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The Annual WFMU Record Fair Is This Weekend!
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 24, 2019  |  5 comments
The annual WFMU Record Fair comes to the Brooklyn Expo Center this Friday through Sunday featuring 28,000 square feet of records, 45s, CDs (?), books, collectibles and the usual gang of idiots plus live bands and broadcasts. This is always a great show just like they used to make them except that with the Internet prices are more uniform (though there are still bargains from vendors who don't know certain "stuff").

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The Audio Salon Santa Monica Hosts WATT/PUPPY Family Reunion December 5th
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 02, 2018  |  2 comments
In 1987 Wilson Audio Specialties launched the WATT (Wilson Audio Tiny Tot), its first loudspeaker. This Wednesday evening December 5th, the entire line of "retired" WATT speakers will be on display and played at a special Audio Salon event hosted by Wilson's Peter McGrath. The event also celebrates the introduction of the new SashaDAW (David. A. Wilson) loudspeaker that produced among the best sound at the recent Warsaw Audio Video Show.

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The Band 'Live At The Academy Of Music 1971'— Every Song Performed Drawn From All Four Concerts Coming Sept. 17th From Capitol/UME
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 09, 2013  |  4 comments
Some music news transcends formats and this is one that does. The Band's "Rock of Ages" double LP set recently reissued by Mobile Fidelity to great sonic effect has been given a complete "make over" for a new release coming September 17th.

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The Beach Boys "Smile Sessions" Ships Today!
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 31, 2011  |  0 comments
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The Beach Boys Celebrate a Creatively Fruitful Era With Sail On Sailor - 1972 180g 5LP+1EP Limited Edition Vinyl Box Set on November 18
Mike Mettler  |  Oct 03, 2022  |  11 comments

The Beach Boys sailed into quite a creatively fruitful period in 1972, and a new 180g 5LP+1EP box set dubbed Sail On Sailor - 1972 — slated to be released on November 18 via Capitol/UMe — captures the gist of their labors during such a key transitional year in the band’s history. In addition to the linchpin bookend releases Carl And The Passions – “So Tough” and Holland, this 105-track collection also includes 80 unreleased outtakes, live recordings, demos, alternate versions, alternate mixes, instrumentals, and a cappella tracks. Read on, reader to find out everything that lies within this historical Beach Boys collection. . .

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The Beatles "1+" Video Collection Coming Early November
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 07, 2015  |  21 comments
Had enough Beatles? Then don't read this and whine about it. But if you never have enough Beatles, this new 27 song singles collection on DVD, Blu-ray, CD and eventual double LP (the latter two audio only obviously) is for you. You will fall in love all over again.

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The Beatles "On Air- Live at the BBC Volume 2" Coming on Four LP 180g Mono LP Set?
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 18, 2013  |  6 comments
Update: one online LP seller claims the set will be on four LPs not two. That would be good (but probably costly), but until there's label confirmation it should not be taken as fact. After all, another vendor claimed that Nick Drake's Five Leaves Left was cut from analog. We posted that as fact and were left with an egged face. So four LPs is "what we've heard" until we find out for sure.

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The Beatles Announce New Limited Edition All-Analog 7" Vinyl Singles Box With a Twist *
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 21, 2019  |  68 comments
* (Not now convinced these were cut from tape).The Beatles just announced The Beatles: The Singles Collection, a limited edition, collectible box set containing 23 180-gram vinyl singles cut by Sean Magee from the original mono and stereo singles mix tapes. Between 1962 and 1970 The Beatles released 22 singles. Of the 44 A and B sides, 29 were not included on the group's British albums—singles were usually omitted in Britain, though the released albums contained more tracks than were issued per album in The United States (you probably already knew that!).

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The Beatles Singles Collection Cut Mostly From Original Singles Tapes
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 19, 2019  |  23 comments
I have been assured by co-producer Guy Hayden that this 45rpm box was cut directly from TAPE and that whatever transfers were done (hence the credit) was done as they were for the AAA mono album box, to use as a reference before actual cutting in order to preserve the tapes.
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The Best Of Roxy Music 180g 2LP Set, Half-Speed Mastered by Miles Showell, Coming September 2
Mike Mettler  |  Jul 05, 2022  |  28 comments

Roxy Music always did have a hook on me, and they’ve done it again with their upcoming 180g 2LP best-of collection. To wit: The Best Of Roxy Music is scheduled for release on September 2, 2022 via Virgin/UMe. It's the first time this official career-spanning Roxy Music best-of collection is being made available on wax. Even better, Best of has been half-speed mastered by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios.

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The Cassette Comeback Continues—New Series Due June 17th From RecordingTheMaster and ThinkIndie Distribution
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 27, 2022  |  25 comments
Press release: April 26, 2022—RecordingTheMasters—the worldwide leader in reel-to-reel tape manufacturing—is set for the release of their latest cassette-only music series in conjunction withThinkIndie Distribution. The series of releases features a new full-length album from Patty Griffin comprised of demos and home recordings titled TAPE, alongside a number of reissues available on cassette for the first time ever: Built to Spill Plays the Songs of Daniel Johnston, John Prine’s The Tree of Forgiveness, Suzanne Vega’s An Evening of New York Songs and Stories, Mother Nature’s SZNZ and Versus’ Ex Voto. The cassettes will be available at participating indie record stores beginning June 17.

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The Cragmere Vinyl Club's Grass Roots Advocacy
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 26, 2016  |  10 comments
The email began "My name is Ray Ullmer and I host a monthly vinyl listening club at my home in Mahwah, NJ".

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The David Bowie "Five Years" Box Set Unboxed
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 10, 2015  |  37 comments
The David Bowie box set arrived from Warner Brothers, which distributes it in America, while I was at The Rocky Mountain Audio Festival.

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The Eagle Has Landed: Phoenix Engineering's High Power Digital Turntable PSU
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 26, 2014  |  8 comments
Phoenix Engineering, manufacturer of the Falcon Digital Turntable PSU and Roadrunner Tachometer today announced the new High Power Eagle PSU designed to work with both VPI's higher powered motor equipped 'tables and those with dual motor/flywheels—as well as with any A.C. synchronous motor of 15 or fewer watts.

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The Electric Recording Company Does The White Stripes' White Blood Cells !
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 30, 2021  |  23 comments
No need to check your calendar it's not April 1st and this is for real: ERC just announced it would be releasing The White Stripes' White Blood Cells, the group's 2001 final release on the Sympathy For the Record Industry label cut from the original analog master tape and packaged in the usual meticulous ERC way.

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