Music Reviews
posted: August 23, 2025
It’s been a week or so, and I’m back in the Joni Mitchell mode again. My one-step copy of Court and Spark has arrived, and while this was Mitchell’s most commercial record, it remains a favorite.
Court and Spark was Mitchell’s transition to a more jazzy period. Read More
posted: August 21, 2025
This one goes way back to my early audiophile days, when anything that was “half-speed mastered” or “recorded on audiophile vinyl” caught my attention and my wallet.
A trip to my favorite hifi store of the day, Audio Emporium, just outside of Milwaukee, WI where they were playing Ms. Read More
posted: August 21, 2025
Just the other day, the 10-album box set of Deep Purple’s classic: Made In Japan was released. This one features the main album remixed by Steven Wilson, and if you like what he’s done with classic Yes and King Crimson, there’s a great chance you’ll enjoy this rendition as well. Read More
posted: August 8, 2025
While their popularity has never waned, (and the band continues to tour today) it might be argued that Los Lobos was at their peak of exposure in the early 1990s. Their soundtrack to the movie La Bamba, in 1987 sold two million copies, but Kiko was their biggest selling album, with close to half a million copies sold. Read More
posted: August 5, 2025
This one is a mega classic, albeit a bit before my time. However, I think many of us can agree that Hendrix’ debut, released in May 1967 was not only one of the greatest, but most successful rock records of all time.The low distortion of the Acoustic Sounds pressing is thought by many collectors to be the finest rendition of this album, and the lack of tracking error in the Bergmann Thor linear tracking arm has Jimi’s guitar growling like never before. Read More
posted: August 4, 2025
Long before “Yacht Rock” was a thing, there was Little Feat. Yep, if you dig a bit (or listen carefully) you’ll hear a few Doobie Brothers’ on this record. Come to think of it back in 1977, when this record was released, it was often spun in rooms full of smoke. Read More
posted: July 31, 2025
Lou Reed’s last solo album, released in January of 2003, is somewhat of a Spinal-Tap ish homage to Edgar Allen Poe. His wife Laurie Anderson often talked about “Difficult Listening Hour,” but this one just might become an acquired taste. Read More
posted: July 30, 2025
Though the performance for the album was recorded in September of 1979, at the Santa Barbara Bowl in California, I had seen this show a month earlier at Alpine Valley Music Theater in Wisconsin. It still stands out as one of the most amazing live experiences I’ve had.
Mitchell has always surrounded herself with stellar performers, but this was a special lineup featuring Jaco Pastorius, Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays, MIchael Brecker, and Don Alias. Read More
posted: July 29, 2025
As I mentioned yesterday, in collaboration with Supreme Acoustic Systems and Bergmann Turntables, we begin our quest to play a record every single day (though we usually do more than that) start to finish, and share it with you. Read More
posted: February 6, 2023
Listening to the 50th anniversary edition of this punk classic raises a few questions: How did I get this old? How did Iggy make it this long? But the one question I can answer definitively is how does this record stand up half a century later?It still rules. With multiple alternate takes, mixes, and outtakes, Raw Power is still a blast, that sounds best when you blast it. Read More
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