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Mind-travelling - motorbike globetrotting books
While at home, recovering from some back-troubles, I found in my library the following: some are - sincerely said - crap, while some others are really superb insight books about globetrotting and the...
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Rare Wax Dept. - Pink Floyd - Live at Hamburg, February 1971 aka M-502
I own this very record since 1972... it's a Pink Floyd's concert, recorded at Hamburg Musikhalle in February 1971, a 2-records set of seldom heard quality, both musically and sonically... the vinyl is...
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Blog of the Month - everything CSN&Y from The Netherlands
Thanking Dolf from Amsterdam... amazing job, indeed.Cool, also if I already read this on Neil's biography... :-) ... and YES, definitely: the barn is the one on the back cover of "Harvest"...
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Summertime
Some hours ago I had one of the most pleasing, relaxing and smooth listening experiences of my life...I placed a chair outside my studio after turning ON the Gotorama, placed last Emiliana Torrini's...
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Motorbiking Dept. - Forcella Lavardet - the San Francisco's Lombard Street in...
Always a deeeep joy motorbiking at Forcella Lavardet, from Casera Razzo, in the Dolomites.It was yesterday: Damiano with his KTM 990 Adventure and myself with my BMW Kalahari enjoyed it a lot!Forcella...
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Ortofon 2M SE mono cartridge
New Lexan-body mono MM cartridge from Ortofon... read the informative introducing essay.Pre-order it now.
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Lenkong - the platter
First pixes of Lenkong 55 platter... just before painting at the workshop.Yes, you're right: the platter is larger, three times heavier and "thicker" than original... ha! Here for comparison the...
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Lenkong - the bearing
A labour of love for Lenco... aehm, Lenkong B-55.Embarassed...... and proud.Yes, the pup-bearing shown near the new, bespoke one is original, stock B-55's...
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R.I.P. Dept. - Charlie Haden (1937/2014)
A really, reallysad news, folks... I've seen him in concert and briefly chatted with him and shook his hand... BUT what he made for music it's beyond words.Deeply missed, already.Condolences to his...
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Switzerland's Gems - at Serge Schmidlin's place
A couple of days ago I visited again Serge at his place, in Commugny, near Geneva.A couple of years passed after my first and last visit at Audio Consulting's headquarters and must say - being, like...
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Record of the Day - Vincent Gallo's "The Brown Bunny" OST feat. John Frusciante
First time ever on 180 grams vinyl... ohh, yes a bootleg circulated, years ago... but with this the artist will get some money, as it should be...A cool chance to listen to an acoustic John...
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The Voice of the Eagle - Kazakh music from the Western Mongolia's Altai...
Fondly remembering and suggesting (to) the late, deeply missed Robbie Basho and his vision of the country...This music is truly the soul of wilderness and it's dynamic and borderless like Nature and...
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Racon horn - the missing link?
Larger than WE 15A or Siemens' Klangfilm... and maybe more elusive? Who did listen to one of these behemoths, out there?Thanking Iain...
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Animusic
Super... maybe the Pat Metheny's secret dream instrument?Thanking Mauro for suggesting it...
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Shakti - a short summer tale
Time for balance... I recently spent some hours playing on my acoustic guitars some John Renbourn, Bert Jansch, Alex De Grassi, Robbie Basho, Dave Evans and Davey Graham's tunes, plus some of my own...
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