Great Radio
Let’s retreat to a well-traveled subject, if not a worn out one. I’m a believer of radio, especially great radio. In the late ’60s, after I had discovered the power…
UK To Celebrate 40th Anniversary Of Waterloo By ABBA With CD/DVD Deluxe Edition
If you like your ABBA music, and you are slowly upgrading your ABBA library with emerging CD/DVD Deluxe EditionS, then this next one should get you all jingly. In the…
Cover Art: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
Looking at the upcoming new album cover for Wishbone Ash‘s Blue Horizon (which I like a lot), I’m reminded of all of the great album covers there were out there…
Blu-ray Audio – The Trickle Down Effect Anew
Well, here we go on the new wild and crazy ride known as hi-res music once again. After the wave and sudden drops from sight that we experienced with the…
The Cover Search (“I’m On Fire” – Bruce Springsteen)
Recently, I received a share from an artist (Lizzyspit), who had covered Bruce Springsteen‘s urgent “I’m On Fire” song. While I admired her attempt to record the song in her…
A Single Revelation Of Song
It’s settling more and more upon me that the music listening public has always been about the single. And that assumption sure explains a lot about album sales, even the…
Talia’s Overflow Notes: Remembering Phil Everly
One of the great things about those great First Generation Rock records is the use of reverb on so many tracks. It’s the sound of history being made as if…
My Thoughts On The 2013 Remix Of Close To the Edge (BD-Audio Version)…And A Question
I have recently listened to the 2013 Steven Wilson remix of Close To the Edge, the 1972 YES classic considered by many to be one of the great albums not…
Happy Holidays From MusicTAP
I sincerely apologize for not being on much. November and December have both proven to be extremely busy for me. A good thing that labels goes to sleep during these…
Our Beloved Hall Of Fame…Not!
Here we are once again, at the dawning of another Hall of Fame debacle. To be fair, I get the Hall of Fame. There are those that have been quite…
My Wish List For 2014
In keeping with the spirit of Steve Talia‘s post yesterday of his 2014 Wish List, I’ve decided to post my own. As we move into the realm of 2014, it’s…
Once Again, The REALLY Dumb Hall Of Fame…
I’ll talk more on this later. But excluding Yes in favor of Nirvana? KISS? Easy route would have been to select all of the original selections. Man, was I wrong.…