New Music Friday

April 30, 2021• Audiophile Music, Audiophile, Audiophile News, News

Guided by Voices’ Propeller Reissued On Colored Vinyl

April 29, 2021• Audiophile, Audiophile Music, Audiophile News, Vinyl

One most wonderful thing about Guided By Voices (GBV) — Dayton, Ohio’s original “LoFi” indie rock heroes — is...

Alex Chilton With The Hi Records Rhythm Section Live Concert On Vinyl, Digital & CD

April 28, 2021• Audiophile Music, Audiophile, Audiophile News, News, Vinyl

The notion of reviewing a live set in a small club by a band doing cover tunes is not exactly the stuff audiophiles or most music fans...

Herbie Hancock’s My Point of View, Blue Note Tone Poet Vinyl

April 27, 2021• Audiophile Music, Audiophile, Audiophile News, News, Vinyl

The B3’s The Word on WRD’s The Hit

April 26, 2021• Audiophile, Audiophile Music, Audiophile News, Vinyl

Some of you might remember a couple months ago when I wrote a review about the new album from The Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio. There, I...

Can Turntables Springboard Young Audiophiles?

April 23, 2021• Vinyl, Audiophile, Audiophile Music, Audiophile News

Go back ten, maybe fifteen years and analog LP sales were vapor thin among young, non-audiophiles. Streaming lossy, compressed music on...

Now That It Is Digital, Should You Toss Your OG Vinyl?

April 22, 2021• Analog, Audiophile, Audiophile Music, Audiophile News, News, Vinyl

Tomita In Quadrophonic: Surround Sound Was Made For This Music

April 21, 2021• Surround Sound, Audiophile, Audiophile Music, Audiophile News, SACD/DVD-Audio

Back in the 1970s when I was a teenager just getting into music I remember hearing some recordings by Japanese synthesizer wizard, composer...

Island Records’ Vinyl Series Volume One Delivers Hits & Perspective

April 20, 2021• Audiophile Music, Audiophile, Audiophile News, News, Vinyl

To many of you who are fairly deep into music, Island Records is a label that brought you music by Bob Marley & The Wailers, U2 and...

Yoko Ono’s Plastic Ono Band, 50th Anniversary Live Session Blu-ray

April 19, 2021• Audiophile, Audiophile Music, Audiophile News, Blu-ray, Blu-ray Disc, Vinyl

Why Reviews Are Important

April 16, 2021• Audiophile News, Audiophile, News

In the early years of high performance audio, the hobby, predominately, was most aptly characterized as local. Dealers were in almost every...

Sweet New Indie Soul EPs By James Holvay, Grey & The Hit Me Band

April 15, 2021• Audiophile, Audiophile Music, Audiophile News

Have you heard the new hit track by a new super group called Silk Sonic, pairing Bruno Mars and Anderson Paak, “Leave The Door...

John Lennon’s Plastic Ono Band 50th Anniversary Boxed Set, Part 3: The Outtakes, The Alternates & Other Things

April 14, 2021• Audiophile, Audiophile Music, Audiophile News, Blu-ray, Blu-ray Disc, High End Audio, Vinyl

John Lennon’s Plastic Ono Band 50th Anniversary Boxed Set, Part 2: The Surround Sound Mix

April 13, 2021• Audiophile Music, Audiophile, Audiophile News, Blu-ray, Blu-ray Disc, Surround Sound

Welcome to the second part of my exploration of the fine new 50th Anniversary super deluxe boxed set celebrating John Lennon’s...

John Lennon’s Plastic Ono Band 50th Anniversary Boxed Set, Part I: The Stereo Remix On Vinyl & Blu-ray Disc

April 12, 2021• Audiophile Music, Audiophile, Audiophile News, Blu-ray, Vinyl

Before I even opened the package, the first thing I noticed about the new 50th Anniversary edition of John Lennon’s Plastic Ono Band...

Do Looks Matter as Much as Sonics?

April 9, 2021• Audiophile News, Audiophile, Audiophile Music

Do You Need Brian Eno’s Film Music 1976 – 2020 On Vinyl?

April 8, 2021• Audiophile, Audiophile Music, Audiophile News, Vinyl

I have been listening to Brian Eno’s music for a long long time now, first getting into his music in the late ‘70s when vinyl...

Are Super Limited Editions Vexing The Vinyl-verse?

April 7, 2021• Audiophile, Audiophile Music, Audiophile News, Vinyl

I get it… Times are tough and everybody is struggling to make a buck and a dime… and vinyl is a hot and highly visible...

Vinyl Moon Record Club Curates Multi-artist Mixtape Listening Experiences

April 6, 2021• Audiophile, Audiophile Music, Audiophile News, Vinyl

Nickel Creek Live at The Fox Theater, Oakland On 180-gram Vinyl

April 5, 2021• Audiophile News, Audiophile Music, Vinyl

Nickel Creek is an amazing trio of musicians who went on a performing hiatus at a peak in their career, apparently due to the the rigors of...

Month: April 2021