medium bodied high SPL mic that is ideal for the widest-range of applications including guitars, vocals, drum elements, piano, room mics, etc. ADK President and Founder Larry Villella says: “The S-7 is built like a Sherman Tank and can handle high SPL recording. This condenser mic has a flat response and is sturdy enough to handle even the rigors of the road!” End-users of ADK Audiophile Mics are a Who’s Who of the Music World for good reason. The ADK Audiophile series of condenser mics were created for critical recording environments and fine acoustic sources. When your tracks really matter, ADK Audiophile Series delivers Stellar Performance at affordable prices. Founders Larry Villella and Brian Hutchison founded ADK in 1998. Their partnership with ...  (less)

viola parts to James Taylor guitar parts, we were amazed at how many uses we had for the ADK “S” microphone! We had 22 ADK Mics on Ray Charles’ Genius Love Company CD” (Terry Howard: Multiple Grammy Winner (Ray Charles, Gladys Knight, Willie Nelson) The S-51 is the higher SPL “Big Brother” to the A-51. It incorporates a -10 dB switch and a 100 Hz roll-off switch on the body. End-users of ADK Audiophile Mics are a Who’s Who of the Music World for good reason. The ADK Audiophile series of condenser mics were created for critical recording environments and fine acoustic sources. When your tracks really matter, ADK Audiophile Series delivers Stellar Performance at affordable prices. Founders Larry Villella ...  (less)

viola parts to James Taylor guitar parts, we were amazed at how many uses we had for the ADK “S” microphone! We had 22 ADK Mics on Ray Charles’ Genius Love Company CD” (Terry Howard: Multiple Grammy Winner (Ray Charles, Gladys Knight, Willie Nelson) The S-51 is the higher SPL “Big Brother” to the A-51. It incorporates a -10 dB switch and a 100 Hz roll-off switch on the body. End-users of ADK Audiophile Mics are a Who’s Who of the Music World for good reason. The ADK Audiophile series of condenser mics were created for critical recording environments and fine acoustic sources. When your tracks really matter, ADK Audiophile Series delivers Stellar Performance at affordable prices. Founders Larry Villella ...  (less)

music specially for player-piano . . .” —Henry Cowell Like many composers of subsequent generations, Kyle Gann (born 1955) was captivated by Cowell’s theories and Nancarrow’s music. His book, The Music of Conlon Nancarrow, is the essential source for any serious study of Nancarrow’s work. Knowing so much about Nancarrow’s music, it’s hardly surprising that it would occur to Gann to consider the question of how he might make the mechanical piano his own. His answer is the music on this recording. The instrument isn’t exactly the same. Nancarrow employed the old-fashioned player piano, driven by paper rolls with holes punched in them. Gann uses the more recent Disklavier, which is controlled by a computer v...  (less)

it all up to straightforward lyrics of unexpected vividness. Swerving between contented hope and a cynic's conviction that everything's forever screwed up, these 12 songs--built around four-piece rock but with occasional accents of mandolin, B-3, and pedal steel--each hit the highway in search of a reason to believe. "You got your tips and your graveyard shifts and I've got these seven bucks an hour," Hadacol sing on "Drive All Night," "but you know none of that really seems like a reason to stay." --David Cantwell  (less)

(piano, synthesizer, background vocals); Danny Federici (organ, accordion, glockenspiel, keyboards, background vocals); Patty Scialfa (sunthesizer, background vocals); Max Weinberg (drums). Flo & Eddie: Mark Volman, Howard Kaylan. Miami Horns: Stan Harrison (tenor saxophone); Eddie Manion (baritone saxophone); Mark Pender (trumpet); Richie La Bamba (trombone). Producers: Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, Chuck Plotkin. Recorded live between 1975 and 1985. The Japanese special-edition release features a vinyl-inspired design. CD comes in Jpn LP Sleeve. There's one song from a 1975 show, which makes the title of this box set true in the literal sense, and eight from a 1978 appearance at the Roxy in Los Angeles, but in essence this is Bruce Springsteen in the '80s--physically huge, politically charged and desperate to connect. You get the sense this is no accident. LIVE/1975-85 easily could have been a celebration of Springsteen's rise to rock & roll fame, instead, it's a concerted effort to make something of it. Almost all of LIVE/1975-85 was recorded in arenas and stadiums and almost all of it is intent on spreading a message. The cover song that resonates most isn't the party encore ""Raise Your Hand""(from 1978) but the anti-war chant ""War"" (from 1985). The most astonishing sequence of songs is all acoustic and almost all angry: Woody Guthrie's protest song ""This Land Is Your Land"" and Springsteen's own ""Nebraska,"" ""Johnny 99"" and ""Reason To Believe."" With its reverberant keyboards and a haunting intro that quotes the soul classic ""Nowhere to Run,"" even the love song ""Cover Me"" sounds like some sort of protest. There's lots of celebrating and rocking here, too, but mostly there's lots to think about.Q (1/03, p.140) - 4 stars out of 5 - ""...These remasters reveal a ragged glory..."" Uncut (01/03, p.131) - 3 stars out of 5 - ""...Plenty of good stuff..."""  (less)

synthesizer); Charles Stepney (piano, programming); Ralph Johnson (drums, percussion). Producers: Charles Stepney, Joe Wissert, Maurice White. Reissue producer: Leo Sacks. Includes interviews with Maurice White, Verdine White and Phillip Bailey conducted by Leo Sacks. Digitally remastered by Mark Wilder (Sony Music Studios, New York, New York. Originally released in 1978, THE BEST OF EARTH, WIND & FIRE VOL. 1, is a 12 song compilation featuring the psychedelic-soul sound of the legendary R&B group Earth, Wind & Fire. This collection includes the songs ""Getaway,"" ""September,"" and ""Reasons."" Japanese edition released by MSI Music contains additional material. CD contains bonus tracks. The vocals, drumming, and production of Maurice White. The soaring falsetto of Philip Bailey. The fat, thumping basslines of Verdine White. That fantastic, piercing brass. All these ingredients combine to make Earth, Wind & Fire one of the premier R&B/jazz/funk bands of the 20th century and beyond. Compilation producer Leo Sacks has expertly remastered THE BEST OF to superior sonic quality and added two bonus tracks to boot. ""Got to Get You Into My Life"" is a jazzy, soulfully swingin' take on the Lennon/McCartney composition. ""Fantasy,"" perhaps the band's finest moment, combines stylistic percussion with inspiring harmonies. ""Can't Hide Love"" is finely crafted R&B sharpened to a glistening point by a tight horn section. ""Love Music"" is an uplifting groove that sounds brand new decades later. ""Reasons"" is a perfect R&B ballad, and Philip Bailey explains in the liner notes that though it's become a wedding song, it's really about a one-night stand. The explosive, funky ""Shining Star"" exudes spirituality. A bonus ""Megamix 2000"" (and edit) are included and combine various tunes into a club mix. THE BEST OF is a great overview of these Rock and Roll Hall of Famers."  (less)

it all up to straightforward lyrics of unexpected vividness. Swerving between contented hope and a cynic's conviction that everything's forever screwed up, these 12 songs--built around four-piece rock but with occasional accents of mandolin, B-3, and pedal steel--each hit the highway in search of a reason to believe. "You got your tips and your graveyard shifts and I've got these seven bucks an hour," Hadacol sing on "Drive All Night," "but you know none of that really seems like a reason to stay." --David Cantwell  (less)