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Hi, Ortofon have made a cartridge with a sapphire cantilever with a Ortofon Replicant 100 tip( MC 5000) & a sapphire cantilever with a Shibata tip (Quintet Black S).

Sad news. A great performer that put on a good show. I was more a fan of her 60s & 70s stuff but it was easy to see her star quality in the 80s & 90s. R.I.P. Tina

Sad news. I have a number of her albums. Very enjoyable. R.I.P Linda

I used to go regularly. I enjoyed the Jive Turkey once a month events at City Hall Ballroom. The dancefloor was sprung so it made dancing on it great. Great times!

Hi, Sad, sad news. I love Thom Bell's work. He hit his purple patch in the late 60s to the mid 70s. He was an architect of the Philadelphia sound. His arranging, production & writing were tip notch. He worked on a number of my favourite tunes & groups. I'm a Detroit Spinners fan and he...

I was listening to this last night. Anyone who lays Disc Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes gets my vote! https://www.mixcloud.com/TimmyMallett/terry-hall-easter-special-piccadilly-radio-tx-8th-april-1985-tx-2100-2300/

Here are some details about Terry's death. This has come directly from bass player Horace Panter. The Specials. Terry. This is what happened. We had it all planned out. Make the album we were going to do in 2020 – a reggae album. Record in Los Angeles in November. We had the studio booked...

Sad to hear about the death of Terry Hall, lead singer of the Specials. During that Two Tone period, the Specials were my favourite band. Their debut album was the 2nd or 3rd album I ever bought. I grew up with Ska music in the 60s & early 70s. So when it came back in fashion, I was in my...

Hi, Here are the reasons of the closure https://theaudiophileman.com/hifi-world-magazine-closes/

The magazine you are thinking is Hi-Fi Review. Noel Keywood did technical features and reviews in the magazine. Hi-Fi Review went bust & Noel started a new mag Hi-Fi World Hi-Fi World used a number of staff & printers from HF-Fi Review.

Hi, The winner was the HiFi dealer Acoustica. They had the Naim Statement turntable, Naim amps with B&W speakers.

Another dancefloor fave from 1984

Another one of his tunes

This one takes me back to the youth clubs discos of 1978

Hi, Very sad news. Patrick Adams wrote, arranged & produced Many great tunes. I love this one