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BACKTRACKING FORWARD: CLEAN GROOVES
posted: October 1, 2009
The sound of bacon sizzling in a frying pan is an uplifting way to start your morning. When that sound is coming from your speakers upon cueing up an LP, it’s time roll up the…
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BACKTRACKING FORWARD: DAPTONE RECORDS AND THE RETURN OF FUNK
posted: September 24, 2009
During the late 1960s into the mid 1970s, funk music reached its peak in terms of creativity and mainstream attention. Artists like James Brown, George Clinton and Sly Stone were just a few of the…
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BACKTRACKING FORWARD: WANTED ON WAX
posted: August 27, 2009
In my ideal world, everyone would have access to a vinyl press in their own backyard. Cutting discs would be as easy as ripping a CD. Until that happens, I will be digging each month…
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BACKTRACKING FORWARD: CONTEMPORARY RARITIES
posted: August 20, 2009
What makes a record rare? Age? Condition? Quantity of initial pressing? Teeth marks made by Jimi Hendrix himself? Certainly all those factors come into play, but there are more minute details that help fuel the…
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BACKTRACKING FORWARD: 180 GRAMS OF JAZZ
posted: August 13, 2009
No additives, preservatives or fillers”just 100% vinyl; 180 grams of pure, unadulterated wax. Pressing audiophile records is the antithesis of going green since any recycled material in a platter can result in inferior sound quality…
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BACKTRACKING FORWARD: THE PERSEVERANCE OF VINYL
posted: August 6, 2009
I have a confession to make. I am an addict. I have relinquished my living room, basement and garage to enough piles of records to construct a sturdy fall-out shelter. Most recently, I engaged in…
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