Copper

Our B. Jan Montana concluded his epic Pilgrimage to Sturgis saga in Issue 178. A number of readers and this editor were sad (and some quite emotional) to see it... Read more...

Celebrating the Linn Sondek LP12 Turntable, Part One

It was the turntable that rattled cages around the world in the 1980s and 1990s – Ken Kessler, with jaundiced eye, recalls the power of the Linn Sondek LP12. It’s... Read more...

The Doppler Effect

Object of desire: a Bang & Olufsen Beogram 1800 turntable. This sleek, fully-automatic turntable looks dazzling in person. The Beogram 1800 was simplicity itself to operate and changing cartridges was... Read more...

Allnic Audio's Striking H-5500 Phono Stage

Founded by Kang Su (“KS”) Park, Allnic Audio is based Sungnam City, South Korea. In the early 1990s, Park started Silvaweld, known mostly in Asia and Europe for its single-ended... Read more...

Mixed Signals

The Many Sides of David Chesky

Located in the former Time Warner Building, now The Deutsche Bank Center, is Dizzy’s Club. Along with Rose Hall and The Appel Room, the three venues comprise Jazz at Lincoln... Read more...

In the Room With Miles

In the early ’70s I was doing a stint at Elektra Records when Jac Holzman, the president, asked me to accompany him to a small event for Miles Davis. This... Read more...

Tim Riley’s Best Albums of 2022

Country-pop surges, even as Shania Twain and Margo Price stare January down. And as beleaguered as culture feels for the Next Great Consensus, the variety feathering so many different year-end... Read more...

The Life and Times of a Sony Audio Engineer: Talking with Aston Sharman

I first had the pleasure of becoming recently acquainted with Aston Sharman, when I stumbled upon his intriguing boutique, Vintage Technology Workshop, tucked away in the UK’s historic Barbican area... Read more...

The Cowsills: The Family That Plays Together, Stays Together

Few bands became part of the fabric of American music more quickly than The Cowsills. Discovered in their home town of Newport, Rhode Island in 1967 by a producer for... Read more...

Borrowing (Stealing?) from the Classics

Cov•er•ing: in music, performing a song that has been written or recorded by the original artist Bor•row•ing: obtaining or receiving something with the understanding that it will be returned (or,... Read more...

Nearly $400 Poorer, Here Are My 2022 Black Friday Record Store Day Purchases

File under, “inside the head of a Record Store Day consumer.” Since 2014, it’s been like clockwork. Twice a year I download the Record Store Day (RSD) upcoming titles list... Read more...

Confessions of a Record Collector, Part Three

We record collectors are a compulsive bunch. I talked about some of the not-quite-rational lengths to which we will go in order to acquire vinyl in Issue 137 and Issue... Read more...

Exploring CTI Records, Part One: 1969 – 1971

At the end of the A&M 60th anniversary series in Copper (in Issue 176)I featured recordings released as a collaboration between A&M Records and Creed Taylor’s CTI imprint. This CTI... Read more...

Why I'll Stick with FM Radio and Won't be Streaming My Music Anytime Soon

Over the past year or so I’ve noticed an increasing use of streaming services to supply the music at audio shows and other audiophile events. This article explains why I... Read more...

Hear, There, Everywhere: Part One

One of the many wonderful things about music is its ability to help us discover and appreciate musical styles from around the world. Some composers and performers assimilate styles from... Read more...

Andrew Daly's 15 Best Rock Albums of 2022

In the early wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the music business was left in shambles. The outlook on touring seemed bleak, and artists’ ability to sustain themselves through new albums... Read more...

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