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Carole King & James Taylor, Live at the Troubadour | The Vinyl Anachronist

December 16, 2021 Marc Phillips 1

Carole King & James Taylor’s Live at the Troubadour was recorded back in 2007. I’ve seen James Taylor perform live only once, during a Bridge School Benefit concert from just a few years before. It […]

Jazz Files

Chicago/The Blues/Today! from Craft/Vanguard RSD | Jazz Files

June 30, 2021 Editorial Staff 4

Every generation of music lovers should listen beyond the popular music of the day. If you don’t do the enjoyable, deep listening required to appreciate classical, blues, Brazilian, as well as other, more esoteric styles […]

The Vinyl Anachronist

Violent Femmes, Add It Up (LP Reissue) | The Vinyl Anachronist

May 25, 2021 Marc Phillips 1

I’ll always remember the first time I heard Violent Femmes because it was such a cool place to be, browsing through the bins at Tower Records on Sunset Boulevard. This is back in the summer […]

Jazz Files

John Lennon, Plastic Ono Band–The Ultimate Collection | Jazz Files

May 21, 2021 Editorial Staff Comments Off on John Lennon, Plastic Ono Band–The Ultimate Collection | Jazz Files

If you’re an analog, aka vinyl lover, I’ll cut to the big magilla: John Lennon’s remastered solo debut LP, Plastic Ono Band, humiliates the original 1970 US pressing. The new pressing, which I assume was […]

Analog

Parasound Halo JC 3+ Phono Preamplifier | REVIEW

March 19, 2021 Marc Phillips 2

Is the Parasound Halo JC 3+ phono preamplifier (website) a modern incarnation of the Vendetta Research? Before you answer that, have you ever heard John Curl’s original Vendetta Research phono preamplifier? I have, maybe about […]

Components

Bryston Audio 4B³ Power Amplifier | REVIEW

March 12, 2021 Marc Phillips 5

  At first it sounded like a great idea. A few months ago, Bryston Audio (website) asked me if I wanted to review the newest version of their truly iconic power amplifier, the 4B. They […]

Music

Social Distortion Reissues from Craft Recordings | The Vinyl Anachronist

December 20, 2019 Marc Phillips Comments Off on Social Distortion Reissues from Craft Recordings | The Vinyl Anachronist

I’d almost forgotten about my shared history with Social Distortion. Mike Ness and his crew hailed from Fullerton CA, where I was born and where I went to college. Social D was one of those […]

Music

Filter, Title of Record 20th Anniversary LP | The Vinyl Anachronist

October 16, 2019 Marc Phillips 4

Craft Recordings, the company that just released It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! for the first time on vinyl, has also sent me the 20th anniversary reissue of Filter’s second album, 1999’s Title of Record. […]

The Vinyl Anachronist

It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown | The Vinyl Anachronist

October 3, 2019 Marc Phillips 2

It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown will never be the cherished audiophile recording that A Charlie Brown Christmas is. It probably won’t be remastered by one of those audiophile labels since the sound quality is […]

Music

Stax Records, Soul Explosion | The Vinyl Anachronist

July 5, 2019 Marc Phillips 1

1969 was a hell of a year, something’s that quite obvious from all of the 50th anniversary celebrations going on right now. What you probably didn’t realize is that 2019 is also the 50th anniversary […]

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