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Dear Naimers, PHANTOM LIMB PRESS LAUNCHTUE 29th July - Monkey Chews, Camden, LONDONDoors 7.30pm (band on 8.30pm)The first act under the new Naim Edge label, Phantom Limb, will be playing an intimate and exclusive showcase in Camden.The show will be...

Fleet Foxes are playing at the Waterfront in Norwich - 28th October. Gary

This album is, by and large, an absolute cracker. Think steely dan with a heavy reggae influence and you are on the right track. He seems much more comfortable with vocal duties compared to eleven tracks of whack and the playing is top draw...

Hi Guys.I've been looking unsuccessfully for a good storage system for my LP collection. At the moment they mostly reside on a long wooden shelf behind one of my SL2s, and they're very inconvenient to get at there(I have a frisson of concern that if I...

any good? I have on pre-order but wondered whether any of our US contributors have seen or heard of the LA gig.Promo looks OK. Steve

Dance music is dead easy isn’t it? All you need are loads of samples and a drum machine. Umm well no, and here’s proof.1. La Maison Moderne - Day after day – Absolutely horrendous. Albin Julius please, step away from the drum...

who do you rate as the best of all time,for me the greatest tenor of all time is Andrea Bocelli the greatest baritone Paul Robeson.

Haven’t had a top 10 for a while so how about Kraut Rock/Kosmiche Musik. I’ve restricted the list to 1 per act/person; otherwise it would be full of Klaus Schulze – actually I cheated in that 5 of the records do have a Klaus...

I have had my best & worst experiences (both musical & general!) at festivals. This year I've already enjoyed the Orkney Folk Festival . It's a really friendly uncommercialised event. A great mix of music in a lovely part of the U.K. I strongly recommend it! My other festival visit this year is World Of Music, Arts & Dance at Charlton Park, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, U.K. Also a friendly & relatively uncommercialised shindig. This years line-up is the best in years IMHO. The W.O.M.A.D.

Hi guys,Now that I have sampled some of the well known conductors and their interpretations of Beethoven, that include Furwangler, Karajan, Klemperer and Haitink I have decided that the Furtwangler 9th has had the most impact on me closely followed by...

Hi allJust bought Pornography on a new Russian audiophile label called Vinyl Lovers, these new issues are taken from the digital remasters done for the the limited edition CD's in 2005. Now I was a bit sceptical about the quality these might produce...

Which 10 records/cds would you take to an island??My list:* Sophie Zelmani - A decade of dreams* Tool - Lateralus* Metallica - Master of puppets* Counting Crows - August and everything...* Led Zeppelin - How the west was won* Coheed and Cambria - No...

Hi guysI've been reading a lot about how the Barry Diament versions of whatever albums he's mastered are the must-have versions. Where does one find them?Online would be best, or record stores in the New York City area. I tend stop by in London every...

Here's the last entry from last July, with links to the prior thread.At last! For years I’ve wanted to hear Annie Fischer play the Emperor, and a year or so ago I read about a bootleg version, though I was never able to track it down....

Not sure how well publicised its been but Gomez are touring next month and into early September. JUst got my tickets yesterday for the Manchester show.Ryan

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Short beautiful songs - 22 DREAMS AND MODERN GUILT are 2 realy Great Albums

Hi Mods,For some reason I seem to have been placed under moderation. Please advise.Kind regards,NeilThat was for trying to sell your guitar.

Brother Cesare is the lead singer in a heavy metal band.Apparently the 62-year-old monk's love affair with heavy metal began when he attended a Metallica concert 15 years ago.

Hi all!!A friend supplied me with the first four Zeps, mastered by a certain Barry Diament.What is this about???My friend says they are better than the "normal ones"...I have the remastered collection box (grey box).Are those of Barry Diament really...

Latest Steven Wilson HQ News On the 4th October 2007 Porcupine Tree arrived for an in-store performance and signing session at Park Avenue CDs in Orlando, Florida, with 200 fans also in attendance. Although it was originally planned that the full band...

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I thought I'd give something new a try... After a bit of online sampling of carious of naim's CDs I don't have I decided on Jason Carter's Helsinki Project, and it's a really good buy Excellent and eclectic mix of beats, guitar and all sorts of...

http://www.norwichartscentre.co.uk/content/blogcategory/0/86/Martyin Joseph playing live at the Assembly Rooms - great venue, great artist - should be an excellent gig..........Gary

DetailsThat's on Planet rock dot co dot uk if/when the URL disappears.