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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September 14, 2022Episode #239 - Immersive Music
Is it time for a new audio revolution? Immersive music may be the next big thing. Chris Connaker joins us to tell us about his 7.1.4 audio system.
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Guest: Chris Connaker
‌Show notes:
Chris Connaker's articles on immersive audio
Episodes with Chris Connaker
Episode #214 - Chris Connaker on Music with Dolby Atmos and Spatial Audio
MoFi on the Steve Hoffman Music Forums
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The Capture
Joe Strummer 002: The Mescaleros Years
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July 20, 2022 The Summer Interregnum
We've decided to take rest of the summer off, and we'll be back in September. Enjoy your summer (or your winter, if you're down under).
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July 06, 2022Episode #238 - The Fade
Why do some songs fade out when they end? The brass band in the gazebo in the public park never faded out their songs.
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‌Show notes:
Fade (audio engineering)
A Little Bit Softer Now, a Little Bit Softer Now… The sad, gradual decline of the fade-out in popular music.
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no. 45, "Farewell" - Finale
Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa
Steve Reich: Tehillim
What Ever Happened To The Pop Song Fade-Out?
Episode #48 – Musician Dave Harrington of DARKSIDE and the Dave Harrington Group on Music Between Genres
Taper's Choice on archive.org
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Taper's Choice
Paul Leary: The History of Dogs, Revisited
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June 20, 2022Episode #237 - Sid Smith on Robert Fripp's Exposures
King Crimson scribe Sid Smith joins us to talk about the new Robert Fripp box set, Exposures, which covers Fripp's years in New York City, from 1977 to 1983, around his Exposure album and his Frippertronics.
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‌Show notes:
Sid Smith: In the Court of Crimson King
Exposures
Exposures 2-disc version
Rolling Stone: 100 Greatest Guitarists
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No next track picks this episode; the entire box set, or the 2-disc version, will keep you going for a while.
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June 01, 2022Episode #236 - Update on Apple's Media Apps
We haven't discussed Apple's media apps for some time, so we decided to take a look at what has changed, and what hasn't, and what probably never will. And we discuss audiophile nostalgia.
"I think we're post digital."
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‌Show notes:
I decided to not include the screenshot.
KEF LSX Wireless Music System
The ugly truth behind hi-fi's growing infatuation with nostalgia
KEF Q350 Bookshelf Speakers
Take Control of macOS Media Apps (Kirk's book)
Primephonic
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Robert Fripp: Exposures
Bonnie Raitt: Green Light
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May 23, 2022Episode #235 - 1973
Doug has a theory: in 1973 there was a schism in popular music.
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‌Show notes:
1973 in Music (Wikipedia)
1973 Album Releases
Rock Music History: 1973
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Fontaines D.C: Skinty Fia
The Who: Quadrophenia
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May 04, 2022Episode #234 - Musical Nostalgia
Doug bought a turntable, and we discuss musical nostalgia.
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‌Show notes:
Pioneer DJ PLX-500 turntable
Primaphone Cabinet Grand gramophone
Episode #54 – Guitarist Woody Mann Talks about His Documentary on the Life of Rev. Gary Davis
Never-Before-Heard Music By Son House ‘Forever On My Mind’ Drops March 18
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Son House: Forever on My Mind
Rod Stewart: Every Picture Tells a Story
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April 20, 2022Episode #233 - The End of the Sixties
No album better marks the transition from the sixties from the seventies than the Rolling Stones' Let it Bleed.
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‌Show notes:
Let it Bleed
Rolling Store review by Greil Marcus
Grateful Dead, 9/3/77 Englishtown, NJ
Gimme Shelter (film)
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April 06, 2022Episode #232 - How People Listen to Music Today
Doug and Kirk take a look at how people listen to music today, with lots of statistics.
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The Infinite Dial 2021
The Dial
Eve Weather
Sonos Arc
Welcombe Radio
Podcasting Pocket Guide
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Brad Mehldau: Jacob's Ladder
The Faces: Ooh La La
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March 23, 2022Episode #231 - 60 Years
A rock band is embarking an a tour to celebrate 60 years of music making. That's a long time.
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‌Show notes:
Fan buys Tom Brady's "last" touchdown football for $518,628 — then Brady unretires
Fillmore West 1969: The Complete Recordings
Rolling Stones VIP tickets
Watch Keith Richard reunite with the X-Pensive Winos at New York show
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Marc Johnson: Overpass
Still Little Fingers: Fly the Flag
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