March 3rd, 2026
Restored Original Tape Brings Cash To Your 'Table you're as in Sam's Sun studio on this record as you'll ever be on any—and why would you not want to be?By: Michael Fremer
Johnny Cash's recording career begins here in Sam Phillips' Sun Studios on this record originally released October, 1957 and ends with his American Recordings series of six albums produced by Rick Rubin between 1994 and 2010. This one featuring "I Walk the Line" and "Folsom Prison Blues" and the Rubin produced albums, are essential. In between were recordings and performances of varying quality on Columbia and Mercury. If you're only... Read More
March 2nd, 2026
Analogue Productions Touches "Astral Weeks" 3rd Rail With Digitally Sourced Double 45rpm Reissue given the options, what would you have done?By: Michael Fremer
By 1968 Warner Brothers/Reprise Records was like Elektra Records. You could pretty much buy whatever the label was releasing and you'd get high quality production, sound and music—accent on "pretty much". You were always taking a chance buying the unknown and you might not end up liking the music, but the odds were with you. Fans of Them's "Gloria" and "Here Comes the Night" and of Van Morrison's Bang Records hit single... Read More
