Kevin L. Reeves

Nov 21, 2024 | trackingangle.com | George Joseph Martin |Kevin L. Reeves |Michael Fremer

I went in a cynic came out a believer—with a few minor caveatsIf you were not expecting greatness from this set be prepared to be disappointed. The box set's producers understood that the high bar set by the all-analog 2014 The Beatles In Mono box set required this American follow up to be at least equally good, if not better, even though it covers but a single year in the life of The Beatles and the group's relationship with Capitol Records.

Jul 17, 2024 | trackingangle.com | Kevin L. Reeves |Michael Fremer

BBC TV show July 2, 1968 first aired Sept. 22, 1968In need of a feel good story? Here it is. There's even a hi-fi system tie in.

Mar 24, 2024 | trackingangle.com | David Jones |Kevin L. Reeves |Michael Fremer

what a story!Why didn’t  “The House That ‘Trane Built” release this Alice Coltrane record when it was originally recorded February21st, 1971 in Carnegie Hall? It couldn’t have been because the musicians accompanying her weren’t worthy: Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp, Jimmy Garrison, Cecil McBee, Ed Blackwell, Clifford Jarvis and two lesser knowns.  It wasn’t because it was poorly recorded.

Feb 4, 2024 | trackingangle.com | Rudy Van Gelder |Kevin L. Reeves |Michael Fremer

what's with those grooves? In a recently published New York Times piece titled "The Worst Masterpiece: 'Rhapsody In Blue at 100" the pianist/composer Ethan Iverson pilloried the popular Gershwin piece as "naïve and corny"—and those were among the nicer things he wrote about it.