Copper


Redemption Song

Issue 172Opening Salvo

Sir Rastus Bear who’d ever believe You’d be by a song Redeemed – Blue Öyster Cult, “Redeemed” Copper’s Tom Gibbs is going to be absent from the next few issues....

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Piper Payne: A Mastering Engineer for Next-Gene...

Issue 172The Copper Interview

Despite her relative youth, Piper Payne has forged a formidable reputation as a mastering engineer, a rarefied set of skills that can make or break a recording commercially. Her work...

Beyoncé In the Perfect Tense

Issue 172Wayne's Words

Renaissance (Columbia/Parkwood Entertainment) I’d always enjoyed Beyoncé’s music, from the time when she was in Destiny’s Child, the essential R&B girl group of the 1990s. That Beyoncé Knowles (now Beyoncé...

David Libert: A Rock and Roll Warrior Tells All...

Issue 172Disciples of Sound

When it comes to rock and roll excess, tales from the rock tours of the 1970s rarely disappoint. It was an era defined as much by the music and live...

Classical Music for a Desert Island, Part One

Issue 172Featured

Over the past few months, our esteemed editor Frank Doris has been sharing with us his personal choices for a desert island collection of rock albums (as per his list...

Reel-to-Reel Roots, Part 23: Better Than Rice K...

Issue 172Natural Born Kessler

Ken Kessler revels in the stories told by scraps of paper found in tape boxes However old the tapes, however worn and unloved, nothing amuses or delights me as much...

Pilgrimage to Sturgis, Part 30: Limited Identity

Issue 172New Vistas

It was a lovely mild evening as the sun set behind the hills which flanked the Belle Fourche River. A light breeze filled the canopy of overarching trees providing shade...

Tubes to Go

Issue 172Audio Anthropology

Written by Frank Doris Boldly proclaiming the maker’s name in one of the coolest logos ever: the Marantz Model 240 stereo power amplifier. Available with in black or silver, this...

Can’t Get Enough (of Your Pressings)

Issue 172Deep Dive

Author’s note: The following article was written in spring 2021 for the recently-published book Record Store Day: The Most Improbable Comeback of the 21st Century (Rare Bird Books, Los Angeles),...

Take a Walk in Wonderland: Revisiting the Music...

Issue 172Featured

In previous Copper articles (Issue 168 and Issue 169), I have discussed the Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) in Phoenix, Arizona and some of my favorite exhibits. Here I would like...

A Visit to The 2022 New York Audio Show, Part One

Issue 172Show Report

The New York Audio Show returned after a bit of a break, and it was nice to get back to a local event I had attended for the first time...

Around the World In 80 Lathes, Part 22

Issue 172Revolutions Per Minute

Over the last several episodes, we have traveled to different parts of the world to look at the different engineering cultures in different times and places, all sharing a common...

Theatrical Display

Issue 172Parting Shot

The quiet woman in the ticket booth at the historic Silco Theater in Silver City, New Mexico. We also featured her in Issue 171’s Parting Shot.

Born to Rock: Graham Whitford of Tyler Bryant &...

Issue 172Idle Chatter

From being born into a house of classic rock royalty to becoming darlings of present-day indie blues-rock, Graham Whitford’s rock and roll journey was a matter of destiny. As the...

What’s in a Name? MIRTAS – The Music Instrument...

Issue 172Featured

From December 2013 and for several years afterward I worked as a project manager in the UK for the Academy of Music and Sound, managing MIRTAS: the Music Instrument Retail...

An Octave Records Trifecta: Augustus, Thom LaFo...

Issue 172Octave Pitch

Vinyl fans, take note: Octave Records has added three titles to its growing roster of LP releases: Ragtime World by melodic rockers Augustus, The Moon Leans In by singer/songwriter Tom...

The History of A&M Records, Part Seven: A&a...

Issue 172Deep Dive

Continuing our 60th anniversary celebration of A&M Records, our journey will now take us south of the border. A&M’s foundation was built on music with a Mexican flavor – the...

Ralph Vaughan Williams: A Master of Orchestrati...

Issue 172Something Old / Something New

On October 12, 2022, fans of 20th-century British music will have something to celebrate: the 150th birthday of Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 – 1958). Stretching back to the Middle Ages,...

Martina McBride: Empowered By Country Music

Issue 172Off the Charts

Martina McBride has always been a spokesperson for the downtrodden, particularly women. The Nashville star defied stereotypes that said country music was centered on the perspectives of men and a...

The NAMM Show 2022, Part One

Issue 172Show Report

When photography was in the process of being invented, two brilliant gents, Ferdinand Hurter (1844 – 1898) and Vero Charles Driffield (1848 – 1915), using a sewing machine and a...

Collective Soul: Rocking On With Limitless Passion

Issue 172Disciples of Sound

Collective Soul burst on to the rock scene in 1993 with the single “Shine” from their debut album Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid. It was a remarkable record from...