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Now! You Can Own Every Record Ever Made!

Michael Fremer | Apr 30, 2010 | First Published: Dec 31, 1969 | 0 comments

(Note: over time since this was first posted, we've gotten complaints from some readers about glaring omissions in the Mog "catalog." No Kinks, among others.

We probably should have made clear that we were

saying "every record every made" with tongue firmly in cheek. No doubt there are holes, some gaping, in the Mog catalog that hopefully will be filled over time by licensing deals.)—MF

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Columbia/Legacy Reissues Miles's Transitional Masterpiece on 180 Gram Vinyl Michael Fremer | Apr 01, 2010 | 1 comments

Maybe the soundtrack to your life didn’t exist in 1969, or if you’re fortyish, was filtered through an amniotic sack. 1969 was an unsettling year. The fall was post-Woodstock and spelled the end of the ‘60s, though what we now think of as “the ‘60’s” arguably didn’t happen until the ‘70s.

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Veteran Minneapolis Duo Score With Tuneful Soft Rock Gem! Michael Fremer | Apr 01, 2010 | 0 comments

This slab of red vinyl got plopped on the turntable and listened to before the unnoticed press blurb stuffed into the gatefold jacket made returning it from where it came impossible.

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Mobile Fidelity Reissues Classic Crenshaw

Michael Fremer | Mar 01, 2010 | 1 comments

Only in retrospect does the “high concept” of Marshall Crenshaw’s remarkable 1982 debut assert itself: marry infectious ‘50s and ‘60’s-like rock’n’roll tunes with the then modern chorus guitar effects popularized by The Police’s Andy Summers. Maybe that wasn’t the plan, but that’s sure what it sounds like! That, or what a vintage Seeburg or Wurlitzer juke box would sound like heard from outside of the malt shop teen hang out.

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