October 18th, 2022
Beatles "Revolver" Remix Box Set Unboxing! 5 CD super deluxe 5 CD edition does not include vinyl LPBy: Michael Fremer
I just posted this "unboxing" video of the new "Revolver" re-mix deluxe 5 CD box set. It includes the original mono mix on a CD, following Harry T. Moss's original vinyl mastering notes. I thought the set would include the vinyl LP but it doesn't. However, the box set presentation is outstanding and the book is really special! Since I've not yet read or listened I've nothing else to add here. Will write a full review ASAP! Read More
October 1st, 2022
Temporal Drift Announces Les Rallizes Dénudés Reissues The radical Japanese band’s core discography receives desperately-needed reissuesBy: Malachi Lui
This week, Temporal Drift announced the first official CD and vinyl reissues of Japanese psychedelic rock band Les Rallizes Dénudés' three-album discography. Originally released on limited edition CDs in 1991, this series marks the first official vinyl and digital releases of these seminal recordings.The three albums—’67-'69 Studio et Live, Mizutani / Les Rallizes Dénudés, and ’77 Live—capture the band from their formation to their artistic height, and were... Read More
October 1st, 2022
"Creed Taylor: The Music Came First" Now Available For Streaming Tracking Angle editor has some FaceTime in doc along with Taylor, Ron Carter, Ashley Kahn, Herb Alpert and many othersBy: Michael Fremer
Creed Taylor produced records are no doubt among your most treasured, whether on CTI, which he founded in 1967, or Verve or other labels in which he was involved. Taylor passed away Augusts 22nd, 2022 at age 93. The recently released documentary "Creed Taylor, The Music Came First" is now available as a free, high resolution stream on the Snapshots Music and Arts Foundation website. If you click on "Vimeo" from that site you can watch full screen... Read More
September 16th, 2022
Analogue Productions Announces Steely Dan Catalog UHQR/SACD Series Seven 45rpm UHQR, two non-UHQR 45rpm titles, all titles on SACDBy: Tracking Angle
Full disclosure is but one welcomed feature of this ambitious and exciting Steely Dan catalog reissue roll-out from Analogue Productions. All titles remastered from the original analog tapes with the exceptions of Aja and Gaucho. Aja will be mastered from an analog, non-EQ'd tape copy and Gaucho from a 1980 analog tape copy originally EQ'd by Bob Ludwig (who cut the original Gaucho lacquers). According to the press release, it's likely that original... Read More
September 16th, 2022
Giles Martin Introduces "Revolver" Newly Mixed and Expanded Special Edition Plays examples of track separation technology and entire album in Dolby Atmos—original mono mix LP cut AAA from tapeBy: Michael Fremer
Unlike Sgt. Pepper's… producer Giles Martin explained to an invited group at New York's Republic Studios, the Revolver recorded assets, despite all of the record's innovative studio trickery (mostly done on tech "shoe-string"), did not include pre-mix "stems" that he could use to create a better stereo spread. The album had been recorded to 4 tracks and elements were permanently "married”. Director Peter Jackson's Beatles... Read More