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Issue 77

Issue 77

Welcome to Copper #77! I hope you had a better view of the much-hyped lunar-eclipse than I did---the combination of clouds and sleep made it a non-event for me. Full moon or...

Issue 77

Issue 77Opening Salvo

Welcome to Copper #77! I hope you had a better view of the much-hyped lunar-eclipse than I did---the combination of clouds and sleep made it a non-event for me. Full moon or...

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Fairchild, Part 3

As I’ve indicated in the previous installments of Vintage Whine in Copper #75 and #76, the story of Sherman Fairchild goes far beyond the realm of audio, and at some point really should be detailed in...

Fairchild, Part 3

Issue 77VINTAGE WHINE

As I’ve indicated in the previous installments of Vintage Whine in Copper #75 and #76, the story of Sherman Fairchild goes far beyond the realm of audio, and at some point really should be detailed in...

Prince Albert Memorial

Prince Albert Memorial

Prince Albert Memorial

Issue 77PARTING SHOT

Vade’s Recommended Reviewer Guidelines

Part of the fun of being an audiophile is reading reviews of audio gear. I’ve read audio reviews for 60 years, starting with Stereo Review, leading to Gordon Holt’s Stereophile and Harry Pearson’s The...

Vade’s Recommended Reviewer Guidelines

Issue 77FEATURED

Part of the fun of being an audiophile is reading reviews of audio gear. I’ve read audio reviews for 60 years, starting with Stereo Review, leading to Gordon Holt’s Stereophile and Harry Pearson’s The...

Arthur “Another Blind Guy” Blake

I’m not going to apologize for that. Think about it. I didn’t start this shit about blind guitar heroes. And the Lord said “So you got everything?” Moses. “Yes Lord.”...

Arthur “Another Blind Guy” Blake

Issue 77MUSIC TO MY EARS

I’m not going to apologize for that. Think about it. I didn’t start this shit about blind guitar heroes. And the Lord said “So you got everything?” Moses. “Yes Lord.”...

Piano Man

By 1972, William Martin Joel’s career was, pretty much, over. He had released his debut album, Cold Spring Harbor, to a crushing silence. The record had been mastered at the wrong speed, which...

Piano Man

Issue 77HAND PICKED

By 1972, William Martin Joel’s career was, pretty much, over. He had released his debut album, Cold Spring Harbor, to a crushing silence. The record had been mastered at the wrong speed, which...

An Interesting Day

“You should visit the Yakeshi Factory in Foshan,” my friend Richard said. “They make really good products, and after every one of my visits, they send me back to my...

An Interesting Day

Issue 77MUSIC'AL NOTES

“You should visit the Yakeshi Factory in Foshan,” my friend Richard said. “They make really good products, and after every one of my visits, they send me back to my...

Giles Martin Interview

[Originally published in Goldmine magazine—Ed.] While at the listening session for the new Giles Martin remixed White Album and associated demos, I experienced how much Giles sounds like his father, George. In manner, style,...

Giles Martin Interview

Issue 77TWISTED SYSTEMS

[Originally published in Goldmine magazine—Ed.] While at the listening session for the new Giles Martin remixed White Album and associated demos, I experienced how much Giles sounds like his father, George. In manner, style,...

Stay Warm

Stay Warm

It’s cold, it’s gray, it’s wet. Time for comfort food: Dvořák and German lieder and tuneful chamber music. No atonal scratching and heaving for a while! No earnest searches after our deepest,...

Stay Warm

Issue 77TOO MUCH TCHAIKOVSKY

It’s cold, it’s gray, it’s wet. Time for comfort food: Dvořák and German lieder and tuneful chamber music. No atonal scratching and heaving for a while! No earnest searches after our deepest,...

Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup

There are days for haute cuisine, hipster toy food, meals that challenge and provoke and lead one to question the nature of food itself: nourishment? Art? An act of rebellion...

Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup

Issue 77THE AUDIO CYNIC

There are days for haute cuisine, hipster toy food, meals that challenge and provoke and lead one to question the nature of food itself: nourishment? Art? An act of rebellion...

The Life of Brian

Havergal Brian was one of the most prolific English composers of the 20th Century. Many of you will be thinking “Havergal Brian”? Very few have actually heard of him, but that...

The Life of Brian

Issue 77QUIBBLES AND BITS

Havergal Brian was one of the most prolific English composers of the 20th Century. Many of you will be thinking “Havergal Brian”? Very few have actually heard of him, but that...

96,000 People Can't Be That Wrong, Redux

As I write this, I’m listening to the early Flying Burrito Brothers. I love this stuff. I first got “turned on” to music like this by hearing the very first...

96,000 People Can't Be That Wrong, Redux

AND OTHER ILLNESSESAUDIOIssue 77MUSIC

As I write this, I’m listening to the early Flying Burrito Brothers. I love this stuff. I first got “turned on” to music like this by hearing the very first...

Steely Dan

Steely Dan

Steely Dan has such a smooth sound, it’s easy to imagine them appearing fully-formed from the musical ether. Needless to say, that wasn’t the case. Singer/keyboardist Donald Fagen had met...

Steely Dan

Issue 77OFF THE CHARTS

Steely Dan has such a smooth sound, it’s easy to imagine them appearing fully-formed from the musical ether. Needless to say, that wasn’t the case. Singer/keyboardist Donald Fagen had met...

Don't Even Think About It

Don't Even Think About It

Don't Even Think About It

Issue 77FEATURED