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Letters to the Editor
Bill Evans Box and Separates
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 01, 2012  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969
A couple of years ago I started getting in to vinyl. I’m young enough that I fell in love with music when it was still being produced on vinyl.

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Record Buying Tips
Reissue Labels To Avoid and Some Best to Proceed With Caution
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 28, 2012  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969
Call me crazy (and you wouldn't be the first!) but when I spend $25 or $50 on a 180 gram reissue, I want to know the source used and who did the cutting, plating and pressing. Don't you? But we don't get that vital information as often as we'd like, do we?

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Album Reviews
Clare and the Reasons' Berlin Adventure
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 27, 2012
This is the third album from Brooklyn based Clare and the Reasons and its first to be issued on vinyl. Movie, the group's 2007 debut features Van Dyke Parks and Sufjan Stevens to give you an idea of what's going on here.

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Album Reviews
IMPEX Reissues Ellington Columbia Classic AAA
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 27, 2012
Starting in 1954 the late veteran DJ William B. Williams hosted a long-running radio show on WNEW-AM called "Make Believe Ballroom" (a name, coincidentally, we also used at summer camp for kids who prematurely wore jock straps before they really had a need to).
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Album Reviews
Mute Nostril Agony! Analogue Productions Issues "Strange Days" As a Double 45rpm LP
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 25, 2012
“Strange Days” was the perfect album for its time. For music lovers at a time when records were the main means by which a generation communicated with its culture, the title, cover art, music and sound resonated with the meaning of the fall of 1967 (even though the album was recorded the previous spring at L.A.’s Sunset Sound).
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Set-Up Tips
Stylus Wear And What to Do About It
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 25, 2012  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969
Vinyl fans tend to be obsessive (no news here!). So when you properly install a new cartridge and after the initial break-in, there's a period of calm and satisfaction knowing the stylus is fresh, the sound is spectacular and your records will be well cared for.

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Letters to the Editor
SRA Thanks
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 24, 2012  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969
Thank you for helping me get my TT set up properly. Didn't think it could sound so good!
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Album Reviews
"Pan"-Demonium Breaks Out As Mo-Fi Issues "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan"
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 19, 2012
There was no "sophomore slump" for Bob Dylan. Quite the contrary. His first album brought promise, but it was an album of covers with but two originals and it hardly sold. Some at Columbia called signing Dylan "Hammond's Folly," and the lackluster sales for Dylan's debut seemed to back them up.

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Album Reviews
David Bowie's "....Ziggy Stardust..." Gets Vinyl Reissue From Original Master Tapes
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 16, 2012
Originally released in June of 1972, Bowie's "rock concept album" broke the then still obscure musician and changed the face of rock'n'roll forever—and that ain't hyperbole. If this wasn't the album that gave Freddie Mercury his dream, I can't imagine what was.

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News
VPI Traveler/Dynavector 20x2H Contest Now Includes Mikey Microscope Set-up
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 12, 2012  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969
Before the lucky winner gets his or her VPI Traveler and Dynavector 20x2H combo, they will be shipped to the editor's home......

Note - to sign up for the sweeps, you need to go to the sweeps page.

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