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Saturday February 04, 2012

RECENT ARRIVALS: Records and CDs

Dusty Springfield : Dusty In Memphis

Dusty's Southern Excursion Has Never Sounded This Good

Dusty Springfield: Dusty In Memphis
Doug Dillard and Gene Clark : The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark

Sundazed Reissues Classic Clark Gem

Doug Dillard and Gene Clark: The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark
Kate Bush : The Sensual World

Audio Fidelity Takes on The Sensual World

Kate Bush: The Sensual World
Dengue Fever : Cannibal Courtship

Me So Horny!

Dengue Fever: Cannibal Courtship
Patricia Barber : Café Blue

Barber Classic Remixed at Capitol

Patricia Barber: Café Blue
Beaten By Them : Invisible Origins

They Beat Their Own!

Beaten By Them: Invisible Origins
This eclectic instrumental group combines synth, drums, guitars, bass and cello to produce a hard driving, propulsive percussive sound that's  rich with scraping, edgy textures one minute and warm, inviting and lagoon-like the next—though almost always with strong forward motion. Sometimes...
Eiji Oue and The Minnesota Orchestra : Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite/The Song of the Nightingale

Reference Recordings Returns to Vinyl With a Bang!

Eiji Oue and The Minnesota Orchestra: Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite/The Song of the Nightingale
Note: the review below was written and posted before we received a technical note that was supposed to have been included in the review LP. The note from Reference Vice President Marcia Martin says there were both analog and digital...
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IN HEAVY ROTATION: February's 10 featured record reviews

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers : Like Someone In Love

Recorded during same Session as Certified Blue Note Classic

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: Like Someone In Love
Steve Earle : I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive

Steve Looks At Life and Death, But Mostly Death

Steve Earle: I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive
Various Artists : The Secret Museum of Mankind Central Asia Ethnic Music Classics: 1925-48

Ethnic Music Direct From 78s Not For Everyone

Various Artists: The Secret Museum of Mankind Central Asia Ethnic Music Classics: 1925-48
 Johnny Cash : The Fabulous Johnny Cash

Cash's Columbia Debut

Johnny Cash: The Fabulous Johnny Cash
Gil Evans  Orchestra : Great Jazz Standards Featuring John Coles

Evans Album Lost in the Shuffle Has Luster Again

Gil Evans Orchestra: Great Jazz Standards Featuring John Coles
Peter Maag Conducting The London Philharmonic Orchestra : Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream

ORG Polishes Another Decca/London Classic

Peter Maag Conducting The London Philharmonic Orchestra: Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Paavo Järvi and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen : Ludwig Van Beethoven Symphonies no 1-9

Modern Beethoven Cycle Cut From Analogue Tape

Paavo Järvi and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen: Ludwig Van Beethoven Symphonies no 1-9
James Taylor : JT
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong : Ella and Louis

You're In the Studio, or They're In Your Home!

Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong: Ella and Louis
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Herb Ellis : Nothing But the Blues

Jazz Guitarist Has The Blues

Herb Ellis: Nothing But the Blues
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