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RIAA Confirms LPs Outsold CDs in 2022
Mike Mettler  |  Mar 09, 2023

In an official report released today, March 9, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) confirmed what many of us already knew — namely, that LPs outsold CDs in 2022. The RIAA further clarified this is the first time that milestone has occurred since 1987. Read on to get all the official numbers and stats to see exactly how well our favorite format performed last year. . .

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RIAA Midyear Report: Vinyl Revenues Exceed Those of CDs— First Time Since 1982
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 10, 2020
The RIAA today released its mid-year data on U.S. consumer listening and recorded music revenue. Growth in paid subscription streaming more than offset declines in other areas, in great part affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Rich Rhino RSD 2021 Releases!
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 08, 2021
Rhino Announces its Record Store Day Offerings For June 12th and July 17th

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Richard Thompson's New "Electric" Album on New-West Recorded Analog
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 18, 2013
Richard Thompson's new album Electric due out February 5th was recorded analog at Buddy Miller's Nashville home studio, according to Mr. Thompson in a short interview published in a Florida newspaper. (Thanks to Home Theater's other MF Mark Fleischmann, for sending to me the URL of the interview).

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Rick Rubin Interviews RHCP About the Group's New Album Recorded and Mixed to Analog Tape
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 06, 2022
The new Rick Rubin produced Red Hot Chili Peppers album Unlimited Love was recorded to analog tape and mixed to analog tape and it sounds so—at least based on streaming where the "analog goodness" shines through. A month long series of "Broken Records" Pushkin Shows covering the release began last Friday.

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Ringo Starr's No. 0000001 Copy of "The Beatles" On the Auction Block
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 10, 2015
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RIP Bruce Lundvall, Resurrected Blue Note Records
Michael Fremer  |  May 21, 2015
Record business veteran and jazz fan Bruce Lundvall passed away Tuesday, May 19th at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, New Jersey.

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RIVA's New "One Box" Multi-Room Wand Festival Wireless Speaker Does 106dB
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 29, 2017
Admittedly, wireless speakers are not AnalogPlanet's "beat", but portable music is everyone's so a few years ago when RIVA launched a series of Bluetooth speakers and showed up at the old Newport Show to demo them for fussy audiophiles, we took note.

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Roasting Chad Kassem This Weekend At L.A. and Orange County Audiophile Society Gala
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 04, 2014
That's a photo of Chad Kassem and me from 1997. We go back a long way—to the 1980's actually. He's getting a "lifetime achievement" award on Sunday December 7th from the Los Angeles and Orange County Audiophile Society.

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Rolling Stones Box Set Review Files Identified
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 10, 2018
The unidentified file comparisons posted in the Rolling Stones Studio Album Collection review are revealed here.

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Roxy Music The Complete Studio Albums : There’s a New Sensation! (Updated 5/11/15)
Michael Fremer  |  May 06, 2015
A pin-up cover girl in 1972? Slicked back greaser hair, and while you’re at it an album jacket clothes, make-up and hair credit? Maybe you weren’t around for it in 1972 but back then this—not long hair, sandals, checked flannel shirts and bell-bottom jeans— was outrageous. Those were so yesterday-hippie.

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Roxy Music Box Set Coming March 16th From Universal
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 12, 2015
Roxy Music, the art-rock band that spawned the music careers of lead singer Bryan Ferry and producer, music experimenter (and who knows how to adequately describe him) Brian Eno will get the full and well deserved box set treatment from UMe.

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Roxy Music Box Set—First Look and Listen
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 22, 2015
In this You Tube video, analogplanet editor Michael Fremer takes a look and limited listen to Universal Music's new 8 LP Roxy Music box set and finds some sonic surprises.

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Roy Orbison The M-G-M Years 1965-1973 Box Set First Look
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 10, 2016
Here's a look at the new Roy Orbison The M-G-M Years 1965-1973 Box Set a thirteen LP set that includes all of Roy's long playing records plus a double LP of singles and unreleased tracks.

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RTI Absolved: Shipping Snafu Caused These Abrasions
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 01, 2014
What caused the abrasions seen in the picture of the one of four abraded LPs in the Record Store Day Roy Orbison box set? Analogplanet asked the question and wondered whether it was industrial sabotage, sloppy handing or a shipping snafu. We now think we have an answer.

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