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Jeremy Pelt has elevated himself into history’s ranks of great trumpeters with a healthy dose of talent, hard work and an unswerving belief in the power of music.  His one-release-every January pace of the last few years is admirable and his work on our The Co-Op lp sublime. He’s also a helluva nice guy. YouContinue reading “March 20, 2017”

You wondered if we forgot? Nah.  John Coltrane concludes tenor week-which has now stretched into tenor fortnight. Anything anyone says or writes about Trane is meaningless because more than any other musician-jazz or otherwise-you can’t capture him in words.  You feel him through your ears. Thanks for following this tenor-a-day thread with us. We’ve lovedContinue reading “February 26, 2017”

Gustav Vigeland was one of the greatest and most prolific sculptors of all-time.  The Norwegian did most of his work in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and was the driving force behind one of the most beautiful parks you’ll ever have the good fortune to visit, Vigeland Park in Oslo : http://www.vigeland.museum.no/en/vigeland-park WasContinue reading “Who was Gustav Vigeland ?”

This is where the magic happens. Vinyl lp pressing at its finest. Pallas.

to toil away at the righteous stone moving bridges so others may cross for little money and even less gratitude ostracized by friends and family until sickness and a lonely death you tell me now what’s it worth to you on second thought just save your breath no matter what you say i will persistContinue reading “What’s it worth?”

At one point in history CTI Records made a leather-looking, repeating logo-patterned, briefcase-style case to hold lps. We’d love to revisit that point.

The fine, independent documentarian/cinematographer/editor Basia “Barbara” Winograd has been with BBR since the beginning.  Her videos are an integral part of both Gold Sounds and The Co-Op albums. We first met her when she was an M.F.A. student at Columbia University. That memorable meeting was held at V & T Pizzeria.

Adrian Belew said The Talking Heads were the hip soundtrack to the 1980s.  Shockingly enough they’re still hip but they’re no longer just a soundtrack. They’re the whole movie.

This is the inside of Sweat Records in Miami, proud supporter of the Co-Op lp and today’s Brown Brothers retailer of the day.  Say his to Jason and Emile for us when you check out with your copy of The Co-Op.

Traveling salesmen are critical to humanizing a company’s products and ethos and here at Brown Brothers we have one of the best in the world. David M. Elkins is a man men want to be like and women just plain like. If you buy music you will forever cherish the day this beautiful soul comes-a-calling.Continue reading “February 1, 2017”

This is the live room at the now-defunct Clinton Recording studio, where The Co-Op was recorded.  It has been written that it was the largest of its kind in Nyc, used for orchestras in the past. The ambience in the room was unbelievable and a big contributor to the lp’s glorious sound.

Vintage 1979 technics turntable vintage 1986 teac 2016 Totem speakers.