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In Studio Stories: How The Great New York Records Were Made: From Miles To Madonna, Sinatra To The Ramones, musician and music history expert Dave Simons surveys more than 30 years of New York City's recording industry during a time noted for its expertise, brilliant improvisation, and off-beat eccentricity resulting in the creation of truly classics records for some of the best known and most popular artists working in such diverse fields as pop, rock, soul, jazz, and folk music. Readers are provided the perspective of producers, engineers, songwriters, and recording artists associated with the New York music industry expansive years between 1950 and 1980. Comprehensive, detailed, authoritative, informed and informative, Studio Stories is a superbly written and presented slice of American music history that is especially recommended reading and a simply outstanding contribution to 20th Century Music History and American Popular Culture Studies.

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In Studio Stories: How The Great New York Records Were Made: From Miles To Madonna, Sinatra To The Ramones, musician and music history expert Dave Simons surveys more than 30 years of New York City's recording industry during a time noted for its expertise, brilliant improvisation, and off-beat eccentricity resulting in the creation of truly classics records for some of the best known and most popular artists working in such diverse fields as pop, rock, soul, jazz, and folk music. Readers are provided the perspective of producers, engineers, songwriters, and recording artists associated with the New York music industry expansive years between 1950 and 1980. Comprehensive, detailed, authoritative, informed and informative, Studio Stories is a superbly written and presented slice of American music history that is especially recommended reading and a simply outstanding contribution to 20th Century Music History and American Popular Culture Studies.

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In Studio Stories: How The Great New York Records Were Made: From Miles To Madonna, Sinatra To The Ramones, musician and music history expert Dave Simons surveys more than 30 years of New York City's recording industry during a time noted for its expertise, brilliant improvisation, and off-beat eccentricity resulting in the creation of truly classics records for some of the best known and most popular artists working in such diverse fields as pop, rock, soul, jazz, and folk music. Readers are provided the perspective of producers, engineers, songwriters, and recording artists associated with the New York music industry expansive years between 1950 and 1980. Comprehensive, detailed, authoritative, informed and informative, Studio Stories is a superbly written and presented slice of American music history that is especially recommended reading and a simply outstanding contribution to 20th Century Music History and American Popular Culture Studies.

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Paisley gets a little preachy, but overall this album is a winner. It fits the evolutionary path he has been on over the last few albums. If you have been a Paisley fan for years, it will seem familiar, while at the same time, it also seems brand new. Most of the songs are typically well-crafted, although the song getting a lot of press these days, "Accidental Racist," is not. Whatever the intention was, whatever the message is, it's just not a good song. It's too forced, and too long. But that's really the one misstep. There's plenty else to like here, such as the soaring "Southern Comfort Zone," the raucous "Outstanding In Our Field," and the bouncy "Beat This Summer." There are the wonderful ballads "I Can't Change the World" and "Tin Can on a String." And the hilarious "Harvey Bodine," which features Monty Python's Eric Idle.

Surprisingly, Paisley tones down his guitar work a bit on this album. There are fewer guitar fireworks than previous albums, but there is still lots of great playing. Normally, when I get a new Paisley album, I immediately pull my Telecaster guitar out and try to figure out what he's doing. Not on this album. I found myself reaching for the acoustic guitar for the first time. Everyone knows what he can do on an electric guitar, but his acoustic work is phenomenal on this album.

I skip over a song or two, but the rest is great. And I like where Paisley is going.

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I really can't add any details about this little gem that haven't already been chronicled by others here. But this MP3 player is good enough I can't let it go without putting in a good word about it. And the bottom line is that unless you need a larger screen or you're stuck on Apple's iPod just for the name, you would do well to get yourself one of these. I've only used it for music playback and FM radio so far, and at these things, the Walkman excels beyond my expectations. I bought a factory refurbished unit for just $25 and I can say without hesitation that it's worth every penny of what a brand new one would cost. The sound quality is incredibility good, it has all the functions I want and then some, and it's very durable.....speaking of which, my first use of this involved jerking it out of a cup holder on a treadmill, dropping it hard on the moving belt, which promptly shot it off the back of the treadmill against a steel post. And it still works as if it were straight out of the box. Get one. I have no doubt that you'll be as impressed as I am.

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My 10-inch PARTSMART digital picture frame conked out after some years of constant use.

I found this 15 inch model on Amazon for a good price and received today. The setup was easy and everything worked as described. I set the brightness at seven as my room is on the dark side. I raised contrast and saturation to nine to give the picture some added kick. I had an SD prepared from the Compact Flash used in my old frame but, after almost throwing away the enclosed thumb-drive (careless), I ported my SD over to it (1.3 GB, ~1500 pix) and it worked like a champ. The thumb-drive is the smallest I've seen, just the bare essentials.

I don't plan to use the mp3 sound or mpeg4 video and didn't test for those.

Remote worked well from a few feet away, very responsive. Frame retains time and other settings during power removal. For how long I don't know.

Very satisfied with the display, doubt you could do better. Display quality remains good from most any angle.

I'll update this if any new information develops.

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Jimi's "new" album of collaborations mostly with Buddy Miles and Billy Cox (not always at the same time) brings us some actual tracks that we haven't heard before. Surprisingly much of it is really worth it, although tons of Hendrix albums have come out, and this has possibly my favorite version of "Hear My Train a comin."

I will say that this album is probably more suited to the Hendrix fanatic than a "I'll listen to him when he comes up in the playlist" type person. But if you haven't bought a "new" Hendrix album since "First Rays..." or my favorite posthumous release "South Saturn Delta" then this is definitely the one to get. It's insanely hard to wade through his collection of albums especially on amazon, but this is Hendrix at his best with his later backing duo of Miles and Cox.

I won't go through the album track by track as it seems they already have above, but the thing I love about Hendrix with Cox and Miles is that they provided such a powerful backing to his music that was different than Mitchell and Redding. While not better or worse technically, I slightly prefer the sound, and while not all the tracks include this trio, many of them do here. There slightly more "kick" to the drums and a little more "thump" to the bass. Earth Blues is a prime example of this. And "Hear my Train a Comin'" has so much energy and is so cohesive and engaging.

I owe a lot to Hendrix, and although I'm only 29, stealing my father's Hendrix albums in 8th grade thankfully took me away from the Soundgarden/Nirvana thing and introduced me to the blues and classics. I'm thankful that his legacy continues as other generations will be able to appreciate what he did for music. Now if I could only find my tie-dye Hendrix shirt I haven't worn since I was 15.

So while there isn't anything you've never heard here, this album helps pass Hendrix along to new generations, and in the end "new" Hendrix albums will only help music. So don't hate on the guy, or his family.

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Addendum:

I just want to add that it seems there is a long debate with any artist who releases material after their passing. Tupac, Frank Zappa, John Lennon etc etc...

The sad part of this is that it takes away from the legacy of the artist and places more attention on those handling the artists work after they have died. While this can't be ignored I can't help but think how Hendrix would be rolling in his grave right now upset that this has turned into such banter.

I agree with much of what is stated in the other reviews, but Kramer is doing the best he can, and I can promise you he's not trying to make people angry. He's trying to get the music of Hendrix out there, and that's what I think is great about this.

I also think that anyone else in the position that Janie Hendrix is would make very similar choices and I really don't like the judgements made on Kramer and her. Although cut and pasted etc etc, this is still the music of Hendrix, and it can be listened to enjoyably, and not dissected, unless of course that is your whole purpose in listening to the album.

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