The 2013 In Utero remix is available. Don't purge your cds. I believe they can co-exist with vinyl. Thanks.

Very good tribute Always been in awe of his work. Own just over 50 of the more than 1000 LPs that he recorded. They all capture the band in a room with real identifiable instruments. He defined this simple recording ethos right from the start. I believe he also was a major player in bringing an awareness of the importance of a simple ANALOG process to maximize the magic of music recording. Love his work with all his collaborative artists but I think he especially captures the female voice in a purity not often found. All of his work with Nina nastasia is a perfect example also adding his other strength of recording acoustic instruments. Nina’s albums with drummer Jim White showcase albini at his best: female voice, acoustic instruments, cavernous natural drums and finally, the ROOM. Thanks always, Tony

Nice work Mazzy. Nice you saw Big Black back in the day. Ys is an immersive and startling record. And I believe Albini worked with Molina on most of his records as Songs Ohia and Magnolia Elec Co. There's some other great ones in there like "What Comes After the Blues"

My turning point in music is hearing Pod in the fall of 1991. I didn't know anything really about alternative/indie music and I heard this even before I heard Nirvana or Pixies or any of the other big alt bands. This changed my life because it redefined for me what music can be.

What a great guy. Been exploring him since his death and really a good dude. And absolutely right about Nevermind.

Jason Molina aka Songs Ohia great recordings and sad that he passed way too soon! Reminds me of a low key Neil Young

Albini is a person that I already miss greatly but never knew

Great video - not sure if you’ve got it but check out The Auteurs “after murder park” that Albini produced/engineered in 1996 - beautifully done album - it’s a great album and sounds wonderful too

*I'm glad you researched and read up on Albini.*

Steve Albini - r.i.p. : A great recording engineer w/ a fine work ethic earning his pay-check in a business where 'ethics' are frowned upon because, to the greater part, of Major Label personnel, 'it's all about the money, stupid'. In addition to the above sterling qualities to his personality, he was a very good musician w/ a healthy, almost Scottish-style of very dry, dark humour who didn't mince his words, or suffer fools gladly. (I'm Scottish, if you hadn't guessed, that's why I found him very pertinent & very funny). My most sincere condolences to his close family & friends - from Japan, (have lived/worked here for 25 + yrs.), and am just 2 years older than Steve was @ the time of his very, very untimely passing. (Way, way too young). I talked with him a few times during 2 previous jobs when I was involved in completely different, music distributor -related, positions back in the mid/late-ish 80's >> mid 90's in N. America ; before getting out of it when "IT" began to really suck & was becoming full of more and more real scumbags. I didn't have any time for the term, 'indie' back then, *and* I still don't. It is so *wrongly applied* like some obscene catch-all for so many seperate genres of music that were and still are quite unique but recorded w/ just how much or how little cash the band/musicians, etc. could afford. The term lost it's true meaning + became utterly derogatory, (to me, anyway), once the major labels started putting money behind 'faux independent' labels cos' "indie was suddenly cool" & "shifted LOTS of units >>> = $$$'s". Thus, making the majors even more obscene amounts of music from the band's that, 60% of the time, were subtly, -or-, not-so-subtly, hood-winked into signing to said, false/pretend, label; being told by their manager/label A&R person such lies as; "No, they only handle the distribution..., blah, blah etc.", - before the musicians realised they'd made a big mistake & were lucky, in many cases, to ever see one red cent of any profits for their artistic & creative work via the sales of their physically released recordings that came out on that faux 'indie' label, because no-one had the integrity to tell the people who made the music the plain, simple truth - the basic arithmetic behind that multi-paged, triple-signed contract they stupidly signed x amount of months or years earlier. Cheers, Mazzy - you did a good job. p.s. The above practices and lies being the main reason I got the f**k out of *that side* of the music industry & have never gone back ... in any way/shape or form. Although, I have continued recording/mixing/mastering & releasing physical recordings of my own music by myself or through a number of 100% self-financed labels, from such territories & countries as N. America/UK/Europe/Japan over the past 30 years.

I never really knew about him. Thank you for sharing !

Always interesting and informative thank you

my introduction to Steve was a cassette of a live show from either Seattle or Vancouver bc. in or around 82-83. i went out and bought all the big black i could find shortly thereafter.

Had you seen Albini’s George Martin impression? It cracked me up! It hit me in my soft spot also as he was from my hometown and made record s for me, in my time, for all time; Surfa Rosa and Rid of Me and it absolutely blew my stereo up!

I ❤ Steve. He never took points ethics.

Electric Magnolia Co. 🤔 I will have to check them out. Joanna Newsom & Sparklehorse 😍 Nice retrospective. 👍🏻

I live in rural Texas and got hooked into punk music! You dont have to live in a college town. Might help though.

On the Page & Plant ...Robert Plant is a big Pixies fan so he wanted to get Albini to produce Walking Into Clarksdale. Made after the No Quarter/Unledded LP and the first and only time Page & Plant did a full album of new songs. It is a pricey vinyl I have yet to own a copy on vinyl.

Have The Breeders and Page & Plant on cd, good albums.

The new Shellac album is a great sounding work. Oddly whilst they are such different guitarists, the sound on the Shellac album and Pages guitar on Walking into Clarksdale are massively connected. The Page & Plant album needs a vinyl rerelease, rarer than rocking horse shit.

ys is great, recorded in los angeles and mastered at abby road which i didn't know. the discogs page for that album is entertaining, lots of hot stamper talk lol.

Did you really see that lineup??? I never knew they played together.... that would be all time for me. I did see Shellac and loved em