Title: Fleetwood Mac Label: Reprise Often unfairly ignored because the LP following this release was the momentous Rumours, 1975’s Fleetwood Mac remains a superb release and, in effect, another debut for…
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I’d be around 13 or 14 when punk hit. I hadn’t then immersed myself into the scene but I was immediately aware of its effects. The Sex Pistols, for example, were…
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Known initially for their varied turntable designs, Paul Rigby visits AVID HIFI and finds out how a hobby can turn into an obsession Based in Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire, AVID HIFI has…
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Title: Topographic Drama Label: Rhino During it’s 2016 tour, Yes played its 1980 album Drama in its entirety. The first time it had ever done such a thing. More than that,…
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Title: Hotel California Label: Asylum There are plenty of hated famous bands and artists out there, although the emotion can sometimes be drawn for unexpected reasons. For example, other people’s success…
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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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Just moved or will be moving house? Maybe your room is a bit on the echo-y side? Or maybe your hi-fi sounds a bit harsh and you’ve never really fathomed out…
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We’re constantly told to buy bigger, better and more expensive to improve the sound of our hi-fi systems. But, what if removing things could do the same thing? What if taking…
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Title: A Fire in the Sky Label: Rhino I’m taking an opportunity to look at a body of work that spans almost 50 years, rather than a single album and I…
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Do you ever frequent record fairs? They are wonderful places. There is nothing quite like being faced with a large room full of vinyl and CDs to get the collecting juices…
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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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Title: Emerson, Lake & Palmer Label: Island For a section of the music-loving public, ELP reflected prog excess and overblown presentation. For punks, they were the epitome of the rock dinosaur.…
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It was famed group, Throbbing Gristle, that introduced the term ‘Industrial Music’ into the music firmament via their own Industrial Records label (which released LPs by outfits such as Clock DVA,…
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Title: A Music Man Like Nobody Ever Saw Label: Bear Family “Down in Tupelo, Mississippi, I used to hear old Arthur Crudup bang his box the way I do now and…
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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…
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It’s horribly paternalistic and ‘Western’ to say this and also pushes aside hundreds of years of music history into a large corner but the electric guitar might just be the most…
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Title: Disraeli Gears Label: Reaction For this LP release, the band’s second album, a new producer was brought in, Felix Pappalardi. Its odd, the influences that a producer can have on…
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I have a problem with blues music. Not the genre, not the songs themselves, not the black originators or even their apprentices. I have a problem with European, white, ‘blue-eyed’, blues…
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Pop music. It’s a wonderful, wonderful thing. It can lift your spirits, divert your attention, provide a few valuable minutes of escapist fantasy and put a great big smile upon your…
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MasterworksMAGNETOPHONICS: overview of Australian Underground Music originally released as Tapes/Cassettes
Title: Australian Underground Music 1978-1984 Label: Vinyl On Demand Don’t be fooled into believing that classic music or classic cuts can only ‘be’ if they have topped the charts or received…
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Title: Cathedral Oceans Label: Metamatic Some music fans will see the name John Foxx and immediately associate the figure with the early days of the group, Ultravox (or Ultravox! as was). As…
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Title: Tres Hombres Label: Warner Bros A blues rock trio from Texas. Already sound quintessentially American, don’t they? This rock is greasy and dirty and leery and growly and packed –…
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Despite the short walk from the local railway station, combating busy roads and the usual hustle and bustle of a working day, it’s easy to walk past the unassuming site. In…
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Title: Are You Experienced? Label: Track Originally released on 12 May 1967, in the UK (a significant point which we will get to soon), produced by Chas Chandler, who was also the…
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What’s that saying again? ‘If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again.’ It was apparently created by the Victorian educator, William Edward Hickson. If you are of an optimistic…
