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New Acquisitions – July 2019
Bob Dylan – Blonde On Blonde Bon Jovi – New Jersey Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart Leonard Cohen – Popular Problems Ray Charles – …Dedicated To You The Pretenders – Learning To Crawl The Rolling Stones […]
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New Acquisitions – June 2019
Artist Title John Coltrane A Love Supreme Chubby Checker Twist With Chubby Checker Londonbeat In The Blood Buddy Holly That’ll Be The Day The John Coltrane Quartet Ballads Various Ghostbusters II Spectrum / Indelible Murtceps Terminal Buzz Geordie Masters Of Rock Beastie Boys Paul’s Boutique Daddy Cool Sex, Dope, Rock’n’Roll: Teenage Heaven Ray Charles Modern […]
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An Aussie Records Offsite
Earlier this month the semi-retired Rega RP-1 and two crates of “seconds” (LPs) were relocated to the Aussie Records “offsite” location on the NSW south coast. Once properly set up, the Rega was unwisely attached to a Yamaha home theatre “sound bar” (via a analogue-to-digital converter) and it sounded… horrible. After scouring local classifieds, Facebook […]
Read MoreA King Crimson Journey
[Last Update: 29/5/2019] Not too many moons ago, I had not heard a single LP by King Crimson. It’s true. I’m technically a child of the 70s (b. 1979) but I’d somehow not been introduced to the pioneers of progressive rock. There’s something about their reputation and the cover art of their debut album that […]
Read More2018 Retrospective
It’s almost June in 2019, so this is a little late, but if you’ll forgive me a moment – I’d like to indulge in a “better late than never” review of some of my favourite finds from last year in 2018. It should really come as no surprise to anyone at this stage that we’re […]
Read MoreTime for an upgrade – Introducing the Rega Planar 3 with Exact
Hello – some good news! We here at Aussie Records – after about six years or so – have finally upgraded the reference deck. The trusty Rega RP-1 with the Bias-2 cartridge more recently paired with the most excellent vintage HiFi equipment has been relegated to second string. The New Deck There’s a new sheriff […]
Read MoreUpgrades – Vintage HiFi
Over the weekend I spent some money from record sales on some preloved vintage HiFi equipment from some local audiophiles in my region. I’d previously been running my Rega RP-1 through my home theatre setup, downmixing to stereo (2 channel) output. This served for a while, but I often felt that I was not getting […]
Read More2017 Retrospective
Welcome to the new year. As is the tradition around the Internet, many people are writing about the best albums of 2017. Today, I’m writing about some of the best records I managed to acquire through the year of 2017. Last year was an amazing year for a number of reasons. For one thing, I […]
Read MoreChain – History of Chain
An Aussie Blues Band If you haven’t heard of Australian blues band Chain, you’re not alone. The band was mildly successful charting within Australia in the 1970s and their highest selling album (“Toward the Blues”) took more than a decade to be certified gold. That shouldn’t dissuade you from checking out their work if you […]
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