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Intervention Records Scores Joe Jackson Hat Trick!
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 01, 2016  |  26 comments
Intervention Records adds Joe Jackson's Night and Day to its previously announced Jackson titles I'm the Man and Look Sharp!

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UMe Abbey Road 1/2 Speed Mastered Series Update: We Ask the Tough Questions
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 28, 2016  |  67 comments
Miles Showell, who oversees Abbey Road's 1/2 speed mastering responded recently to a series of questions I posed to him. I want to thank him for taking the time to do so. Please read. And please, keep your comments civil and respectful. I think Mr. Showell's comments make clear the seriousness with which he approached this work

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30,902,000 Records Pressed in 2015---And That's With A Fraction of "Precincts Reporting"
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 27, 2016  |  41 comments
Yesterday, Analogplanet sent around to vinyl producers worldwide our annual pressing plant totals request.

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Newvelle Records Is An Exciting New Curated Vinyl-Only Label Featuring Jazz Greats (fact-corrected 2/4/16)
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 26, 2016  |  17 comments
Newvelle is a new vinyl-only jazz label founded by Elan Mehler and Jean-Christophe Morisseau. Mr. Mehler is a New York jazz pianist and composer who has toured worldwide and has released five albums. Mr. Morisseau is a Paris-based business executive with a twenty-plus year background in international global business development.

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"Walk on The Wild Side" Will Be Played on Monday's Analogplanet Radio Show
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 22, 2016  |  14 comments
This transcription of "Walk on the Wild" side will be featured on this Monday's "Analogplanet Radio Show.
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UMe Clarifies Sources Used For "Soundofvinyl" 1/2 Speed Mastered Series
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 21, 2016  |  22 comments
In a December 19th story, Analogplanet pointed out what appeared to be inaccurate wording in a press release description of the 1/2 speed mastered at Abbey Road LP series.
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"New Orleans Shuffle" From John Fahey's 1973 Album "After the Ball"
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 19, 2016  |  5 comments
In 1973 the late guitarist, music historian, fanatical record collector and audiophile John Fahey recorded for Reprise Records the album "After the Ball" (MS 2145)—an album of original and "period" pieces including this track: New Orleans Shuffle by the pianist Bill Whitmore, originally recorded in 1925 by The Halfway House Orchestra.

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Another Great Fahey Reprise Album and an Interesting Comparison!
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 19, 2016  |  12 comments
A Fahey track from his previous Reprise album Of Rivers and Religion (MS 2089) was scheduled to post in the next few days, but another version also ripped from vinyl on Youtube got this one posted now.

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David Bowie: The Man Who Changed the World
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 17, 2016  |  13 comments
Tomorrow's Analogplanet radio show will be all-Bowie.

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This Turntable Was Amazon's Xmas Season Best Selling Home Audio Product!
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 04, 2016  |  40 comments
Amazon recently announced its top-selling home audio product of this past year.
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"Star Wars"? No. "Kings Row" From 1942
 |  Jan 02, 2016  |  5 comments
Eric Wolfgang Korngold's film score for the 1942 movie "Kings Row" has a "familiar ring". The movie starred Ann Sheridan, Bob Cummings and Ronald Reagan.

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Start the New Year With the "RL" Version of "Whole Lotta Love"
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 01, 2016  |  33 comments
Here's a transcription of "Whole Lotta Love" from an "RL" original pressing mastered by Bob Ludwig. We'll see how long it lives on You Tube.

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Our Pal Lux Record Shopping Runs Into Martha Reeves!
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 30, 2015  |  12 comments
Our friend Lux, who we recently interviewed was record shopping at Mill Valley Music when he ran into Martha Reeves who was there doing the same thing. The Motown fan and Ms. Reeves hit it off big time!

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Enjoy Side One of Classic Records' 45rpm Reissue of "The Nutcracker"
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 22, 2015  |  49 comments
Here's the first side of the Classic Records reissue of The Royal Ballet with Ernest Ansermet conducting the Royal Opera House Orchestra. This was recorded in famed Kingsway Hall in 1957 for the British Decca Record company and licensed to RCA for sale in America.

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Harry Pearson Estate Contents Go On the Auction Block
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 19, 2015  |  9 comments
Personal effects belonging to the late Harry Pearson, founder of The Absolute Sound—and it can be argued the modern high performance audio industry, are currently being auctioned on Audiogon and Ebay.

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