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The Hunt for New Music: Embed from Getty Images The world of audio is changing in dramatic ways almost daily. As a big, big, fan of recorded music, I’ve always had great sound systems. When I was in college, I took a job at a stereo store just so I could get the great …
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The Hunt for New Music: Just a terrific concert, Paul McCartney in New York to open the new Citi Field Stadium in 2009. The video is HD and the sound is very good; the song list a collection of Beatles and McCartney tunes. The opening is particularly well done. No need to puff this one …
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The Hunt for New Music: A classic to honor a classic: Chuck Berry live at the BBC, in 1972, with Rocking Horse. The camera work is very good (you would expect it from the BBC) and the sound is surprisingly clear (from the soundboard). We lost Chuck Berry this past week but he’s going to …
Paying Attention: To get an appreciation of how deep Chuck Berry’s influence went, you just have to look at the royalty of rock&roll and their performances of his music. Here’s a great clip of Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band doing the Berry classic “You Never Can Tell”. It starts off as rock&roll classic and …
Paying Attention: “You know, my temperature’s risin’ And the jukebox blowing a fuse My heart’s beatin’ rhythm And my soul keeps on singin’ the blues Roll over Beethoven and tell Tchaikovsky the news…” –from Roll Over Beethooven by Chuck Berry Charles Edward Anderson Berry died on Saturday. He was 90 years old and he was known …
The Hunt for New Music: The big dogs are out: Steely Dan, Think Fast in Cincinnati, published on YouTube in 2014. Do not have a clue when the concert actually took place. The video is good, the sound is very good (sound board mix? you expect very good sound from Steely Dan), published to YouTube …
The Hunt For New (Christmas) Music: Embed from Getty Images Combine this playlist(which is Part B) with the previous one (No. X, Part A) and you’ll have several hours of great holiday music. Happy Holidays and good listening. The Fine Print: Image courtesy of our friends at Getty Images (all rights reserved), who graciously make …
The Hunt for New (Christmas) Music: Embed from Getty Images This playlist is composed of the best of the previous playlists. This is Part A. Combine it with the playlist that follows and create your own super-Christmas playlist for the season. Line ’em all up on your playback system and let them play all day(or …
The Hunt for New (Christmas) Music: Embed from Getty Images The 9th in a series of terrific and smartly curated playlists of Christmas and Holiday music. As always, the spirit shines through. The Fine Print: Image courtesy of our friends at Getty Images (all rights reserved), who graciously make available their vast archive …
The Hunt for New (Christmas) Music: Embed from Getty Images A double Christmas Playlist. The first one, The “Christmas Series Playlist VIII (slow), features Christmas and Holiday Music that is a little lower key than some of the rocking music normally featured. Makes no difference…fast or slow, it’s all great. And…if slower holiday music is …
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