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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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Win This Les Paul and Mary Ford Christmas Album! (Winner Chosen)
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 15, 2015  |  19 comments
Let's say you want to both play vinyl and stream your Christmas music. If so, UMe has a swell promotion for you that combines streaming and a chance to win a vinyl copy of this Les Paul & Mary Ford Christmas album.
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VPI Industries' Harry Weisfeld Gets Founders Award From L.A. & Orange County Audio Society (Now Includes the Entire Speech)
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 10, 2015  |  3 comments
Note: the original video embedded here was missing the final six minutes of the speech. Sorry. This video is the speech in its entirety.

Analogplanet.com editor Michael Fremer introduced VPI Industries' Harry Weisfeld at the annual Los Angeles & Orange County Audio Society's annual "Gala" Sunday, December 5th, 2015 in Buena Park, CA.

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Adele's 25   Sells 22,000 Vinyl Copies in First Week, But Who Pressed Them?
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 03, 2015  |  40 comments
Adele's 25 sold 22,000 vinyl copies in its first week. Yes, that's a fraction of the total sales of 3.8 million copies sold but it's still impressive in our niche world.

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Record Technology Incorporated (RTI) Set to Press 4 Million+ Records in 2016
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 03, 2015  |  23 comments
Adele's 25 sold 22,000 vinyl copies in its first week. Yes, that's a fraction of the total sales of 3.8 million copies sold but it's still impressive in our niche world (photo taken during video shoot for "It's a Vinyl World After All" DVD).

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I Was Welcome At Music Merchant on Record Store Day!
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 27, 2015  |  8 comments
Peace has broken out this "Black Friday" Record Store Day between me and the owners of Music Merchant, Westwood, NJ.

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"Hearing is Deceiving" Kickstarter Funding Fails
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 27, 2015  |  36 comments
The goal was 1000 backers pledging $10.00 each for a total of $10,000 to produce this record, which would be all analog on one side and sourced from a digital file of the same material on the other.

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UMe's Extensive "Black Friday" Record Store Day Offerings
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 26, 2015  |  10 comments
Despite the rampant cynicism currently surrounding Record Store Day and label offerings, tomorrow's Record Store Day releases include some really desirable title.

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Norman Pickering RIP
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 24, 2015  |  6 comments
Sadly, Mr. Norman Pickering passed away November 18th, 2015 at age 99.

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Jack White's Third Man Records To Open Detroit Pressing Plant
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 20, 2015  |  16 comments
Jack White's Third Man Records just announced it will open a Detroit headquarters that will include a record pressing plant.
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Only 262 Backers and Eight Days to Go. We're Probably Not Gonna Make It
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 18, 2015  |  46 comments
With only 262 backers and eight day left, odds are we won't get to 1000 backers so the Kickstarter project will probably not happen.

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"The Man Who Sold The World" File Identities Revealed!
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 12, 2015  |  24 comments
The bar graph, representing more than two hundred votes, indicates that "File A" was the clear favorite and that enthusiasm for the others waned based upon their positioning in the test, which in and of itself is fascinating.

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Ringo Starr's No. 0000001 Copy of "The Beatles" On the Auction Block
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 10, 2015  |  16 comments
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Kate Koeppel Design Introduces "The Record Tote"
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 10, 2015  |  7 comments
Kate Koeppel Design in collaboration with GDS Cloth Goods has just introduced The Record Tote— an LP bag Taylor Swift and every style conscious vinyl fanatic will want be seen with.

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