Listening Report: Janis Joplin & Jorma Kaukonen’s Legendary Typewriter Tape Gets First Official Release For Record Store Day

November 21, 2022• Audiophile Music, Audiophile, Audiophile News, Compact Disc, Streaming

Mark Smotroff time travels to the early ’60s Haight Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco…

Ripe For Halloween, Frank Zappa’s New 1975 Yugoslavian Concert Set Showcases Rare Transitional Band and Musical Experiments on CD and Streaming

October 30, 2022• Audiophile Music, Audiophile, Audiophile News, Compact Disc, Streaming

Mark Smotroff explores a tasty pumpkin… ...

Listening Report: RY X’s Blood Moon, A Song Cycle Soundtrack For Epic Personal Ascent Or Introspective Reflection on Vinyl, CD, Qobuz, Tidal & Apple Streaming

October 14, 2022• Audiophile Music, Analog, Audiophile, Audiophile News, Streaming, Vinyl

Mark Smotroff explores a great new Pacific coast seascape sunset soundtrack for thinking… ...

Jazz Dispensary / Vinyl Me Please 180-gram Reissues Restore Lost Soul-Jazz Grooves By Melvin Sparks and Bayete (Todd Cochran)

October 8, 2022• Audiophile, Audiophile Music, Audiophile News, Streaming, Vinyl

Worlds Around The Sun

Listening Report: Out Of Earl’s Closet, Exploring A Music Industry Legend’s Personal Archive

August 25, 2022• Audiophile Music, Audiophile, Audiophile News, Compact Disc, Digital, Streaming, Vinyl

Mark Smotroff digs into unreleased gems from an icon’s archive…...

Listening Report: Ella Fitzgerald At The Hollywood Bowl

July 6, 2022• Audiophile Music, Audiophile, Audiophile News, Compact Disc, Streaming, Vinyl

Mark Smotroff sets the wayback machine to appreciate a 21st century release…...

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: 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… ...

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… ...

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…

Listening Report: New Next Generation Progressive Music From Jyocho

March 24, 2022• Streaming, Audiophile, Audiophile Music, Audiophile News, Compact Disc

Mark Smotroff refuses to embrace the term “math rock” …...

Listening Report: Take A Time Trip Back To 2000 With Tripping Daisy

March 23, 2022• Vinyl, Audiophile, Audiophile Music, Audiophile News, Streaming

Mark Smotroff likes the sound of a flower just before it's about to bloom… ...

Listening Report: Son House’s Lost Album, Forever On My Mind

March 17, 2022• Audiophile Music, Audiophile, Audiophile News, Streaming, Vinyl

Mark Smotroff takes a time machine trip to 1964…

Listening Report: Guided By Voices’ Crystal Nuns Cathedral

March 7, 2022• Audiophile Music, Audiophile, Audiophile News, Compact Disc, Download, News, Streaming, Vinyl

Mark Smotroff rejoices with another gem from a Dayton’s finest…...

Listening Report: David Crosby’s Rich Recording Renaissance

March 4, 2022• Audiophile Music, Audiophile, Audiophile News, Compact Disc, Streaming, Vinyl

Mark Smotroff relishes a living legend’s latest…...

Listening Report: John McLaughlin’s The Montreux Years

March 2, 2022• Audiophile Music, Audiophile, Audiophile News, Compact Disc, Streaming, Vinyl

Mark Smotroff appreciates a well-curated live career overview…

Listening Report: Yusuf Cat Stevens’ Harold & Maude Original Soundtrack

February 22, 2022• Audiophile Music, Audiophile, Audiophile News, Streaming, Vinyl

Mark Smotroff appreciates the difference between a song-track and a soundtrack…...

Listening Report: Do You Need U2’s Achtung Baby On Vinyl?

February 17, 2022• Audiophile Music, Analog, Audiophile, Audiophile News, Digital, Streaming, Vinyl

Mark Smotroff re-considers a classic 90s era album with fresh ears… ...

How Do You Describe Poor Sound Quality In Words?

February 16, 2022• Audiophile, Audiophile Music, Audiophile News, Blu-ray, Blu-ray Disc, Compact Disc, High End Audio, News, SACD/DVD-Audio, Streaming, Vinyl

Mark Smotroff takes language seriously…

Listening Report: Elvis Costello’s The Boy Named If Rocks Madly Into 2022

February 11, 2022• Audiophile Music, Audiophile, Audiophile News, Compact Disc, Streaming, Vinyl

Mark Smotroff gets happy all over again… ...

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