
It was a real surprise when the records came back.” Vinyl has had a resurgence over the last few years. “It gets a lot of interest in vinyl records. “It started during the Recession when a lot of stores were going out of business,” said Dan Zieja, who owns Melodies & Memories in Eastpointe with his wife, Denise. Record Store Day is held twice a year, in April and every November on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. It’s a special time in which music fans visit their local record stores to stock up on new releases, check out sales and promotions, view album artwork, and more. Held internationally, Record Store Day began in 2007 as a chance for staff, customers and artists to come together and celebrate the independent record store culture. Local record store employees are gearing up for their big biannual event, Record Store Day, on April 23. METRO DETROIT - Dig out your treasured Beatles albums and dust off those Led Zeppelin vinyl LPs - it’s time to rock ‘n’ roll.


However, if you indulge yourself (and you should) in a surround sound system, you'll hear John Denver like he was in your living room. If you don't have SACD playing capability, this recording is still unique and playable on regular stereo. I wish more artists recorded this way, bringing a new and updated feel to their songs while maintaining the full sound and total instrumentation of the originals. These are not the studio recordings that you will find on all his previous albums, but a unique recording of John Denver, band and orchestral accompaniment in the studio.

The songs start and finish in full, with no fade outs. The only channel missing is the front center, but that is a minor quibble.Īlso, unlike the 2000 `live' album, these recordings are `live in the studio', meaning all the original instruments are included and the backup vocals are indeed, John Denver tracked back over his main vocals. Just released this year after being remixed in four channel (not full 5.1 surround sound just front left and right and rear left and right - plus subwoofer), it is John Denver at his best. The 2000 "John Denver Live" was also SACD, but only played in stereo. This collection of John Denver's best songs are a rare treat, in that this is the only collection that is presented in SACD Multi-channel surround sound.
