Recording of February 2022: The Doors: L.A. Woman (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)

The Doors: L.A. Woman (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) Elektra/Rhino R2 659055 (3CD/1LP). 2021. Bruce Botnick/Doors, prods.; Botnick, eng. Performance ***** Sonics ****½ The Doors flew like a comet across the rock/pop universe, running only four and a half years and six studio albums with lead singer/poet/shaman Jim Morrison. L.A. Woman, their last album, marked a…

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CANJAM 2022 NYC: Mytek Audio

The buzz was palpable as I stepped off the escalator onto the conference floor at the Marriot Marquis hotel, where CANJAM New York City 2022 was revving up within shouting (or at least screaming) distance of Times Square. Many of the major headphone (and a few non-headphone) brands—Abyss, Audeze, Cardas, Dan Clark Audio, HiFiMan, Meze—were…

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August 2022 Classical Record Reviews

Shiva Feshareki, Daphne Oram: Turning World London Contemporary Orchestra, Shiva Feshareki, James Bulley, Kit Downes NMC Recordings NMC D266 (CD, download). 2022. Jonathan Manners, Ellie Mant, prods., Gilly Chauhan, Andy Garratt, Ross Sanders, engs. Performance ***** Sonics ***** For her first proper full-length, British-born Iranian composer/performer Shiva Feshareki set her ambitions high, reaching up into…

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