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| What CDs to buy While my instincts warn me against wading into such waters, I can’t resist. To come onto an "Audiophile" site in search of recommendations for recommendations of CD’s to purchase does nothing less than provide evidence that audiophiles care about ... | |
| Iris DeMent, past and present. I took Iris’ My Life CD (no LP release of the album in 1994) to the Vegas CES in the late 90’s (enabled by my pal and hi-fi retailer Brooks Berdan), to use as audition material. Big mistake; with "No Time To Cry" played back through Jerry Crosby’s... | |
| Tune of the Day I don’t remember if I’ve already nominated the following (the memory ain’t what it used to be): "West" by Lucinda Williams, the closing song on the album of the same title. I don’t possess the ability to convey in words how deeply beautiful and r... | |
| The Forgotten Fulton Musical Industries (FMI) Model J loudspeaker. Music Reference RM-9, RM-10, and RM-200 vacuum tube amplifiers, all in Mk. 2 iterations. Designer/tube expert Roger Modjeski's death a few years back was a major loss to hi-fi. | |
| New In 2023 At long last, a new album from Iris DeMent, due out in February. | |
| The Aaron Copland / Bob Dylan connection Nope! I'd love to hear out-takes from the Planet Waves recordings, though. | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report Rooftops by Larry Campbell (sideman/bandleader for Dylan and Levon Helm), a fantastic album of pure instrumental music played on acoustic guitar. Well recorded, too. | |
| RIP Tom Verlaine Damn, these deaths are becoming awfully frequent. The debut Television album was quite unlike anything from the other CBGB bands, and still sounds great. | |
| Gurf Morlix Cool @stuartk! Speaking of Albert Lee, I saw him live in a small club in Ventura, just south of Santa Barbara. I never managed to see him playing with The Everly Brothers, damnit. | |
| Speakers that are good with tubes If you like the sound of Maggies, but don't want or can't afford a 300 watt tube amp, look into the Eminent Technology LFT-8. Like Maggies, the LFT employs planar-magnetic drivers. Unlike the Maggies, the LFT is a tube-friendly loudspeaker, it's m... | |
| Tune of the Day Great song Steve! Mary performed it when I saw her live last year. | |
| Favourite Guitarists @bgross: Guess you missed my post, ay? Harrison is in there. Since his name has been invoked, will someone tell me why people call Keith Richards "Keef"? For evidence of why I didn’t list him, watch the scene in the documentary (Hail! Hail! Rock ... | |
| Why is so much music recorded out of key? Some singers are recorded with the tape machine running slow, to lower the pitch of a note above the top of the singer's range. In post-production the tape is then slowed down to return the song to it's original pitch and tempo. In addition, some ... | |
| Gurf Morlix Oops, Lucinda's drummer was Donald Lindley, not David (Dave's a mighty fine stringed instrument player). Donald died quite a while back, David's still with us. | |
| Favourite Guitarists Lots of great lists (nice one @audi-owe!), many of my faves---but not all---already mentioned. Al Anderson (The Wildweeds, solo, NRBQ) Dave Edmunds (Love Sculpture, solo, Rockpile) Albert Lee (Heads Hands & Feet, Emmylou, The Everly B... |