Michael Fremer

Record Handling and Storage Tips
Music Box Designs Says "Put Your Logo Here!"
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 26, 2018  |  First Published: Mar 26, 2018  |  1 comments
Last fall AnalogPlanet posted a story about Netherlands based Music Box Designs, maker of sturdy, stackable wooden vinyl storage boxes.

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AAA VinylNews
Jerome Sabbagh's Next Kickstarter Funded Release Will Be All-Analog, Cut by BG and Pressed at QRP
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 26, 2018  |  First Published: Mar 26, 2018  |  7 comments
Saxophonist Jerome Sabbagh's 2014 Kickstarter funded release The Turn was a musical and sonic success. It got great reviews here, in the Boston Globe, Stereophile and the L.A. Times. Now Sabbagh is back with another Kickstarter funded project but this time instead of recording analog and cutting from digital because of the extra expenses involved, he's going for an all-analog production.

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Analog Corner
Analog Corner #79
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 26, 2018  |  First Published: Feb 01, 2002  |  9 comments
Next time someone tells you that nice guys finish last, tell him or her about Bob Irwin, founder, owner, and president of Sundazed Records. He's one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet, he's currently on top, and odds are he'll finish there—for all the right reasons.

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Record Handling and Storage Tips
Another Hat in the Record Storage and Display Ring: Pratherteam
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 23, 2018  |  First Published: Mar 23, 2018  |  9 comments
AnalogPlanet recently received this email from Brit Prather of Pratherteam:

"I wanted to notify you of our small company which specializes in vinyl storage. We offer record racks for on deck listening, small collections and displays for now spinning records which are free standing or wall mounted. As a small company comprised of my husband and I designing and making these units, we’re reaching out to you in marketing efforts for exposure to grow our business".

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News
AVTech Media Ltd (UK) Acquires Home Tech Network From Ten Publishing Media
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 22, 2018  |  First Published: Mar 22, 2018  |  10 comments
The Home Tech Network has been purchased from TEN by AVTech Media Ltd (UK) it was announced today in a deal that's been in the works for some time. That means the Home Tech Network's six brands, Stereophile, Sound & Vision, Shutterbug, AnalogPlanet, Audiostream, and Innerfidelity will join with AVTech Media's Hi-Fi News, Hi-Fi Choice, Home Cinema Choice and the Hi-Fi Show Live.

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News
Big Used Classical and Jazz LP Haul For Sale at This Year's AXPONA Audio Show!
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 19, 2018  |  First Published: Mar 19, 2018  |  6 comments
The folks at Morrow Audio just emailed that they will be bringing to this year's AXPONA audio show in Chicago (April 13-15) at the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel, thousands of vintage classical and jazz albums all in mint condition, 95% of which have never been played.

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AAA VinylAlbum Reviews
John Sebastian's First Solo Album Improves With Age (Amended to clarify was cut from tape and is AAA)
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 18, 2018  |  7 comments
Simon split from Garfunkel, Buffalo Springfield broke up. So did The Youngbloods, The Lovin' Spoonful and of course The Beatles. Yes, many '60s groups remained together, like The Rolling Stones and The Grateful Dead, but as the tumultuous '60s came to a close, others fragmented with leaders going solo.

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News
Sim Audio's Costa Koulisakis Gives Us a "Tour" of the Moon 888 Monoblock Amplifier
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 18, 2018  |  First Published: Mar 18, 2018  |  6 comments
What's inside a monoblock amplifier that costs $120,000 a pair? Sim Audio's Vice President-Customer Experience and part owner of the company (he's been there for 18 years) Costa Koulisakis removes the cast top cover and gives us a tour.

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News
Vinyl World Congress, Brighton Metropole, UK May 15th and 16th
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 16, 2018  |  First Published: Mar 16, 2018  |  2 comments
Vinyl World Congress is an international B2B summit dedicated to vinyl record manufacturing much like the Making Vinyl event held last November in Detroit and returning there this coming October.

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Album Reviews
Run Out Groove Issues Expanded Delaney & Bonnie And Friends "Motel Shot"
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 12, 2018  |  7 comments
I always wondered what motel in the real world had a room big enough to produce the spectacularly spacious sound on the ATCO original (ATCO SD-33-358) released in 1971. This is a live, spontaneous white gospel album featuring D&B plus Leon Russell, Gram Parsons, Bobby Whitlock, Jim Keltner, Dave Mason, Duane Allman and many others. The concept was to give listeners the touring musicians' post concert informal jam session experience—whether in a motel, airport, or even onboard the airplane.

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