GRooVE back Magazine No. 007/26

GRooVE back Magazine No. 007/26 tells the stories of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd, Franco Battiato with Giusto Pio, Wilhelm Furtwängler interpreting Brahms, Sam Rivers, Beethoven and Miles Davis with Bitches Brew, across music, audiophilia and Hi-Fi.

In this issue

A journey from the visionary rock of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd to the Battiato–Giusto Pio collaboration, from Furtwängler’s interpretive tradition to the jazz of Sam Rivers and Miles Davis, with a critical Beethoven discography and features on vinyl and Hi-Fi systems.

Download album included

This issue includes the Direct Sound Records Sampler 2026 as a download.

Available editions

Available as print magazine + digital edition + 1 album download, digital magazine + 1 album download and a free PDF preview.

Contents

5 — Editorial
8 — Our CD: Direct Sound Records
12 — Syd Barrett: rock’s “pure madman”
20 — Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd
26 — Franco Battiato & Giusto Pio: a magical collaboration
34 — Smoked music, when tobacco becomes sound
40 — Direct Sound Records, in the name of audiophilia
44 — Wilhelm Furtwängler, the “guardian” of Brahms
62 — The sonic multiverse of Sam Rivers
70 — Ludwig van Beethoven: a critical discography
76 — Around classical music
82 — In the realm of jazz
90 — Rock and beyond
94 — Listening to Bitches Brew on vinyl, CD, tape and digital audio
102 — Four autumn notes in a Venetian villa
106 — Records & turntables (part three)
114 — Stones Speakers loudspeakers
118 — Luigi Bocca between Hi-Fi and professional music
128 — A guide to Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

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