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Where have the Hi-Res downloads gone from McCartney's website? I wanted to get McCartney II downloaded like I had done for the previous 'Archive' releases. It seems that option is no longer available. Anyone know what's happening?   Many thanks

Hi streamers,   BBC reporting Spotify seem to have security issues of some sort   http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27597358   LPs and CDs rule! I hope it is not a big issue........cheers John

Whether it’s via Press Releases or the blurb on those stick-on spec sheets on the back of music box sets, record labels can *sometimes* over-egg the pudding when it comes to the claims about the music contained within. With that in mind, here’s a lighthearted look at reissue and music box set PR…. “Career spanning” > The bits of the artist’s career the label have the rights to. “Host of unreleased recordings” > Music rejected the first time around for being sub-standard. “Rare...

Hope all fans have heard her version of Me I Disconnect From You? The extended version on the wonderful new 'deluxe' version of Nightclubbing goes one better still but I cannot link to it.  

Now on Amazon for preorder. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Highwa...94556230&sr=1-46 Steve

Click .   John.

the tag below the video link "Our flagship amplification system, Statement, has made its European debut today at the High-end Show in Munich" Wasn't it at Bristol? this is getting getting close to the famous "Fog in the Channel, Continent isolated"...

The Mass in G maior ...   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_UavnuPkow   ATB from George

Naim’s flagship amplification system, Statement , makes its London debut exclusively at KJ West One . K J West One, 26 New Cavendish Street, London, W1G 8TY Wednesday 28th May - Thursday 29th May Come along to experience the pinnacle of hi-fi performance from the NAC S1 preamplifier and NAP S1 mono power amplifiers driving Focal Grande Utopia loudspeakers. There will also be a range of accessible systems from both Naim and Focal on demonstration for you to enjoy. Places are limited so make...

  Summer Audiofest Doubletree by Hilton Hotel, Burlington Road, Dublin Saturday 7 th June: 10am - 6pm Sunday 8 th June: 10:30am - 3:30pm Come along to the Summer Audiofest 2014 hosted by Audio Space in association with Cloney Audio.   We...

Our flagship amplification system, Statement , has made its European debut today at the High-end Show in Munich. Meet some of the engineering minds behind the Statement project and delve deeper into the philosophy and technology behind the ultimate amplification system in our new ‘Meet the Engineers’ video. >WATCH THE VIDEO

Jack White recently restored a Voice-o-Graph sound booth made in 1947 that records directly to vinyl. He appeared on the Fallon Show with Neil Young who recorded Willie Nelson's song "Crazy" in the booth, live on the show. A vinyl record of...

WIN one of five pairs of complimentary tickets to support Team M-Sport Bentley, proudly sponsored by Naim, at Silverstone on Sunday 25th May for the next race in the 2014 GT3 Blancpain Endurance Series! To enter, simply ‘Like’ our Facebook page here and comment with your favourite album to drive to on the competition post. Full terms and conditions: http://bit.ly/1hBScLa

Anyone else attend these? Apparently only the third or fourth time the studio has been opened to the public. I went for the Saturday afternoon session and very interesting it was too. For an hour before the talk, we were allowed to take photos...

I'm super-stoked that I'll once again be playing the music of the GRATEFUL DEAD with my good friends in TRIBUTOSAURUS three times this month: Thursday & Friday, May 8 & 9 at Martyrs' in Chicago, IL, USA, and then again on Thursday, May 15 at Wire in Berwyn, IL, USA. I'll be playing keyboards as a core member of the band, and we'll be joined by a cavalcade of guest musicians, some of the very best in Chicago, or anywhere. The rehearsal last night was incredible ... the gigs should be...

I heard them for the first time yesterday on the radio, just superb.   http://snarkypuppy.ropeadope.com/album/we-like-it-here   Go check them out!   Mark

Just a heads up for anyone interested in this cycle. It was reissued by Naive in 2013, and is available on Amazon. IMO, it is one of the finest cycles available, even though some complain about too much emphasis on the cello.   BBM

From What HiFi news. http://www.whathifi.com/news/hdtracks-high-res-music-store-to-launch-in-uk

Chaps,   just been listening to Janes Addiction and it reminded me of when I heard Porno

Anyone else grappling with this album?   Not sure I can recall a record that has frustrated me so much in recent times. I love the downbeat and rather melancholic feel, and it has moments that are lovely but in places it feels flat and...

I am thinking about buying the set of 4 Brahms symphonies with Abbado and the BPO. I am wondering if anyone has this set, and how it compares to other sets. I already have complete sets by Klemperer, Jochums (mono), Solti, and Walter, as well as...

What are your favourite recordings of these wonderful masterworks?   BBM

I nabbed CCR '69 Singles on 10 inch white vinyl and the Springsteen American Beauty EP.   Doors Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine double LP seemed to be the hottest item - I missed out. I also missed out on any of the Zombies LPs.  ...

Hi.   If anyone interested in what we in sweden will be listening to for a while, there is a band called Kent that reliesed their 11:th album yesterday "Tigerdrottningen" (Tiger queen). They sing in swedish, the songs is about life in general and...

"I have some of the best songs I've ever written - Marc Ford" - Country Music Magazine Naim Edge Records are proud to announce that Marc Ford, widely hailed as one of the most gifted, in-demand rock guitarists of his generation, has switched gears to deliver Holy Ghost , an album that has already been described by influential music writer Paul Sexton (of Classic Rock magazine and Sunday Times) as "the Americana album of 2014". The fabled former lead guitarist with the Black Crowes has been...