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The New York Times Covers The Electric Recording Company
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 29, 2020  |  21 comments
The print edition of today's New York Times includes an article titled "The Vinyl? It's Pricey. The Sound? Otherworldly", written about The Electric Recording Company by music critic Ben Sisario. To prep for the article he visited, bringing with him an ERC mastered Johanna Martzy Bach Violin Sonatas recording and a newly mastered CD version produced by Warner Music Korea. He wanted to compare on the kind of system ERC buyers might own. He also visited The Electric Recording Company in London.

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The Stupidest Article Ever Written About Vinyl (by two guys running a vinyl label) !
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 11, 2013  |  39 comments
Please read the stupidest article ever written about the vinyl resurgence published online by The Wire.
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The Worst Print Ad Ever Created? (Not the One Pictured Below This Headline)
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 15, 2013  |  42 comments
Look at this print ad for the Manila Hi-Fi Show I recently attended. It is a model of clarity, good taste and communicates effectively the event. Do you agree?
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Third Man +1 Pressing Party Winner Here!
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 21, 2017  |  10 comments
s promised, I printed out the names of all of the AnalogPlanet readers interested in accompanying
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This Story Ran in The New York Daily News January 7th 1992
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 08, 2019  |  25 comments
The reporter called me "Mitchell" Fremer, and you might not recognize me in the photo taken 27 years ago, but the words will be familiar. I laid it all out in 1992 and I was correct! I had completely forgotten about this story and didn't even have a copy. I found it among my wife's aunt's papers.

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Too Much Death
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 29, 2015  |  24 comments
There's way too much death in the air lately. It's always there but it's coming now in Tsunami waves.

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Unearthed! Editor's 1977 Emerson College Television Show Appearance
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 25, 2015  |  17 comments
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When Is The Used Album You Buy Online Not the Album You Bought?
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 03, 2020  |  33 comments
Charles Lloyd pointed me towards the Chico Hamilton album A Different Journey (Reprise RS R9-6078) on which he plays, is musical director and wrote all of the tunes. I'd never heard of it or even seen it, so I went on DISCOGS and found a copy.

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Why I Hate The Felice Brothers' Cover of "This Magic Moment" in the Dell TV Commercial
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 26, 2014  |  36 comments
Even if you are an infrequent TV viewer, chances are you've seen the Dell commercial that uses as a music bed a cover of the great Doc Pomus/Mort Shuman song "This Magic Moment" originally performed by Ben E. King and The Drifters and later covered by Jay and The Americans among others. The only ads running more frequently are the ones that say "your erectile dysfunction is a matter of blood flow".
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Why The Beatles WFDU.fm HD2 Show Is No Longer on This Site
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 20, 2016  |  24 comments
My understanding, perhaps incorrect, is that because the radio show aired and is archived for streaming on a radio station that is a signatory to the licensing agreement that allows music to be played on the radio and streamed on the Internet in the first place, that it would be legal for me to put the show on Soundcloud and allow you to hear it.

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Why WSJ Writer Neil Shah’s Career is Over
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 08, 2017  |  69 comments
Back in 2015 Wall Steet Journal correspondent Neil Shah wrote a curious piece called “The Biggest Music Comeback of 2014: Vinyl Records”. Curious because while the headline heralds that “the biggest music comeback of 2014” was the resurgence of vinyl records, the story itself threw a mud caked wet blanket over the entire experience, one created by Mr. Shah’s cynical and highly selective use of the information he obtained by talking to people in the industry.

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Yes, You Can Replace Rotting Speaker Surrounds!
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 13, 2018  |  7 comments
Recently my mother-in-law's good friend needed to sell her late husband's audio gear and record collection so I went over to see what was there. She had a mint Denon DP-59L turntable fitted with an ADC XLM MKII cartridge, a Panasonic SA HE100 AV Control receiver and a pair of Boston Acoustics A100s, big floor stander two ways.

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“Rewind The Tape”!
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 15, 2015  |  First Published: Jun 16, 2015  |  48 comments
T.H.E. Show Newport kindly sent me the “Meet The Editors” “tape” that was the subject of some contention a few weeks ago.

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