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| George Kaye @unreceicedogma: In the mid-80's I received a call at home awhile after writing Harvey regarding Decca phono pickups (he was a well-known expert on them). I hadn't included my phone number in the latter, he called information to get it! I took ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @slaw, are you thinking of the T-Bone Walker album of the same title? | |
| Some people actively participate but rarely if ever start a thread. They don't want to get "flamed"? | |
| New In 2025 On March 21st Analogue Productions is releasing the Buena Vista Social Club album (originally released as a 2-LP set) in a 4-LP/45 RPM version. Retail price is $119.99, not bad for four 45 RPM LPs. Classic Records released a Bernie Grundman-cut... | |
| Best Compilation Discs The series of Everly Brothers compilation LP's Ace Records (UK) put out in the 1970's and 80's. Great music, great sound. | |
| Joan Baez-"I Am A Noise" Documentary While I have always appreciated (applauded even) Joan’s efforts on behalf of mankind, I found the extreme vibrato in her voice to be not to my liking (I feel the same about Elvis Costello). But a coupla months back I picked up a few of her old ... | |
| What are your go to LP's for evaluating new gear or new tubes? Oh, and a number of Roy Orbison's albums on Monument Records, including In Dreams, Only The Lonely, and Greatest Hits. Originals and reissues by Classic Records. | |
| What are your go to LP's for evaluating new gear or new tubes? A long time ago it was direct-2-disk LP’s (Sheffield Labs, etc.). Then it was the Water Lily Record label LP’s (A Meeting By The River, an album of duet improvisations between Ry Cooder and Vishwa Mohan Bhatt). Cat Stevens Tea For The Tillerman... | |
| Do you agree with John Atkinson (and me)? You make a good and important point @vthokie83. Having a large album library (on LP and CD) is the result of a lifetime of buying physical "media" (I hate referring to music as media, but it’s now the common nomenclature), starting in the earl... | |
| New In 2025 Out today on LP (in regular and Indi exclusive versions) and CD: Lonesome Drifter by Charley Crockett, produced by Shooter Jennings. Coming out on CD on May 9th: Tomorrow May Not Be Your Day---The Unreleased Atco Recordings 1970-1971 by Jes... | |
| George Kaye One serious problem with most OTL amps is their very high output impedance. When that behavior interacts with a wildly-varying modulus of impedance (the fancy way of saying impedance) in a loudspeaker (such as the QUAD ESL), the result is a dif... | |
| George Kaye Right you are @frogman. Harvey (I’m sure Harvery was just a typing mistake) was well known for his love of three hi-fi products: The Futterman OTL amps, the QUAD ESL loudspeaker, and Decca pickups. Harvey befriended Julius Futterman, eventuall... | |
| George Kaye Not mentioned in the article is that George played a large role in the design of the New York Audio Labs line of hybrid (tube input stage, mosfet output stage) electronics. I owned the NYAL Super It phono amp in the mid-80’s. | |
| Movie/film suggestions. @slaw: Yeah Steve, The Green Mile was the first performance by Rockwell I saw, and was knocked out by him. The only other movie I've seen him in is the Three Billboards one. It's funny, I didn't think he was great in that one, yet he won an Aca... | |
| Tune of the Day I've been listening to "Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands" for days now, alternating between the versions by Dylan himself and Joan Baez. Hypnotic, mesmerizing. |