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Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon Finally Gets a Standalone 50th Anniversary 180g 1LP Release on October 13
Mike Mettler  |  Aug 31, 2023  |  18 comments

The Dark Side LP eclipse has finally lifted. In other words, Pink Floyd’s truly seminal March 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon is finally getting a standalone 50th anniversary 180g 1LP release on October 13. Read on to glean all the pertinent individual Dark Side vinyl details as we have them. . .

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Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon Receives 50th Anniversary Box Set Treatment on March 24, and This Super Deluxe Collection Includes 2LPs and a Nice Pair of Replica 45s
Mike Mettler  |  Jan 19, 2023  |  20 comments

As a matter of fact, it’s all dark. Well, let me clarify that — Pink Floyd’s seminal March 1973 The Dark Side of the Moon album is getting a much-anticipated, and quite appropriately lavish, 50th anniversary super deluxe box set release via Pink Floyd Records/Columbia on March 24. A nice pair of 180g LPs and two replica 7-inch singles are included in the box set alongside 2CDs, 2BDs, 1DVD, a 160-page hardback with rare photos, a 76-page music book, and other related paraphernalia. Find out all the vinyl-related Dark Side box set stats and specs — and which one of the two LPs will be released separately and concurrently with the box set — by reading on. . .

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Pixie's Collector's Set Bets Packaged Media Lives (And How!)
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 15, 2009  |  1 comments
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Please Stand By
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 01, 2010  |  0 comments
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Porterhouse Records to Release X's Punk Classic Wild Gift on 180 Vinyl
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 28, 2009  |  0 comments
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Portugal-Based Sempersonus Introduces New Epicyclic Drive Turntable
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 29, 2017  |  6 comments
Sempersonus, a new audio company based in Lisbon, Portugal just announced its first product: a turntable based upon an idler wheel-type drive it calls "Epicyclic Drive", because the motor and pulley directly drive the platter's inner rim.

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Power Failure Interrupts AnalogPlanet Content Posting
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 09, 2018  |  9 comments
A nasty winter storm on Wednesday knocked out power at AnalogPlanet headquarters and we are still waiting for its return.
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Power Outage
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 30, 2012  |  3 comments
I'll continue posting when the power comes back.
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Pressing Issue With U.S. Edition of The Bryan Ferry Orchestra's "The Jazz Age" (Updated 3/14/13)
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 12, 2013  |  2 comments
Whether or not you appreciate the mono "old 78rpm" sound of Bryan Ferry's re-imagining of songs from his catalog as "jazz age" singles (I do so far), I came upon a serious pressing problem on side two track three that I brought up to Bob Ludwig, who gets mastering credit because I honestly wasn't sure if it was part of the " retro-plan" or a genuine pressing problem. In part that's because there's absolutely nothing visible to indicate a problem.
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Previously Unreleased 1969 Thelonious Monk Concert Film Release From Blue Note on Multiple Formats
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 15, 2013  |  13 comments
November 26th Blue Note Records releases Thelonious Monk Paris 1969 on CD/DVD, CD and vinyl as well as on a digital download album and long form video.
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Previously Unreleased John Renbourn "Attic Tapes" To Get Double Gatefold Vinyl Release
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 04, 2015  |  3 comments
On October 16th, 2015 Riverboat Record will release on CD The Attic Tapes a "vintage" collection of John Reborn recordings made two or three years before his Transatlantic Records debut. The double gatefold edition with exclusive tracks will be released early in 2016.

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Prince Estate and Warner Records Announce Seriously Expanded Sign O' the Times Double Album++++
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 25, 2020  |  12 comments
(Photo: © The Prince Estate | Photographer: Jeff Katz)
The Prince Estate in partnership with Warner Records announced today an expanded reissue of Prince's "epochal" Sign O' the Times double LP including a "Super Deluxe" edition featuring 8 CDs+DVD or 13 LPs+DVD. Also a 3 CD/4 LP 180g Deluxe Edition and a remastered 2 CD/2 LP peach vinyl edition for those fans trying to moderate their Prince intake.

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Pro-Ject Announces 5 New Analog Products
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 02, 2021  |  5 comments
Pro-Ject just announced a pair of low cost MM/MC phono preamps and a pair of sophisticated "record cleaning arms" and in the press release re-launched the $1999 Phono Box RS2.

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Pro-Ject Launches New Debut Pro Turntable
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 17, 2021  |  21 comments
Sumiko and Pro-Ject USA just introduced the handsome new Debut PRO turntable. Cosmetics are based around a satin black and brushed-nickel color scheme. Beyond the clearly great looks, there's a new 8.6" arm featuring a one-piece carbon fiber wrapped aluminum arm tube said to produce excellent rigidity and to reduce resonances.

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Pro-Ject's Heinz Lichtenegger Buys Musical Fidelity
Michael Fremer  |  May 27, 2018  |  3 comments
There's never been an official press release about Pro-Ject's purchase of Musical Fidelity from owner Antony Michaelson so this site has held off reporting it until it could be confirmed. Last week, while at the EISA Global Press Convention in Antwerp, Belgium, AnalogPlanet editor Michael Fremer had an opportunity to speak with Pro-Ject CEO Heinz Lichtenegger about the Musical Fidelity purchase.

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