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…

Listening Report: Dragnet Delivers The Facts That NRBQ Is An American Musical Treasure

February 9, 2022• Audiophile Music, Audiophile, Audiophile News, News, Vinyl

Mark Smotroff gives thanks to be able to cue up some fresh new Q…...

Listening Report: Paul McCartney & Wings’ Wild Life Half-Speed Master

February 7, 2022• Audiophile Music, Audiophile, Audiophile News, Vinyl

Mark Smotroff appreciates an overlooked Macca gem…...

Listening Report: The Polyphonic Spree’s Afflatus

February 3, 2022• Audiophile Music, Audiophile, Audiophile News, Vinyl

Mark Smotroff falls in love with an album of poignant covers…

Listening Report: The Band’s Cahoots, Remixed, Restored, Reimagined, Reinvented.

January 31, 2022• Audiophile Music, Audiophile, Audiophile News, Blu-ray, Blu-ray Disc, Compact Disc, Surround Sound, Vinyl

Mark Smotroff discovers a fantastic new album from 1971…...

How Do You Get Your Beatle Groove On Without Going Into A Movie Theater? (Hint: Vinyl, CD, Streaming & Blu-ray)

January 28, 2022• Blu-ray, Audiophile Music, Audiophile News, Blu-ray Disc, Compact Disc, Streaming, Surround Sound, Vinyl

Mark Smotroff offers an option for some to consider…...

Listening Report: Frank Zappa’s 200 Motels 180 Gram Vinyl Reissue

January 19, 2022• Audiophile Music, Audiophile, Audiophile News, Vinyl

Mark Smotroff reconnects with an oft-overlooked masterwork…

Looking Back: More Of 2021’s Albums I Didn’t Quite Review… Yet! (Part 2)

January 17, 2022• Audiophile Music, Audiophile, Audiophile News, Compact Disc, Digital, News, Streaming, Vinyl

Mark Smotroff offers up some rock-leaning mini listening reports…...

Looking Back: 2021’s Albums I Didn’t Quite Review… Yet! (Part 1)

January 14, 2022• Audiophile Music, Audiophile, Audiophile News, Streaming, Vinyl

Mark Smotroff offers up a series of mini listening reports…...

Listening Report: Marshall Crenshaw’s #447

January 10, 2022• Audiophile Music, Audiophile, Audiophile News, Compact Disc, Vinyl

Mark Smotroff is reminded that its all about the rock…

Listening Report: Brian Wilson’s At My Piano On CD, Vinyl & Streaming

January 7, 2022• Vinyl, Audiophile, Audiophile Music, Audiophile News, Streaming

Mark Smotroff tunes into the magic of one of his musical heroes…...

Frank Zappa’s 200 Motels, A Listening Report & Appreciation (Part 1)

January 4, 2022• Audiophile, Audiophile Music, Audiophile News, Compact Disc, Digital, Streaming, Vinyl

Mark Smotroff pauses to think about an overlooked soundtrack…...

Mark’s Picks For 2021

December 31, 2021• Audiophile Music, Audiophile, Audiophile News, Blu-ray, Blu-ray Disc, Compact Disc, Surround Sound, Vinyl

Mark Smotroff saves his best of list for last…

Listening Report: Dion DiMucci, 21st Century Bluesman, Returns To His Stomping Grounds

December 22, 2021• Audiophile, Audiophile Music, Audiophile News, Compact Disc, Vinyl

Mark Smotroff grooves on the blues roots of an iconic doo wop rock ’n roll legend…...

Bird In LA: Record Store Day Vinyl Boxed Set Listening Report

December 21, 2021• Audiophile, Audiophile Music, Audiophile News, Vinyl

Mark Smotroff finds good reason to dig back into Charlie Parker's underground recordings…...

Listening Report: Ella Fitzgerald’s Christmas Album, Verve/Acoustic Sounds Vinyl Reissue

December 18, 2021• Audiophile Music, Audiophile, Audiophile News, Vinyl

Mark Smotroff discovers a holiday record he missed along the way…

Listening Report: Muddy Waters’ The Montreux Years on Vinyl, CD, Streaming.

December 15, 2021• Audiophile, Audiophile Music, Audiophile News, Compact Disc, Vinyl

Mark Smotroff knows the real thing when he hears it…...

Listening Report: David Crosby’s Solo Debut On Vinyl Vs. Plangent Processes Streams

December 13, 2021• Audiophile Music, Audiophile, Audiophile News, Streaming, Vinyl

Mark Smotroff hears something going on here and what it is actually is pretty clear…...

Record Store Day Listening Report: Oscar Peterson In Helsinki 1987

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

Mark Smotroff gets inspired all over again…

The Story Of Vanguard Records Shines In New Vinyl Me Please Anthology (Part 1)

November 22, 2021• Vinyl, Audiophile, Audiophile Music, Audiophile News

Mark Smotroff brushes up on his music history and learns some things…...

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