The New Tap CD is Called "Back From The Dead"and will be released on June 16th You can check out the title track on Billboard . com click on "News" This is the "LOUDEST TAP RECORD" ever, with studio versions of "Big Bottom, and "Hell Hole"
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Added by Paul Luscusk on May 12, 2009 at 10:15am —
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I just saw in the latest Rolling Stone that the Beatles Remastered CD's will " sound like modern recordings". Looks like they took the Analog masters and went 192/24 I don't know what EMI means by that. Want to bet. George Martin and Geoff are missing in action based on MF's information ". So I'm keeping my EMI Import , MOFI's ,and George Martin stereo remixed Lp's .George Martin told Mikey F years ago that the Lp's will sound better than any CD 's
Check out Mikey's take on all this at www.music…
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Added by Paul Luscusk on May 1, 2009 at 2:00am —
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I have a hard time with the fact that this year marks 10years since the passing of Hoyt Axton.Singer, Songwriter, Actor, Hoyt could do it all.
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Added by Paul Luscusk on April 22, 2009 at 1:30pm —
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Ok Here are the answers how did you do?
1. Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass they did it in April1966
2. Paul Revere & the Radiers. The Byrds
3.Terry Melcher
4. Herb Albert & the Tijuana Brass
5.Herb Albert & theTijuana Brass-11 gold albums 5 that reached #1from 1965-1968
6.Jimi Hendrex
FYI the TJB's best Album Whipped Cream & other Delights has been reissued on a 180gram picture disc. The original LP was taped at Gold Star Studios(Home of the wall of sound) and was engineered…
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Added by Paul Luscusk on March 4, 2009 at 3:30am —
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I've been in a "Mid 60's musical flashback" mode lately and I thought I'd ask a few trivia questions about that period (I was there and I remember, David Crosby, is wrong) I'll post the answers in a future post.
1. Name the only act to ever place 4 albums in the top 10 simultaneously(Hint it is not who you think).
2. Who where the first 2Rock acts signed by Columbia Records after Mitch Miller Left the label?
3. Who was the Productor that worked with them both?
4.Who held the # 1 spot on Billboar…
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Added by Paul Luscusk on February 26, 2009 at 5:00pm —
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2-26-09 Stereophile on line has a news flash that NHT is taking a time out. NHT last day of normal business is going to be March 31. The web site will still be up. Chris and John hope to be back in production in 2010.I For one wish them well ,and hope that they return to the core values that made NHt product among the best , and made NHT a great factory to rep. Chris has called NHT the "coackroach" of the industry" When we are all gone the coackroaches will be listening to their stuff on NHT".
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Added by Paul Luscusk on February 26, 2009 at 1:18pm —
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New Musical Express, and Yahoo Music report that Spinal Tap is in the studio working on new material. The songs will be on a download first with other media(LP I hope) coming later this year.I can't wait
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Added by Paul Luscusk on February 16, 2009 at 4:00am —
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Tenor Sax Great David "Fathead" Newman died on Jan 20th. "Fathead "was a member of Ray Charles classic 50's &60's band. And was a Grammy winner for his work with Art Blakey
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Added by Paul Luscusk on January 23, 2009 at 1:02am —
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Mark Knopfler is in the studio with Guy Flectcher working on his new album.For a cool look at the recording go to nhthifi.com Click on Pro Audio and click on Guys link, then click on in the studio. You will see that the new album is being done on 2 inch analog Tape( Studer, yeah baby)and using NHT Moo's (the pro version of NHT Super Zeros) .PS. for a Mfg insight about whats going on in China check out Chris B's Blog at NHT I belive it is the 2nd newest. I personally know Chris to be one of the "…
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Added by Paul Luscusk on January 14, 2009 at 6:00pm —
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Alexander was telling me about his new Quad speakers and how good Mozart sounded on them so Alexander here are more records to get you hooked on Classical. As always these Lp's should not be to hard to find (I see most of them in my Lp hunts).
#1 Holst The Planets look for the Last recording by Sir Adrian Boult on Angel (EMI) it has a green cover.Second choice Zuben Meta and the LA Philharmonic on London(Decca) a monster recording that has been reissued on a King Superdisc ( From Cisco Records a…
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Added by Paul Luscusk on January 13, 2009 at 3:30pm —
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Chris went off to see the Wizard at CES. Today (Thursday) is the first day of CES 2009. I've been to 17 CES and this year I'm glad I'm not going.I was a Mfg Rep for 17 years and usually looked forward to CES.This year would be very hard for me ,one of the major Mfgs who took great pride in being "Made In The USA", has as it's major goal to have all it's product "out sourced"as of this month. You know what that means right? Major American job loss in a right to work state. I worked for this compa…
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Added by Paul Luscusk on January 8, 2009 at 2:55pm —
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The new web site.the bestvinylshop.com has a video tour of the RCA Pressing Plant in Camdon NJ. cicra 1942 it runs about 19 minutes. Click on the about vinyl tab and click on the tour. Check it out. Direct to disk 78rpm.
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Added by Paul Luscusk on January 1, 2009 at 5:00pm —
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I just learned that Freddy Hubbard pasted away. A major trumpet player from the late 50's till now His models were Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie and especially Clifford Brown.He was a side man with the Montgomery brothers, Sonny Rollins, J.J. Johnson, Art Blakey And the Jazz MESSENGERS, and Max Roach He became a leader in the early 70's. Some of my favorite records are.Caravan with Art Blakey on Riverside from 1962, The Baddest Hubbard on CTI an anthology of Previously released CTI sessions from…
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Added by Paul Luscusk on December 29, 2008 at 7:00pm —
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Reading the new post about the Association's 1st Lp brought back memorys. They were a great live band .
I saw them at the Hollywood Bowl in 1967 with a line up of: Sopwith Camel, The Sun Shine Company, The Who, Eric Burton, The Everly Brothers and the ASSOCIATION as the headliners. Two of the Warner Bros albums to look for are Insight Out(The First On WB 1967) this was sort of a concept album with songs like" Enter the Young"",Requiem For The Masses, and the monster hit 'Windy". Which was number…
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Added by Paul Luscusk on November 30, 2008 at 4:00am —
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With the Holidays fast approaching I thought nows the time to look for some sounds of the season. One of my choices may be new to you the Vivaldi Gloria And The Pergolesi Magnificat. The Magnificat is scored for solo quartet, mixed chorus, strings(no violas), and basso continuo. The Gloria received its first modern performance in Siena on Sept 20th 1939. look for the Academy of St Martin -in-the Fields with Neville Marriner on Argo from 1966.
For a more traditional work Handels Messiah the one t…
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Added by Paul Luscusk on November 22, 2008 at 1:30am —
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All music is based on rhythm, a simple statement, but true, which made me think about my favorite rhythm sections. I am a drummer(don't play much any more)so my favorites are based on what I know to be important, such as ,do the bass and drummer work off each other and listen to the other members of the band and build from that?Sections that do are:Motowns"Funk Brothers" What can I say about these guys, listen to the opening of the "Temps" My Girl, and Pappa Was a Rolling Stone" .The "Stax Volt"…
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Added by Paul Luscusk on November 19, 2008 at 3:00pm —
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On Friday I was at one of my favorite record stores Poo Bahs in Pasadena, after finding a Classic Records 180 Gram RCA Living Stereo Reissue of Fritz Reiner & the Chicago Symphony Also sprach Zarathustra one of RCA's first stereo sessions in 1954($35.00new) for $4.99 I was pretty pumped. Poo Bahs has thousands of Lp's in racks on the floor for $.50. each. I never went through them because at 50 cents each, they have to be trashed or crap right?Wrong. While down on my knees, I found lots of s…
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Added by Paul Luscusk on November 15, 2008 at 8:00pm —
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Chris and I where talking about what a good time it is to get in to classical music through the used Lp market. You can have a collection today cheap, that in the 60'& 70's would have cost thousands of dollars. Ok where do you start? What do you look for? Do you even like classical music? I'm here to help, I worked my way through college & Grad school woking in a record store,so I'll guide you with a few tips( the rest is up to you.)And I'll answer your questions as best as I can. Two Lp…
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Added by Paul Luscusk on October 21, 2008 at 1:30pm —
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In 1969 and1970 music in Southren California was going in many different directions, one of them was "Country Rock" Bands like the Byrds Poco,And The Flying Burritos Brothers.Under most peoples radar was what Rick Nelson was doing.Rick had signed a 20 year contract with Decca(MCA) in the late 60's and was for the most part turning out dreck This all changed with the release of" Rick (not Ricky) Nelson In Concert".Recorded at the Troubadour in LA. At the time the Troubadour was the hot club in LA…
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Added by Paul Luscusk on October 16, 2008 at 5:00pm —
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Chris and I thought that it would be a good idea to start a place where members can share with each other Lp's that we love, and that others might too, if they knew about them. The only rule that I'll impose on myself is that the Lp has to be something that can be found used with a little work or a reissue that will not cost a arm and a leg.So lets start with a record that changed forever the direction of film music. To Bold a statement? Not Really. The Record was the first of the classic film s…
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Added by Paul Luscusk on October 2, 2008 at 6:06pm —
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