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Revisiting The Youngbloods' <em>Elephant Mountain</em>

Revisiting The Youngbloods' Elephant Mountain

The Youngbloods – Elephant Mountain (RCA IMP6051) Released April 1969 by RCA RecordsRe-mastered 2023 by Kevin Gray at Cohearent AudioSourced from original master tapesPressed on 180-gram vinyl at Record Technology,... Read more...

Affordable High End: The Vanatoo Transparent One Encore Plus Speaker System

Lately, just about every audiophile I know has three systems: a reference system, an all-around house system, and a desktop computer system. The Vanatoo Transparent One Encore Plus is a... Read more...

Guitar Influences, Part Five: Mick Ronson

So now you are saying…“so how do you go from all these blues masters as influences to glam hero Mick Ronson?” Fair enough. As much as the Beatles were the... Read more...

Guitar Influences, Part Four: Albert King

I woke up a couple of weeks ago and realized that I dreamed that Albert King called me to tell me he was coming over to jam. As Albert died on... Read more...

Guitar Influences, Part Three: Eric Clapton

As common as it is to read statements from rock and roll musicians that “when I saw The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show, I knew I wanted to be... Read more...

Guitar Influences, Part Two: Keith Richards, Chuck Berry, and...Mike Kagan??

Keith Richards, Chuck Berry and…Mike Kagan? Yeah…I know. I can hear it now. Who is Mike Kagan? A legendary American (or British) wizard, unknown to most of the world except... Read more...

Guitar Influences, Part One: Mike Bloomfield

I have been asked on several occasions to write about the guitar players who have had the greatest influences on me. While I have talked about this short list in... Read more...

The Beach Boys’ <em>Sunflower</em> Revisited

The Beach Boys’ Sunflower Revisited

1966: It was the best of times; it was the worst of times…for Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys. In May 1966 the Beach Boys released Pet Sounds, which is... Read more...

Boogie With Canned Heat: Thank You Henry

The first time I walked into the Fillmore East (located in the heart of the seemingly dangerous newly-named neighborhood the East Village on Second Ave. and Sixth street) was on... Read more...

Some Thoughts On AXPONA 2023

Above: The PS Audio crew and friends (from front left around the table): Mike Bechtel, Cindi Bechtel, Jay Jay French, Chris Brunhaver, Aaron Marrs, James Herod, Jim Laib (doing his... Read more...

Tár (This Is Spinal Tárp)… a Movie Review

In case you missed it, Cate Blanchett takes an Academy Award-nominated star turn in the movie Tár. She plays Lydia Tár, the first American and the first female conductor of the... Read more...

Jeff Beck: In Memoriam

No, there is no cute way to begin this one. There is no “another one bites the dust.” Not even a “somewhere over the rainbow.” I just don’t have it... Read more...

Can’t You Hear Me Knockin’?

Well, eh…no, according to my wife. A joke goes like this: My wife says to me, “You either have hearing loss or Alzheimer’s; you’re deaf and you don’t pay attention... Read more...

The Revolver Remix Project: Producer Giles Martin Talks to Jay Jay French

Jay Jay’s review of the Revolver remixes appeared in Issue 175. Producer/engineer Giles Martin, the son of original Beatles producer George Martin, speaks with Jay Jay here. Jay Jay French:... Read more...

Revolver Returns: Remixed and Reloaded, Part One

Is Revolver the greatest of all Beatles albums? Every time I am asked to write about new Beatles remixes, I’m confronted with the enormous task of listening to the entire... Read more...

First Look (and Listen): A Hi-Def Live Concert Audio Experience for the 21st Century

I recently attended a press showing (and listening) session at the Beacon Theatre in New York of their new, recently-installed sound system, called Sphere Immersive Sound. It was touted as... Read more...

Dead & Company at Citi Field, July 15, 2022: A Review

Very few artists command followings so rabid that, when anyone criticizes them, the band’s defenders come out in force. I have written critically about the Stones, Springsteen, Dylan, and the... Read more...

When Domestic Bliss is an Audio Miss

When you walk into my apartment you stroll past the art in the foyer, and a dining room table, and enter the living room. (It’s the photo above.) Look around.... Read more...

The Lasting Memories of Hit Summer Songs

Another summer is now here, and I’m reminded about how, growing up, songs that were hits during the summers of my youth helped to define and more importantly remind me... Read more...

From Small Things, Big Things One Day Come

No, this is not a review of the great Springsteen-penned and Dave Edmunds-performed tune, although perhaps I will do an article on Dave Edmunds in the future as I just... Read more...

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