Bear Family have been selling huge amounts of box sets since the mid-seventies – from 12-LP boxes on country and rock artists like Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis to (since the 80s) multi-CD sets covering e […]

Mr. Wilson just posted a picture and more details on his Facebook page.

Only two of the albums get the Wilson treatment though.

Phish played the Beatles’ White Album as an encore after a two-hour show. This was their first “Halloween Show” so nobody knew what they were getting. They played the double album in sequence, so I always imagine […]

Great stuff. Thanks a lot.

So, it’s now only allowed to write songs about positive things (or what the PC team deems “positive” this month)?
Remember, there used to be a distinction between the author and what he writes about. Mr. Cash […]

There’s also artists that do this “meet & greet” without expensive extra tickets – Dutch band The Nits can be found at the merch table after the gig, for chats, autographs, tape trading, photos etc. Sometimes t […]

I paid for a meet & greet with Dolly Parton when she played in Berlin in 2014. It took place in a quite depressing backstage area, and there were maybe ten people waiting in line. Miss Parton spent about five to […]

I guess the series are based on the big “Black Europe” box (44 CDs) so it’s packed with great stories and fine music.

As above, I’d recommend “Modern Times” and “Love And Theft” as an introduction. (It worked for our kid, so you know it can’t be bad…)

The songs swing, the band is ace, Dylan sings like a god, the lyrics are […]

The Museumsinsel is currently a big building site, but the museums one by one will be opened again this summer.

If you must take a selfie, go to Frank Zappa Strasse!

If you want to eat without tourists at the next table, busy taking photos of their food, I’d recommend these:

POW WOW on the corner of Dieffenbachstrasse and Grimmstrasse in Kreuzberg
Best burgers in […]

“We’ll never hear surf music again.”

You both obviously haven’t seen any Metallica, Dr. Dre or PJ Harvey vinyl albums (original or reissued) – lyrics in condensed (!) 6pt. (!!) dark grey font on black background is the more user-friendly variant. O […]

There’s K-Pop departments in the megastores here (yes, we still have 4-storey record shops here), bigger than the Jazz departments, stuffed with limited editions and box sets. I never thought much about this, […]

“…but can’t see this happening with modern pop kids in the future…”

…because modern pop kids are busy at the moment buying all those K-pop releases that come in fluffy neon-pink slipcases, oversized leath […]

Klaus Schulze recorded the album “Tonwelle” as Richard Wahnfried, feat. Manuel Göttsching and Michael Schrieve. As other releases from his label the album was supposed to be played at 45rpm – but there were rum […]

But… but the new “travel” edition includes a jigsaw puzzle!

Last time I bought a box set with a jigsaw puzzle was ten years ago when the Hank Williams “Radio box” came with a “rare unseen Hank Williams […]