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TrackingAngle: Back Issues
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As of January 25th, 2007, we’ve reduced back issue prices of the remaining copies of The Tracking Angle. There are limited quantities of the issues listed. When they're gone, they're gone. Issues 5/6 and 13 are two we are particularly proud of. You will not regret buying them and keeping them on your coffee table! All are publisher's copies, none are newsstand returns (with the exception of issue 2 which are only available as store returns), so condition is mint or near mint, though there are the usual occasional ruffled edges and other printing and handling imperfections. Shipping and handling charges are dependent upon how many issues you order and to where the issues are being shipped. We will respond to your email as quickly as possible with the total. You may pay via check, or money order, No credit cards. For fastest service, PayPal is preferred (www.paypal.com). We will ship internationally, but there will be a higher handling charge. Note: there is no order form per se: when you click on either "Order via Email," or "Browse Back Issues," you will find an email field. Simply email your request and we'll get back to you.
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a newsletter starts life as a magazine: Vol. 1
January 1995
The very first issue. Stapled, two colors. Contains interview with Mosaic's Michael Cuscuna, an article on Blue Note's LP reissue series and 19 LP/CD reviews.28 pages.
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Classic Records cover: Vol. 1
March 1995
SOLD OUT!
Rating knobs appear for first time. Feature story on Classic Records including photos at Bernie Grundman's mastering facility and RTI's pressing plant. A winter CES '95 report originally scheduled to run in The Absolute Sound is here too,along with 56 LP and CD reviews and MF's "Best of 1994." MF wrote everything in the issue. The opinions expressed in 1995 don't necessarily represent his thinking today. Full color cover, glossy paper, still stapled, but up to 82 pages.
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record cleaning issue: Vol. 1
August 1995
Ultra-rare issue 3, with a ceramic Nipper in a bucket of soap along with a "shaded dog" RCA "Living Stereo" LP on the cover. Inside is Michael Wayne's "Zen and the Art of Record Cleaning Made Difficult" which set the standard for meticulous record cleaning regimens. Also in this issue, an interview with producer Joe Boyd, now available online. Other writers contribute to the issue including Fred Kaplan and Glenn Hammett. There are over 60 in-depth LP and CD reviews. Why would any major record company want to support such an enterprise with advertising dollars? None did. First issue with letters to the editor. 72 pages. SOLD OUT!
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Mick Jagger cover: Vol. 1
October 1995
Great cover shot of Mick. Issue includes MF's Stones LP and CD Survey. Interview with Steve Hoffman, 44 LP/CD reviews, letters and more.
Includes great Jim Marshall Stones photos, meticulously reproduced. 72 page, glossy, with some color inside.
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Hendrix at Monterrey cover: Vol. 1
January 1996
Special year end perfect bound, 128 page double issue, featuring interviews with Hendrix engineer Eddie Kramer and biographer John McDermott, plus interview with soundtrack recording engineer Shawn Murphy. Also:MF's Hendrix on record survey, Ry Cooder soundtracks story (read it online) GRP Impulse SBM and 180g vinyl reissues, plus 75 LP/CD reviews and much more. 6 contributing writers. Fabulous Hendrix cover by Jim Marshall. One of the most sought after issues, sells on Ebay for $20 plus, when one shows up, which is rarely.
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Brian Eno cover: Vol. 2
April 1996
Brian Eno "cube in space" issue, featuring survey of Eno rock albums, and last interview by RCA "Living Stereo" producer Jack Pfeiffer, conducted shortly before his death.Also: MF's best pop/rock of 1995, plus 33 LP/CD reviews. 76 pages.
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Van Dyke Parks special: Vol. 2
July 1996
Interview with Van Dyke Parks, MF's overview of his LP and CD issues, Loudon Wainright III discography by Steve Guttenberg, Prince retrospective, 41 LP/CD reviews. 12 reviewers.
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Special Reviews Issue: Vol. 2
October 1996
Special reviews issue with purple Rega Planar 3 on cover. 71 reviews, plus overview of Arvo Part by Glenn Hammett and Steve Taylor. 80 pages.
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Crosby, McGuinn, Hillman Interview issue: Vol. 2
February 1997
Another of the most highly sought after issues, with Rega Planet CD player and first Byrds album neatly layered onto player's ridged chassis. A fabulous cover, indicative of what's inside: interviews conducted by Byrds fanatic John Nork, plus Nork's assessment of Byrds SBM CDs. Also Chesky story by musicangle copy editor Michael Mikesell, plus more than 40 LP/CD reviews. Hard to find issue, in very short supply. A true collector's item.
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Los Lobos special: Vol. 3
April 1997
MF interviews Los Lobos backstage, plus survey of the goup's records. Matthew Greenwald interviews Eric Matthews, Michael Mikesell covers the then new JVC XRCDs, new columns, plus over 30 LP/CD reviews, best of 1996 by 6 of our reviewers and much more. 96 pages.
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New Pop Explosion!: Vol. 3
October 1997
MF surveys pop music trends with reviews of Eric Matthews, High LLamas, Supergrass and more. Interview with jazz engineer Joe Ferla, MF's survey of MCA/EXperience 180g Hendrix LPs, columns, Alan Lomax feature by Carl Baugher, interview with Mark Levinson by Steve Guttenberg, spotlight on Steve Tibbetts, plus 50+ LP/CD reviews. 96 pages.
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The Rock and Roll Photographs of Jim Marshall: Vol. 3
February 1998
Another of our most sought after, highly prized issues and with good reason! Marshall Fab Four cover, meticulously reproduced. Inside, we assigned our contributors to write essays about the album issued when the Marshall photo we've reproduced, was taken. Fabulous full page reproductions of Marshall photos of The Beatles, Ray Charles, Muddy Waters, Bob Dylan, Hendrix, Otis Redding, Dr. John, Merle Haggard, Carlos Santana, Johnny Cash,and Chris Isaaks with Bonnie Raitt. Part II of interviews with Crosby, McGuinn and Hillman, plus interview with Jim Marshall. And more than 30 LP/CD reviews. The issue we're most proud of.
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The Doors Resurrected!: Vol. 3
April 1998
MF's Doors on record and CD survey, interview with Doors engineer Bruce Botnick by Matthew Greenwald, provocative columns, plus more than 65 LP/CD reviews, and our writers pick the best of 1997. Perfect bound 112 pages. Our first full color issue, and highly sought after.
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The Return of the Singer Songwriter: Vol. 4
July 1998
MF's in-depth survey of the new crop of singer-songwriters plus some veterans, including Richard Shindell, Janis Ian, Jeb Loy Nichols, Tom Freund, Steve Earle, Richard Davies, Alejandro Escovedo, Richard X. Hyman Ben Harper and others. Interview with King Crimson's Trey Gunn, overview of Weather Report by Elliot Kallen, more than 75 LPs and CDs reviewed, plus columns. 7" special and much more. Full color, perfect bound, 112 pages. Hours of fun!
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Caught in the Act!: Vol. 4
October 1998
Ray Davies interview. Ill-fated Velvel HDCD Kinks reissues, our survey of over 40 live recordings you should own, editor's choice: 21 of the best sounding live recordings, 7" special, plus 30 other LP/CD reviews. A fabulous issue, in short supply, and the end of The Tracking Angle. As we went into our fifth year, the record industry consolidation had begun and we found zero advertising support from the industry we tried to help save from its own stupidity, greed and self-destruction. Today, the record biz has shrunk and is beginning to get the message that quality sells. Too late for The Tracking Angle, but not too late for www.musicangle.com and for you to pick up the final and perhaps our best issue. Issue 17 that never was, would have had interviews with George Martin, Richard Davies, and Esquivel plus much more...too bad. That stuff will show up on-line.
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