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Veteran Jazz Dealer Jeff Barr Opens Euphoria Records in Palm Desert, CA.
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 19, 2016  |  3 comments
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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AAA VinylAlbum Reviews
Sam Records Reissues Miles Davis's "ascenseur pour l’échafaud" Soundtrack in its Original 10" Format
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 18, 2016  |  18 comments
Best known to American Miles Davis fans as side one of the twelve inch Columbia Records LP release Jazz Track (CL1268), Ascenseur pour l’échafaud (“Elevator to the Scaffold”), the jazz soundtrack to the Louis Malle film was originally released in France in 1958 on the Fontana label as a 10” LP.

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Ten LP Kinks Mono Box Cut by Kevin Gray From Original Analog Masters
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 18, 2016  |  27 comments
A "Kinks in Mono" box set is due for release overseas shortly and in America on December 16th.

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Record Handling and Storage Tips
Record Racks From Tony's Woodshop
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 17, 2016  |  21 comments
A few years ago we alerted readers to an identical replacement record rack for the Per Madsen "Rackit" record storage system from TwoCan HiFi. ($99.95 if you order four or more, lesser amounts priced accordingly).

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AnalogPlanet Radio
AnalogPlanet Radio's WFDU HD2 Cassette-Sourced "Disco Inferno" Show
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 17, 2016  |  8 comments
Today's AnalogPlanet radio show is mostly sourced from a cassette mix tape I made in the mid-seventies. I pulled it out of a box and transferred it to CDs for use in my Pilates class after the others in the class complained about what my iPhone shuffle program dredged up, which often included dark Scott Walker songs.

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CleanerVinyl Is a Less Costly Ultrasonic Record Cleaning Alternative
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 17, 2016  |  19 comments
CleanerVinyl is yet another take on ultrasonic record cleaning.

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AAA VinylAlbum Reviews
"Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Songbook" Coming Soon From Analog Spark
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 15, 2016  |  14 comments
Originally released as a double LP back in 1956, Ella Fitzerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book was both the first of her "songbook" albums and the first release on Norman Granz's then brand new Verve Records (MG V-4001/2).

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RMAF 2016
RMAF 2016 Wrap Up
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 15, 2016  |  5 comments
Despite the hotel renovation problems that closed off most of the left side of the Denver Tech Marriott, 2016's Rocky Mountain Audio Festival went off with few technical glitches.

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R.I.P. Armando ("A.J.") Conti (Updated 10/13 10:22 PM)
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 13, 2016  |  12 comments
I am so sorry to report the passing of Basis Audio's Armando ("A.J.") Conti, one of the audio industry's nicest, most interesting and talented turntable and tone arm designers.

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AnalogPlanet Radio
AnalogPlanet Radio's Rolling Stones Mono Box Set Songs Revealed!
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 12, 2016  |  16 comments
October third's AnalogPlanet radio show was an all-Rolling Stones radio show that directly compared original American London and UK Decca mono pressings with the new The Rolling Stones in Mono ABKCO box set (one comparison included the mono first album in the ABKCO stereo box set).

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