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Italian Speaker Manufacturer Sonus Faber Breaks the Mold Celebrating Its 30th Anniversary
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Michael Fremer  |  Apr 01, 2014  |  25 comments
Worldwide distributors, key retailers, representatives of Fine Sounds Group-associated companies McIntosh and Audio Research as well members of the audio press gathered at Sonus Faber’s Vicenza Italy factory March 26th throu the 29th to celebrate in grand Italian style the speaker company’s 30th anniversary.

The celebration’s focal point was the all new X3ma loudspeaker, which was developed over the past year and a half by Sonus Faber’s design team using as its inspiration the original 1991 Extrema, a legendary stand mounted design that extracted maximum and at the time seemingly impossibly performance from a two-way loudspeaker.

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The Rolling Stones Mono Box Set From ABKCO Coming September 30th (Updated again)
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Michael Fremer  |  Aug 10, 2016  |  20 comments
ABKCO today announced the long expected Rolling Stones16 LP MONO box set, due September 30th.

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Third Man Pressing Plant Party Was a "Ya'Alta" Like Event
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Michael Fremer  |  Feb 26, 2017  |  16 comments
Jack White marked the opening of his new Third Man Pressing plant in a reinvigorated Detroit neighborhood by throwing a grand, festive, sometimes rowdy rock'n'roll (semi-formal attire requested) party. Among the invited "F.O.V.s" (Friends of Vinyl) were most of the owners of America's major and minor pressing plants. The gathering was probably the first time all of these once battered, now thriving survivors of the fading CD era assembled in one place to celebrate the unlikely resurgence of vinyl records.

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"All Things Must Pass" The Tower Records Story Coming to DVD September 13
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Michael Fremer  |  Aug 01, 2016  |  21 comments
"All Things Must Pass", the must-see documentary on the rise and fall of the Tower Records chain, comes to DVD September 13th through MVD

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"American Hustle" OST Double Vinyl Has Great Playlist
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Michael Fremer  |  Nov 11, 2014  |  5 comments
No doubt it was digitally sourced and resolution unknown, but sometimes tunes trump source format. The 2 LP American Hustle-Original Motion Picture Soundtrack album from Madison Gate Records and Legacy Recordings (the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment) includes six songs not included on the CD version (there's a switch).

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"Bang, The Bert Berns Story" Documentary Coming to Apple Music October 24th
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Michael Fremer  |  Oct 06, 2017  |  2 comments
Sometimes the press release says it all. This is one of those times:

"Music meets the mob in this biographical documentary, narrated by Steven Van Zandt, about the life and and career of Bert Berns, "the most important songwriter and record producer from the ‘60s that you’ve never heard of."

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"But Wait! There's More!" Department: Dylan Bootleg Series Vol. 11, The Basement Tapes Complete
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Michael Fremer  |  Aug 26, 2014  |  10 comments
Original tape sources, including "many found only recently" of Bob Dylan's legendary "Basement Tape" sessions have been meticulously restored and will be released on November 4th by Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings in a complete 6 disc CD set (The Basement Tapes Complete:The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 and in a 2 CD/3 LP 180g highlights edition (The Basement Tapes Raw: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11.

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"CDs Versus LPs, Which is Better?" 1994 CBS Radio Network Show Unearthed!
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Michael Fremer  |  Nov 10, 2016  |  20 comments
Way back in 1994 (that's 22 years ago for those of you who forget how quickly time flies by) I was a guest on Gil Gross's radio talk show on the now defunct CBS Radio Network. Gil's show was mostly about politics but he made some room for other topics and on July, 29th, 1994 he had me in the studio for an hour-long show called "CDs vs. LPs: which is better?" Can you guess where I came down here?.

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"Deconstructed" Record Collection Now Online
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Michael Fremer  |  Jan 23, 2015  |  18 comments

The record collection documented in the story "Deconstructing a Record Collection" can now be viewed online in its entirety in catalog form.

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"Eric Leefe's Last Call to Rock'n'Roll" A Resounding Success!
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Michael Fremer  |  May 07, 2015  |  4 comments
Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. The above one (that's my wife) is a good example of that. It was taken just after Eric sang his encore "(I Found My Thrill On) Blueberry Hill" and the crowd was still cheering.

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"Garage Sale" Find Has QRP Adding 13 Additional Record Presses! (Now Video Enhanced)
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Michael Fremer  |  Mar 02, 2015  |  58 comments
Quality Record Pressing (QRP) announced today that thirteen additional presses will soon go online at its Salina, Kansas facility after discovering them recently lying dormant in a Chicago warehouse.

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"George Harrison" Pro-Ject Turntable Announced, Limited to 500 For America
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Michael Fremer  |  Jan 24, 2017  |  8 comments
Pro-Ject recently announced the availability of the George Harrison turntable shown at the recent C.E.S..

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"Hearing is Deceiving" Analog/Digital LP Kickstarter Project Now Live!
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Michael Fremer  |  Oct 31, 2015  |  51 comments
The "Hearing Is Deceiving" AAA vs. ADA vinyl record project is now "live" on Kickstarter!

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"Music Man" Murray Gershenz Dead at 91
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Michael Fremer  |  Sep 08, 2013  |  3 comments
Veteran L.A. used record store owner and more recent character actor "Music Man" Murray Gershenz passed away from a heart attack on August 28th.
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"Neil Young Live at The Cellar Door" Coming On 180g Reprise Vinyl
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Michael Fremer  |  Oct 21, 2013  |  6 comments
Culled from a six night stand at Washington, D.C.'s The Cellar Door between November 30th and December 2nd 1970 a few months after the release of After The Gold Rush, Neil Young Live At The Cellar Door includes solo acoustic performances of "Tell Me Why," "Only Love Can Break Your Heart," "Birds," "Don't Let It Bring You Down" and the title track as well as Buffalo Springfield's "Expecting To Fly", "I Am A Child" and "Flying On The Ground Is Wrong."
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