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Bill Evans’ “ The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings 1961” Coming From Concord Music Group
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 22, 2014
This November 11th Concord Music Group will release a four 180g LP box set The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings 1961”. As all fans of Waltz For Debby and Sunday at The Village Vanguard well know, the two LP’s worth of material were culled from afternoon and evening performances on Sunday June 25th 1961 and represented a heavily edited version of what transpired that eventful day—days before 25 year old bassist Scott LaFaro died in a car accident.

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Munich 2014
Electrocompaniet Launches New Turntable and Phono Preamp
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 10, 2014
Norway-based Electrocompaniet, in business since 1973 introduced the ECG-1 turntable and tonearm priced at 3650 Euro or about $5000. Also new was the ECP-2 MM/MC fully balanced phono preamplifier.

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Munich 2014
Famous Swiss Tape Recorder Brand To Re-introduce Reel-to-Reel Analog Recorder! (NOT)
Michael Fremer  |  May 16, 2014
Sorry but this was all a rumor. At High End Munich 2015 the company (guess which?) said it was just a rumor and that it was "a digital world"_Ed.

Not allowed to divulge the brand name but a famous Swiss company renowned for its pro audio and semi-pro reel to reel tape decks will begin again next year manufacturing a reel-to-reel tape deck!

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Letters to the Editor
Best Yet "Letter to the Editor"
Michael Fremer  |  May 12, 2014
I have sent you numerous emails on recommended advice of high end turntables, given that you review products of this type.

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 |  May 08, 2014
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AXPONA 2014
Balanced Audio Technology Debuts Five New Vacuum Tube-Based Phono Preamplifiers at AXPONA
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 27, 2014  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969
Balanced Audio Technology introduced at AXPONA five new phono preamplifiers priced from $3500 to $12,500. The five models are variations on a theme starting at the bottom with the $3500 VK-P6 and ending at the top with the VK-12SE Superpak.
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Interviews
Michael Fremer and Joe Harley Interviewed By Colorado Public Radio's Scott Carney
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 19, 2014  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969
Last Thursday morning April 17th Joe Harley (Audioquest V.P. and record/reissue producer) and I visited Colorado Public Radio Studios where OpenAir host (and vinyl fanatic) Scott Carney interviewed us about vinyl for a show that would air on Record Store Day.
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News
San Francisco Designer Offers Attractive, Laser Cut Record Dividers
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 05, 2014  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969
Visual designer and vinyl enthusiast Kate Koeppel offers a collection of wooden laser cut alphabetical record dividers available for both 12" and 7" records stored either vertically or horizontally.
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