KISHI BASHI STRING QUARTET SESSION LIVE AT STUDIO 47, ¼”, 2 TRACK, 15IPS, CCIR TAPE REVIEW
Alan McIntosh reviews the Kishi Bashi String Quartet Session Live at Studio 47, ¼”, 2 track, 15ips, CCIR Tape.
YELLO STELLA 15IPS STUDIO MASTER COPY EDITION REVIEW & CHAT WITH BORIS BLANK
Alan McIntosh takes a listen to the 15ips Studio Master Copy of Stella by Yello and released on Horch House, whilst Stuart Smith has a chat with Boris Blank at High End Munich 2024.
JANINE GETS TO GRIPS WITH CHASING THE DRAGON’S DIRECT TO DISC RECORDING OF VIVALDI IN LONDON
Janine Elliot takes a listen to Vivaldi in London from Chasing the Dragon and discusses the direct to disc recording of this ambitious project.
SKETCHES OF SPAIN, HEMIOLIA MASTER TAPE
Alan McIntosh takes a listen to Sketches Of Spain, Miles Davis – Hemiolia Master Tape, 15ips
Janine Elliot has a listen to the Scheherazade Suite by Chasing the Dragon on reel-to-reel tape.
The Blues and Abstract Truth, Oliver Nelson, Analogue Productions Ultra Tape ¼”, 15ips, CCIR REVIEW
REEL TO REEL REVIEW OF PLANETS ON MY REEL CLUB
Alan McIntosh takes a listen to Gábor Juhász Trio feat. Júlia Karosi & Tony Lakatos – Planets – Live recording on 15ips, CD and Digital download (MyReelClub).
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MILES DAVIS KIND OF BLUE, HEMIOLIA RECORDS, REEL-TO-REEL REVIEW
HiFI PiG’s resident tape-head Alan McIntosh takes a listen to Miles Davis “Kind of Blue” on Hemiolia Records, 15ips 10.5” 2 track reel. CCIR EQ.
JOHN COLTRANE BLUE TRAIN REEL TO REEL REVIEW
In this reel-to-reel review, Alan McIntosh takes a listen to John Coltrane’s Blue Train at 15IPS on a 10.5” 2-track reel with CCIR EQ on Hemiolia Records.
CLARE TEAL – A TRIBUTE TO ELLA FITZGERALD REEL-TO-REEL
Clare Teal performs a tribute to Ella Fitzgerald (Chasing the Dragon), ¼”, 15ips, CCIR and Alan McIntosh takes a listen.
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JIMI HENDRIX – ARE YOU EXPERIENCED UHQR
A roundabout look and listen to the UHQR production of Jimi Hendrix’ Are You Experienced?
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REEL-TO-REEL REVIEW
Janine Elliot takes a listen to Mendelssohn Octet, Op.20 on the Chasing the Dragon label and reel-to-reel tape.
Janine Elliot takes a listen to the latest release on the Chasing The Dragon imprint, Quentin Collins’ All Star Quintet “A Day in the Life”, presented here on reel to reel.
The space rock group Hawkwind are back with another album called All Aboard the Skylark. Benjamin Tapper takes a listen to this old, but new to him band.
By Night is the brand new record by the Californian four-piece, Plague Vendor. They bring a hard, fast and loud sound which is very enthralling. The album has 10 songs on it and not one is a disappointment. Their sound could be described as punk or garage rock but ultimately they are an impressive hard rock outfit with punk attitude thrown in for good measure. More »
Club Kuru, are a London based alt-psych rock band and they are about to drop a new album called Meet your Maker. Roughly 45 minutes long, the album certainly does not overstay its welcome as it is a fantastic listen that gives off impressions of bands such as Tame Impala and even, to me, Pink Floyd – take a listen here and you’ll see what I’m on about. More »
I first heard Josh Rouse via his 1972 album – that’s his album called 1972, not his album recorded in 1972. Rouse was, in fact, born in 1972 so it would have been surprising, if not interesting, if he had recorded an album that year. More »
See the words New York, Drugs and Andy Warhol and you’re likely to come up with just one name, Lou Reed.
Dale Jonathan Perkins “Voice Without Words Parts 1-3 (Ishikawa) review and interview. More »
Well look what we have here just in time for the festive period, it’s a live double CD and DVD set from veteran spacerockers Hawkwind. I’ll be absolutely honest and say that I pre-ordered this the Day Cherry Red announced its release…I’m a bit of a fan to say the least. More »
Redtop headlines scream ”IS GUITAR MUSIC DEAD?!” on a regular basis. With indie-lite bands all politely plucking guitars and Ed Sheeran selling records by the truckload off the back of an acoustic six-string, the answer is no. But to quote Frank Zappa on jazz “…it just smells funny.”
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Eddie Izzard claimed Europe could be “the biggest melting pot in the world!” It may fall under the boundaries of the Western hemisphere, but Europe’s unique geographical placement puts it in between America’s Western-ism run amok and the Eastern World’s distinct ways and cultures. More »
The garage is hallowed ground. Like the opposite of a graveyard. More »
Stirring snapshots of late night coffee bars. New York and Paris. Black and white pictures, naturally. They sip whiskey and black coffee at the counters and tables while the quartet plays up a storm. Edward Hopper couldn’t be this evocative. More »
Eleanor McEvoy’s new album The Thomas Moore Project is, at first glance at least, a bit of a niche item. Thomas Moore was a 17th Century Irish songwriter and poet whose work has become somewhat neglected in recent times. Moore occupies a similar place in Irish heritage as Robert Burns does in Scotland but while Burns’ works are regularly revived and reinterpreted the world over, Moore’s have fallen out of fashion. More »
