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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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News
Porterhouse Records to Release X's Punk Classic Wild Gift on 180 Vinyl
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 28, 2009  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  0 comments
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Reprise to release Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers' The Live Anthology
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 26, 2009  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  0 comments

In five different formats!

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Phono Preamp Reviews
Nagra BPS phono preamplifier
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 24, 2009  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  2 comments
This tiny, lightweight, battery-powered jewel is loosely based on Nagra's VPS phono stage that I reviewed in October 2008 but uses bipolar transistors instead of tubes. The bottom of the company's familiar brushed-aluminum case has a grippy rubber material die-cut to spell Nagra. It's intended to keep the preamp from sliding, but stiff cables will have the BPS hanging in the air if you're not careful. The BPS costs $2399.
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Phono Preamp Reviews
Lamm LP2 Deluxe phono preamplifier
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 18, 2009  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  0 comments
In an ideal world, I'd have every phono section I've reviewed in the past 16 years on hand to compare with these three and with all that arrive in the future. But because I have a life, I don't, and I wouldn't even if I could, though some readers (and one retailer) have insisted that that's the only way that I could possibly be of any use to them. Ha! And for those who are concerned that I've neglected the Manley Steelhead, not so! It's still my reference.
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Album Reviews
Still #1 Record Issued on 200g Vinyl
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 01, 2009  |  0 comments

Caught in 1972 between The Beatles and Byrds pop/folk undertow and too early to catch the indie rock wave pioneered by bands like REM later in the decade, commercial failure was all but assured for Big Star, aided by what many at the time considered was a bad Memphis, TN based record company roll out with spotty distribution and less than stellar promotion.

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Album Reviews
Mo-Fi In Pepperland
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 01, 2009  |  0 comments

For the most part, the best Art Pepper could do in 1972 when this set was issued was listen to and talk about old performances and old tapes. He recorded only one album during an extended period of inactivity stretching from 1968 to 1975.

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Album Reviews
A Big Mac Attack!
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 01, 2009  |  2 comments

Mac “Dr. John” Rebenack’s soulful plea for the resurrection of his beloved New Orleans comes on funky and optimistic on the opener “Keep on Goin’,” but on the next tune, “Time For A Change,” with Eric Clapton, Rebenack’s showing a little fed-upedness with lines like “Stop the money made at the cost of life.”

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Album Reviews
Oscar Trades Solos With Stitt
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 01, 2009  |  0 comments

This set, recorded May 1959 in Paris during a Jazz at the Philharmonic tour finds Sonny Stitt on the Oscar Peterson guest list mostly playing alto with some tenor thrown in for good measure.

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Album Reviews
All-Star Group Delivers a Set of Redd Originals
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 01, 2009  |  0 comments

The proliferation of Blue Note reissues on double vinyl, SACD and most recently XRCD has led to the inevitable negative reaction with some people complaining that the label’s mythological status is overblown.

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