the mecca of country music. Paul Rigby talks to Opry expert, Professor Kristine M. McCusker about how, in the early days, it struggled to cope with rockabilly and…
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Compiled from intensive detective work, Paul Rigby looks at The Rolling Stones in Mono vinyl box set, talks to Chief Audio Engineer on the set, Teri Landi, and undertakes an exhaustive…
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The market for vinyl-based music is booming but also changing fast. Paul Rigby talks to Alchemy Studios co-owner and mastering engineer, Matt Colton, about the changing face of vinyl and his…
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Ranging over his life as a band member for the legendary rock outfit, The Kinks, as a friend to many, a son to beloved parents and as a brother to a…
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The first part of this feature addressed a detailed review of the Queen vinyl box set but this section focuses on the engineers behind the production. Paul Rigby talks to Mastering engineer, Bob…
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Interviews Soul/R&B ReviewFrankie Lymon & The Teenagers’ : talking to music expert Bill Dahl and ‘Teenager’, Jimmy Merchant
They illuminated the music firmament but Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers then quickly crashed and burned, with tragic results. Paul Rigby talks to music expert Bill Dahl who introduces testimony from…
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Interviews VinylDirect To Berlin: Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer/Producer and owner of Berliner Meister Schallplatten
Germany’s respected classical label, Berliner Meister Schallplatten, talks to Paul Rigby about its Direct-To-Disc recordings Direct-To-Disc (DTD) is a simplified vinyl recording technique. Instead of recording music in the studio to…
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Jack White’s Third Man Records is backing the Direct To Disc resurgence. Paul Rigby talks to the mastering engineer at the centre of it In analogue terms, Direct To Disc is…
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Celebrating the band’s 50th anniversary with a special compilation box set, Hollies’ drummer, Bobby Elliott, talks to Paul Rigby Drummers, in general, have a certain reputation. You remember this breed from…