Saturday, February 25, 2017

Site of the Day - Riffstation, thanking Drone by Piers Faccini

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... Piers is a personal fave of mine... and this site with play-it-along chording and parallel YouTube's video of his nice "Dro...

Marantz 7C is back...

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Having some fine pieces of gears handy can be fun... giving a chance from time to time to a seldom heard in months preamp which served me ...
Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Voices from the past

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There is something which most amazes me when listening to music: its ability to bring me to another era, place, mood so easily! Its...
Sunday, February 19, 2017

Abbey Road's alternate version

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Maybe in an alternate world...

Lokum G-88 and Siggwan 12" with Signet 7LCa

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Done... after the work-in-progress , I just made it;-) Sure I'm very, v e r y slow with my own business... yet, nonetheless, I finis...
Friday, February 17, 2017

Elbphilarmonie concert hall in Hamburg

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The newly opened  Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg, Germany is a visually stunning structure from a design perspective, with its g...
Thursday, February 16, 2017

Analog machism

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... when long isn't enough... never! Arm is 1,5 m... 150 cm... 1,500 mm... with a cool Fairchild turntable.

Silbatone's collection...

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... as per Jean Hiraga 's pixies, as published in VuMeter magazine... Thanking Jean Veys and LencoHeaven's brothers. ...
Wednesday, February 15, 2017

What type of records collector are you?

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Thanking Joe Long for the following short, entertaining essay... You don’t need me to tell you that vinyl is back. It’s everywhere. From...
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Monday, February 13, 2017

First Japan Triode Meeting - May 2017- The List

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Here is the (almost) complete list of participants to 1st JTM in Fukuoka, on next May... so many friends I'll be super-happy to mee...
Sunday, February 12, 2017

Deep Purple live in Europe & Japan on master-dub reel to reel!

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Great add to my reel to reel collection... Rockin' with my pal Arnaldo, yesterday afternoon: live in Tokyo "Stran...
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Saturday, February 11, 2017

Posthumous Grammy Award to Alan Blumlein

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The British inventor of stereo sound recording and many early broadcasting breakthroughs is being honoured with a posthumous Grammy awa...

Norman Blake - an interview

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An iconic musician, a personal fave of mine and a true original... Enjoy the interesting interview as I did... thanking Eric Sc...

Takatsuki TA-300B - the ultimate 300B triode?

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Wonderful tube and manufacturer from Kyoto... I will visit their workshop on next May... Stay tuned.
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Ralph Towner

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RALPH TOWNER (1940) came to the jazz and contemporary music worlds in the late 1960s, developing his unique virtuosic style alongside o...
Friday, February 10, 2017

David Munrow

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... as he is a personal fave of mine, I could write and write and write about him... ... but, being someway sadly lazy, I will not! ...
Thursday, February 9, 2017

Ralph Towner's 12 strings weird tunings

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Sharing, sharing, sharing... ... as I got from a former guitar player, I enjoyed over the years... now it's my chance to share with...
Monday, February 6, 2017

Salvatore Accardo's Stradivari

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... well: I'm speechless... a violin is a violin is a violin, but... a Stradivari in Salvatore Accardo's hands is so vastly much ...

Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water (with a Frank Zappa's related quote)

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What? Frank Zappa? Yes! Just read the here below text , folks... The most famous riff/song in rock history is just the...
Sunday, February 5, 2017

Work in progress

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Will be singing tomorrow... Love this humble Lenco... no frills quality: with the Cocobolo Siggwan's it wil...