マスタリングエンジニアとして活躍されている Mark Wilder さんが、廃棄寸前の EmArcy テストプレス盤を救ってくれ、そのスキャン写真を提供してくれました。非常に貴重な資料です。その他、手元にある Mercury / Limelight などの各種テストプレス盤を紹介しています。
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Universal Studio Blaze Burns Music History
古い音楽のファンにとって、悲しいお知らせです。 Sad, traggic, depressing news for us old music enthusiasts… 2008年6月1日にハリウッドのユニヴァーサル・スタジオで起きた火災により、1930年代〜1950年代の貴重なメタルマスターやマスターテープが多数消失した可能性が高まってきたそうです。 “A fire roared through part of Universal Studios film and TV studio on Sunday, June 1, 2008” (quoted from Reuters.com news article), and there is a new rumor…
Sleigh Ride / Herb Geller
It’s been nearly one year since I bought used vinyls and 78rpms last, but here it is now, my new acquisition – (I hope) I won’t be back rapidly to the centre of the “the road to vinyl/shellac junkies” (I hope and pray, actually), anyway it’s a kind of rehabilitation for me, buying a single 78rpm in last eleven months . . .
Classique – Cover Art for Classical Music
Classique – Covert Art for Classical Music by Horst Scherg Published by Gestalten, Berlin 2008 ISBN 978-3-89955-228-7…
What is DEEP GROOVES on vinyl records?
レコードのレーベル面にある溝、いわゆる「ディープグルーヴ」(DG) ですが、これはプレス機由来なのか、スタンパー由来なのか、レコード製造工程を捉えたいろんな映像を見ることで、類推してみました。結論として、スタンパー由来では決してなく、DG の有無そのものがスタンパーの鮮度と一致するわけではない、と理解しています。
R.I.P., Ms. Miyoshi Umeki
Miyoshi Umeki (aka Nancy Umeki) passed away at 78
梅木美代志 (ナンシー梅木) さんが 78歳で逝去
Max Roach a la carte
Last night I picked up two LP albums by Max Roach and put ’em on my turntable to pray R.I.P. Both albums recorded in the 1970s, both released only in Japan, both not so popular as Roach’s other masterpieces, and both not his best albums ever. But they have given me very interesting insights of the percussion artistry of how Max Roach can “sing” with the drums.
Thelma Gracen on Ditto Label!
その筋 (?) のファンには有名なジャズシンガー セルマ・グレーセン (Thelma Gracen) と、泣く子も黙る偉大なロック/ポップアーティスト ポール・マッカートニー (Paul McCartney)。この二人を結ぶ意外な繋がりについてご存知でしょうか? Thelma Gracen (a very obscure female Jazz vocalist) and Paul McCartney (needless to say the biggest icon in the Rock/Pops history) – do you happen to know the surprising…
Call for help: check your copies of Blue Note BST-84340
Blue Note BST-84340 をお持ちの方に情報提供のお願いです。 If you have a copy of Blue Note BST-84340, your information is appreciated. Details are as shown below. Accent On The Blues / “Big” John Patton (Blue Note BST-84340) この CD を Amazon.co.jp で買う…
Microgroove War May Be Settled Soon
I have introduced various old record catalogues in my previous articles (see “Old Record Catalogues” articles, Part 1, 2, 3, and 4, although they are currently written only in Japanese), and some articles also featured qutations from disc reviews and ads on Down Beat magazine back issues which I have. Actually it’s always fun and interesting to read from pages to pages, ads to ads, reviews to reviews – such magazines and newspapers of many many years ago still delivers atmosphere of that era, working like “time capsules” of when Jazz was one of the driving forces in the Popular music. Other than that, they are full of invaluable information which is very useful for discographic purpose.