Michael Fremer

AAA VinylAlbum Reviews
The Judee Sill Cult Continues, This Time at 45rpm
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 09, 2017  |  8 comments
The turbulent and tragic Judee Sill story provides the ingredients from which musical cult followings are made: two critically acclaimed Asylum albums (she was the first artist David Geffen signed to the label) that despite great expectations sold poorly, a fight with Geffen over lack of support after which the label dropped her, a return to heroin addiction, and a drug overdose death in 1979 at age 35.

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Well Then, Should You Buy a MM-Only Phono Preamp If You Are Using a MM Cartridge?
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 08, 2017  |  21 comments
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AAA VinylNews
Two Classic My Bloody Valentine Records To Be Issued All-Analog
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 07, 2017  |  First Published: Oct 07, 2017  |  12 comments
My Bloody Valentine albums Isn't Anything and Loveless, originally released in 1988 and 1991 on Creation Records, are being reissued all-analog under the supervision of founding member/producer Kevin Shields through his own label.

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Features
Jim Hagerman's Tips To Remove Noise From Your Vinyl Playback System
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 06, 2017  |  First Published: Oct 06, 2017  |  7 comments
Phono specialist/electronics designer Jim Hagerman of Hagerman Audio Labs recently published a PDF file containing really useful tips for reducing and hopefully removing from your system hum and other forms of phono playback noise pollution.

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News
"Bang, The Bert Berns Story" Documentary Coming to Apple Music October 24th
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 06, 2017  |  First Published: Oct 06, 2017  |  1 comments
Sometimes the press release says it all. This is one of those times:

"Music meets the mob in this biographical documentary, narrated by Steven Van Zandt, about the life and and career of Bert Berns, "the most important songwriter and record producer from the ‘60s that you’ve never heard of."

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News
Mack Avenue to Re-Release "Oscar With Love" Including 5 LP Edition
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 05, 2017  |  First Published: Oct 05, 2017  |  2 comments
Mack Avenue Records will re-issue the 3 CD set Oscar With Love on November 17th—shortly before the 10th anniversary of Peterson's passing. A deluxe 5 LP edition will follow some time in 2018.

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News
Johnny Cash's "Unearthed" Collection Returns as Monolithic Nine-LP Vinyl Box Set, November 3rd
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 05, 2017  |  First Published: Oct 05, 2017  |  3 comments
Los Angeles – October 5, 2017 – In the last decade of a career that spanned half a century, Johnny Cash capped off his musical legend with a breathtaking final act, recording a series of raw, stripped-down albums with producer Rick Rubin. Those albums reestablished Cash as a vital artist, while adding a remarkable closing chapter to his incredible body of work.

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Tokyo 2017
AnalogPlanet Visits Hana Cartridge Manufacturer Excel Sound Corporation (revised)
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 04, 2017  |  First Published: Oct 04, 2017  |  9 comments
Just before heading to Tokyo's Narita airport to go home, AnalogPlanet.com editor Michael Fremer stopped by at Excel Sound Corporation in Yokohama, which manufactures Hana brand cartridges as well as OEM-ing for many other brands.

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Tokyo 2017
AnalogPlanet Visits Japanese Optical Cartridge Manufacturer DS Audio
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 03, 2017  |  First Published: Oct 03, 2017  |  1 comments
After the Tokyo International Audio Show 2017 and just before heading for the airport to go home, AnalogPlanet editor Michael Fremer visited two Japanese cartridge manufacturers. The first one was DS Audio, located in the Sagami-Ono, Kanagawa Prefecture about an hour from Tokyo.

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Tokyo 2017
Tokyo International Audio Show 2017 Day 2
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 02, 2017  |  First Published: Oct 02, 2017  |  1 comments
A surprise encounter with Lyra cartridge designer Jonathan Carr and Osamu Nagao began day 2. The rest of the day was spent walking through the show and observing from a distance. Between the packed rooms and the language barrier, asking questions was difficult and often led to wrong answers.

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