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Issue 152

Issue 152Opening Salvo

All of us at Copper once again wish all of you happy holidays. The past two years have been tougher than anyone could have imagined, but this is a season of hope...

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Pilgrimage to Sturgis, Part 10

Issue 152New Vistas

The first installments of this series appeared in Issues 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149.150 and 151 – Ed.] Melody was on summer break from her nursing studies at the University of South Dakota. She wanted to be an operating...

Back to My Reel-to-Reel Roots, Part Five: Tape ...

Issue 152Natural Born Kessler

Previous installments in this series appeared in Issues 146, 148, 149 and 151. I feel like a rabbi talking a non-Jew out of converting to Judaism. It’s incumbent on him or her to try to...

Adventureland

Issue 152Audio Anthropology

No needles to change, and glorious new purity of tone…how did they do it? Philco ad, 1940s.   This system was purchased by reader Keith Wooten new in 1977 at...

Antonio Salieri: The Real Story

Issue 152Something Old / Something New

My heart goes out to Antonio Salieri. For the past few decades, he’s been best known as “that guy who had Mozart killed,” thanks to the film version of Peter...

Let It Be: Director Peter Jackson’s Get Back Pr...

Issue 152Featured

Nearly eight-hour Get Back documentary is revelatory for fans Like all Beatles fans, I was intrigued with the news that New Zealand film director Peter Jackson had convinced the Apple Records powers-that-be...

Copper’s Lunch Menu

Issue 152FROM THE SWEET SPOT

Someday, PS Audio will host an event, whether at an audio show or elsewhere, and of course there will be food and drinks served. Here’s what will be on the...

Get Back, Let It Be and the Boredom of Excellence

Issue 152Twisted Systems

It is almost a given that if you dedicate eight hours of your time to watching a Beatles documentary, you are not just a casual fan. The events chronicled in...

Around the World in 80 Lathes, Part Two

Issue 152Revolutions Per Minute

Writing about the history of disk recording lathes poses a major challenge. Not because there is not enough to say. Quite the opposite, in fact. There is an enormous amount...

Octave Records’ Latest: Country-Folk Duo Bonnie...

Issue 152Octave Pitch

Octave Records’ latest release is Levelland by country-folk duo Bonnie and Taylor Sims. It’s a contemplative and romantic set of songs by the two, who have been playing and recording...

Further Analysis: the Gustard X16 and Stellar G...

Issue 152To Be Determined

In Copper Issue 150, I shared my review of the Gustard X16 digital-to-analog converter as used in my main audio system, and the results were nothing less than spectacular. My intent was...

Saved By the Light

Issue 152Music To My Ears

It’s late and dad has his slippers and pipe Mom’s wrapping gifts by the fading firelight. “You going to help or just sit there all night?” Before he could answer...

Hollis Brown’s In the Aftermath: A New Take on...

Issue 152Disciples of Sound

My friend Ed and I have talked often about how the Rolling Stones have been able to tour for almost fifty years largely on the backs of four albums: Exile on...

Nobody Told Me There'd Be Days Like These: Get ...

Issue 152Featured

Get Back, directed by Peter Jackson Peter Jackson’s Get Back film tries to finesse the Beatles’ break-up while fulfilling the audience’s dream of a fantasy reunion. When the original Let It Be film first appeared...

Dangerfield’s

Issue 152True-Life Rock Tales

Jim Kellem, a talent agent from CMA (Creative Management Associates) and my good buddy, invites me to join him at Patsy’s, where he is having a business dinner with Phil...

Better Sound From My Computer Audio, Part Four:...

Issue 152Streaming Sessions

Who would have thought ten years ago that it would someday be possible to select songs to play back from your online music library simply by voice command? So much...

AES Show Fall 2021 Highlights, Part Two

Issue 152Show Report

As 2021 entered the fourth quarter, the Audio Engineering Society (AES) held its annual fall show online in October, because of the pandemic still being in effect. Thankfully, the show...

The Sounds of Christmas: Batteries Not Included...

Issue 152Music To My Ears

This article originally appeared in Issue 22. It’s a Copper tradition to have a holiday story by WL Woodward at this time of year, so we present it again here...

Burt Bacharach in the 1960s and 1970s: Artists ...

Issue 152Featured

The Burt Bacharach and Hal David songwriting machine was running full speed ahead through the 1960s. While Dionne Warwick was the singer of many of their best tunes, there were...

Adventures in Shopping Badly

Issue 152The Mindful Melophile

‘Tis the season to be shopping and time once again for retailers to be visited by the ghosts of customers past. In the spirit of the holidays, here are several...

Hall and Oates: Hitmakers With Soul

Issue 152Off the Charts

With 16 Top-10 singles, including six that reached No. 1, Daryl Hall and John Oates proved that combining two genres can be a real moneymaker if it’s done right. Their...

Playing at Louie Lee's

Issue 152Parting Shot

Dale Watson, performing at Lee’s Liquor Lounge in Minneapolis (Issue 107's Parting Shot). It was the penultimate show at the venue, now closed. Dale was so fond of Lee's that...

Collector as Minimalist

Issue 152Featured

Before my upcoming trip to the record store, I comb through my collection and pull Miles Davis, Kind of Blue, Johnny Cash, Live at San Quentin, Jimi Hendrix, Band of Gypsies, and the...