Long time Gerry Rafferty fans were thrilled for the long-suffering artist when he finally had a hit single under his own name with “Baker Street”, taken from his late ‘70s release City to City.
Jerome Sabbagh, who's album The Turn was most favorably reviewed on analogplanet, emailed the other day to say that "...the first pressing...is completely sold out everywhere in no small part due to the interest generated by your review.
Perhaps it's because "Dino" cultivated a less than serious image as a friendly drunk or perhaps it's because of his long running role as Jerry Lewis's "straight man" in the most successful duo in comedy history, or maybe it was his long running "Dean Martin Celebrity Roast" television show.
A reader lamented hearing that the new Queen box set will be mastered from 96/24 files instead of from the original analog tapes because of deterioration.
TT Weights' Larry Denham recently announced a Kickstarter project to fund the tooling necessary to manufacture a peripheral ring/record clamp for the ubiquitous (but currently no longer manufactured) Technics SL1200 turntable.