Copper


Issue 84

Issue 84Opening Salvo

Welcome to Copper #84! Being the picayune sort, it annoys me when people celebrate the birthday of one long dead, and say, "this is Mozart's 263rd birthday." That may even be proper...

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A Long Time Ago....

Issue 84

Welcome to Copper #84! Being the picayune sort, it annoys me when people celebrate the birthday of one long dead, and say, "this is Mozart's 263rd birthday." That may even be proper...

Empire, Part 1

Issue 84VINTAGE WHINE

The primary reason I began writing these articles (and a similar blog on Audiogon, back in another lifetime) is that there are few cohesive sources of information about the history...

Listless

Issue 84MUSIC TO MY EARS

Last Christmas I was up late with my boys drinking Scotch and talking about music. Before things got too sloppy the subject came up on the ridiculous nature of best...

The One That Got Away

Issue 84TWISTED SYSTEMS

The day I just missed a 1959 ‘Burst As an avid guitar collector, I’m often asked about my method and reasoning behind the guitars that I own or have owned....

Noir et Blanc

Issue 84MUSIC AUDIO AND OTHER ILLNESSES

In 1983, one of my favorite records was released: Zazou/Bikaye/CY1’s  Noir et Blanc. I thought I might try to tell you a little about it. A collaboration between composer and producer Hector Zazou,...

Prokofiev Piano Concertos

Issue 84TOO MUCH TCHAIKOVSKY

What I’m writing about this week: Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953) and his five piano concertos. Also, concertos by Huw Watkins (b. 1976). Plus, backstory from W. A. Mozart, especially his twenty-odd...

Is There a Right Size?

Issue 84THE AUDIO CYNIC

Second-guessing is at the heart of online forum behavior, and I wouldn’t want to rob anyone of the joy that comes from  being an expert on a subject of which...

Cultural Differences

Issue 84MUSIC'AL NOTES

France. When my kids were small, we rented a house in Provence, France for a couple of weeks. It was a lovely Old Provencal style house, which was once a...

Notre Dame Organum

Issue 84SOMETHING OLD / SOMETHING NEW

On April 15, 2019, Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris was severely damaged in a fire. As it happens, that church has a special place in music history. Construction on Notre...

21st Century Schizoid LP

Issue 84QUIBBLES AND BITS

It was all the way back in the 1980’s that consumer digital audio suddenly took root in the form of the CD, and before you knew what had hit you...

Kitchen Doors and Paper Horns, Part 1

Issue 84MAKE IT YOURSELF

Why horns? Some might ask, why horns? These big and sometimes odd-looking creations of ancient times, can’t fit through a normal door opening, much less being set up in a...

363 Days in Vietnam, Part 1

Issue 84FEATURED

Most of what the average person knows about the Vietnam War is gleaned from movies, TV dramas and documentaries like the one Ken Burns’ produced in 2018. Almost every one...

Tori Amos

Issue 84OFF THE CHARTS

Crossover artists seem to become fashionable in waves. Still, there aren’t many who have combined classical chops and a pop sensibility with as much popular and critical success as Tori...

Jack Joseph Puig, Part 1

Issue 84THE COPPER INTERVIEW

Amassing an impressive body of engineering and producing work, stretching over 4 decades’ worth of record credits, Jack Joseph Puig has been behind the glass for many hit albums and critics’ favorites....

Axpona 2019, Part 2

Issue 84FEATURED

[Part 1 of Rudy’s Axpona report was in Copper # 83—Ed.] One of my show favorites last year was the system from Eikon Audio, the new company founded by Gayle Sanders, co-founder of...