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The Jackson C. Frank's Martin D 28
The 1948 Jackson C. Frank D 28 reappeared... finally in the light of day.......the 1948 C.F. Martin D-28 that was used by Jackson C. Frank to write and record his first and only album and that is...
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Brian Eno is a producer, writer, and multi-instrumental musician, legendary both in his own right as a pioneer of ambient music, and in the work he’s done across his vast career with others, like Bryan...
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Bert Jansch at Waverly Studio
Look at the beauty of this pix: Bert with one of his several borrowed acoustic guitars, here a nice Gibson... and the two AKG C24s' stereo mikes with capsules set as mono...This pix comes from Nathan...
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First New Year Vinyl Chase
Drums & fifes... the hounds unlashed... found these nuggets hidden in dusty flea-market carton boxes lying on the tarmac...Yeah!
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Studer C 37 butterfly heads-set
Incredible... look at these time-capsule heads for Studer C 37 reel to reel... N.O.S.!!!They ended up to EUR 1,910.00 on Ebay, recently... posting here to preserve something rarer than a four leaf...
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Oneaverageear
YES!... sure not twogoodears, today!Unfortunately, I've been suffering of some strange flu for the last few days - i.e. had some light fever, some throat pain, then some eyes sore, now some crackling...
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Neumann USM-69 stereo mike
Neumann USM-69 is a truly lovely stereo microphone - among the best in my stable - and the one I use the most for its practical package.Its sound with Sound Devices 722 2-tracks 24Bit/192Khz digital...
View ArticleDDP
What is a DDP file, and what are the advantages?By Rob Stewart - JustMastering.com - Last updated August 7, 2017DDP stands for “Disc Description Protocol”, a proprietary format developed by DCA, Inc....
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Blu-Spec disk mastering
While the audio industry is claiming (maybe wishing, too....) the death of compact-disc, I only recently appreciated the disk-mastering as a viable lower-fi storage and sharing media - for musicians I...
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Gustave Courbet's
Bigots, beware...... this is the real thing, period.This is the way FB would like it to be...... censoring, covering, hiding... blaming... Nonetheless... the "origin of life" cannot be changed or...
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Giuseppe Mazzini's guitar
In the pix, Mimmo Peruffo - strings maker extraordinaire - and the genuine, one and only Giuseppe Mazzini's guitar, stringed with Mimmo's Aquila Gut & Silk strings...Italian proudness... just ask...
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Big game...
Today, at one of my flea-markets of choice, I found some sought-after nuggets...This is the real thing - i.e. a Decca Ace of Diamonds GOS 558-559 two-records set... ALSO AN ENIGMA OF THE RECORD...
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Nimbus S.A.M. 45 rpm
Another golden pebble I stepped over...Nimbus is a personal fave of yours truly... they know how to do it right!I collected half a dozen of Meridian, EMI and Nimbus 45 rpm discs... they're pressings of...
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Sonic bliss
Last finds, from yesterday flea-market... only some of the gorgeous discs I acquired...Seldom seen disc... original instruments and a recording 2D4. An historic organ, masterfully recorded by A....
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The most elusive disc, ever...
I've been a huge, fanatic collector and scholar of Rene Clemencic and his musical so broad productions and heritage...The following disc on my lap is - maybe - the most sought-after and elusive of his...
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Robbie Basho and Maurizio Angeletti
From the one and only Italian Tour with Maurizio Angeletti, my 12 strings guitar mentor and teacher in early '80s.. this very pix on the cover taken in Dolomites... near San Martino di Castrozza......
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Honors to Manfred Eicher in ECM 50th anniversary
Hon FRAM Citation for Manfred Eicher, 12 February 2018, LondonUnder the terms of its Royal Charter of 1830, the Academy has the power to confer honours on distinguished musicians. The roll call of...
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DAB+
DAB... plus... or minus? I gladly share the following text I got from Bent, a FB pal from Norway, about the fearful next-to-die FM radio:"A question to you. You are above average interested in music...
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