The Next Track

By Doug Adams and Kirk McElhearn

Doug Adams and Kirk McElhearn discuss music and musicians, and how we listen to music, whether it be analog or digital, downloaded or streamed, audio, or video.... more

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The Next Track episodes:

August 28, 2024Episode #289: Audio Gear and Firmware: Trouble Ahead, Trouble Behind
Don't buy hi-fi audio equipment that needs firmware updates. (This means you, Sonos.)
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‌Show notes:
Cambridge Audio EVO ONE
Sonos, still trying to fix its broken app, lays off 100 employees
Episode #168 - L'Affaire Sonos and Obsolescence in Audio Equipment
KEF LSX II
Episode #281: Kirk's New Audio Gear
Our next tracks:
Radio On
Oasis - Definitely Maybe
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August 14, 2024Episode #288: Merch
It's tough to make money in the music business. So artists sell merch.
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Shakedown Street (Grateful Dead parking lot market)
Live Nation announces it will drop merch cuts and pay $1,500 stipend to all club acts
Taylor Swift Sells a Rainbow of Vinyl Albums. Fans Keep Buying Them.
Adele in Munich
Robert Fripp: The Guitar Circle
Robert Fripp merch
Handmade by Toyah & Robert
Cameo - Robert Fripp videos
I thought Bob Dylan had fallen in love with me – then he asked me for $5,000
Episode #74 – Jeffrey Norman on Restoring, Mixing, and Mastering the Grateful Dead
Our next tracks:
Grateful Dead: Friend Of The Devils: April 1978
Elastica: Elastica
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July 31, 2024Episode #287: The Summer Doldrums
It's the summer of Apple beta software. We chat a bit about the Music app, new operating systems, and how Apple's AI could affect Apple Music.
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‌Show notes:
macOS Sequoia Preview
Moom
Soulver
How to Install Apple Beta Software for macOS Sequoia, iOS 18, iPadOS 18, watchOS 11, and tvOS 11
Install macOS Sequoia Beta in a Virtual Machine on an M1, M2, or M3 Mac with UTM
"By saying, “Hey Siri, I like this song,” HomePod and Apple Music become the perfect musicologist..."
The Music Genome Project
Our next tracks:
Reformation: Mishka Rushdie Momen
Leon Russel: Carney
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July 17, 2024Episode #286: Reach
"Don’t confuse consumption with reach."
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‌Show notes:
Reach, Bob Lefsetz
Glastonbury on the BBC iPlayer
Glastonbury 2024 line-up
Our next tracks:
Robert Fripp: Washington Square Church CD, download
Rory Gallagher: Calling Card
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July 03, 2024Episode #285: Is Classic Rock the New Classical Music
No one gets up in the morning and says, “I want to be in a classic rock band.”
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The most popular, obscure, Democratic, Republican and hated music in America
Queen Catalog to Be Acquired by Sony Music for £1 Billion
Music on The Sopranos
Our next tracks:
Daniel Barenboim: Complete Wagner Operas
The Three O'Clock: Sixteen Tambourines
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June 19, 2024Episode #284: You Can't Beat the System
Something always goes wrong. "The grass may look great, but it's not real grass."
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Episode #278: Gear Acquisition Syndrome
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Charles Ives: Concord Sonata, by Donna Coleman)
Dog Party: Dangerous
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June 05, 2024Episode #283: Another Green World
Doug and Kirk discuss one of Brian Eno's best early albums, Another Green World.
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Another Green World
Another Green World (Wikipedia)
Oblique Strategies
Episode #164 - Sid Smith on the Life and Times of King Crimson
Brian Eno — Everything Merges With The Night — Timo Andres
Another Day on Earth
David Byrne: Catherine Wheel
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King Crimson - Full Show (The Noise - Live At Fréjus 1982)
Jane's Addiction: Nothing's Shocking
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May 22, 2024Episode #282: Embracing the CD Revival
Continuing with our multi-episode arc, we discuss the joys of listening to CDs.
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My New Vitsœ Shelves Have Freed Up Space in My Office
Another Timbre
Episode #155 - Running a Small Record Label: Another Timbre
Dave's Picks Vol. 50: Palladium, New York City, NY 5/3/77
Barenboim: Complete Wagner Operas
Our next tracks:
Emerson String Quartet: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon
Simple Minds: Empires and Dance
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May 08, 2024Episode #281: Kirk's New Audio Gear
Kirk buys new audio gear for the first time in several years. Tech doesn't always work.
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‌Show notes:
NAD C 3050 amplifier
NAD BluOS module
Cambridge Audio CXA61 amplifier
Belkin SoundForm Connect AirPlay 2 Adapter
CalDigit TS4 Thunderbolt 4 Dock
Our next tracks:
Durutti Column: Vini Reilly 35th Anniversary Edition
The Sex Pistols: The Original Recordings
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April 24, 2024Episode #280: When CDs Won’t Play, and Other Tech Tales
Tech is full of surprises.
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‌Show notes:
NAD C 538 CD Player
Episode #177 - Author Michael Connelly on Music in the Harry Bosch Novels and TV Series
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Original Cast Recording: Girl from the North Country
Thurston Moore: By the Fire
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