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February 5, 2022

Notable Private Press Albums

Private pressings have always been sought after. Despite runs of less than 300 copies, despite amateurish performances or sub-par recording and engineering, and despite a lack of name recognition for the artists therein, the importance and value of the private pressing to the culture of recorded music cannot be overstated.

February 22, 2022

Record Store Day 2022: Memories of a Hawaiian Record Shop

Putting the focus back on the shops and not the releases seems to be the leitmotiv for Record Store Day 2022. This shift reminded me of a trip I took to Hawaii in 2018 and the day I sought out the state’s oldest record store – Hungry Ear Records in Honolulu.

February 25, 2022

Record Weights: The Skinny on Why They’re Heavy

Starting at $35, a record weight requires minimal outlay for what, ostensibly, could be seen as a path to tangible sonic improvement, regardless of how perceptible those benefits could be.

March 9, 2022

Heavy Rotation: Live at Massey Hall 1971 – Neil Young

Featuring only Neil Young, several guitars and a grand piano on the stage, sad, lonely, bleak and poignant would all be suitable descriptors for the set list which make up Live At Massey Hall. Only eight out of the 18 songs performed during the evening’s second set had been previously recorded.