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Start the New Year With the "RL" Version of "Whole Lotta Love"
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 01, 2016
Here's a transcription of "Whole Lotta Love" from an "RL" original pressing mastered by Bob Ludwig. We'll see how long it lives on You Tube.

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Start the Presses! Pheenix Alpha Rises From Toolex Alpha's Ashes!
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 27, 2016
The famous high-tech Swedish Toolex Alpha record presses are again being manufactured as Pheenix Alpha in a Stockholm suburb by former employees of the original company using the original blueprints. This according to a recent article in a Swedish newspaper.

According to the story, the last Toolex Alpha left the factory in 1990 bound for Melodiya in the then Soviet Union, though it was believed to have been manufactured a few years earlier.

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STAX Celebrates 60 Years With Limited Edition 7" Singles Box Set
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 15, 2017
Craft Recordings (a Concord Records imprint), which recently issued the 3 LP Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings just announced the Stax 7 Box Set, the first release in a year long celebration of the storied label's 60th anniversary.

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Steely Dan Announces 180g & 200g LP Reissue Series, Commencing With Can’t Buy a Thrill on November 4
Mike Mettler  |  Sep 16, 2022

The hangman isn’t hanging but Steely Dan are stowin’ away the time, and they’re now back on vinyl where they belong. On November 4, Geffen/UMe and Analogue Productions commence an important year-long reissue series with 180g and 200g versions respectively of Steely Dan’s November 1972 debut album Can’t Buy a Thrill. Read on to find out more about what tapes are being used for this series, and what else is on the way on wax from Steely Dan’s 1972-80 heyday. . .

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Steely Dan’s 180g 33 1/3rpm 1LP Aja Reissue From Geffen/UMe & AAA 200g UHQR 45rpm Edition From Analogue Productions Are Both Set for September 29
Mike Mettler  |  Aug 08, 2023

Our dime dancing is officially through, as we just got the news that the eagerly awaited LP reissue of Steely Dan’s indisputable September 1977 masterpiece Aja has now been given an official release date of September 29. The 180 1LP edition comes via Geffen/UMe, while the 30,000 numbered-copy limited-edition 200g 45rpm version on Ultra High-Quality Vinyl (UHQR) comes courtesy Analogue Productions. Read on to glean more about the source material for the new vinyl versions of Aja, as well as what the respective SRPs will be. . .

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Stereolab Announce Deluxe Vinyl Reissues & Tour
Malachi Lui  |  Feb 21, 2019
English-French avant pop band Stereolab recently announced an extensive reissue series of seven of their albums, starting with 1993’s Transient Random Noise-Bursts With Announcements and its 1994 follow-up Mars Audiac Quintet via Duophonic Ultra High Frequency Disks and Warp Records. Similar to last year’s reissues of Stereolab’s Switched On compilations, the albums are digitally remastered from the original ½” analog tapes by Bo Kondren at Calyx Mastering and supervised by Stereolab’s Tim Gane. These first two reissues will come out on May 2. Emperor Tomato Ketchup, Dots & Loops, and Cobra & Phases Group Play Voltage In The Milky Night will be reissued in August while Sound-Dust and Margerine Eclipse arrive in November. Each album comes with a bonus disc of alternate takes, demos, and unreleased mixes.

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Stereophile Recommended Components iPad App Now Available for Free Download
Jon Iverson  |  Jun 25, 2012
Stereophile is pleased to announce the availability of the free 2012 Recommended Components iPad app.

Available Now
The app is available right now for free download to your iPad in the iTunes store. In iTunes, search for "Stereophile Recommended Components" or follow this link to the iTunes store from your web browser.

This app includes all current Recomended Components as listed in the recent issue of Stereophile as well as additional ratings and listings that could not fit in the print version. There are over 700 component rankings in all and the app is compatible with all iPad hardware versions including retina displays.

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Stolen LIttle Feat Cassette Here?
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 28, 2011
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Stop the Nonsense! Bob Ludwig On The True Numbers Behind Beck's Morning Phase Album
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 10, 2014
Here's Bob Ludwig's statement regarding the engineering and mastering of Beck's new album Morning Phase:

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Stop the Presses! New Presses Coming!
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 09, 2016
The Toronto, Canada based newspaper The Globe and Mail published a story last Thursday February, 4th about a Canadian company that has invented and is building brand new record presses.

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Streaming Live Friday, 5PM EST on The Progressive Radio Network—Guest Spot on Paul Cavalconte's "The Vinyl Experience"
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 06, 2014
Yesterday I visited my friend and veteran disc jockey/on-air personality Paul Cavalconte to hang out and to "tweak" the Simon Yorke turntable he bought from me back in 2006 (story forthcoming). These days he's producing from his home a radio show that streams on The Progressive Radio Network (it's not a political show).

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StylusTimer, The Handy "Cartridge Odometer" Now For Sale
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 27, 2020
The recently reviewed StylusTimer, not quite ready for purchase then, is now available for sale at the StylusTimer website.

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Sumiko and SOTA Founder David Fletcher R.I.P.
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 18, 2021
SOTA turntable co-founder David Fletcher recently passed away at age 81. The experimental physicist left the U.C. Berkeley Particle Lab to be his own boss. In 1972 he co-founded Sumiko. Both companies remain in business though Fletcher long ago sold his shares.

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Sumiko Debuts Wellfleet Moving Magnet Cartridge
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 14, 2022
Sumiko today debuted the Wellfleet, a new high performance moving magnet cartridge featuring a nude elliptical stylus.

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Sundazed and Experience Hendrix Partner to Issue 7" 45 RPM Hendrix Singles
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 22, 2012
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