Preservation Sound OPEN STUDIO : 2013 Bridgeport Arts Trail

11 years ago

Nov 9/10 is BRIDGEPORT OPEN-STUDIOS and we will be opening up the Preservation Sound Shop !  Come by and say…

Casio CT-630 Drum Samples : free download

11 years ago

(image source) How are y'all doing today...  a whiles back I picked up one of these old Casio CT630 keyboards. …

Bob Fine’s Recording Truck : 1951 – 1966

11 years ago

In a previous article, we offered a thorough treatment of Fine Recording, INC. (hf. "FRI"), the NYC recording studio that…

Gearhead (1979)

11 years ago

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1977: Guild-Distributed HH amps and effects

11 years ago

HH was one of the earliest UK-makers of solid-state sound-reinforcement kit.  They were bought-out by Laney many years back.  Read…

The HUSTLER Guitar (via Technikraft of Illinois) c. 1979

11 years ago

1979: The 'Hustler,' a little-known entry in the 'aluminum-neck' race of the 1970s (see also: Kramer, Veleno, Travis Bean).  Anyone?  …

1978: Pete Townshend ‘Boogies’

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Goddamnit I hate that word.  'Boogie.'  Yuck.  Instantly brings to mind brain-dead root-fifth/root-sixth endless nonsense non-songs.   Really sounds like s$%t.  …

Young James Jamerson is looking pretty tuff in 1958

11 years ago

Three years before he would buy his first electric bass, and then go on to pretty much define the vocabulary…

The Sansui AX-7 ‘Audio Mixer’ c. 1978

11 years ago

Sansui's late-70's line of hi-fi equipment is fairly collectible; I've had several of them over the years, and they generally…

1978: “Record It At Home!”

11 years ago

Sometimes it's the right move.  Also if yr gonna rock a shirt like that, might be best to stay in…