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Elton John Gets the Bass Back on UMG's SACD Reissue

Michael Fremer | Mar 03, 2005 | 0 comments

When MCA's UNI division originally issued this album in 1970, it became an immediate hit. Though it was Elton's second album (Empty Skies came first), but was issued later in the United States), it was his first produced by Gus Dudgeon and arranged by the brilliant Paul Buckmaster.

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Elvis' Golden Records Volume 3 From ORG at 45rpm

Michael Fremer | Jun 04, 2014 | 9 comments

With most artists, by the time you get to the third greatest hits album you're scraping the bottom of the barrel but not with Elvis Presley. In fact, it could easily be argued that Volume 3 was the "sweet spot" among the original RCA Elvis's greatest hits releases. It's also the first from Elvis's stereo era.

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The set includes mostly crowd pleasing staples

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Famous Blue Raincoat Sounding Better Than Ever Michael Fremer | views-field-created"> Nov 21, 2015 | 16 comments

"Jenny Sings Lenny" as Mr. Cohen playfully referenced this album in a cartoon included in the original release's liner notes but for some reason omitted here, both technically and musically has never sounded better.

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Ferguslie Park Reissued by Intervention Records Michael Fremer | views-field-created"> Aug 03, 2015 | 24 comments

Long time Gerry Rafferty fans were thrilled for the long-suffering artist when he finally had a hit single under his own name with “Baker Street”, taken from his late ‘70s release City to City.

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First Flight To Tokyo—Recently Discovered 1961 Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers Live Concert Coming Nov. 5th Michael Fremer | views-field-created"> Sep 15, 2021 | First Published: Sep 15, 2021 | 6 comments

Blue Note releases November 5th First Flight To Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings a recently uncovered Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers 1961 live recording at Tokyo's Hibiya Public Hall featuring the classic lineup of Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Bobby Timmons and Jymie Merritt.

like Parker's "Now's the Time", Monk's "Round About Midnight" and Timmons' "Moanin'", which you can stream or download at that link.

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Gimme Some Truth John Lennon The Ultimate Mixes Michael Fremer | views-field-created"> Oct 09, 2020 | 30 comments

Another murder most foul to revisit. Where were you on December 8th 1980 when the terrible news broke that John Lennon had been assassinated? A girlfriend and I were having dinner with Chuck and Nancy (not Schumer and Pelosi) and with Arnold and Maria (yes, Schwarzenegger and Shriver).

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Graceland At Twenty Five Michael Fremer | views-field-created"> May 10, 2012 | 20 comments

Twenty five years later, it’s easy to forget that Graceland, the album many consider to be Paul Simon’s finest musical achievement, was mired in controversy because of the continuing disgraceland that was apartheid South Africa. Nelson Mandela was still jailed and protests erupted on college campuses and in the halls of government around the world.

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Happier Than Ever Is Billie Eilish’s Brilliantly Dark Fame Diary

Michael Fremer, | Aug 29, 2021 | 7 comments

This July, Billie Eilish released her highly anticipated second LP, Happier Than Ever. After some contention as to who would review this release, AnalogPlanet editor Michael Fremer and contributing editor Malachi Lui agreed to both comment on it. Below is their conversation about the record.

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Help! Mono Reissue Mirrors Original

Michael Fremer | Sep 03, 2014 | 23 comments

After the unexpected sophistication of “A Hard Day’s Night”, the goofy follow up movie that probably served as The Monkees’ TV show template was disappointing. The 14 song Parlophone Help album was not.

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Highway 61 Revisited Revisited By Mobile Fidelity at 45rpm

Michael Fremer | Jul 01, 2014 | 38 comments

Dylan's previous album Bringing It All Back Home arguably contains the first rap song ("Subterranean Homesick Blues") and is associated with the first rock video—the one where he holds up those cue cards with some of the lyrics—but this album made Dylan a rock star. The cover photo remains iconic and enigmatic: Dylan as The Mona Lisa?

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