The Next Track

Doug Adams and Kirk McElhearn
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Oct 12, 2022 • 38min

Episode #241: Geoff Edgers on Searching for the Perfect Sound

In a long Washington Post article, Geoff Edgers goes in search of perfect sounding vinyl records. Support The Next Track. ‌Show notes: The Search for the Perfect Sound Better Records The Electric Recording Company Craft Recordings Intervention Records Plangent Process Our next tracks: The Beatles: A Hard Day's Night Herbie Hancock: Future Shock If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track
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Sep 28, 2022 • 27min

Episode #240: There's No Old Music Anymore

Music no longer sounds like it comes from a specific time. Old music sounds new these days. Music no longer sounds like it comes from a specific time. Old music sounds new these days. Support The Next Track. ‌Show notes: Running Up That Hill Episode #201 - Kurt Andersen on Why Music Hasn't Changed in Decades Our next tracks: Lou Reed: I`m So Free: The 1971 RCA Demos Steel Pulse: Tribute to the Martyrs If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track
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Sep 14, 2022 • 42min

Episode #239 - Immersive Music

Is it time for a new audio revolution? Immersive music may be the next big thing. Chris Connaker joins us to tell us about his 7.1.4 audio system. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon. We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! Support The Next Track. Guest: Chris Connaker ‌Show notes: Chris Connaker's articles on immersive audio Episodes with Chris Connaker Episode #214 - Chris Connaker on Music with Dolby Atmos and Spatial Audio MoFi on the Steve Hoffman Music Forums Our next tracks: The Capture Joe Strummer 002: The Mescaleros Years If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Special Guest: Chris Connaker.Support The Next Track
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Jul 20, 2022 • 41sec

The Summer Interregnum

We've decided to take rest of the summer off, and we'll be back in September. Enjoy your summer (or your winter, if you're down under).Support The Next Track
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Jul 6, 2022 • 31min

Episode #238 - The Fade

Why do some songs fade out when they end? The brass band in the gazebo in the public park never faded out their songs. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon. We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! Support The Next Track. ‌Show notes: Fade (audio engineering) A Little Bit Softer Now, a Little Bit Softer Now… The sad, gradual decline of the fade-out in popular music. Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no. 45, "Farewell" - Finale Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa Steve Reich: Tehillim What Ever Happened To The Pop Song Fade-Out? Episode #48 – Musician Dave Harrington of DARKSIDE and the Dave Harrington Group on Music Between Genres Taper's Choice on archive.org Our next tracks: Taper's Choice Paul Leary: The History of Dogs, Revisited If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track
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Jun 20, 2022 • 42min

Episode #237 - Sid Smith on Robert Fripp's Exposures

King Crimson scribe Sid Smith joins us to talk about the new Robert Fripp box set, Exposures, which covers Fripp's years in New York City, from 1977 to 1983, around his Exposure album and his Frippertronics. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon. We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! Support The Next Track. ‌Show notes: Sid Smith: In the Court of Crimson King Exposures Exposures 2-disc version Rolling Stone: 100 Greatest Guitarists Our next tracks: No next track picks this episode; the entire box set, or the 2-disc version, will keep you going for a while. If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Special Guest: Sid Smith.Support The Next Track
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Jun 1, 2022 • 28min

Episode #236 - Update on Apple's Media Apps

We haven't discussed Apple's media apps for some time, so we decided to take a look at what has changed, and what hasn't, and what probably never will. And we discuss audiophile nostalgia. "I think we're post digital." Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon. We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! Support The Next Track. ‌Show notes: I decided to not include the screenshot. KEF LSX Wireless Music System The ugly truth behind hi-fi's growing infatuation with nostalgia KEF Q350 Bookshelf Speakers Take Control of macOS Media Apps (Kirk's book) Primephonic Our next tracks: Robert Fripp: Exposures Bonnie Raitt: Green Light If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track
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May 23, 2022 • 31min

Episode #235 - 1973

Doug has a theory: in 1973 there was a schism in popular music. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon. We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! Support The Next Track. ‌Show notes: 1973 in Music (Wikipedia) 1973 Album Releases Rock Music History: 1973 Our next tracks: Fontaines D.C: Skinty Fia The Who: Quadrophenia If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track
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May 4, 2022 • 29min

Episode #234 - Musical Nostalgia

Doug bought a turntable, and we discuss musical nostalgia. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon. We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! Support The Next Track. ‌Show notes: Pioneer DJ PLX-500 turntable Primaphone Cabinet Grand gramophone Episode #54 – Guitarist Woody Mann Talks about His Documentary on the Life of Rev. Gary Davis Never-Before-Heard Music By Son House ‘Forever On My Mind’ Drops March 18 Our next tracks: Son House: Forever on My Mind Rod Stewart: Every Picture Tells a Story If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track
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Apr 20, 2022 • 29min

Episode #233 - The End of the Sixties

No album better marks the transition from the sixties from the seventies than the Rolling Stones' Let it Bleed. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon. We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! Support The Next Track. ‌Show notes: Let it Bleed Rolling Store review by Greil Marcus Grateful Dead, 9/3/77 Englishtown, NJ Gimme Shelter (film) Our next tracks: If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

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