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Gibson guitar company is facing bankruptcy, according to a new report from the Dayton Daily News.

The company, which is behind one of the most iconic guitars in music history, the Les Paul, recently saw the departure of its chief financial offer, Bill Lawrence. His leaving is seen as a bad omen for the company “as $375 million in senior secured notes mature and $145 million in bank loans become due, if they aren’t refinanced by July.” Gibson also recently moved out of its Nashville warehouse, which it had called home for over three decades.

At the moment, company owner Henry Juskiewicz is attempting get things in order financially, “but is facing a battle with creditors over bad business decisions.” Gibson is hoping that its acquisitions of various electronic companies over the years will soon provide a much needed influx of funds.

Founded back in 1902 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Gibson is estimated to pull in $1 billion a year in revenues. The Les Paul, designed by the legendary guitarist himself, first went into production in 1952, and has since been used by musicians like Jimmy Page, Ace Frehley, Eric Clapton, Joe Perry, Bob Marley, and Slash. Other famous guitars from Gibson include the Firebird and the Flying V.

Update: An official statement from Gibson today assures that it is in the process of finding a solution to its bankruptcy problem. Gibson “has met all current obligations to the bondholders, is in the process of arranging a new credit facility to replace the bonds, and fully expects the bonds to be refinanced in the ordinary course of business,” it reads. “These bonds expire as all fixed income instruments do at the end of their term,” Juszkiewicz adds.

He also notes that the company has been working to monetize its assets. “We have been monetizing assets like stock holdings, real property and business segments that could not achieve the level of success we expected. By monetizing these assets, we can reduce debt and generate funds to contribute to business segments that are thriving. It is important to our business to get back to the financial success we had to achieve the best financial terms in the refinancing of our company.”

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Keith Jarrett awarded at Venice Biennale

February 21, 2018, 7:54 am

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(ANSA) - Venice, February 20 - US jazz pianist Keith Jarrett has been given the "Venice Biennale Golden Lion" for career achievement. The American pianist and composer will receive the award at the 62nd Biennale Festival of Contemporary Music on September 29.

    The Silver Lion goes to French-Argentinian musician Sebastian Rivas, among he most original artists of his generation.

    The awards were announced Tuesday by the Bienalle Foundation board under President Paolo Baratta.

    Jarrett's citation said: "An absolute musician, beloved by the public - with over four million recordings of the Köln Concert, considered his seminal work, sold around the world - Keith Jarrett will be awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 62nd International Festival of Contemporary Music of the Biennale di Venezia on September 29th."

For this occasion, Keith Jarrett will perform one of his legendary improvisations on the piano, unique and unrepeatable events that have punctuated his career and contributed to redefining composition for the piano.

    "Unanimously acclaimed as one of the most important pianists in the area of improvisation and jazz music - reads the motivation - Keith Jarrett is an artist who has experimented with extraordinary talent and creativity in various musical genres including classical music, composing scores that are both refined and blistering at the same time. "His endless discography bears witness to a boundless art and a unique personality in the field of jazz, with an approach and signature style that are so personal as to make him a universal master in the history of music".


Well deserved.


   

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February 23, 2018, 7:40 am

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February 28, 2018, 3:19 am

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... ehm: not really only a replica, but a labor of love and a mechanical beauty, using premium materials and workmanship... the romantic act of improving the original, over its mass-production, budgeted production.

That's, in my humble opinion, more jewellery than industrial stuff, from same lathing-artist behind the mighty Garrardzilla's bespoke heavy-duty bearing.

Thanking Jaap for funding the project.

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Elektronische Musik Aus: Koeln "Emak (3LP Box)" B-Synth 3LP Box €79.90 **Remastered from the original tapes. Limited edition of 300 ** These three legendary LPs (in their original covers) of electronic music from Cologne were released 1982 - 1985. The Emak project, founded by Matthias Becker, was influenced by German ex  . . . .Read more » CHRISTIAN ZANESI "Grand Bruit/Stop ! l'horizon (Lp)" Recollection GRM LP €16.90 **in process of stocking** Christian Zanési on Grand Bruit (1991): "The great mobile sound bodies have an ordinary yet amazing ability to place the listener-traveler within, as if he or she was inside a giant double bass, in this case a tra  . . . .Read more » FRANCOIS BAYLE "Tremblements... (Lp)" Recollection GRM LP €16.90 **in process of stocking** François Bayle on Tremblement de terre très doux (1978); first performance on March 19, 1979 at the Grand Auditorium of Radio-France, Ina-GRM's Cycle Acousmatique: "The familiar generates the strange. 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MPS Records - 50. Label-Jubiläum 50 Jahre Jazzgeschichte – das Label MPS feiert runden Geburtstag 2018 View this email in your browser

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Link: PRESSEINFORMATIONEN MPS Records Katalog: www.mps-music.com/releases/ Website: www.mps-music.com Liebe Medienpartner, 50 Jahre Jazzgeschichte – das Label MPS feiert runden Geburtstag - Vielfalt, Mut und Qualität: Das sind die Markenzeichen, mit denen MPS – die Musik Produktion Schwarzwald - als Deutschlands erstes Jazz-Label mit seinem Gründer Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer Weltruhm erlangten. Am 1. April 2018 steht nun ein runder Geburtstag an: Das Gütesiegel in Sachen hochwertiger Jazz-Sound feiert seinen Fünfzigsten. Oscar Peterson - ©MPS-Archiv 2014 schließlich, zehn Jahre nach dem Tod von Brunner-Schwer, findet der Katalog eine neue Heimat bei der Edel AG und schreibt seine Geschichte in zweifacher Weise fort. Die unermesslichen Schätze des Labelkatalogs werden Schritt für Schritt neu zugänglich gemacht, mit einer Digitalisierung aller Alben und einer Wiederveröffentlichung ausgesuchter Titel auf Vinyl und Tonband in höchster Klangtreue, etwa Einspielungen von Oscar Peterson, George Duke oder Monty Alexander. Parallel hierzu eröffnet das Label nach 30 Jahren Pause ein weiteres Kapitel von Neuveröffentlichungen. Das breite stilistische Spektrum umfasst hier bereits u.a. Aufnahmen von Klarinettenlegende Rolf Kühn, Soulstress China Moses, Berlins Jazzwunder Lisa Bassenge, dem brasilianischen Mandolinisten Hamilton de Hollandaund Weltmusikstar Mari Boine. Für sein spannendes, etikettenfreies Repertoire konnte MPS bereits 3 ECHO-Auszeichnungen gewinnen. 2018 wird die Release-Renaissance mit illustren Namen und Produktionen fortgesetzt: Rolf Kühn ist dafür genauso ins Studio gegangen wie die charismatische Jazzsängerin Malia und der experimentelle Vokalist und Arrangeur Erik Leuthäuser. Eine Brücke von der Jetztzeit zurück zu MPS-Meilensteinen wird ab April die „Ambassador“-Serie schlagen. Prominente von Gilles Peterson und Ed Motta bis zu Till Brönner und Götz Alsmann präsentieren dann nämlich mit ganz persönlichen Liner Notes ihre Lieblings-Alben aus dem Schwarzwälder Katalog, selbstverständlich als Neupressungen.  Mekka für Oscar Peterson, George Duke, die Singers Unlimited und jede Menge junger europäischer Entdeckungen: Die MPS-Studios in Villingen schrieben dank hochwertiger Aufnahmetechnik und unverwechselbarer Ästhetik zwei Jahrzehnte lang pionierhaft Jazzgeschichte. Bis heute sorgt der „most perfect sound made in the Black Forest“ für leuchtende Ohren bei Analog-Fans weltweit. Ein kleiner historischer Abriss. weiter lesen Den kompletten Pressetext und Bilder finden Sie unter: PRESS-INFO: MPS Records 50. Jubiläum Kontaktieren Sie uns gern für mehr Information und mögliche Interviewpartner. Viele Grüße       Hanns-Christian Gerth Promo Contact: Hanns-Christian Gerth, +49 (0)40.88 172 88-5,  h.gerth@herzogpromotion.com Steffen Mayer, +49 (0)40.88 172 88-6,  s.mayer@herzogpromotion.com

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I'm selling the following gears, well-cared for, in flawlessly working conditions... why?

Not because I don't like, actually... yet, life is changes, folks... and I love changing...

Seriously: I'm actually enjoying other gears in my system and it's time to let these fine objects go and find a new, good home.

Thomas Mayer 4-chassis transformers-coupled preamp: line-stage using 2 x 1929 N.O.S. Cunningham CX310 with power supply and Dave Slagle transformers and LCR phono-stage using 4 x Western Electric 437A and Tango LCR EQ600 with poser supply. Many N.O.S. spare-tubes included. Superb!


Hiraga Le Classè A 30W Class A amps - 4 pieces available, in perfect shape, nicely sounding, superb building quality.

- Marantz 7C tube pre-amp from the '60s with six "Diamond/Smooth plate" N.O.S. Telefunken ECC-83 100 % unmodified/original, as built by Saul Marantz and Sidney Smith + wooden case + original papers - truly seldom seen 220V original!!!!!

- Marantz 10B tube-tuner, the "Rolls-Royce" of tuners from the '60s + wooden case + fully original/unmodified/serviced, perfectly working, with original papers - 117V;

- EMT 997 "Banana" 12 inches arm, N.O.S. in original wooden-box complete with ALL accessories (weights, 2 x arm-rests and papers) - EMT "diamond" mount for TSD15 cartridge - five bare-wires original;

- Ortofon RMG-309i 12 inches arm, original box and papers w/8N Ortofon blue cable;

- IVIE IE-30 Real Time Analyzer, complete in original briefcase, with class A microphone and ALL accessories, a brand-new set of genuine spare IVIE's batteries and Ivie IE-20 Pink and White noise-generator - both with original 117/220V power supplies/batteries chargers - top conditions and not comparable with any other shitty computer analyzer - the one! ;

- Bang & Olufsen CD-5500 design-friendly CD-player, Philips TDA-1541 DAC, superbly sounding;


- BEYER TR/BV 351015006 MC transformer in Hammond alu box - nicely matching and sounding with EMT TSD-15 and, most of all, with Denon DL-103; 

- custom-made cartridges display/holder, dust-proof, made in plexiglas: black base and see-through clear plexiglas cover, good for 6 cartridges and headshells - elegant and useful for carts collectors - two available;  

- Nagra IV-S with QGB large-spools motor, alu flight-case, Power-supplies and accessories, cables, original Nagra's NAB and cine adapters, etc. - museum quality, perfect sounding/recording;

- birch plywood and bronze arm-base for Schick 12" arm for Garrard 301, including Schick arm.

... also more goodies available - mostly speakers, all in top conditions - ( i.e. '50s Westrex 2080-A 15" woofers 16 ohm/Philips 9710 Alnico/RCA MI-9584 1,5" drivers 15 ohm + original metal theatre horns adapters/Emilar 1" 8 ohm drivers/Altec 15" 803A woofers 16 ohm and 420A Biflex 15" 8 ohm/JBL 2420 1" - high-drivers and original "sound-barrier" horn - 16 ohm/Isophon 22 cm Alnico/original N.O.S. Saba "green" mids and highs pairs and several baffles for wide-band and bass-enclosures for 15" woofers)... if the case, pls drop a line at:

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Will send hi-res pixes of any item to anyone interested enough... only be (a little) patient;-)

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From Glenn himself...

I selected and sequenced the tracks for this double LP (or 78-minute CD) collection and wrote the accompanying liner notes. Just got my copies -- Concord / Craft did a bang-up job: top grade vinyl; heavy board gatefold cover; color minis of all the original Takoma and Vanguard LPs; six 11 X 11 pages of notes (20 pages in the CD). Two tracks have never been reissued since they came out on LP more than 40 years ago. Proud!

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A rainy Saturday afternoon stands to music listening as sex stands to love...

... or not?

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Check www.littlezoe.eu and see it at next Munchen Hi End M.O.C. 2018.

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Today I found a fantastic luthier from Switzerland...

Check the sound of these superb instruments here and here, stunning playing both by Thomas Sonderegger.

Disc of the Month - Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch 2018)

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Listening again to this voice, after years from Oh Superman and others seminal early Laurie's discs, made my day... for many days, now.

This 2 records-set, mastered by Bob Luswig and masterfully played by Kronos' and composed and played as well by Laurie Anderson is a superb disc, indeed.

It's atmospheric and fresh... and the recording is smooth and detailed, unveiled and natural-sounding.

I liked it a lot!

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A gorgeous arm is born, folks...

... an unipivot, an high-mass design by Serge Rogozyansky.

Thanking Any Moore for sharing.

Much worth exploring Serge's site, indeed.

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Again by Karmadon's...

GRAY 108 tonearm clone from magnesium alloy.

The arm is made of magnesium alloy. As is known, the most desirable audiophile option of GRAY 108 is made of magnesium.
All mounting dimensions are equivalent to the original. Arm painted with gray WRINKLE dye.
The geometrical dimensions of the arm, arm base, set screw are also 100% equivalent to the original and all made from highest quality materials.
The needle and the screw are made from 1045 steel.
The tonearm is fully equipped with everything being needed to install on the turntable as you can see it on the photos.
The tonearm is equipped with a cable (2 feet) and clips Cardas.

Also, there is an instruction for installing and correct setting.

And now available in black.

Price for such a masterpiece is a stunning USD 550 plus shipping!

Just ordered one for my (second) Lumiere DST or Denon DL102!

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Silbatone at M.O.C. 2018 - when less is more...

April 28, 2018, 11:23 am

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Downsizing and bringing audio to a new level of care for details and human-sized expense to par will be next goal... this is my humble opinion and heartfelt wish.

I recently corresponded with my pal and mentor Joe Roberts and he shared some details about the next Munchen Silbatone Shrine, 2018 edition.

The choice of Joe and Silbatone's people was someway unwanted and forced by unexpected and complicate eveniences... so, let's not expect exotic WE 16A, 12, 15 or 13 large horns, but...

Chance plays a role in life and life itself choose to bring things down to earth. 

A world, a new better world where less is more.

So, here are some exclusive news, straight from JR:

"We will have 757A (great speaker, one of my favorites), TA-4165s in a small TA-7395 inspired horn baffle, and two prs. of 755A in Silbatone cabinets."

Sounds good to me...

Look forward in meeting new and old friends at Silbatone's... where music and quality counts.

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Good stroke, SME...

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