Nov 24th, 2008 · When The White Album was released 40 years ago this month, fans were both baffled and awe struck by its sprawling world of sound. It was released as a double LP (almost unheard of at the time) and featured instant classics like "I Will," "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," and "Blackbird." But The White Album (its real name is simply The Beatles) was also filled with songs many found hard to digest, like the eight-minute, experimental sound collage "Revolution 9" or the inexplicably surreal "Honey Pie."
Keywords: world · songs · album · revolution · Beatles · surreal · baffling · LPs · unheard · collage · blackbird · Honey Pie
Jul 28th, 2008 · For all the jazz albums which are universally hailed as classics, there are more records out there which should be recognized as such. Arranger and Grammy-winning record producer Bob Belden picks the top five slept-on masterpiece jazz LPs.
Keywords: Grammy · Jazz · neglect · album · masterpieces · LPs · arranges · Bob Belden
Feb 20th, 2008 · Fresh Air's classical music critic reviews an 80-disc set of recordings by Canadian pianist Glenn Gould. The collection, issued 25 years after Gould's death replicates the look of the original LPs.
Keywords: critic · deaths · music · original · Canadian · en · pianist · Recapture · replicate · LPs · Glenn · Glenn Gould
Jun 22nd, 2007 · Guitarist and vocalist Jack White and drummer Meg White, of the band the White Stripes, have just released their sixth LP. This interview first aired on June 9, 2005.
Keywords: music · 2005 · interviews · Mystery · Jack · guitarist · vocalist · White Stripes · LPs · drummer · Meg · Meg White
May 9th, 2007 · Jack Logan's homemade 1994 debut Bulk attracted attention for its staggering number of songs: 42, arranged in nine LP-style "sides" on two CDs. It displayed a remarkably bold range of styles, from scruffy post-punk screamers to gentle country weepers.
Keywords: country · CD · 1994 · songs · songwriter · punk · homemade · LPs · weeper · scruffy · caustic · screamers
Apr 2nd, 2007 · The band Modest Mouse have grown from a well-respected indie-rock act to a major-label band that sold over a million-and-a-half copies of its last record, Good News For People Who Love Bad News, in large part because of the inescapable single "Float On." Their new LP is titled We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank.
Keywords: indie · copies · LPs · Modest Mouse · inescapable · Float On
Dec 2nd, 2005 · The jazz icon turns 85 on Dec. 6. He'll celebrate with a concert in London where he will be joined by the London Symphony. There are several recent collections of his work: The Dave Brubeck Collection, which reissues five of his classic out-of-print LPs, and Dave Brubeck: Time Signature: A Career Retrospective.
Keywords: London · icon · celebration · birthday · Jazz · concert · collection · London Symphony · Dave · reissues · Brubeck · Dave Brubeck Collection
Jun 10th, 2004 · NPR's Madeleine Brand talks with NPR's Ira Flatow, host of Talk of the Nation Science Friday, about new techniques that can make old, scratchy vinyl recordings sound like new. The process was developed by scientists who usually work to understand the nature of subatomic particles.
Keywords: Madeleine Brand · naturalized · Scientists · recordings · Vinyl · particles · Ira Flatow · Nation Science · LPs · Atomic · subatomic
