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Dr. John: In the Right Place | Downunderman - Yesterday 01:03 am

I was very happy to see that this title had made it into the Atlantic 75th anniversary series. It made me think about my university days in the mid 70's and one of the share ...

Knaggs: Two Streams - Simpson | Marcus DiBenedetto - November 29, 2023

Divine Mercy is the theme of this Cantata. Youthful composer Daniel Knaggs (b. 1983) wrote the music based partly on the spiritually inspired writings of Maria Faustina ...

Van Morrison: Moondance | Kveld-Úlfr - November 30, 2023

What's more to this than the already existing Van Morrison: Moondance then ?

Steely Dan: Pretzel logic | Downunderman - Today 07:48 pm

Transferred from the old site: Review by analogue September 26, 2014 (12 of 13 found this review helpful) Performance: Sonics: Universal Japan did a superb job with this ...

Mahler: Symphonies 1-9 - Maazel | Athenaeus - November 29, 2023

Interesting comment, Hiredfox. That had crossed my mind, too. I'm sure AI will be capable of remastering in the near future, be it old analogue recordings or early-digital PCM ...

Mahler: Symphonies 1-9 - Maazel | Adrian Quanjer - Today 03:08 am

Interesting food for thought, indeed. On a slightly different track: Some time ago I reviewed Schubert: Symphonies 1, 3 & 7 (8) - de Vriend in which I paid ...

Miles Davis: Seven Steps to Heaven | Downunderman - Yesterday 01:15 am

Great review Mark and I'm 100% with you on the provenance disclosure issue. It continues to baffle me why they think being open about the source material is a negative. To my ...

Steely Dan: Countdown to Ecstasy | Downunderman - Today 07:45 pm

Transferred from the old site: Review by analogue August 7, 2014 (21 of 23 found this review helpful) Performance: Sonics: 1973/ 8 tracks/ 41 minutes I'm sure Steely Dan ...

Shutaro Matsui: Steps out of the Blue