Michael Fremer

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Neil Young's Upcoming Record Store Day 4 LP Box Set Produced From Master Tapes AAA (Now Delayed Until November)
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 15, 2014  |  32 comments
Neil Young's previously announced 4 LP box set due to arrive on Record Store Day, April 19th will definitely be issued AAA from the original master tapes.
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Getting the Lowdown on Blue Note's Vinyl Reissue Series
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 11, 2014  |  16 comments
Upon landing at LAX I got in the rental car and drove directly to Capitol Records where I met up with the great Al Schmitt. Al took a short time away from a mixing session to give me a tour of famed Studios A and B where Frank, Nat, Judy, Dean and so many others recorded some of the greatest records ever.
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Wendy Carlos's TRON Soundtrack Coming As Double 180g Vinyl LP From Audio Fidelity
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 11, 2014  |  15 comments
Marshall Blonstein's Audio Fidelity Records today inked the deal with The Walt Disney Corporation to release Wendy Carlos's groundbreaking original soundtrack to the 1982 Disney feature "TRON".

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Stop the Nonsense! Bob Ludwig On The True Numbers Behind Beck's Morning Phase Album
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 10, 2014  |  94 comments
Here's Bob Ludwig's statement regarding the engineering and mastering of Beck's new album Morning Phase:

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Album Reviews
Beck's Morning Phase Awakes Gently Then Puts You in A Dreamy State (Now With Embedded Video)
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 08, 2014  |  13 comments
The opening wash of gorgeously recorded massed strings might just paralyze you. "Who arranged those? " you might say to yourself but before you could scour the liner notes you hear familiar Sea Change-like guitar strums and you melt.

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Turntable Reviews
U-Turn’s Remarkable $179 Orbit Turntable is A Crosley Killer!
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 06, 2014  |  56 comments
Investors in U-Turn’s Kickstarter-funded Orbit turntable get more than their money’s worth in this remarkably well-designed record player manufactured in Woburn, Massachusetts.

One can only imagine why the principles chose the name U-turn™, but I’d like to think it means a reversal of direction from the low resolution MP3 digital hell into which a generation or two has been led, back to high resolution vinyl heaven.

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Streaming Live Friday, 5PM EST on The Progressive Radio Network—Guest Spot on Paul Cavalconte's "The Vinyl Experience"
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 06, 2014  |  7 comments
Yesterday I visited my friend and veteran disc jockey/on-air personality Paul Cavalconte to hang out and to "tweak" the Simon Yorke turntable he bought from me back in 2006 (story forthcoming). These days he's producing from his home a radio show that streams on The Progressive Radio Network (it's not a political show).

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Lyn Stanley Recording March 4, 2014 At Avatar Studios in NYC With Legendary Recording Engineer Al Schmitt
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 04, 2014  |  4 comments
Chanteuse extraordinaire Lyn Stanley was at New York's Avatar Studios (formerly The Power Station) recording songs for her next album Potions, which will consist of '50s era covers. Most distinguished recording engineer/producer Al Schmitt was at the board and yes, the big Studer 24 track you see in the picture was rolling.

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Set-Up Accessory Reviews
Audio Additives Digital Stylus Force Gauge
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 02, 2014  |  38 comments
Looking for a good digital stylus force gauge? Once upon time one from Winds cost $800 and was good only to a single digit. Today they can be had good to 3 decimal points for as little as $79 like this Audio Additive by Musicdirect®. Like most today it is made in China.

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Album Reviews
Los Lobos's Kiko Makes Its 180g Vinyl Debut
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 01, 2014  |  10 comments
Nothing Los Lobos recorded previous to 1992’s Kiko could have prepared anyone for this piece of sustained, surreal brilliance. Dreamlike sonic vistas, ominous lyrical horizons, mysterious musical crevices, and spring-like rhythmic compressions and extensions combine to create a dayglo, funhouse-like environment filled with familiar, but oddly drawn musical elements.
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