“Ramblin’ On” About Led Zeppelin II   Or I Got Blisters on My Eardrums!

Did you catch Train on The Howard Stern Show last week? The group performed a new, not particularly memorable single from their upcoming album and then at Howard’s request launched into a spectacular cover of “What Is And What Should Never Be” from Led Zeppelin II —an album originally released October 22nd, 1969.

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Artist: 
Led Zeppelin
Album: 
Led Zeppelin II
Cred Label: 
Atlantic R1-536180 2 180 LPs
Cred Prod: 
Jimmy Page
Cred Eng: 
Edwin H. Kramer, Andrew Johns, George Chkiantz, Chris Huston
Cred Mix: 
N/A
Cred Mast: 
John Davis and Jimmy Page
Did you catch Train on The Howard Stern Show last week? The group performed a new, not particularly memorable single from their upcoming album and then at Howard’s request launched into a spectacular cover of “What Is And What Should Never Be” from Led Zeppelin II —an album originally released October 22nd, 1969.

Lazaretto  Sells 40,000 Vinyl Copies, Opens at #1 on Billboard Charts

Jack White's new Third Man/Columbia album Lazaretto opened at #1 on Billboard's album charts, selling 138,000 copies, 40,000 of which were the "ultra" vinyl edition, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It was the biggest vinyl seller since the beginning in 1991 of Nielsen SoundScan's music tracking service.

Ortofon Announces 2M Mono Special Edition "Beatles Tribute" Cartridge

June 17th, 2014—Ortofon today announced the development of the 2M Mono SE cartridge intended as a "tribute" to the upcoming Beatles mono box set.

The Beatles Get Back To Mono and AAA Vinyl

Apple Corps and Universal Music Group today announced the September 8th release date (September 9th in North America) of the long-anticipated Beatles’ mono vinyl reissue series, cut to lacquer using the original analogue master tapes.

Led Zep Reviews Coming Soon

Where are the Led Zeppelin reviews?

Levin Design Record Cleaning Brushes: World’s Most Beautiful?

These handmade dry record brushes of natural cashmere goat hair are a cooperative effort between Levin Designs and a traditional brushmaker located in the restored Schloss Burg (palace castle) located in Solingen, Germany.

Kogan's Spectacular 1960 Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Reissued By Electric Recording Company

Let's first diffuse the price outrage. This reissue of Leonid Kogan's epic performance of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto and Meditation by The Electric Recording Company, limited to 300 copies, costs £300 or about $504.

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Artist: 
Leonid Kogan, Paris Conservatiore Orchestra, Constantin Silvestri, Conductor
Album: 
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, Meditation
Cred Label: 
Columbia-EMI/Electric Recording Company SAX 2323 180g LP
Cred Prod: 
N/A
Cred Eng: 
N/A
Cred Mix: 
N/A
Cred Mast: 
Pete Hutchison
Let's first diffuse the price outrage. This reissue of Leonid Kogan's epic performance of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto and Meditation by The Electric Recording Company, limited to 300 copies, costs £300 or about $504.

Acoustical Systems Introduces Clamp/Strobe and New Archon Phono Cartridge

Acoustical Systems, manufacturer of the SMARTractor alignment gauge, AXIOM Tonearms and other analog products introduced a liquid damped reflex-type clamp with integral strobe scale.

Swedish Analog Technologies SAT Tonearm Ready For Third Quarter 2014 Launch

This massive arm of a special carbon fiber laminate from Swedish Analog Technologies appears to take its general inspiration from SME’s Model V but uses brass and composite materials as well as a more traditional mounting system.

Electrocompaniet Launches New Turntable and Phono Preamp

Norway-based Electrocompaniet, in business since 1973 introduced the ECG-1 turntable and tonearm priced at 3650 Euro or about $5000. Also new was the ECP-2 MM/MC fully balanced phono preamplifier.

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