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Herbie Goes Bananas
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 01, 2009  |  0 comments

You could accuse Herbie Mann (Herbert James Solomon) of “selling out” his serious jazz career for pop music stardom but that wouldn’t be fair.

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S&G Classic Reissued Yet Again—Don't Miss it This Time
 |  Dec 01, 2009  |  0 comments

sound and music ratings approximate until review is posted. REVIEWTOCOME

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Album Reviews
Capitol Reissues The Band's Second Album on 180g Vinyl
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 01, 2009  |  0 comments

Note: since this review was originally posted February of 2009, we have learned of the existence of a flat transfer made from the now missing master tape. The version reviewed here was almost certainly mastered from a digital transfer done using some analog "work parts" and some digital sources not clearly identified in Capitol's original CD reissue series.

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Features
Ten Years Into The Digital Revolution: A Continuing Disaster in Sound
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 30, 2009  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  0 comments
Ed. note: In light of Bob Dylan's recent Rolling Stone interview in which he championed vinyl and complained both about CDs and modern recorded sound, we thought it appropriate to bring this to the home page yet again:

Back in 1994, ten years into the "digital revolution," the editor of Tower Records's "Pulse" magazine, bravely commissioned me to write an article expressing my feelings about digital sound, ten years after the introduction of the compact disc. It was published in "Pulse!" much to my delight. I thought you might find it interesting in 2005--MF

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Features
21st Century Vinyl: Michael Fremer's Practical Guide to Turntable Set-Up
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 30, 2009  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  0 comments

An anxiety-reducing DVD that takes the mystery out of vinyl playback

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Features
"It's a Vinyl World, After All" DVD Now Available!
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 30, 2009  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  1 comments

Can DVD number 2 match the first? Video being shot at RTI last August

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Features
I Blew My MTV Audition
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 30, 2009  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  0 comments
Back in 1980 or so, in Los Angeles, I had a disastrous try-out to be one of the original MTV VJs. I had no idea what the content was going to be, but having been on the radio and having done stand-up, I figured why not try out? By the time I wrote the article below, which appeared in Los Angeles music magazine "Music Connection" the week of April 12th-25th 1984 (25 years ago!), MTV had gone from pretty bad to much worse. So I wrote this arbor of sour grapes that I thought you might find amusing now that MTV is no longer about music.-Ed.
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News
Warner Brothers Announces Neil Young Box Release Date: November 24th
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 06, 2009  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  1 comments
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I’ve Been Waiting for you and You’ve Been Coming to me for Such a Long Time
 |  Nov 01, 2009  |  0 comments

Outsiders examining this ten disc (Blu-ray or DVD), 128 track, sumptuously packaged, excruciatingly detailed, image-laden, minutia packed, monolith of a box set, whose complex menu navigation system more closely resembles a video game than a movie, can be forgiven for mistaking Neil Young for a raving egomaniac.

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Features
157 In-Print LPs You Should Own!
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 30, 2009  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  1 comments

By Armegeddon (however the Evangelical wet-dream is spelled) this article will be TOTALLY updated!


157 In-Print LPs You Should Own! Soon to be Updated.....Yea, sure. That's what you've been saying for more than a year....(sorry but soon, really!)


Okay, that's a ridiculous headline. It's the kind of cynical ploy you see on magazine covers to attract attention. These are really 157 LPs I do own, some of which you probably will enjoy and should own, and some of which you will probably hate. No doubt you already own some.

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