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Remember The Times
In the SG50 mood of reminiscing all old but cool things of Singapore, I would like to share with you one of my favourite playgrounds when I was still a growing teenager. Having got past the period of recording radio programs and pirated … Continue reading
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Agents of Fortune
I asked a Taiwan Hi-Fi dealer I met recently to comment on the second-hand, original Chinese pressing LP scene back home. He replied in Chinese “已經失控” (already out of control). Indeed, this never before phenomenally high demand meeting very limited supply created market havoc. … Continue reading
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Diggin’ Singapore (The Record Shops)
First the disclaimer – we (Modular Audio) do not quite qualify to be part of this digging. First of all, we are not a record shop; we do not stock boxes of them; we do not have the rarest of pressings and digging without getting your hands … Continue reading
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A Tapestry Shootout
Carole King’s Tapestry was Adele’s 21 back in 1971. The amount of chart and sales success made this LP irrefutable in any decent music collection. Obviously reissued to death for commercial reason but I largely ignored it because I just can’t … Continue reading
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Oyster’s 2013 New LPs
Here are my 2013 new LP purchases (old LPs not included). Like previous year, don’t read this as a review but just my thoughts about buying them. The score combines how I like the music and the recording. Searching For Sugar Man (OST) This is my … Continue reading
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Steve Forbert – A Desert Island Disc
Back in Nov 1998, I contributed this little CD user comment to Amazon.com: “My first disc from Steve Forbert. Actually, purchased it for Romeo’s tune but after a few listen, it’s the other lesser known tracks that catch me listening to … Continue reading
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How Many Wish You Were Here?
How many different pressings of your favourite LP do you need? Maybe 3, max 4? This is probably THE LP that I’ve listened to the most in my entire LP collection and very likely in my life. Which makes a … Continue reading
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Art or Copy?
The face of music is represented by its accompanying cover art, whether LP or CD. The identity of these cover art sometimes can be as strong and iconic as the music itself, think Pink Floyd’s DSOTM or Andy Warhol’s yellow banana in Velvet Underground’s debut. Part of … Continue reading
All Those Years Ago – Back To 1992
Since the posting of We Remember Joe Lee article, I received several positive feedback from readers/customers and I thank you all. One particular young audiophile surprised me by painstakingly digging The Straits Times archives (microfilm) in our library to relive The Adelphi scene of 20 years ago. … Continue reading
Oyster’s 2014 New LPs
This time, I blew my budgeted number of new LPs purchase for 1 year. In this trade, we are often accused or blamed for ‘poisoning’ customers. But do you know that it works both ways too? As dealers, we are also … Continue reading →