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"CDs Versus LPs, Which is Better?" 1994 CBS Radio Network Show Unearthed!
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 10, 2016  |  19 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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Leonard Cohen Passes Away Age 82, Al Caiola At 96
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 10, 2016  |  9 comments
Just got the news that Leonard Cohen has passed away at the relatively young age of 82 and guitar great Al Caiola at 96.

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Start the Presses! Pheenix Alpha Rises From Toolex Alpha's Ashes!
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 27, 2016  |  2 comments
The famous high-tech Swedish Toolex Alpha record presses are again being manufactured as Pheenix Alpha in a Stockholm suburb by former employees of the original company using the original blueprints. This according to a recent article in a Swedish newspaper.

According to the story, the last Toolex Alpha left the factory in 1990 bound for Melodiya in the then Soviet Union, though it was believed to have been manufactured a few years earlier.

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Exclusive: More News About the Tom Petty Box Sets
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 27, 2016  |  16 comments
According to mastering engineer Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering, all of the albums in both box sets were massacred from the analog master tapes with the following exceptions:

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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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Newvelle Records Vinyl Project Launches Season Two Via Kickstarter
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 25, 2016  |  2 comments
The jazz subscription vinyl-only label Newvelle, which had a successful first year, releasing albums by Frank Kimbraugh, Jack DeJohnnette, Noah Preminger, Don Friedman, Ben Allison and Leo Genovese (feauturing Esperanza Spalding and Jack DeJohnette), just announced its second year kickstarter launch.

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Two Tom Petty Box Sets Coming Soon, Commemorating 40th Anniversary of Debut
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 25, 2016  |  18 comments
In a cross-label move similar to the Stones stereo box sets from ABKCO and UMe, Tom Petty's complete vinyl catalog will be issued in two 180gram box sets: one featuring his MCA output (1976-1991) and one covering his later Warner Brothers catalog (1994-2014).

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Jazz at Lincoln Center To Release 4 LP Vinyl Box Set "Live in Cuba"
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 21, 2016  |  2 comments
LIVE IN CUBA/i>—the acclaimed album from the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis—comes out as a deluxe vinyl box set next week.

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Veteran Jazz Dealer Jeff Barr Opens Euphoria Records in Palm Desert, CA.
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 19, 2016  |  3 comments
Veteran jazz record dealer Jeff Barr, who I've known since the 1980s, has opened Euphoria, a new record store in Palm Desert, California.

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Ten LP Kinks Mono Box Cut by Kevin Gray From Original Analog Masters
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 18, 2016  |  27 comments
A "Kinks in Mono" box set is due for release overseas shortly and in America on December 16th.

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CleanerVinyl Is a Less Costly Ultrasonic Record Cleaning Alternative
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 17, 2016  |  19 comments
CleanerVinyl is yet another take on ultrasonic record cleaning.

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R.I.P. Armando ("A.J.") Conti (Updated 10/13 10:22 PM)
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 13, 2016  |  12 comments
I am so sorry to report the passing of Basis Audio's Armando ("A.J.") Conti, one of the audio industry's nicest, most interesting and talented turntable and tone arm designers.

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Jalopy Records' Subscription AAA Vinyl Kickstarter Project Needs Help Now!
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 10, 2016  |  2 comments
Here's an all-analog record subscription series you might be interested in helping.

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Analogue Productions Announces Ultra Tape R2R Reissue Program
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 06, 2016  |  31 comments
Analogue Productions Ultra Tape is a new reel-to-reel reissue program that includes some highly sought after titles at 15IPS, 1/4 inch half-track..

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Verve/UMe Releases Individually Nina Simone Philips era Vinyl Box Set Albums
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 03, 2016  |  0 comments
Nina Simone's Philips catalog, recorded between 1964 and 1967 includes much of her most essential recordings.

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