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RIP Larry Levine

I love the sound of old records. Especially ones from the 50’s and 60’s – the golden era of open reel tape recording – often utilizing fewer than 8 tracks. Great musicians made the music (usually all together), great producers coaxed and coerced great performances and brilliant engineers made it sound spectacular – using great [...]

Posted 15 May 2008 § blog ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged:

Expecting to Fly

I’ve always been a fan of Neil Young’s guitar playing and sound. His haunting soundtrack for Jim Jarmusch’s Dead Man is one of my top tens. Of late, I have been reading his ‘officially sanctioned’ and perfectly flawed (I think in a good way) bio, Shakey, by J. McDonough. It has given me an appreciation [...]

Posted 06 December 2007 § blog ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: , ,