Listening Report: Tank and The Bangas’ New Red Balloon
May 20, 2022• Audiophile Music, Audiophile, Audiophile News, Streaming, Vinyl
Mark Smotroff revels in a smile-inducing spin…
Listening Report: The Who’s My Generation & A Quick One In Half Speed Mastered Stereo
May 18, 2022• Audiophile Music, Analog, Audiophile, Audiophile News, Vinyl
Mark Smotroff living in Stereo as well as Mono... ...
Read More →Listening Report: Hermeto Pascoal’s New Live Album Recorded In A Planetarium
May 12, 2022• Audiophile Music, Audiophile News, Compact Disc, Streaming, Vinyl
Mark Smotroff hopes more listeners discover a Brazilian artist’s fantastic music… ...
Read More →Listening Report: XTC’s Lost Masterpiece Mummer Restored & Remastered On 200g Vinyl
May 11, 2022• Audiophile Music, Analog, Audiophile, Audiophile News, Vinyl
Mark Smotroff explores a favorite album many mistakenly overlook…
Listening Report: Mingus Three a.k.a. Mingus Trio, Record Store Day Vinyl Reissue
May 6, 2022• Audiophile Music, Analog, Audiophile, Audiophile News, Record Store Day, Vinyl
Mark Smotroff explores some differences between new and original versions…...
Read More →Record Store Day Preview: Bill Evans Live In Buenos Aires, 1973/1979
April 22, 2022• Audiophile Music, Analog, Audiophile, Audiophile News, Compact Disc, Record Store Day, Vinyl
Mark Smotroff appreciates the between-the-lines recordings from his favorite artists…...
Read More →Record Store Day Preview Listening Report: Early Ornette Coleman On Contemporary Records
April 20, 2022• Audiophile Music, Audiophile, Audiophile News, Record Store Day, Vinyl
Mark Smotroff takes a step back to move two steps forward…...
Read More →Record Store Day Preview Listening Report: The Lost Mingus Album From Ronnie Scott’s
April 18, 2022• Audiophile Music, Analog, Audiophile, Audiophile News, Record Store Day, Vinyl
Mark Smotroff rejoices over a jazz legend’s late peak period archival release… ...
Read More →Record Store Day Preview Listening Report: A Tale Of Two Jazz Peppers On Vinyl
April 15, 2022• Audiophile Music, Analog, Audiophile, Audiophile News, News, Vinyl
Mark Smotroff enjoys different flavors of Pepper…...
Read More →Record Store Day Listening Report Preview: Jazz Dispensary’s Super Skunk
April 14, 2022• Audiophile Music, Analog, Audiophile, Audiophile News, Record Store Day, Vinyl
Mark Smotroff chases somethin’ stanky funky pretty…...
Read More →Listening Report & Record Store Day Preview: Esther Marrow’s 1972 Fantasy Records Lost Classic
April 12, 2022• Audiophile Music, Audiophile, Audiophile News, News, Record Store Day, Vinyl
Mark Smotroff loves synchronicity… ...
Read More →Listening Report: Karen Dalton’s In My Own Time 50th Anniversary Edition Vinyl
April 9, 2022• Audiophile, Audiophile Music, Audiophile News, News, Vinyl
Mark Smotroff appreciates the nuance underlying a folk blues legend… ...
Read More →Listening Report: Duke Ellington & John Coltrane, Acoustic Sounds Impulse Records Vinyl Reissue
April 8, 2022• Vinyl, Analog, Audiophile, Audiophile Music, Audiophile News
Mark Smotroff considers a classic with fresh ears…...
Read More →Listening Report: Zappa & The Mothers 1971 Super Deluxe Editions (Part 3, The Boxed Set)
April 4, 2022• Audiophile Music, Audiophile, Audiophile News, Compact Disc, Digital, Shows, Streaming, Vinyl
Mark Smotroff completes his deep dive into an important era of Zappa’s band… ...
Read More →Listening Report: Zappa & The Mothers 1971 Super Deluxe Editions (Part 2, The Rainbow Concert)
March 30, 2022• Audiophile, Audiophile Music, Audiophile News, Compact Disc, Streaming, Vinyl
Mark Smotroff continues his deep dive into an important era of Zappa’s band…...
Read More →Listening Report: Zappa & The Mothers 1971 Super Deluxe Editions (Part 1)
March 28, 2022• Audiophile, Audiophile Music, Audiophile News, Compact Disc, News, Vinyl
Mark Smotroff dives head first into a misunderstood and underrepresented era of Zappa’s band…...
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