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TOWER RECORDS - ALL THINGS MUST PASSEstablished in 1960,Tower Records was a retail powerhouse with over 200 stores in 30 countries on 5 continents.From humble beginnings in a small town drugstore,Tower Records eventually became the heart and soul of the music world,and a powerful force in the music industry.In 1999 Tower Records made $1 Billion.In 2006 Tower Records filed for bankruptcy.What went wrong?Everyone thinks it was the internet that killed Tower Records.But that's not the story.It is t …

THE LONG AWAITED ROLLING STONES MONO BOXSETThe Rolling Stones 16 LP Mono boxset is due for release on the 30th September,2016.The set will be available on vinyl,CD,Standard Digital and True HD  in 96/24,192/24 and DSD and totals 156 tracks,56 of which have never been heard in Mono by "the Digital People."As with The Beatles Mono releases,between 1963 and 1969 when albums were originally released,the Mono mixes were considered more important since that's how most kids listened both on the ra …

THE FIRST NEW VINYL JUKEBOX IN 20 YEARSA UK company called Sound Leisure has manufactured a new vinyl jukebox.The company is already famous for it's CD playing models.Company Director,Chris Black said that finding people to construct a vinyl jukebox proved tricky,with most of the team in their 70's and 80's.The company says that it is not going to be a mass-produced item.Because the jukeboxes are handmade,there might be 50 a year to slake the demand of collectors and the very hippest watering ho …

REGA PLANAR 3In Roy Gandy (the founder of Rega Research) we truly have a legend of the hifi industry.In his words:"I'm not a past person.I don't reminisce".If he did he would find some amazing achievements in the award -winning world of his turntable design and understanding of the "beat of the music".Rega celebrated it's 43rd anniversary this year with the release of 3 new models,the Planar 3,Planar 2 and the Planar 1.Roy just keeps finding better ways to reproduce music and keeps astounding mu …

The Founder of Pro-Ject Turntales Talks About His PassionHeinz Lichtenegger is a fascinating character and visionary.He happily admits that 25 years ago he was regarded by anyone with business sense as crazy.At a time when CD's ruled and most turntable sales occurred at garage sales,he bought a factory that made them.To Heinz,making turntables made perfect sense.He says:"Turntables were getting expensive as no one was making them anymore."Models that cost 300 Euros were selling for 470 Euros sec …