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Nick Culp's "The Culprit's Blues" Goes Back to The Future
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 14, 2017  |  6 comments
You’ve probably seen or at least heard about Damien Chazelle’s musical “La La Land”, about a musician (Ryan Gosling) whose less than fully expressed mission was to “save jazz”. He brings his turntable and retro-record collection to Los Angeles where he lives in a crummy apartment and makes ends meet by playing in a piano bar.

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AnalogPlanet Radio
AnalogPlanet Radio's WFDU HD2 "Saint Patrick's Day" Radio Show Streams Now
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 13, 2017  |  7 comments
Today's AnalogPlanet Radio show celebrates Saint Patrick's Day with an eclectic assortment of tunes and artists designed to demonstrate the strong connection between Irish and American music. Van Morrison once famously quipped that American soul music derives from Irish music.

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Video Reviews
Roy Orbison "Black&WhiteNight 30" Blu-ray Has it All (And More)
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 12, 2017  |  12 comments
Thirty years after the stars came out in an unprecedented outpouring of love and respect to back Roy Orbison at L.A.'s Cocoanut Grove Ballroom, fans can finally see it all and hear it as never before in the original running order in which it was performed.

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AAA VinylNews
Fans Demand More Blue Notes From Music Matters!
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 11, 2017  |  7 comments
A group of determined fans of both the Blue Note jazz catalog and the Music Matters reissues, which are always done from tape and done correctly recently started a drive to convince the label to issue more of Blue Notes after the label apparently decided it had released a sufficient number.

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Album Reviews
Judith Owen's "Somebody's Child" Will Move You
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 09, 2017  |  4 comments
It doesn't slight to this well-produced, thoroughly engaging record to write that singer/songwriter/pianist/raconteur Judith Owen is best experienced live in concert.

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News
Definitive Audio's Music Matters 12 Event Is This Thursday March 9th 5PM-9PM
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 07, 2017  |  4 comments
If you live in the Seattle-Tacoma area, why not spend an evening at Definitive Audio listening to good music on great audio gear hosted by representatives from many of the industry's top manufacturers? I'll be there too.

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AnalogPlanet Radio
AnalogPlanet Radio's WFDU HD2 "Get Happy" Radio Show Streams Now
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 06, 2017  |  4 comments
The Costello album cover is misleading. Today's show is mostly a collection of happy songs, not a spotlight on Elvis Costello's great R&B tribute album.
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Turntable Reviews
Shinola’s “Plug’n’Play” Runwell Turntable
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 05, 2017  |  50 comments
It’s no secret that when Shinola decided to add a turntable to its product roster, the Detroit, Michigan based manufacturer chose to consult for the design with New Jersey based VPI Industries.

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AnalogPlanet Radio
AnalogPlanet Radio's WFDU HD2 "Potpouri" Radio Show Streams Now
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 27, 2017  |  8 comments
Today's show is a mix of "stuff" including from records pressed at the new Third Man Pressing Plant. Also comparisons between Analogue Productions' and Electric Recording Company's versions of Prestige monos and AAA and DSD sourced "Satisfaction" vinyl. And yes, if I sound sorta tired it's because I was!
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News
Third Man Pressing Plant Party Was a "Ya'Alta" Like Event
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 26, 2017  |  15 comments
Jack White marked the opening of his new Third Man Pressing plant in a reinvigorated Detroit neighborhood by throwing a grand, festive, sometimes rowdy rock'n'roll (semi-formal attire requested) party. Among the invited "F.O.V.s" (Friends of Vinyl) were most of the owners of America's major and minor pressing plants. The gathering was probably the first time all of these once battered, now thriving survivors of the fading CD era assembled in one place to celebrate the unlikely resurgence of vinyl records.

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