What's on your tape machine tonight?

Analogue Productions

1. Tchaikovsky Violin Concert. Jascha Heifetz, Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra. I got a shiver up my spine thinking Wow this is one recording generation removed from actual Heifetz the only man capable of intimidating Reiner. There is video of this recording being made on The Art of Conducting but it cuts off part way through the first movement. Arrrrrrrrrgh!

2. John Coltrane A Love Supreme. When the discussion turns to great jazz, two albums float to the top: Kind of Blue and A Love Supreme. And Trane plays on both. OK add Saxophone Colossus. Sonny b good.

* Chad likes it hot. The VU meter often wanders into the Red Zone.

Studer A80. Flat from 20 Hertz to 20 Kilohertz. It is a pleasure to hear the solid Ker Thunk when play is pressed on this precision Swiss machinery.