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| New In 2024 On October 18th New West Records is releasing (on LP and CD) a various artists collection of recordings of songs written by David Olney. Entitled Can't Steal My Fire: The Songs Of David Olney, the artists include Lucinda Williams, Mary Gauthier... | |
| Open baffle speakers Few people have heard either the Linkwitz Lab or GR Research open baffle loudspeakers, both of which include open baffle woofers. Linkwitz uses a pair of 10" woofers in an M/W frame, GR Research a choice of two or three 12" woofers in an H fram... | |
| Kris Kristofferson For those who haven’t heard it, Gordon Lightfoot’s recording of Kris’ "Me And Bobby McGee" is a great version (it’s on his If You Could Read My Mind album, originally issued as Sit Down Young Stranger). As a bonus, it features excellent recorde... | |
| Kris Kristofferson @garebear: Not to be argumentative---and appreciating the sentiment expressed directly above---but now is also a time when Country is Country and is good music. Sure, not the stuff on the radio or awards shows (except for the annual Americana M... | |
| Infinity RS 1B - How does the 'old dream speaker' compare to today's speakers? I bought Brooks Berdan’s personal pair of RS-1b’s in the late-90’s for $2,000, and sold them back to him in 2008. Anyone contemplating buying any of the Infinity’s that contain the EMIT/EMIM drivers should be prepared to have some restoration ... | |
| Thoughts on the new pressing of "Bookends" lp from MFSL I balk at paying $125 to Mobile Fidelity for their One-Step releases, considering they are cutting their lacquers from digital files (though I do own one, Carole King’s Tapestry. ALL other versions are really bad, and I must have the music cont... | |
| Kris Kristofferson @mcstin: Carlene is quite a gal. She was married to Nick Lowe for a while, then Tom Petty’s bass player Howie Epstein. Lowe wrote a song called "Homewrecker", and I’ve long wondered if it was she to whom he was referring. Carlene was brought o... | |
| Sound insulation advice for home theater room in middle of the house? Go onto the Acoustic Sciences Corp. (ASC) website. Owner Art Noxon has designed a complete systems approach and product line for soundproofing a room, named IsoWall Soundproofing. Robert Harley of The Absolute Sound built his room using the ASC... | |
| Otis Gibbs elicites a great interview with Ray Benson of Asleep At The Wheel! @stuartk: I never said The Dead copied The Band. And I’m well aware of Garcia’s musical roots. I bought the Old & in The Way album when in was released in 1973 (and felt it was rather mediocre), and have played "Friend Of The Devil" in a ba... | |
| New In 2024 Already in the racks: Dave Edmunds: Swan Songs: The Singles 1976-1981. For you younger fellas, Dave Edmunds emerged as a solo artist in 1970 (after having been a member of the UK trio Love Sculpture). He was on the short list of guitari... | |
| Otis Gibbs elicites a great interview with Ray Benson of Asleep At The Wheel! Oops, I should have also mentioned The Band’s followup, 1969’s s/t album (the "brown" album), perhaps even more influential (according to Bernie Taupin, the inspiration and model for Elton’s Tumbleweed Connection). I have listened to that album... | |
| Otis Gibbs elicites a great interview with Ray Benson of Asleep At The Wheel! And for good measure, another where Ray discusses Merle Haggard (and other related topics): https://youtu.be/zmvmglHiO6A?si=fiprzZXkto3HLPdZ In this video, Ray mentions Merle Haggard buying Left Frizzell’s Gibson J-200 for $150,000. For... | |
| New In 2024 Costello's King Of America is also being released as a 6-CD "Super Deluxe" boxset. | |
| Guitar playing audiophiles, Martin or Taylor? Neil Young is the current owner of Hank Williams' 1941 Martin D-28. | |
| Amp Stands - Wood or Stone Two layers of Baltic Birch plywood (13 ply, 3/4" thick), with a layer of viscoelastic material (Green Glue, or Acoustic Sciences Corp. WallDamp) between them. Finish with lacquer or polyurethane. Place on a set of Townshend Audio Seismic Pods, ... |