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MPS Reissues '70s Era Jazz Classics AAA
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Michael Fremer  |  Aug 11, 2016  |  4 comments
The German MPS label has just released five excellent jazz albums originally released in the early 1970s under the supervision of noted German audio journalist and record producer Dirk Sommer. All have been mastered AAA from the original master tapes by mastering engineer Christoph Stickel, who was responsible for the Oscar Peterson box set Exclusively For My Friends.

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Electric Recording Company Announces Next Leonid Kogan Reissue
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Michael Fremer  |  Aug 09, 2016  |  30 comments
The Electric Recording Company announced today a third Leonid Kogan reissue.

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Joe Jackson Reissues From Intervention Records
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Michael Fremer  |  Jul 26, 2016  |  47 comments
Joe Jackson's "angry young man" stance came late in the cycle and so at the time was less than fully convincing. Elvis and Graham had already been there and done that. The picture of Jackson on the back cover of his debut Look Sharp just wasn't convincing.

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Check Out Koizumi-San's 45rpm Record Collection
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Michael Fremer  |  Jul 16, 2016  |  5 comments
Yosuke Koizumi, 36, who took over the ART 1000's final production supervision brought some of his 45rpm collection on the second day of my visit...perhaps to assure me that he's way into vinyl and not just doing a "job”.
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"Jack Johnson"---Miles Makes a Rock Album
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Michael Fremer  |  Jun 22, 2016  |  24 comments
1971's Jack Johnson is Miles Davis making as close to a rock record as he's made.

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Nina Simone's 1959 Debut "Little Girl Blue" Remains Timeless
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Michael Fremer  |  Jun 21, 2016  |  13 comments
Seeing the superb documentary “What Happened, Miss Simone” isn’t mandatory but you’ll so much more enjoy this astonishing debut album recorded in 1957 (but not released until 1959) that it’s highly recommended, especially if you have Netflix. You’ll sit transfixed by this exceptional woman’s remarkable and often tragic life story.

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"When the Levee Breaks" Re-Grooves The Songs of Led Zeppelin
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Michael Fremer  |  Jun 15, 2016  |  6 comments
If you go into this ambitious acoustic Led Zeppelin covers project hard wired for Robert Plant and Jimmy Page you’re probably bound for disappointment but if you just relax into it, you might be pleasantly surprised by what you see in your mind’s eye. You’ll surely like what the production brings to your ears.

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Listen to Two Compositions From Jack DeJohnette's New Solo Piano LP
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Michael Fremer  |  May 25, 2016  |  34 comments
The new subscription-based vinyl-only label Newvelle Records has given analogplanet.com permission to post this video with audio sourced from "Return" Jack DeJohnette's first solo piano record and the label's latest release.

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Clapton and Johns Team Up And Create Musical and Sonic Magic (Hyperlink Corrected)
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Michael Fremer  |  May 21, 2016  |  30 comments
At this point in his life and career, Eric Clapton has nothing to prove to anyone but himself. He’s gone from being called God on now famous graffiti that embarrassed him but others found justified, to later being called a snooze during a stretch of less than inspiring records and perhaps overexposure.

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Bernstein's "Rhapsody in Blue"/ "An American In Paris" Sourced From Three Track Master
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Michael Fremer  |  May 11, 2016  |  14 comments
Taking a break from High End Munich coverage of which there's a lot more, brings me to Analog Spark's recent reissue of Bernstein Conducts Rhapsody in Blue/American In Paris (Columbia MS 6091).

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Bob Ludwig Clears Up Mastering Confusion Around Clapton's New "I Still Do" Double 45rpm LP
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Michael Fremer  |  May 04, 2016  |  27 comments
The release blurb for Eric Clapton's new Glyn Johns produced and engineered record has left some readers confused about the source. Bob Ludwig clears it up.

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Analog Spark To Reissue from The Three Track Master Bernstein's "Rhapsody in Blue"/"An American In Paris"
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Michael Fremer  |  Apr 26, 2016  |  9 comments
Analog Spark, a Razor and Tie imprint headed by Mark Piro just announced some great upcoming AAA releases headlined by the iconic Bernstein/NYP recording of "Rhapsody in Blue" and "An American in Paris" cut by Ryan K. Smith using for the first time the original three track master tape.

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"Dameronia With Strings" Ferit Odman's Tadd Dameron Tribute Will Wow You
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Michael Fremer  |  Feb 11, 2016  |  17 comments
“Too expensive to record to analog tape” we often hear from major label representatives, from producers and from artists. And there are those who don’t think the sonics are better or as good as ProTools.

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World Premier! Vanessa Fernandez's "Kashmir" From "When the Levee Breaks"
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Michael Fremer  |  Feb 06, 2016  |  44 comments
Groove Note's Ying Tan handed me a surprise at the conclusion of my visit to Bernie Grunman's: a two sided lacquer containing selections from the upcoming Vanessa Fernandez triple 45rpm AAA LP set.

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Bernie Grundman Cuts Lacquers For Vanessa Fernandez's "When the Levee Breaks"
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Michael Fremer  |  Feb 04, 2016  |  19 comments
Lacquer cutting began Wednesday, Feb. 3rd for When the Levee Breaks Vanessa Fernandez's sophomore "triple A" Groove Note album.

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