Michael Fremer

Turntable Reviews
SOTA Moonbeam Turntable --- Nice Price and a Smooth Performer That's Easily Upgraded
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 05, 2016  |  First Published: Mar 05, 2016  |  12 comments
SOTA is an American turntable brand founded circa 1980 by Dave Fletcher and Robert Becker in Berkeley California.The talented Spiral Groove turntable designer Allen Perkins worked for the company in the late 1980s.

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Album ReviewsNews
David Bowie's "The Prettiest Star" Three Ways And Box Set Finale
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 02, 2016  |  First Published: 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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News
Classic Album Sundays' Colleen Murphy To Host BBC Radio 4 Two Part "Turntable History" Special
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 01, 2016  |  First Published: 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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Analog Gear NewsNews
Technics Sarasota, Florida SL-1200GAE Preview Event March 24th
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 29, 2016  |  First Published: 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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AnalogPlanet Radio
Analogplanet Radio’s “Help” Show Now Available For Streaming Here and on the WFDU.fm Website
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 29, 2016  |  First Published: Feb 29, 2016  |  4 comments
Today is both “leap day” and the final Analogplanet Radio fundraising show of 2016. No “leap” songs today, but many about helping out others. “Others” in this case being WFDU, which derives 100% of its income from listeners, and none from advertising.
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Interviews
Graham Nash Talks About "This Path Tonight" With Analogplanet.com editor Michael Fremer
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 26, 2016  |  First Published: Feb 26, 2016  |  13 comments
Graham Nash held a "listening party" for his new album "This Path Tonight" at New York's Electric Lady Studios, Wednesday, February 24th. The album ships on April 15th, including on vinyl mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering. Here's a half hour interview I conducted with Graham in the Electric Lady control room.

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AnalogPlanet Radio
Analogplanet Radio's "Begging" Show Now Available For Streaming Here and on WFDU.fm
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 22, 2016  |  First Published: Feb 22, 2016  |  6 comments
February is WFDU’s pledge month. The station doesn’t run advertising and so depends upon listener support.

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News
A Visit to Dorado Music Packaging
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 22, 2016  |  First Published: 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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AnalogPlanet Radio
Analogplanet Radio's President's Day Show Now Available For Streaming
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 15, 2016  |  First Published: Feb 15, 2016  |  14 comments
Analogplanet Radio's President's Day Show is now available for streaming here and on the WFDU.fm website.

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AAA VinylAlbum Reviews
"Dameronia With Strings" Ferit Odman's Tadd Dameron Tribute Will Wow You
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 11, 2016  |  17 comments
“Too expensive to record to analog tape” we often hear from major label representatives, from producers and from artists. And there are those who don’t think the sonics are better or as good as ProTools.

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