Here are two hours of vinyl-created Christmas music for you to play and share with your loved ones, curated and hosted by Analogplanet editor Michael Fremer.
Personal effects belonging to the late Harry Pearson, founder of The Absolute Sound—and it can be argued the modern high performance audio industry, are currently being auctioned on Audiogon and Ebay.
A recent sales blurb from UMe's "The Sound of Vinyl" website reads:
"Using the original analog master tapes this artisan process results in cuts that have superior high frequency response (treble) and very solid and stable stereo images. In short, a very high quality master that helps to create a very high quality record."
One of the greatest Broadway shows ever was also one of the great recordings of the dawning stereo era. Just reissued by Razor & Tie imprint Analog Spark and sourced using the original 3 track analog master tape, the music leaps from the speakers with new found conviction intensity and astonishing transparency.
The best album with one of the worst covers ever (well, at least of that era), has only grown in stature since it was first released in the Spring of 1966.
Let's say you want to both play vinyl and stream your Christmas music. If so, UMe has a swell promotion for you that combines streaming and a chance to win a vinyl copy of this Les Paul & Mary Ford Christmas album.
Chad Kassem's got a vinyl selling website, a reissue label, a pressing plant and well-oiled licensing deals so what's left to do but a self-produced double vinyl Christmas compilation pressed on red and green?
Of course the only "ultimate" Sinatra collection for fans is having a huge collection of his albums on Columbia, Capitol and Reprise—the label he started—plus some of the original 78s from the late '30's up until the era of the long playing record.
Note: the original video embedded here was missing the final six minutes of the speech. Sorry. This video is the speech in its entirety.
Analogplanet.com editor Michael Fremer introduced VPI Industries' Harry Weisfeld at the annual Los Angeles & Orange County Audio Society's annual "Gala" Sunday, December 5th, 2015 in Buena Park, CA.