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Analogplanet.com Radio?
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 05, 2015  |  35 comments
I was a guest today on Evan Toth's WFDU (Fairleigh Dickenson University) radio show. Mr. Toth called recently and asked if I'd like to be on his show, which runs on the Internet and I said "sure". His show is called "Garden State Sound" and features music by New Jersey artists.

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Analogplanet.com's New Year's Message
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 01, 2015  |  82 comments
2014 was a fantastic year for vinyl. 2015 looks to be an even better one. Analogplanet.com's editor Michael Fremer looks back on the year past and forward to next year on this "one take" video self-shot after a four day room-cleaning binge during which he discovered vinyl treasures hidden in plain sight.

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AnalogPlanet’s Last Minute 2022 Holiday Gift Guide!
Mike Mettler  |  Dec 21, 2022  |  4 comments

As we enter the final home stretch of the holiday season, and — c’mon, fess up now — you’re still contemplating gift-giving options for those on your list at this late hour, we here at AnalogPlanet thought we’d lend an eleventh-hour helping ear, er, hand. To wit: We’ve compiled a hopefully helpful list of analog gear, LP, and box set-related suggestions for anyone and everyone on your list, whether they’re budding analog-audiophile newbies, inveterate collectors, discerning listeners, or hardcore gearheads. The bottom line is, all analog-comers are welcome here on AP, and now it’s time to add some much-better-than-fruitcake ideas into the holiday shopping mix. Read on to find out what we feel are some of the most wonderful — and quite affordable — holiday options for one and all. . .

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Analogue Productions Announces Ultra Tape R2R Reissue Program
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 06, 2016  |  31 comments
Analogue Productions Ultra Tape is a new reel-to-reel reissue program that includes some highly sought after titles at 15IPS, 1/4 inch half-track..

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Analogue Productions Launches 25,000 Copy UHQR Miles Davis Kind of Blue
Michael Fremer  |  May 03, 2021  |  102 comments
It's the best selling jazz album ever, one of the most influential too, arguably the one that produced a shift from riffing on chord based tunes to modal excursions that gave musicians newfound improvisational freedom. Cynics and the selfish will react to yet another Kind of Blue reissue by claiming that "everyone" already owns a copy but of course that's not true. And no one owns a 200 gram UHQR Clarity vinyl copy pressed one at a time on a manual Finebuilt press.

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Analogue Productions Readies Doors Box Set and Separate Box For Those Already Owning the Albums (Updated Again)
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 30, 2013  |  2 comments
Analogue Productions will have for sale on February 5th a deluxe box set edition of its six double 45rpm 180g Doors reissues. The magnetic door front opening box (there must be a tech-packaging name for it that I don't know) is beautifully and ruggedly manufactured inside and out. It feature a gray cast covering containing a ghostly iconic image of Jim Morrison on the front cover and the group on the back.
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Analogue Productions Releases First Wave of Beach Boys Albums
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 22, 2015  |  2 comments
Analogue Productions has released its first wave of mono and stereo Beach Boys albums.

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Analogue Productions to Release Miles Davis’ Birth of the Blue, the Historic First Recording Session With the Kind of Blue Band, as a 180g LP on December 13; NYC Playback Session Set for December 4
Mike Mettler  |  Nov 14, 2024  |  9 comments

There are landmark LPs, and then there is Kind of Blue, Miles Davis’ indisputable August 1959 masterpiece on Columbia. As much as we truly love and can’t live without that historical album, we are beyond thrilled to hear that Analogue Productions is set to release Birth of the Blue — a 180g 1LP collection documenting the transformative first session held in 1958 by the same band that would go on to record Kind of Blue the following year — on December 13, 2024. Read on to see more about the new BotB LP and when/where you may be able to hear it firsthand before its official release. . .

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Analogy Records Sells Only Master Tapes
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 10, 2016  |  70 comments
The label is called "Analogy Records" but for now it doesn't sell records. It only sells "master tapes".

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Another Glitch
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 03, 2010  |  1 comments
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Another Great Fahey Reprise Album and an Interesting Comparison!
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 19, 2016  |  12 comments
A Fahey track from his previous Reprise album Of Rivers and Religion (MS 2089) was scheduled to post in the next few days, but another version also ripped from vinyl on Youtube got this one posted now.

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AP Exclusive Premiere: Dale Watson Shares an Acoustic Gem, “Streets of Gold,” From His Upcoming Starvation Box LP
Mike Mettler  |  Jul 07, 2023  |  1 comments

Texas-raised alt-country singer/guitarist Dale Watson likes to keep things authentic, and that’s exactly what’s he done with the 12 songs on his upcoming gutbucket-rockin’ Starvation Box LP on Cleopatra Records. AP has been asked to exclusively premiere “Streets of Gold” from the upcoming LP edition of Starvation Box which is set to be released as a 140g LP, so read on to get a taste of Watson’s patented deep baritone in action. . .

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Approximately 73,985,000 Records Pressed Worldwide in 2014 So How Can 9.2 Million Sold Be Correct? (Updated 5/4/15)
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 30, 2015  |  29 comments
The graphic above is incorrect but based upon projections for 2014. Nielsen/Soundscan reported recently that 9.2 million vinyl records were sold in 2014—a whopping 54% increase over 2013.

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ARC, the Literal ARChive of Contemporary Music, Is Looking for New, Permanent Home to Continue Preserving More Than 3 Million LPs and Other Historical Recording-Related Materials
Mike Mettler  |  Nov 14, 2023  |  9 comments

ARC, the ARChive of Contemporary Music, consists of the world’s largest music collection — it contains over 3 million LPs and other historical recording-related materials — but it is now looking for a new, permanent home. Read on to see ARC’s plans for the ongoing preservation and housing of this truly important collection — and how you may be able to help keep it going, if you so choose. . .

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Archive of Contemporary Music's "Swinging Summer Record Sale" Begins Saturday June 8th
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 04, 2013  |  1 comments
New York's Archive of Contemporary Music (ARC) announces its "Swinging Summer Record Sale" beginning Saturday June 8th through Sunday June 16th from 11AM to 6PM
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