Album Reviews

On “Birdcage” Sophia Pfister Bares More Than Her Soul

Michael Fremer  |  Nov 27, 2018

Birdcage
Sophia Pfister
 
No Label Credit and No Catalog Number (!!!!)
Produced by: Tom Weir, Andrew Schwartz, John Shanks
Engineered by: Tom Weir, Andrew Schwartz, Paul Lamalfa
Mixed by: Andrew Schwartz, Paul Lamalfa
Mastered by: Tom Weir (lacquers cut by Dave Polster
 
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To help pay for her self-funded debut EP Sophia Pfister worked in a mortuary. Now, two years later, she’s released her first LP—also self-funded. Since that first effort she’s expanded her web presence on her own website as well as on most social media platforms and streaming services. Most importantly, she’s steadily gigged, performing live around the Los Angeles area.

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Album Reviews
Category: 
Album Reviews
Artist: 
Sophia Pfister
Album: 
Birdcage
Cred Label: 
No Label Credit and No Catalog Number (!!!!)
Cred Prod: 
Tom Weir, Andrew Schwartz, John Shanks
Cred Eng: 
Tom Weir, Andrew Schwartz, Paul Lamalfa
Cred Mix: 
Andrew Schwartz, Paul Lamalfa
Cred Mast: 
Tom Weir (lacquers cut by Dave Polster
Michael Fremer
To help pay for her self-funded debut EP Sophia Pfister worked in a mortuary. Now, two years later, she’s released her first LP—also self-funded. Since that first effort she’s expanded her web presence on her own website as well as on most social media platforms and streaming services. Most importantly, she’s steadily gigged, performing live around the Los Angeles area.

News

Soundsmith Revamps Cartridge Lineup With New ES Series

Michael Fremer  |  Nov 26, 2018

Peekskill New York based Soundsmith launched at last October's RMAF a new ES line of moving cartridges that includes ES versions of their Otello, The Voice, Aida, Carmen MKII, Zephyr MKIII, Zephyr MIMIC, Hyperion, Paua MKII, and Sussuro MKII.

News

SME Importer Bluebird Music Reduces Prices on All SME Turntables and Tonearms

Michael Fremer  |  Nov 26, 2018

North American SME importer Bluebird Music recently announced "significant" across the board price reductions on all SME products, effective November 23, 2018.

News

Blue Note Records Announces "Spirit & Time" Blue Note Review Volume Two

Michael Fremer  |  Nov 26, 2018

The Blue Note Review subscription box set series returns with "customer feedback" based improved Volume Two. You'll like both what's in the box and what the label has done to improve its overall quality. Plus it will be easier to obtain than was the first set, limited to 1500 copies. Volume Two will be a 2000 set edition.

Analog Corner

Analog Corner #102

Michael Fremer  |  Nov 26, 2018  |  First Published: Jan 1, 2004

Sumiko's Blackbird phono cartridge

Bose ran a full-page ad for its Wave radio a few weeks ago in the New York Times. The headline was "Proof That Great Ideas Get Heard." The company patted itself on the back for winning a technology award for the radio from "Forbes ASAP." The award cites the Wave as being one of 15 "world-changing" technological breakthroughs, on an equal footing with Bell's telephone, Edison's light bulb, and the invention of the CD.

When I read that, my morning coffee went up my nose and back into the cup.

Poland 2018

Audio Video Show Warsaw, Day 3

Michael Fremer  |  Nov 25, 2018

Here's the third and final video shot at Audio Video Show 2018, Warsaw, Poland that concluded November, 18th. Almost all of this footage was from the PGE Narodowy football (soccer) stadium exhibits (Thumbnail is radio interview conducted at the stadium, show organizer Adam Mokrzycki on right).

Album Reviews

Jeff Beck’s “Wired” from Analogue Productions is a Mixed Bag

Malachi Lui  |  Nov 23, 2018

Wired
Jeff Beck
 
Analogue Productions APP-081 2 200g 45rpm LPs
Produced by: George Martin and Jan Hammer
Engineered by: Various
Mixed by: Geoff Emerick and John Mills at Caribou Studios, Jan Hammer (remix)
Mastered by: Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound
 
MUSIC
SOUND
By the time Jeff Beck recorded 1976’s platinum-selling Wired, the former Yardbirds guitarist had moved on from the blues rock of the 60s and chased a new musical obsession: fusion. With George Martin at the production desk, and prominently accompanied by Jan Hammer on synthesizer, Narada Michael Walden on drums, Wilbur Bascomb on bass, and Max Middleton on Clavinet, Beck recorded an entirely instrumental album of fusion material.

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Album Reviews
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AAA Vinyl
Artist: 
Jeff Beck
Album: 
Wired
Cred Label: 
Analogue Productions APP-081 2 200g 45rpm LPs
Cred Prod: 
George Martin and Jan Hammer
Cred Eng: 
Various
Cred Mix: 
Geoff Emerick and John Mills at Caribou Studios, Jan Hammer (remix)
Cred Mast: 
Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound
Malachi Lui
By the time Jeff Beck recorded 1976’s platinum-selling Wired, the former Yardbirds guitarist had moved on from the blues rock of the 60s and chased a new musical obsession: fusion. With George Martin at the production desk, and prominently accompanied by Jan Hammer on synthesizer, Narada Michael Walden on drums, Wilbur Bascomb on bass, and Max Middleton on Clavinet, Beck recorded an entirely instrumental album of fusion material.

News

Ry Cooder & Manuel Galbán's "Mambo Sinuendo" Again "In-Print" on Vinyl

Michael Fremer  |  Nov 23, 2018

Winner of the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album, this sublime collaboration with Cuban guitar great Manuel Galbán was issued on vinyl for a blink of the eye and was quickly out of print. Now it's again available on vinyl.

Poland 2018

Audio Video Show 2018 Warsaw Poland Day 2

Michael Fremer  |  Nov 20, 2018

Walk through the Campanile Golden Tulip and Radisson Sobieski Hotel exhibits at Audio Video Show 2018 Warsaw with AnalogPlanet editor Michael Fremer.

Poland 2018

Audio Video Show 2018 Warsaw Poland Day 1

 |  Nov 17, 2018

Warsaw, Poland's Audio Video Show has grown almost exponentially over the past 20 or so years. Today it's Europe's second biggest show (after Munich) and this year it expects to attract over 15,000 visitors in three venues: the Radisson Sobieski, the Golden Tulip and the skyboxes at the enormous Stadion Narodowy.

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