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Preservation Sound Radio WPKN FM June 2020 program: Link to stream

This month’s Preservation Sound Radio show has aired. This program is a mix of 1950s+60s ‘Academic’ and ‘new music’ combined with spiritual jazz, New Age, and ambient, assembled and broadcast from the original LPs. In case you caught the show when it aired on June 10, here’s the tracklist.

  1. Magical Power Mako ‘Tundra” from ‘Super Record’ MR5055 1975
  2. Roger Powell “Lumia” from ‘Cosmic Furnace’ Atlantic LP SD7251 1973
  3. George Duke “North Beach” from ‘Faces in Reflection’ BASF LP MC22018 1974
  4. Pascal Laguirand “Abalii” from ‘De Harmonia Universalia’ Minos LP 1002 1980
  5. David Bowie “Subterranean” from ‘Low’ RCA LP CPL1-2030 1977
  6. Robert Ashley ‘she was a visitor’ from “extended voices” Odyssey LP 32 16 0156 1967
  7. Lonnie Liston Smith “Let us go into the house of the Lord” from ‘Astral Travelling’ FD 10163 1973
  8. Alice Coltrane “Hare Krishna” from ‘Universal Consiousness’ Impulse LP AS-9210 1971
  9. Beaver/Krause “By Your Grace” from ‘Gandharrva’ WS 1909 1971
  10. Keith Jarrett “First” from ‘Invocations’ ECM LP ECM D 1201 1981
  11. Reinhard Lakomy “Das geheime Leben” from the LP of the same title, Amiga 8 55 893 1982
  12. Gigi Masin “Celebration of Eleven/The Sea of Sand” from ‘Wind’ BAR003/15 1986 (2015 repress)
  13. Henry Cowell “Aeolian Harp” from ‘Sounds of New Music,’ Folkways FX6160 1957
  14. Alexi Lubimov “Fur Alina” from the LP ‘Arvo Part’ MRP 115 2017
  15. Vladimir Ussachevsky “Sonic Contours” from ‘Sounds of New Music,’ Folkways FX6160 1957
  16. Roger Eno “A Paler Sky’ from the LP ‘Voices’ EGED 42 1985
  17. Raul Lovisoni / Francesco Messina “Prati bagnati del monte Analogo” from the LP of the same title, 1979, 2018 pressing on SV130
  18. Harold Budd “Sandtreader” from ‘Lovely Thunder’ EGED46 1986
  19. Wendy Carlos (as Walter Carlos) “Summer” from ‘Sonic Seasonings’ Columbia LP KG31234 1972
  20. Morton Feldman ‘Chorus and Instruments II’ from “extended voices” Odyssey LP 32 16 0156 1967
  21. Emerson Meyers & Assoc. “Moonflight Sound Pictures” from ‘Provocative Electronics’ WGS-8129 1970
  22. Roberts Owen “homage to max Ernst” from ‘Immature Oocytes” Mortsleam Records 1982
  23. Francois De Roubaix “Mort d’un Guide” from ‘Volume’ 3’ Barclay LP 80291 1979
  24. Arnold Walter, Harvey Olnick, Myron Schaeffer “Summer Idyl” from ‘Electronic Music’ folkways LP FM33436 recorded 1959 rel 1967
  25. Terry Riley “Poppy Nogood and the phantom band” from ‘A Rainbow in curved Air” Columbia MS7315 1969
  26. Eduard Artimiev track A1 from the OST to ‘Stalker’ rec 1979, rel SV109 2014
  27. Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind “Rocky Mountains” from the OST to ‘The Shining’ HS3449 1980
  28. Johann Johannsson “Mandy Love Theme” from the OST to ‘Mandy’ Lakeshore Records 2018
  29. Steven Halpern “moonrise over orion” from ‘Zodiac Suite’ HS771 1977
  30. Freddie Hubbard “Monodrama” from ‘sing me a song of songmy’ Atlantic SD 1576 1971
  31. Steve douglas “Time Capsule” from his LP ‘The Music Of Cheops” CH-1 1976
  32. Sven Grunberg ‘Hingus’ from OM, Melodiya C60 27019 002 1988
  33. Bo Hansson “Time and Space” from ‘Attic thoughts” SIRE LP sasd 7525 1976
  34. Dominique Guiot “Ballet Amoureux Des Dauphins” from ‘L’ Univers De La Mer’ AV4160 1979
  35.  James Newtown Howard “Rose ’68 ’69” from ‘From Inside’ BVHAAST LP 019 1978

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RITES OF MAY: preservation sound radio May 2020

This month’s Preservation Sound Radio show has already aired, but you can stream the entire program from the WPKN FM archives for the next few weeks. Click here to stream the show. RITES OF MAY is a three-hour psych-folk celebration of Spring. As usual all of the audio is taken directly from my vinyl LP stacks. This show was transferred with a Technics 1200 w/ Shure 44-7 cartridge and Ramko SP8-E preamp. Bonus announcements via period recordings of Louise Huebner and Dr Edward Teller. Here’s the track list.

  1. Catherine Ribiero +2 Bis “Un Sourire, Un Rire, Des Esclats” FLDX 487
  2. Vangelis O. Papathanassiou “Ritual” from the LP ‘Earth’ Vertigo 6499 693
  3. Simon Finn “Laughing til Tomorrow” Cherry Red Records 1970
  4. Jean-Bernard Raiteux “Kathleen Writhes” from the OST to ‘Les Demons’
  5. Eigo Kawashima and homo sapiens “bye bye bye” 1975 Elektra Japan L-6101E
  6. The Beau Brummels “The Wolf Of Velvet Fortune” from their LP ‘Triangle’ Warner WS 1692
  7. Glass Harp “Southbound” Decca DL 75261
  8. Karen Beth “Something To Believe in” from ‘the joys of life,’ Decca DL 75148
  9. Osamu Kitajima “Immortality” PSI 004-2
  10. Black Sabbath “Lord Of This World” from the LP ‘Master of Reality,’ warner brothers BS 2562 1971
  11. Nico “Secret Side” from the 1971 BBC Session, Gearbox LP GB1533
  12. Marcus “Grains Of Sand’ from his Kineic/Columbia LP Z 30207
  13. David Crosby “Traction in the rain” from the LP ‘If I Could Only Remember My Name’ Atlantic LP SD 7023
  14. Higelin & Areski “Remember” Saravah France LP SH 10005, 1969
  15. Folk Music of the world ‘Grand Nord’ “Järnefelt” CV1117
  16. Magical Power Mako ‘Sound Mother Earth’ from SUPERRECORD Polydor Japan MR 5055
  17. Orpheus “the dream” MGM SE-4524
  18. Bonnie Koloc “My aunt Edna” from her s/t LP Ovation # OVQD 1429
  19. Cem Karaca “Foam on the sea”
  20. Elyse Weinberg “Here In My Heart” from the LP ‘Elyse’ Tetragammon LP T-117
  21. Don Cooper “Sad Eyed Queen of the Mountain” from ‘Bless the Children’ Roulette SR-42046
  22. Tim Buckley “Had A Talk With My Woman” from ‘Lorca’, Elektra EKS-74074 1970
  23. Yuri Morozov “Blue Star Wanderer” BUTR14LP
  24. Cro Magnon “First World Of Bronze” from their S/T ESP Disk LP #2001 1969
  25. Alexander Gradsky “You and me” circa 1972 Melodiya LP C60 2447 004
  26. Sandy Bull “Electric Blend” from ‘The Essential Sandy Bull’ Vanguard VSD 59/60
  27. Buffy St Marie “God is alive, Magic is afoot” from her LP ‘Illuminations’ Vanguard  VSD 79300
  28. Brigitte Fontaine and Areski “Ragilia” from the LP ‘L’Incendie’ BYG Records N. 529026  
  29. Total Issue “Dis Mais Dis” from their S/T LP UAS France 29 174
  30. Sopwith Camel “Dancin Wizard” from their LP “The Miraculous Hump Returns From The Moon” Reprise LP MS 2108 1973
  31. US69 “Im On My Way” from their Buddah LP BDS 5035
  32. Tyrannosaurus Rex “By The Light of The Magical Moon” from their Blue Thumb LP ‘A Beard of Stars’ BTS 8818
  33. Pearls Before Swine “The Old Man” from the LP ‘The Use Of Ashes’ Reprise 6405 1970
  34. Pugh “Signe” from his S/T LP Metronome MLP-15.336
  35. The Seeds “Six Dreams” from their GNP LP “Future” GNP 2038
  36. Jake Holmes “too long” from ‘The Above Ground Sound Of Jake Holmes” Tower LP ST 5079 
  37. Jonathan & Leigh “Summer Sorrow” from their Vanguard LP ‘Third and Main’ VRS-9257 1967
  38. The Incredible String Band “Footsteps of the Heron’ from their s/t LP Elektra EKS-7322
  39. Exuma “Baal” from ‘Exuma II” Mercury SR 61314
  40. Victoria “A Famous Myth” from her LP ‘Secret of the Bloom’ San Francisco LP SD201 1969
  41. Georgia Kelly “The Sound Of Spirit” from her LP of the same name, HERU-104 1981
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UTC CG-Series Terminal Arrangements c.1956

UTC’s “CG” ‘commercial grade’ line of transformers were high-quality sealed units made in the 50s and 60s and possibly later. The later ‘red paint’ iterations often have pinout data printed on the cases, but the earlier ‘metal-badge’ versions sometimes do not. Despite the wealth of vintage UTC transformer data already available online, I could not find this particular document on the internet so I have scanned it for y’all. This particular document has a March 1956 date code so i assume that it covers the line at-that-point.

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Units covered include output transformers CG-2L6, 4L6, 15, 16, 19, 710; power transformers CG-422, 428, 429, 431; bias units CG-315, 316; low-level audio units CG-131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 1347, 140, 141, 233, 235, 333, 433; and power transformers CG33, CG120, CG122, CH124, CG125, CG126, CG300, CG301, CG302, CG303, CG34.

Above: some examples of the varying CG case styles- both with and without pinout data. The terminal board on bottom generally have some data but it is often incomplete.
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The Lil’est Champ

I wanted to see how compact I could make a high-voltage, point-to-point wired Tweed Champ. Here’s the result. Leo Fender’s 5F1 circuit, but with a solid-state rectifier, built into a tiny vintage NOS Bud hammertone chassis. Front panel is gain (standby switch at zero), pilot lamp, input; rear panel is fuse, power switch, IEC and speaker jack. See my Instagram page for sound sample.

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preservation sound radio 4.8.20 : another 1973

Hey yall… this month’s Preservation Sound Radio show has already aired, but you can catch in the WPKN archive thru April 26 2020 at this link. This episode is a deep deep trip into v obscure 1968-1976 moody light rock and psych. As usual, the entire show is assembled directly from the original LPs. An alternate pop past that never was. Here’s what you’ll hear:

  1. tranquility “can i see you”
  2. kevin john agosti “enchanted lady” (no link avail)
  3. danny cox “dear prudence”
  4. love “dream”
  5. the illusion “angel” (set break)
  6. elephants memory “wind ridge” (no link avail)
  7. grin “if i were a song”
  8. the flamin groovies “golden clouds”
  9. burton and cunico “run for your life”
  10. silver metre “superstar” (set break)
  11. keith “trixon’s election”
  12. edison electric band “over the hill”
  13. stephen and the farm band “come on back” (no link avail)
  14. zephyr “keep me”
  15. dinsmore payne “evinrood” (set break)
  16. blues project “plain and fancy”
  17. john ussery “through the fire”
  18. moby grape “about time”
  19. anthem “ibis”
  20. the buoys “tell me heaven is here”(set break)
  21. the troggs “a different me”
  22. parrish and gurvitz “why”
  23. gabriel bondage “in the daylight”
  24. sweet pain “start off with you”
  25. tin tin “benny the wonder dog” (set break)
  26. autosalvage “100 days”
  27. sweet thursday “dealer”
  28. michael nesmith “rainmaker”
  29. dennis linde “DR31” (whole album link)
  30. west “funeral on the beach” (set break)
  31. odetta “no expectations”
  32. bonnie koloc “hold on to me”
  33. the cornbread “across the frozen ground”
  34. john kay “two of a kind”
  35. luther grosvenor “love the way” (set break)
  36. velvet night “the weight” (whole album link)
  37. the american dream “storm”
  38. the wizards from kansas “misty mountainside”
  39. michael stanley “denver rain”
  40. stealers wheel “over my head” (set break)
  41. saint steven “grey skies”
  42. joey stec “i wish it would rain”
  43. leigh stephens “chunk of funk”
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P/S Radio Show 3.19.20: Psychedelic Soul Special Edition

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Click this link to stream a special two-hour Preservation Sound Radio show focusing on: Psychedelic Soul. (show starts approx 12 minutes into the file). This show was assembled in my studio and relayed for broadcast on WPKN. Audio-nerd notes: the entire program was assembled from my vinyl LP collection, freshly transferred via a vintage Denon DL207 MC cartridge through a 1:20 ADC step-up transformer unit I assembled this week. My voice via a 1950s EV 666.

Tracklist:

  1. curtis mayfield DO DOO WAP IS STRONG IN HERE
  2. cymande BIRD
  3. the main ingredient SUMMER BREEZE
  4. brother to brother I WISH IT WOULD RAIN
  5. minnie ripperton LES FLEUR (set break)
  6. soul searchers WE THE PEOPLE
  7. the temptations SMILING FACES SOMETIME
  8. junior parker TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS
  9. manu dibango HIBISCUS
  10. the dramatics IN THE RAIN
  11. shuggie otis JENNIE LEE (set break)
  12. rotary connection PAPER CASTLE
  13. rasputin’s stash YOU BETTER THINK
  14. edwin starr BALL OF CONFUSION
  15. sly and the family stone TIME
  16. james brown JUST ENOUGH ROOM FOR STORAGE (set break)
  17. the southside movement IVE BEEN WATCHING YOU
  18. eugene mcdaniels CHERRY STONES
  19. the sound experience EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL
  20. dennis coffey LONELY MOON CHILD
  21. david axelrod FREEDOM (set break)
  22. funkadelic ILL BET YOU
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A novel design for an all-tube headphone amplifier

Above: prototype of a novel design for an economical all-tube headphone amplifier. I have been hunting for a way to build an all-tube cue amp into the @berlinettabrewing DJ console. I was forced to design this because no decent schematics exist anywhere online for something like this: something compact, simple, and inexpensive to make that can run either 600 ohm cans or modern low-impedance cans.

This design uses a basic voltage amp (1/2 a 12AX7, although a 12AT7 would work fine too) driving one paralleled cathode-follower 6CG7 per channel. In theory, with a big enough output cap and 300 plate volts, this SHOULD be able to drive 600 ohm headphones to a very high level. And it does. But here’s the twist: the “600 ohms” jack is a switching jack that, when blank, sends the signal to a pair of 600 ohm:8 ohm “70v” 5-watt line-to-voicecoil transformers: I used inexpensive old Stancors. These are the sort of transformers that you often find inside old schoolhouse baffle speakers.

At full rated level, the low end of these transformers is weak. But at the 1/2w that they see in this circuit, they sound absolutely fine. The amp sounds great with either variety of cans- i tried @akgaudio 600 ohm k240s and @audiotechnicausa ATHM50, which I suspect are 30 ohms-ish. Way way more then enough level, great fidelity and just great sound all around. A little experiment that paid off, coming soon to the world’s most esoteric DJ console.

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WESTON MODEL 862 VU METER PANEL ART (1946 VERSION)

I recently needed a pair of working Weston 862s. I only had one busted one, and a pair of 861s with different gfx that Weston OEM’d for some other firms. So i’ve scanned the 862 panel at 600DPI and I am going to attempt to print and re-cover the panels in the 861s. Wish me luck! Here’s the art at 600DPI if anyone else needs it:

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P/S Radio Show 12.11.2019 – link to listen from archive

This month’s P/S Radio show has already aired, but you can listen to the program via this archive link thru Jan 10 2020. As usual this show is broadcast 100% from vinyl. Check it out while you can, some incredible rarities here.

  1. The Gentrys HELP ME
  2. Cat IM GONNA HIJACK A PLANE TO CUBA
  3. Claire LePaige RENDEVOUS EXPRESS
  4. Sex LOVE IS A GAME
  5. Damon POOR POOR GENIE //// set break ///
  6. Irwin Goodman KADUN KASVATTI
  7. 3-Hur-El SEVENLER AGLARMIS
  8. Osibisa SURVIVAL
  9. Juan Carlos Caceres LOVE ME NOW
  10. Del Shannon SHE WAS MINE /// set break ///
  11. Groundhogs BLACK DIAMOND
  12. Fat Mattress NATURALLY
  13. The Steve Miller Band KOW KOW
  14. Aphrodites Child THE 4 HORSEMEN
  15. Man THE THUNDER AND THE LIGHTNING /// set break ///
  16. Catherine Ribeiro and Alpes AME DEBOUT
  17. Il Volo IL CALORE UMANO
  18. Le Orme ALLIANTE
  19. PFM IL BANCHETTO
  20. Peloquin Sauvageau STERILIZATION ///set break ///
  21. Funkadelic CAN YOU GET TO THAT
  22. Ronnie Stoots BYE BYE DARLIN (no YouTube version available)
  23. The Gentrys JUST GOT THE NEWS
  24. Francoise Hardy PUNTO (no YouTube version available)
  25. NRBQ RIDIN’ IN MY CAR /// set break ///
  26. The Mystic Number National Bank IT WILL BREAK YOUR HEART
  27. Witchita Falls GOING TO OHIO (no YouTube version available)
  28. Ken La Brie LISTEN
  29. Fever Tree TIME IS NOW
  30. Hector MEIRAN LAULU
  31. St James Church Stratford SEE ME FEEL ME (WHO cover) (no YouTube version available) /// set break//
  32. Charlie Kaman and Sons PRATLING POND BLUES (no YouTube version available)
  33. Blues Magoos TONIGHT THE SKY’S ABOUT TO CRY
  34. Breakout MODLITWA
  35. Catherine Ribiero LE PETIT FILLE AUX FRAISER /// set break///
  36. Sven Grunberg HINGUS (excerpt)
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NBC Custom SpectraSonics mini console circa who knows

PS dot com reader Frank B sent in these pics of his SpectraSonics console. This 6×2 board was custom built for NBC Television in the late 60s or 70s. Here’s Frank’s description of it:

“..its one of a kind…6 preamps and two 610 limiters plus some high pass filters. It was built for nbc-tv. Im guessing this is the only one in existence….The wiring for the patchbay is unique and crazy. “

Interestingly the comp controls are located on the rear of the unit and the compressors have their own points on the bay. Frank, I am curious what that other board you have to the right of it is!

Any of yall got a custom mini-console by a big maker like this? Let us know!