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The Beatles CD Remasters: The Box Sets

The Express 9/2009 and posted in Music, Music Features, CD and Digital Reviews

Because the Beatles mean so much to so many people, the success of remastering the Compact Discs was never a foregone conclusion. Among them are devotees who make the most militant train-spotter seem positively blasé. Newly available are the individual … Continue reading →

CD and Digital Reviews

and posted in CD and Digital Reviews, Music

Natalie Cole: Good To Be Back EMI CDP 7 48902 2 (46m 54m) CD Nat’s kid plus a load of hot producers who present her in a manner befitting Soul Train’s Vocalist of the Year. This set might be just … Continue reading →

Matters Of Great Import

Fi Magazine and posted in Music, Music Features, CD and Digital Reviews

America has Rhino Records, undeniably one of the great reissue labels. But, hey, there’s no-one quite so anal as a European record collector, so you can assume rightly that the most thorough archive-dredgers in the world are based on the … Continue reading →

Chesky SACDs and DVD-As

Audiophile Sound null/2002 and posted in CD and Digital Reviews

CHRISTY BARON: STEPPIN’ Chesky SACD227 (hybrid stereo and multi-channel SACD) Chesky CHDVD 216 (6.0 channel DVD-Audio) DAVID JOHANSEN AND THE HARRY SMITHS Chesky SACD225 (hybrid stereo and multi-channel SACD) BUCKY PIZZARELLI: SWING LIVE! Chesky SACD223 (hybrid stereo and multi-channel SACD) … Continue reading →

LP Reviews

and posted in LP Reviews, Music

Arthur Alexander: The Monument Years (Ace) Though less well-known than, say, Otis Redding, soul belter Alexander had influence way beyond the scale of his success – the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, among others, covered his songs. And while his better-known … Continue reading →