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Album Reviews
Mo-Fi Adds a Touch of Grey-tness To a Superb Sounding Recording
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 06, 2012
The Grateful Dead's "Touch of Grey" was a spirited 1987 marching order to an aging Baby Boomer generation to "get by" and its assuring affirmation that "we will survive" was a stroke of timing and musical genius. The song became an unlikely hit for a group that didn't have or need hits and helped propel the band to further heights of both popularity and creativity.

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Album Reviews
Fiona Apple Having a Fight With Her Brain!
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 06, 2012
All of Fiona Apple's albums have been been personal and confessional (some might say "self absorbed") but this one is really personal and confessional and attractively self-absorbed too.

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Album Reviews
British Blues/Psych Classic Reissued by Audio Fidelity
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 03, 2012
Why listen to "purist" British blues bands recreating what they've heard on record or in clubs, when you can hear the real thing? That's how I've always felt about it. This album by the British blues band Ten Years After is something else and perhaps in retrospect it's unfair to tag TYA as a "purist blues band."

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News
The Winner of the Rega RP1 Turntable and Rega Fono Mini A2D USB Phono Preamplifier Is?
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 03, 2012  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969
More than 6000 readers entered the Sweepstakes but there could be only one winner.
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News
Analog Devotees Producing All-Analog Indie Sci-Fi Feature Film
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 03, 2012  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969
An international group of analog devotees are in the midst of producing a Sci-Fi film shot on 16MM film, with sound recorded on a Nagra III reel-to-reel deck featuring a music track using analog synthesizers (Moog and Doepfer, a Theramin, etc.).

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Record Buying Tips
This is What "Non-Fill" Looks Like
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 02, 2012  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969
"Non-fill" refers to a pressing defect that occurs when the molten vinyl does not flow fully to produce a well-formed groove. It occurs most often on a 180g record's outer edge and is caused by the vinyl's beginning to harden prematurely.

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Record Cleaning Machine Reviews
The World's Best Record Cleaning Machine?
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 02, 2012  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969
Getting a review sample of this unique ultrasonic record cleaning machine took years because apparently the small German manufacturer could not keep up with demand. I’ve heard from a few sources that reliability was not high during those early days but that now that’s been sorted out as has manufacturing capacity.

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Ask Mikey
"360 Sound" vs. "360 Sound"
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 02, 2012  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969
Hey Mikey- I have a question you might post and answer since it's general interest, I think. In your recent Freewheelin' Bob Dylan review you mentioned the white and black label Stereo 360 records from Columbia, and you mention that the black label indicates Columbia's all-tube cutting chain.

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News
IMPEX To Issue "Belafonte Sings the Blues" As Double 45rpm Set
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 02, 2012  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969
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Ask Mikey
Static Cling!
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 01, 2012  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969
Love the website. I can't stay off of it! I have an "Ask Mikey' question:

"What do you use to control static pops and clicks on your records?"

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