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Veteran Jazz Dealer Jeff Barr Opens Euphoria Records in Palm Desert, CA.
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 19, 2016
Veteran jazz record dealer Jeff Barr, who I've known since the 1980s, has opened Euphoria, a new record store in Palm Desert, California.

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Victor Goldstein R.I.P.
Michael Fremer  |  May 05, 2020
Few analogPlanet readers know the name but no doubt some do and I feel compelled to say a few words about my friend Victor Goldstein, shown here with Stereophile writer Jonathan Scull probably back in the late '80s when Victor was working with speaker manufacturer B&W (photo used without permission but I'm sure J10 will not mind). Goldstein passed away last night, a victim of the Covid-19 Pandemic.

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Video Report: Capital Audiofest 2022 Showcases a Score of Top-Shelf Turntables, Tonearms, Cartridges, and More
Mike Mettler  |  Nov 21, 2022

Capital Audiofest 2022 was held in Rockville, Maryland on November 11-13, 2022, and our man Ken Micallef was on hand to take in all things analog. Check out his video package to see the best sights and sounds of the show. . .

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Vinyl Alliance Founding Members Elect First Executive Board
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 04, 2020

Vienna, February 04, 2020 – The Vinyl Alliance a new industry organization dedicated to promoting awareness of vinyl records and composed of manufacturers, dealers, record companies and other interested parties announce that during their Founders Meeting in New York City on 22 January 2020 the new Executive Board members were elected:

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Vinyl Goes NFL Mainstream!
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 26, 2021
When NFL Films approached RTI (Record Technology Incorporated, Camarillo, CA) to shoot some pressing plant footage, RTI owner Don MacInnis had no idea for what the league might want the images.

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Vinyl Me, Please (VMP) Announces New Denver Pressing Plant Opening Late 2022!
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 25, 2022
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Vinyl Me, Please Celebrates 50th "Classic" Album of the Month Release With A Truly Grand Prize
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 02, 2021
Vinyl Me, Please, no doubt the most adventurous and prolific reissue label celebrates the release of Abbey Lincoln's It's Magic, its 50th "Classic" record of the month with an incredible contest.

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Vinyl Obsession: Revilla Grooves on Main Thrives in the Age of Streaming
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 11, 2016
Sound&Vision writer Bob Ankosko just filed this story about a record store in Milltown, NJ that I'm sure analogPlanet readers will enjoy reading.
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Vinyl Sales Are Up 21.7 Percent in the First Half of 2023, According to New Report From Noted Entertainment Data Company Luminate
Mike Mettler  |  Jul 25, 2023

The well-respected entertainment data company Luminate recently released their Midyear Music Report, which confirms vinyl sales are on the rise yet again. Therein, Luminate reports that vinyl sales saw a 21.7 percent increase in the first half of 2023. Read on to see more about how our favorite format is doing this year to date, along with some other key vinyl-specific data stats of interest. . .

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Vinyl World Congress, Brighton Metropole, UK May 15th and 16th
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 16, 2018
Vinyl World Congress is an international B2B summit dedicated to vinyl record manufacturing much like the Making Vinyl event held last November in Detroit and returning there this coming October.

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VMP Announces 11 LP The Story of Herbie Hancock Anthology Box Set
Malachi Lui  |  Sep 21, 2020
Today (September 21), record club Vinyl Me, Please formally announced the latest in their VMP Anthology box set series, The Story of Herbie Hancock. Bernie Grundman cut all-analog from tape where possible, GZ pressed the eight albums over 11 LPs on 180g black vinyl and packaged in tip-on jackets. The set retails for $349 and includes a “deluxe” booklet. Curated by Hancock himself, the chosen titles are: Takin’ Off (1962, all-analog), Maiden Voyage (1965, AAA), Head Hunters (1973, AAA), The V.S.O.P. Quintet: Live Under The Sky (1979, digitally recorded), The Piano (1979, AAA), Future Shock (1983, AAA), 1+1 (1997, digitally recorded), and River: The Joni Letters (2007, digitally recorded). Live Under The Sky, a 1979 Japanese CBS/Sony Master Sound live album recorded digitally, is newly re-sequenced and amended at Herbie Hancock’s request. The box set shipping this winter is housed in a two-piece box hand-numbered to 1500 units.

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VMP Announces AAA The Story of Vanguard   Box Set
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 09, 2021
Vinyl Me, Please (VMP) announced today The Story of Vanguard anthology, limited to 1000 copies on six 180g colored vinyl box set pressed at GZ Media. The mono box set was cut by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound, Nashville from original master tapes.

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VMP Taps John Coltrane’s Mostly AAA 180g 8LP A Love Supreme Limited Edition Box Set for Late Summer Release
Mike Mettler  |  Feb 22, 2024

There are seminal jazz albums — and then there is John Coltrane’s January 1965 Impulse! masterpiece, A Love Supreme. Numerous Supreme LP upgrades have been issued over the years — including the most recent and most excellent 11/11 UHQR edition from Analogue Productions — and now VMP enters the picture with their upcoming 180g 8LP mostly AAA limited edition box set that’s been earmarked for a late summer release. Read on to see all that this historic Supreme vinyl box set entails. . .

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VMP's The Story of the Grateful Dead  Anthology Is Worth Considering
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 29, 2020
I was asked to write a short item for a U.K. business about the high prices of today's new records. I ended up thinking they are not all that high. The Sam Goody's ad from 1973 at the top is for the Led Zeppelin catalog, that at the time consisted of five LPs. The list price was $4.98. The sale price (if you brought in the advertisement) was $3.49. Sounds cheap, no? Well, no.

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Voyager Golden Record: 40th Anniversary Edition Kickstarter Project
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 03, 2016
From the Kickstarter page:

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