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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Title: The Visitor Label: Warner Bros I’ve noticed a growing or – depending where you look – a continuing trend when reading press reviews of Neil Young’s more recently outings. They…
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Title: Piano in the Background Label: Speakers Corner This is an LP that you don’t often see but one that is highly recommended. The twist here is that the Duke is…
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Title: Dance Label: Beggars Arkive His fifth album, released in 1981 on Beggars Banquet, Dance began a transition from the Tubeway Numan. The Numan who had a soft spot for automobiles.…
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Title: Fontessa Label: Speakers Corner Not given enough recognition, this jazz quartet always sparkled with talent and bristled with style. It featured pianist John Lewis plus, on vibes and flexible wrists,…
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Title: The Graveyard and the Ballroom/Force Label: Mute I remember seeing the band around 1985 or 86, about the time that Force hit the streets, at the Liverpool Playhouse theatre, a…
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Title: American Primitive Guitar & Banjo 1963-1974 Label: Craft A very long name for a rather long, yet wonderfully conceived compilation of guitar picking and more with a targeted style and…
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Title: Town Hall Concert Plus Label: Pure Pleasure Ahhh Louis…Louis! A brilliant live excerpt from 1947, this was an important release in terms of Louis Armstrong’s career. The man had been…
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Title: First Light Label: Pure Pleasure Released in 1971, this was Hubbard’s third CTi album and featured Ron Carter on bass with Airto Moreira on percussion but Jack DeJohnette on drums…
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Title: A Cosmic Jazz Funk Adventure Label: Down Jazz Detroit Rising is a fascinating group of what, 12 or so musicians pumping out a combination of funk, jazz and specifically P-Funk…
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Title: Head Over Heels Label: 4AD It’s still a big call and many will disagree but, as far as I’m concerned, the Cocteau Twins were 4AD. They represented and projected everything…
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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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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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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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Title: The Heat is On Label: Speakers Corner I was surprised to see this reissue from the German audiophile outfit. Maybe I’ve been looking the other way for too long but…
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Title: Greatest Hits & Rock St. Trop Label: Snapper Some people thought that The Rolling Stones were the bad boys of 60s rock but those people never saw The Pretty Things.…
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Title: Hoodoo Label: BMG The blues just oozes from Moyet’s husky presentation and it’s one that has progressively matured. This essentially pop-oriented singer grew up as a member of the synth…
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Title: Diamond Cuts Label: Nettwerk Think AC/DC and you’ve basically got this Aussie rock band in one. With a bit of Rose Tattoo thrown in for good measure. The band’s debut…
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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: Live at German Television: The Musikladen Concert 1981 Label: Sireena Lead by supreme frontman, Fee Waybill (former roadie for the band during its earlier incarnation, the Beans), The Tubes were…
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Title: Greatest Hits Label: Mobile Fidelity I’ve always been confused by Billy Joel. Actually, not Joel himself but the critics’ relationship with him. One of the most popular singer-songwriters in the…
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Title: Slade Alive! Label: Union Square The thing about Slade is that the band was around for a long, long time before it started producing those glam rock-inspired hits in the…
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Title: The Percy Sledge Way Label: Bear Family A pioneer of country soul but known more for his deep soul vocal delivery, Sledge will be forever known for his big soul…
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Title: 94 East featuring Prince Label: Charly “I grew up on the borderline, I never grew upon one particular culture… Minneapolis is so far behind other major cities in the country,…
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Rock Review VinylZweistein: The Weird, Wonderful and Slightly Strange Story of an Early-Life Crisis
Title: Trip Flipout Meditation Label: Wah Wah I’ve seen some things in my time…but this? The album itself is a legend of krautrock (even though it really isn’t krautrock at all)…
