If there's one person Tape Op readers have been dying to see interviewed in these pages it would have to be Robert Pollard, the dynamic, engaging leader and frontman of the popular combo known as...
Where were you in 1973? Maybe you were a 10 year old kid like me, or maybe a bit older and checking out you older siblings record collections. Hell, maybe you weren't even born...
"Who the hell is Dave Doughman?", you might say. Well, I didn't quite know who he was until I stumbled across him running sound for Guided By Voices and Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments on...
Mr. Trent Bell is the proprietor of Bell Labs, a fine recording establishment in Norman, Oklahoma, a member of the preeminent pop combo known as the Chainsaw Kittens and the soundman for the...
Maybe you remember Geoff's interview from Tape Op #3 where we talked a lot about tube amps and such. Since then a lot of readers have mentioned how handy that was and how they'd like to hear...
MIRRORS/ELECTRIC EELS/THE STYRENES Those Were Different Times I love compilations that dig up all kinds of archival material from a dozen different sources in order to give the listener a...
From Tinfoil to Stereo: The Acoustic Years of the Recording Industry 1877-1929 Authors: Welch & Burt. The name sort of says it all. Sort of heavy on the business...
THE APPLES in stereo Tone Soul Evolution Ive only had time to listen to the first few songs on this record but one thing's for sure- you need this album. The Apples continue on their bright...
