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Audiophile: Vinyl, August 2019
Ken Kessler  |  Oct 25, 2019
This month we review: Curtis Mayfield, Miles Davis Quintet, Aretha Franklin and Buck Owens
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Audiophile: Vinyl, July 2019
 |  Sep 17, 2019
This month we review: Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble, Ted Hawkins, Simon And Garfunkel< and Sun Ra And His Astro Infinity Arkestra
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Audiophile: Vinyl, June 2019
Ken Kessler  |  Aug 28, 2019
This month we review: Tony Joe White, Julie London, Buck Owens and Linda Ronstadt
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Audiophile: Vinyl, May 2019
Ken Kessler  |  Jul 25, 2019
This month we review: Bo Diddley, Big Brother & The Holding Co, Holly Cole Trio and The Shadows Of Knight
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Audiophile: Vinyl, April 2019
Ken Kessler  |  Jun 20, 2019
This month we review: Marvin Gaye, Gene Clark, The Remains, and Johnny 'Guitar' Watson
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Audiophile: Vinyl, March 2019
Ken Kessler  |  May 14, 2019
This month we review: The Beatles, The Band, Little Willie John, and The Kinks
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Audiophile: Vinyl, February 2019
Ken Kessler  |  Apr 03, 2019
This month we review: Simon And Garfunkel, The Police, Rolling Stones, & Twisted Sister
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Audiophile: Vinyl (January 2019)
Ken Kessler  |  Mar 06, 2019
This month we review: King Solomon, Mel Henke, Sarah Mclachlan, & Matthew Sweet
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Audiophile: Vinyl (December 2018)
Ken Kessler  |  Dec 01, 2018
This month we review: Doug MacLeod, Ruth Brown, The Minx Soundtrack, and Matthew Sweet
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Audiophile: Vinyl (November 2018)
Ken Kessler  |  Nov 01, 2018
This month we review: Buffalo Springfield, Paul Rodgers, Ultimate Spinach, and Sonny Boy Williamson.
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Audiophile: Vinyl (October 2018)
Ken Kessler  |  Oct 01, 2018
This month we review: Michael Nesmith, John Butler, Carmen McRae, and Nina Simone.
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Audiophile: Vinyl (September 2018)
Ken Kessler  |  Sep 01, 2018
This month we review: Slim Harpo, Lynyrd Skynyrd, A Sea For Yourself, and The Rising Storm.
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Major Handy
Ken Kessler  |  Dec 10, 2010
Practitioners of Zydeco – the black, bluesy, more rocking cousin to swampy Cajun music – serve a select audience, for the genre rarely produces crossover hits. But if you get bitten by the bug, it’s irresistible. Major Handy is one of Zydeco’s younger, more active performers, born in the heart of the Louisiana region that gave birth to the sound, and a veteran who played with Rockin’ Dopsie. Chad Kassem’s crew has captured the swing and the feel of the genre, while showcasing an instrument that’s key to Zydeco but hardly an audiophile staple: the accordion.
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The Temptations
Ken Kessler  |  Dec 10, 2010
Although most would credit Sly & the Family Stone or Funkadelic’s empire for inventing acid-dripping, hard funk, back in ’69, the super-smooth Temptations were getting spacey, too. Sharp suits metamorphosed into the kind of garb that Elvis Presley would copy for his Vegas era, and track times would extend beyond the AM-friendly norm of Motown. While fans may have been taken aback by the wicked title track, the Temps had already shown an experimental streak with ‘I Know I’m Losing You’. And we certainly owe thanks to this LP for the later ‘Psychedelic Shack’, and of course, the immortal ‘Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone’.
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The Four Tops
Ken Kessler  |  Dec 10, 2010
It simply doesn’t get any better than this if you’re a Motown addict. This LP from ’67 contains a half-dozen gems, eg, ‘Bernadette’, that are forever associated with the ’Tops, plus a couple of covers they made their own: ‘Walk Away Renee’ and ‘If I Were A Carpenter’. With 20/20 hindsight, considering that The Monkees have been reassessed and found not to be the infra dig swill that snobs once deemed them to be, we learn here just how appealing was the material they chose: the ’Tops cover two of their hits, turning ‘Last Train To Clarksville’ and ‘I’m A Believer’ into almost-credible Motown stompers. Reach Out is the quintessence of the group’s and the label’s sound.
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