Copper


Peonies en Regalia

Issue 113Opening Salvo

This issue’s cover: Joni Mitchell (1943 –). Riding on the carousel of time along with the rest of us on the merry-go-round. Every year my wife plants peonies in the...

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Introducing Octave Records: Audiophile Sound, B...

Issue 113FRANKLY SPEAKING

Hope you don’t mind if I put on my proud-family-member hat here, to announce that PS Audio has just launched a new record label, Octave Records. As you might expect, Octave...

Vinyl and Absolute Polarity: Q&A, Part Two

Issue 113REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE

In Part One of this dialog between J.I. Agnew and reader/engineer Bob Lehman (Issue 112), they delved into the technical aspects of vinyl record manufacturing and absolute polarity. The dialog continues here....

There She Goes Again

Issue 113PARTING SHOT

Americana artist Bonnie Whitmore.

The Beautiful Ordinariness of Elbow, Part One

Issue 113MUSIC AUDIO AND OTHER ILLNESSES

Throw those windows wideOne day like this a year would set me right. …from “One Day Like This” In ye olden days of 30 years ago, as a writer I...

Tangerine Dream

Issue 113AUDIO ANTHROPOLOGY

We don't know if this produced uncolored sound or not. From the Museum of the Hard to Believe...er, Audio, October 1977. That's one small and two large speakers. Got it?...

Songs of Praise from Unlikely Artists, Part Two

Issue 113FEATURED

In Part One of this series (Issue 112), I noted that throughout the history of American music, the influence of the Christian church has been well documented and apparent. While...

Steve Hoffman – Mastering Legend and Audio Rest...

Issue 113THE COPPER INTERVIEW

If you have listened to any popular music from the last 75 years or so that was remastered for CD, DSD, SACD or limited-edition vinyl, there are very good odds...

And it Feels Just Like...Starting Over

Issue 113TWISTED SYSTEMS

So, as I have written about and stated in numerous articles and interviews, my portal to music was laid down through a 4-inch speaker through a Blaupunkt tabletop radio around...

Smuggling

Issue 113MUSIC'AL NOTES

I come from a family of smugglers. “Have you anything to declare?” the customs agent said as he pulled my father’s car apart. “No, nothing. Nothing at all,” said my...

Marcus Miller: Burning Up the Bass

Issue 113TRADING EIGHTS

Born in Brooklyn in 1959, Marcus Miller grew up surrounded by music. His dad was an organist and church choir director who made sure his son had classical music teachers...

Johnny Cash: American Icon

Issue 113OFF THE CHARTS

Johnny Cash is part of America’s DNA. In a way, he was a one-man melting pot. His rich bass voice could praise the Almighty as effectively as it could tell...

Sensations, Arts and Crafts: Italian Progressiv...

Issue 113DEEP DIVE

In this installment, I’ll introduce you to two very different bands that still fall under the general category of progressive rock. Sensations’ Fix is not your typical Italian rock band, with...

Pacific Breeze

Issue 113WAYNE'S WORDS

It might be hard to imagine, but there was a time when there was not a Japanese restaurant in every city neighborhood and suburban strip mall. It was a time...

Labelle: Quality Time with the Girls

Issue 113TRUE-LIFE ROCK TALES

In the rental car, the two Jims and I head down I-95 south to Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia. It’s an afternoon Rolling Stones concert and we have backstage VIP passes....

Four Figaros

Issue 113TOO MUCH TCHAIKOVSKY

In the last six weeks, I’ve watched Mozart’s opera Le nozze di Figaro three times. That’s three hours per performance, so nine hours, not counting bathroom breaks or snack attacks. Well worth...

Two New Releases, and Three Catalog Titles Reis...

Issue 113TO BE DETERMINED

Rush – Permanent Waves – Fortieth Anniversary Edition Permanent Waves was something of a departure for Canadian power trio Rush; it was their first record since the addition of drummer and primary lyricist...