Let’s see Trump dance to this. Oops! Sorry, I’m supposed to be ignoring him.
Category: Music
For Temporary Relief
Enough about politics and Trump. Let’s MAMBO!
Beeb Beethoven
Excellent listening from BBC Radio 3. This programme should be available for another few weeks. The piano concerto was performed on a period instrument, like those that Beethoven heard… while he could still hear.
Tripping Down the Lanes
Here’s a good comparison of groovy British vs. American sounds from 1967, with America having the harder edge.
Capitol Jay
This is a remembrance I have submitted for an obituary:
https://www.hochfuneralhome.com/obituaries/john-lemay-2
I have quite a few records that Capitol reissued into the early 80s. As I listened to them, I noticed that some had a consistently distinctive and appealing sound quality. It was full and smooth and, to my preference, not overly bright. In the run-out grooves, those records were all signed “Jay Lemay,” “J. Lemay,” or simply “Jay,” as seen in the photo. I always wanted to tell Lemay how much I appreciated his eminently listenable work as a mastering engineer.
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
Johnny Carson, from when the Tonight Show was still in New York, talking about the forthcoming arrival to the city of the Fabulous Foursome.