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A Visit to the High Fidelity Record Store
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 17, 2016  |  19 comments
Mike Hobson, one of the pioneers of the "vinyl resurgence" exited the reissue business a few years ago, selling Classic Records to Analogue Productions/Acoustic Sounds, Quality Record Pressings mogul Chad Kassem.

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Sir George Martin, Record Producer and Fifth Beatle Dead at 90
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 09, 2016  |  17 comments
Newspapers, news services and online music publications retrieved from digital storage their long prepared George Martin obits and sadly ran them today.

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David Bowie's "The Prettiest Star" Three Ways And Box Set Finale
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 02, 2016  |  27 comments
There's something deeply offensive to me about picking apart the sound on the David Bowie [Five Years 1969-1973] box set. The guy is gone, the sadness lingers and maybe it's time to just enjoy and celebrate the music.

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Classic Album Sundays' Colleen Murphy To Host BBC Radio 4 Two Part "Turntable History" Special
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 01, 2016  |  26 comments
Classic Album Sundays creator Colleen Murphy hosts a two part BBC radio special covering the history of turntables.

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Technics Sarasota, Florida SL-1200GAE Preview Event March 24th
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 29, 2016  |  16 comments
Sarasota Florida area readers take note: Encore Home Entertainment Systems hosts a March 24th Technics SL-1200GAE turntable preview event from 7PM-9PM.

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A Visit to Dorado Music Packaging
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 22, 2016  |  4 comments
At last fall's WAX Event at the Capitol Tower I met the owner of Dorado Music Packaging, a company that fabricates among other printed packaging, record jackets and books about music and vinyl.
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Analogy Records Sells Only Master Tapes
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 10, 2016  |  70 comments
The label is called "Analogy Records" but for now it doesn't sell records. It only sells "master tapes".

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Roy Orbison The M-G-M Years 1965-1973 Box Set First Look
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 10, 2016  |  12 comments
Here's a look at the new Roy Orbison The M-G-M Years 1965-1973 Box Set a thirteen LP set that includes all of Roy's long playing records plus a double LP of singles and unreleased tracks.

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More From Bernie Grundman Mastering
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 09, 2016  |  9 comments
Here's more video from Bernie Grundman Mastering, including a tour of head tech Beno May's shop, filled with "cool stuff".
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Dan Hicks R.I.P.
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 09, 2016  |  14 comments
In honor of Dan Hicks, here's "Where's the Money" from the album of the same name, released on Blue Thumb Records (BTS 29) in 1971.
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Stop the Presses! New Presses Coming!
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 09, 2016  |  22 comments
The Toronto, Canada based newspaper The Globe and Mail published a story last Thursday February, 4th about a Canadian company that has invented and is building brand new record presses.

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Join Me at the Audio Salon, Santa Monica, CA on February 18th and 20th
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 08, 2016  |  7 comments
SAT tone arm designer Marc Gomez, Air Force turntable designer Mr. Hideaki Nishikawa, Air Force turntable importer Bob Graham and me at the Audio Salon in Santa Monica for two evenings of outstanding vinyl playback on a state of the art audio system.

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World Premier! Vanessa Fernandez's "Kashmir" From "When the Levee Breaks"
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 06, 2016  |  43 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"
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 04, 2016  |  18 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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IMPEX To Release "Tony Bennett/Dave Brubeck The White House Sessions Live 1962"
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 01, 2016  |  6 comments
IMPEX Records has just announced The White House Sessions, Live 1962 a historic collaboration between Tony Bennett and Dave Brubeck and his quartet.

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