Content tagged with 'audiophile vinyl'
Listen and you’ll see, play Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures this Sunday
Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures Factory (Vinyl) By Paul Rigby Unknown Pleasures is this month’s Classic Album Sunday featured album and will be played at 5pm on a state of… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 2 May 2012
Categories: Classic recordings, Music
Tags: audiophile vinyl, classic album reviews, classic album sundays, Factory Records, Ian Curtis, Joy Division, Unknown Pleasures
Listen and you’ll see: Play Marvin Gaye’s Let’s Get It On this Sunday
Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get It On Tamla Motown (Vinyl) By Paul Rigby Let’s get it on is this month’s Classic Album Sunday featured album and will be played at… Read more
Posted on: Thursday, 5 Jan 2012
Categories: Classic recordings, Music
Tags: audiophile vinyl, classic album sunday, Let's Get It On, Marvin Gaye, motown
Album review: James Taylor – JT (Mobile Fidelity Reissue)
Part of its ongoing James Taylor series, Mobile Fidelity’s remaster of the singer/songwriter’s tenth album is a smash. Each side of the 1977 effort begins with big, radio friendly hits—“Your… Read more
Posted on: Thursday, 17 Nov 2011
Categories: Music, Tone Audio album reviews
Tags: audiophile vinyl, Classic vinyl, James Taylor, JT, Mobile Fidelity, remaster
Album review: Cat Stevens – Tea for the Tillerman (QRP LP reissue)
Many record collectors and audiophiles have fond memories of the classic Cat Stevens album, Tea For the Tillerman. Originally released in the fall of 1970, it included many of the… Read more
Posted on: Friday, 23 Sep 2011
Categories: Music, Tone Audio album reviews
Tags: audiophile vinyl, Cat Stevens, Classic vinyl, remastered albums, Tea for the Tillerman
Classic recordings: Supertramp – Breakfast In America
Supertramp – Breakfast In America Universal / A&M (Vinyl) By Paul Rigby Breakfast In America is a tough album to listen to. Why? Because, it’s the sort of album that… Read more
Posted on: Friday, 8 Apr 2011
Categories: Classic recordings, Music
Tags: audiophile vinyl, Breakfast In America, Classic recordings, Supertramp, The Logical Song, vinyl
Classic albums re-examined: Japan – Obscure Alternatives
Japan – Obscure Alternatives Music On Vinyl (Vinyl) By Paul Rigby Fronted by David Sylvian (vocals, guitar) and backed by Mick Karn (bass), Steve Jansen (drums), Rob Dean (guitar) and… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 2 Mar 2011
Categories: Classic recordings, Music
Tags: 180 gram vinyl, audiophile vinyl, Classic recordings, japan, music on vinyl, obscure alternatives, vinyl
Sit and listen: Classic album sundays
Classic Album Sundays is the brainwave of DJ and audiophile Colleen Murphy. She calls it a communal and audiophile listening experience on her blog. The premise is simple: she plays… Read more
Posted on: Thursday, 10 Feb 2011
Categories: Discussing sound quality
Tags: audiophile vinyl, classic album sundays, colleen murphy, innervisions
Classic albums re-examined: Lou Reed – Transformer
Lou Reed – Transformer Music On Vinyl (Vinyl) By Paul Rigby This particular release has become a dyed in the wool classic. Created with the help of David Bowie and… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 15 Dec 2010
Categories: Classic recordings, Music
Tags: audiophile vinyl, Classic vinyl, Lou Reed, music on vinyl, Transformer
Classic albums re-examined: John Fahey – The Yellow Princess
John Fahey – The Yellow Princess Pure Pleasure (Vinyl) By Paul Rigby John Fahey: genius or barmpot? Innovator or alcoholic curmudgeon? Eccentric or shock-artist? Such are the extremes of a… Read more
Posted on: Monday, 15 Nov 2010
Categories: Classic recordings, Music
Tags: audiophile vinyl, john fahey, pure pleasure records, The Yellow Princess
Classic Album Sundays’ Colleen Murphy listens to The Great Curve
Rafe says: Can we not get these in Vancouver, B.C.?... 1 day 14 hours ago View commentClassic Album Sundays’ Colleen Murphy listens to New Order’s Age of Consent
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