Copper


Issue 46

Issue 46Opening Salvo

Welcome to Copper #46! For music lovers, it is the best of times and the worst of times. I'd wager that we have greater access to a larger library of recorded music...

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Is Older Always Better?

Issue 46VINTAGE WHINE

My daughter Emily has a habit of being brutally frank, direct, and unambiguous. I can’t imagine where she gets it. She recently said to me, “Dad, when something sucks, saying...

Singles? Or LPs?

Issue 46FEATURED

We often feel that we haven’t fully grasped a musician’s artistic statement unless we’ve listened to a full album by them, thinking that singles are just a vehicle to sell said albums....

The Story of "All I Wanna Do" (as I remember it)

AND OTHER ILLNESSESAUDIOIssue 46MUSIC

I was talking to Paul McGowan a week or so ago, and he asked again about how the song’s lyrics came about. This is as I remember it: Originally, on...

Heinrich Isaac

Issue 46SOMETHING OLD / SOMETHING NEW

On March 26, 1517, Heinrich Isaac died. Although the Netherlander was one of the most important composers of his day, he’s hardly a household word half a millennium later. Nevertheless,...

Who Sampled Whom?

Issue 46THE AUDIO CYNIC

Back in Copper #3, I asked the question, “When is Stealing Music Not Stealing?” To make a long story short, my conclusion was that stealing is always stealing, whether it’s a thinly-veiled cover version  or...

Close Your Eyes

Issue 46QUIBBLES AND BITS

All too often, as audiophiles, we are torn between listening to the music that we like to listen to because of its musical qualities, and music that we appreciate for...

Hurray for the Riff Raff!

Issue 46... AND INDIE FOR ALL

Alynda Segarra is the heart of Hurray for the Riff Raff, which remains a band thanks to whoever she happens to be working with at the time. Raised in the...

Gibson and hh gregg—Yet Again!

Issue 46INDUSTRY NEWS

We previously wrote about the financial problems of Gibson Brands in Copper #s 45  and 40. Last issue, we reported that Gibson had announced that it was selling its factory near historic Beale Street in...

Southern Italian Wines: A Walk on the Wild Side...

Issue 46FEATURED

Last time out Part 1 launched our safari through the hinterlands of Southern Italy, specifically through the mostly unfamiliar region of Basilicata — mountainous, poor, almost unapproachably landlocked — and...

The Band, Part 1: The Hawks

Issue 46Part 1: The HawksThe Band

First we need to talk about Ronnie Hawkins.  The Hawk was born in Arkansas in 1935 and took an early interest in music.  At the University of Arkansas he formed...

Art 2

Issue 46MUSIC'AL NOTES

As he lay down in bed, my father noticed a window set high up on the wall. This was odd as the window to the outside was on the opposing...

The '67 Psychedelic Shootout Continues!

Issue 46TWISTED SYSTEMS

Let it not be said that journalists don’t pay attention to their readers. The responses to my contenders to the Psychedelic Shootout of 1967 has persuaded me to add 4...

Kavi Alexander, Part 2

Issue 46THE COPPER INTERVIEW

[Part 1 of John Seetoo’s interview with recording engineer/producer Kavi Alexander appeared in Copper #45.  Herewith, the conclusion.—Ed.] J.S.: Some non-western music genres like South Asian and Turkish music are notable for...