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No Music No Life - 11 May 2011
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Some of the LP titles in this shipment include:
- Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms (Vertigo, Japan)
- Pink Floyd - DSOTM rare Pro-Use version (EMI, Japan)
- Duke Ellington / Johnny Hodges - Side by Side (Verve, Japan)
- Eric Clapton - Just One Night (RSO, Japan) - excellent sound!
- Jennifer Warnes - Famous Blue Raincoat (Cypress, Japan) - very rare!
- Teddy & Eiji - Live Sessions (Trio, Japan) - another excellent sounding live piece
- Eiji Kitamura - Swing Eiji (East World, Japan)
- Eiji Kitamura - Right Oh (Audio Lab, Japan) - super sound!
- Elton John - Greatest Hits (DJM, Japan)
- Seiji Ozawa/Boston Symphony Orchestra - The Four Seasons (Telarc, US) - with poster (ever seen it before?)
- David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust (MFSL, US)
- Tears for Fears - The Hurting (Mercury, Japan) - rare!
- Andy Gibb - Shadow Dancing (RSO, US)
- AnzenChitai V (3LP) set (Kitty, Japan)
- 齊秦 - 冬兩 (CYP, Taiwan)
- 邓丽君 - 漫步人生路 (Polydor, HK)
- and many others from Miles Davis, Teddy Wilson, Beatles (Japan), TBM label ...
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Comin’ From A Good Place - 16 Dec 2010
It’s been quite a while since we’ve updated our LP wall on this website. So, here’s the latest and greatest from #04-25, The Adelphi::
- Anita O’Day - Angel Eyes (LOB, Japan) - Direct Cut live!
- Bill Henderson - Live At The Times (Discovery Records, USA) - original not re-issue
- King Crimson - In the Court of King Crimson (Atlantic, Japan)
- Harry James - Coming’ From A Good Place (Sheffield Lab, USA) - sealed!
- Michael Jackson - Thriller (Mastersound, Japan)
- Jazz At The Pawnshop (original orange Proprius label)
- Frank Zappa - Hot Rats (Reprise, USA) - really rare and what’s more in this super condition!
- Bon Jovi - New Jersey (Mercury, USA)
- Joni James - Among My Souvenirs (MGM, USA) - original yellow MGM label!
- Rush - 2112 (Mercury, USA) - pioneers of progressive rock
- Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind (EMI, Japan) - our vote for one of the Best sounding Metal LPs
Not neglecting our Chinese LP and Classical sections (not on above picture):
- 蔡幸娟 - 涓涓之恩 (HK)
- 張洪量 - 心爱妹妹的眼睛 (Taiwan)
- 梅艷芳 - 珠珠莎华 (Taiwan)
- 安全地帯 - Endless Live (Kitty, Japan) - Promo copy!
- Itzak Perlman - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (Angel / Toshiba, Japan)
- David Oistrakh - Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, Op.61 (Angel/Toshiba, Japan) - rare Red vinyl
- Yehudi Menuhin - Paganini: Violin Concertos No.1 & 2 (Angel/Toshiba, Japan) - rare Red vinyl
- Neville Marriner - Handel: Concerti Grossi, Opus 3 (Argo, Japan)
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Good Singin Good Playin - 24 May 2010
Many good titles:
- Van Halen - self-titled (Warner Bros, Japan)
- Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte - LA 4 (East Wind, Japan)
- The Weavers - self-titled (promo)
- In Concert (2LP) - Peter Paul and Mary (Purple vinyl, Warner Bros, Japan)
- Herb Ellis At Montreux - Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, Jeff Hamilton etc (Concord Jazz)
- Live At Newport - McCoy Tyner (Impulse, promo)
- Anita O’Day - Angel Eyes “Live” (Direct to Disc)
- Live (2LP)- 安全地帯 (Kitty, Japan)
- Sample/Ray/Manne - The Three (Direct Cut)
- Daahoud - Tsuyoshi Yamamoto (East Wind)
- Live At Misty ‘77 - Tsuyoshi Yamamoto (Promo)
- Blue City - Isao Suzuki Trio (TBM-24)
- V.A - This is “Piano Trio” (Promo only, Japan) and more
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Good Day Sunshine - 10 Apr 2010
We have freshened up our LP Wall this week with some of the hot new titles we can get our hands to. These are not your 200g box set re-issue, not Hot Stampers and never listed in the Top 50 of the Record Collectors. So what good are they? Well, these are clean, high quality, good sounding titles which are worth playing on your analog system however much it cost.
“I am open-minded to anything except LP”
Some of the titles are:
- OST - La Bamba (Japan, OBI)
- The Police - Ghost In the Machine (Japan, OBI and poster)
- David Oistrakh - Beethoven: Violin Concerto In D (Japan, Columbia) - rare!
- Holst: The Planets (Japan, OBI)
- Scott Hamilton - 2 (Japan Concord Jazz)
- Simon and Garfunkel - Greatest Hits (CBS, Master Sound
- Toto - Toto IV (CBS, Master Sound)
- Monty Alexander Trio - Montreal Live (Japan, MPS) - hot!
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Good ‘Ol Software - 29 Mar 2010
Good software and good hardware goes hand-in-hand. Its like drinking wine with matching wine glass (otherwise its like drinking red wine in a plastic cup). As hardware continues to advance with improvement in know-how and new technical discoveries, we can’t say the same for new software. Most reprints or reissues sound lifeless, dull and unnatural to our ears. Unless the original is so exorbitantly expensive or difficult to find (a clean copy), the rule-of-thumb is always to find an original. Your good hardware will thank you and your ears too.
Here are some good ‘ol software on our LP wall this month. Teresa Teng 偿还 (Tauras, Japan), Metallica’s Garage Days Revisited (with giant poster), Epicurus Two (Yamaha) featuring artists from Three Blind Mice, Woodstock 3LP set, Carol Kidd Crazy for Gershwin (Linn), Scott Hamilton’s Tenorshoes (Concord Jazz, Japan), Ray Brown All Stars Don’t Forget the Blues (Concord Jazz) and many more. Let the good times roll!
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Quality over Quantity - 8 Feb 2010
Many customers ask how often we bring in new software. It’s hard to say but one sure thing is we refresh our stock regularly. As we are selective in what we would bring in (to keep the quality high), the quantity of each fresh shipment may sometimes be limited. However, one thing you can be sure of is, whatever you find in our LP or CD shelves, it is immediately ready and fit to play from the most modest turntables / cdp to the super league turntables / cdp. This is our guarantee to our customers.
Year of the Tiger is almost here. Enjoy your holidays with some great music.
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Five Stars Electronic Music - 31 Jan 2010
At Modular Audio, we don’t just stock the more sort-after audiophile titles or your desert island discs, after all with so much good music, we can’t possibly bring ‘em all to a desert island?!
Here are some 5-stars performances we would recommend you to pick up at Modular Audio. Call it electronic or New Age but in a nutshell, its good music you would enjoy from start to finish.
Happy tripping!
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The genesis of electronic music. Oxgene by Jean Michel Jarre is a must-have period.
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  Forget about Kitaro’s elusive Kojiki LP (get the CD instead).Astral Trip (1978) is vintage Kitaro. Should you starve for more Astral Trip then Kitaro’s 1979 effort Ki should complete the course.
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China (1979) by Vangelis. Oriental theme with a very nice and enchanting blending of acoustic, traditional instruments with the synthesizer. An essential title to add to your collection.
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The Tomita Planets by Isao Tomita (composer and synthesizer expert). Classical fans may not be happy with this interpretation but interestingly done and fun to listen.
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 Oscars and Grammys winning OST The Last Emperor by fame Japanese keyboardist Ryuichi Sakamoto and ex-Talking Head David Byrne.
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