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Utrecht Record Fair Day Two
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 26, 2013  |  3 comments
Day two of the Utrecht Record Fair was less crowded, as my hosts predicted it would be, but still, in the morning at least, it was plenty crowded as record buyers returned for the discounts many vendors offered, hoping to sell records rather than schlep them home (or to the next record fair somewhere in Europe).

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Dane Cook and Comedy Central Team to Release Vinyl Edition of Comedian's Platinum Selling Album
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 02, 2013  |  3 comments
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the release of comedian/actor Dane Cook's album Harmful If Swallowed, Comedy Central Records recently announced a limited edition vinyl version with exclusive new artwork. The one thousand copy edition went on sale earlier this month.
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"Uncle Meat" and "Roxy and Elsewhere" Reissued On Vinyl By Zappa Records/Barking Pumpkin Records—Sources Revealed
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 04, 2013  |  8 comments
The Zappa Family Trust recently announced remastered vinyl reissues of these two significant double LP Frank Zappa records.
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Beach House Announces Gene Clark "No Other" Project and Tour
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 05, 2013  |  6 comments
The Baltimore based band Beach House (Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally) announced today a tour "in celebration" of Gene Clark's 1974 album No Other. Members of Fleet Foxes, Grizzly Bear and Fairport Convention—ten musicians in total plus chorus— will join the duo to perform the album in its entirely.

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The 78 Project Readies For Release Vinyl Edition of Volume 1 Of a One-Of-A Kind Recording Project
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 15, 2013  |  4 comments
The 78 Project releases on January 28th, 2014, the Volume 1 Soundtrack album to the acclaimed web series that chronicles recordings made using a 1930's vintage Presto direct-to-acetate disc recorder similar to the one Alan Lomax used for his field recordings made between 1933 and 1942.

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Music Matters Returns to 33 1/3 and Some Mono For New Blue Note Reissues
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 18, 2013  |  29 comments
Music Matters, the jazz reissue label best known for its beautifully packaged double 45rpm stereo jazz reissues cut by Kevin Gray from original analog master tapes recently announced a new 33 1/3 Blue Note series. While this may sound like "old news" to some, please listen up!

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RTI: a Victim of Industrial Sabotage, A Shipping Snafu, Or Just Getting Sloppy?
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 19, 2013  |  43 comments
When a copy of the new Roy Orbison box set arrived in the mail the other day it was cause for celebration for this big Roy fan. The box includes Roy's first three Monument albums that I already had, both original Monument pressings and Classic Records' reissues, superbly remastered by Bernie Grundman from the original tapes.

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Kronos Audio Products to Introduce Lower Priced Sparta Turntable at the International CES Show
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 23, 2013  |  8 comments
Canada based Kronos Audio Products announced the introduction of Sparta, a lower priced edition of its dual platter turntable design. The new dual platter $21,000 'table (introductory price) is similar in concept to the more expensive Kronos Limited Edition and Kronos PRO models.

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RTI Absolved: Shipping Snafu Caused These Abrasions
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 01, 2014  |  18 comments
What caused the abrasions seen in the picture of the one of four abraded LPs in the Record Store Day Roy Orbison box set? Analogplanet asked the question and wondered whether it was industrial sabotage, sloppy handing or a shipping snafu. We now think we have an answer.

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Simon Yorke Introduces a 45rpm-only Record Player!
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 10, 2014  |  18 comments
Turntable manufacturer Simon Yorke just announced the limited edition S45 record player designed exclusively to play 45s and only 45s.
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New York City's 92nd Street "Y" Celebrates 50 Years of The Beatles in the USA
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 22, 2014  |  5 comments
Peter Asher, Donovan, Billy J. Kramer and others will take part in an evening of intimate conversation on Thursday February 6th, 2014. 50 years earlier to the day The Beatles were preparing to leave London for their first visit to America. They arrived at New York's Idlewild Airport to thousands of screaming fans and held a now famous press conference.
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Ending the Peter, Paul & Mary Mystery!
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 23, 2014  |  65 comments
Thousands have read the story and more than one hundred of you have voted. No doubt had the story run longer, more would have participated but there's no need to continue because the results already speak for themselves and in fact did so early on.

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Masterdisk Offer Lets You Give the Valentine's Day Gift That Keeps on Giving
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 03, 2014  |  6 comments
New York City based Masterdisk has come up with a unique Valentine's Day gift.

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Butterscotch Records, Record Retailer Touch Vinyl, Audeze Headphones And UCLA Radio Team to Present Music & Hi Fi Event
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 04, 2014  |  8 comments
(photo by Christopher Vetur, who is forgiven for the fingers on the grooves)

A record label, a record store, a high end headphone manufacturer a college radio station and a well-respected mastering engineer team up with recording artists to present an event touting high quality sound from vinyl records.

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33,799,783 + Long Playing Records Pressed Worldwide in 2013! (Total Updated 2/13/14)
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 06, 2014  |  28 comments
Based on numbers publicly disclosed or provided to analogplanet.com by most of the world's vinyl pressing plants, the total number of records pressed worldwide in 2013 was well in excess of 30,759,242.

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