Amid the limited but ever-expanding catalogue of music available on reel-to-reel ‘copy master tape’, the recent announcement by Analogue Productions of releasing five albums by an artist such as Bob Marley was extremely big news! For me personally, this is something of a holy grail moment. I’ve been massively into Bob Marley since way back … More Bob Marley & The Wailers’ ‘Rastaman Vibration’ on Ultra Tape from Analogue Productions: a 4-way listening test

Folks keep asking me ‘what about x?’ – ‘x’ being their favourite musical genre, and ‘x’ not being either jazz or classical. In other words, for fans of jazz and classical (myself included) there has been, and continues to be, much to get excited about in the world of new releases on reel-to-reel tape, whether … More 5 good news stories for Reggae fans: Bob Marley albums coming soon on UltraTape (plus UHQR vinyl and other formats)

An awesome announcement In January this year, Analogue Productions’ Chad Kasseem made a very exciting announcement: that the classic, Grammy Award-winning, Ry Cooder-conceived and produced Buena Vista Social Club was getting the full audiophile Analogue Productions treatment! The original 1997 release was on CD, double LP & cassette, and was followed four years later with … More Buena Vista Social Club like you’ve never heard it before – and a very special interview with Grammy Award-winning engineer Jerry Boys

Analogue Productions is part of US-based company Acoustic Sounds which, if you’re a long-time tape fan, you’ll no doubt already be familiar with. Acoustic Sounds’ Chad Kassem is a huge blues and jazz fan, and APO Records (Analogue Productions Originals) is his own label. Chad began recording various blues legends back in the early 1990s. … More Analogue Productions announces 10 new bluesy albums on Ultra Tape

Here we have an absolute jazz classic. It’s probably the most famous of Oscar Peterson’s recorded works and, as the album’s title suggests, it’s a real crowd pleaser – a kind of ‘best of’ featuring ten hugely popular songs of the era. I’ve been listening to this album in various formats for several decades, since … More Oscar Peterson ‘We Get Requests’ – an Analogue Productions Ultra Tape

This one’s a real treat folks – an incredible album, on two sublime vinyl and tape formats. The album in question is Muddy Waters’ 1964 masterpiece, Folk Singer, which was originally released on Chess Records. This is another video review, so if you want to jump straight to it, just scroll down. Or, for a … More Analogue format ‘wars’: Muddy Waters on MOFI One-Step Ultradisc versus Analogue Productions Ultra Tape

A while back I did a review of Norah Jones’ Come Away With Me on tape and, instead of penning the usual rambling blog, I rambled away ‘live’ on video instead. It was fun to do and people seemed to like it, so I thought I’d have another go for one of my latest purchases … More Talking tape: comparing John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme on ‘Ultra Tape’ from Analogue Productions with the mono vinyl version