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Move along if you were expecting the British doom metal band, this isn't about them!This Cathedral are an American symphonic prog band who started out in the 70s in America. They produced one album in 1978 called Stained Glass Stories and it's a...

I see MF are releasing Rush: Permanent Waves on 180g vinyl. Do you think this might be worth a punt for Rush fans?Great album but not the best recording in the world.b

ChapsCalling all DG fans which obviously precludes old misery guts McCluckie. Do you know the name of his latest CD. I know his DVD "Remember that Night" is soaring up the charts, but is there a CD.RegardsMick

Fopp Cambridge Circus is now open, BUT I hear you cry why go there when you can go to Sister Ray, Sounds Of The Universe, Vinyl Junkies, Phonica, Music and Video Exchange, Mr CD and many more in your friendly SoHo. Independent music shops for the...

I recently borrowed a couple of discs of Bruno Walter rehearsing and performing Mozart and Beethoven. What a revelation. It was fascinating to sit and hear the maestro plan end execute the details of his performance.Has anyone else tried these types...

Check out the live concert in Berlin - damn funky and a great soulful(James Brown like!) female vocal. Quality isn't audiophile but who cares when a band plays with that much ...

Well, it's that time of year, the programme is out, and can be viewed here and downloaded here.I've been curious for some time as to how this would turn out. This is the first year director Jonathan Mills (replacing Brian McMaster, a tough act to...

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Stumbled accross her on a compilation, singing let me down easy. Sounds fantastic. Anyone else heard of her?

I am after some Elton John albums that are well recorded, as usual the ones I am after are again fairly rare and expensive, can anyone comment on the mfsl / dcc version that are out there.Pete

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I recently managed to intercept a few dozen old classical vinyl LPs my uncle was about to dump. Sacrilege! Most of them date from the fifties & sixties and they were all in a poor state, having been stored in a cellar for many years. I've since run them through my Moth Record Cleaning Machine, an incredibly tedious process, but it's restored most to an almost pristine condition, eminently playable. I suspect they haven't been on a turntable for over thirty years and the quality of the...

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just reading this thread here and it made me wonder where are most of these guys gone.Great thread I have Mingus - black saint and the sinner lady which is still one of my "inbox" cd's (after about 4 years which is an embarrassingly long time ) - must...

You can download Bach's complete Brandenburg Concertos legally and for free with no subscriptions or anything from here (courtesy of Czech Radio):http://www.rozhlas.cz/d-dur/download_engThese files are in lossless FLAC format and the recordings are...

I have a friend who lives in Sydney who is a massive fan of Dame Shirley Bassey.He is looking for a DVD recording of the TV program apparently recently shown on one of the UK's commercial TV stations "An Evening with Dame Shirley Bassey" - can any of...

After spending a happy hour sampling music from the splendid classic selection on the hyperion site : ) I explored other pages on this excellent webb site that included the subject of 'bronzing'...I now know why one of my disc's (purchased in 1994)...

Just picked this up today.Only listened to the first track which is lovely. Will report back once I have had a good listen.Looking at the lyrics it is easy to see that she is not too impressed with humankind in general.

It’s a bit of a sad thing that Prog has become a rather dirty word since Punk, and that so many ears are closed to it. Not that it arguably didn’t need a good sorting out by 1976/7 with bands like Yes and ELP having disappeared up their...

Sorry if this has been posted before, but I thought that admirers of Hewitt's Bach might like to know that she's touring Bach's Well Tempered Clavier around the world for the next year. Dates may be found on the Hyperion website (can't link directly...

Loving 'Veneer' so much, Mrs JWM and I were waiting with baited breath for the arrival of this new one. Even ordered two formats - CD and vinyl for 'his n hers' preferred...'Veneer' was pushing the envelope on production though one could feel how the...

RICHMOND FONTAINE are getting ready set sail off to the UK and Spain in support of their new limited edition mini album “$87 and a Guilty Conscience that gets Worse the Longer I go” which is released this coming Monday. Q and UNCUT have...

Dear Colleagues,Classical Opera Lovers need not to worry, though: As far as I know Cecilia Bartoli has not yet joined the “cross over mania”.Nevertheless, I was more than mildly puzzled (or amused ?) to note the position of...

Just bought Disreali Gears on Universal Japan's new re-issue and just have to share with everyone what a fabulous album it is on a great pressing. Now that's a band I would loved to have seen live. Hope they do Wheels Of Fire as well.Anybody got the...

Spotted this the other day.I've rather enjoyed the Original Jacket releases I've bought - lovely packaging and some nice recordings - the Horowitz set and Szell's sets with the Cleveland orchestra of Beethoven and Mozart are well worth investigating....