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These Six Upcoming Blue Notes Will Have a Vinyl Edition
Michael Fremer  |  May 28, 2020  |  First Published: May 28, 2020  |  12 comments
Blue Note yesterday announced six upcoming jazz titles that will be issued on vinyl. We haven't an image for the Frisell album at this time.

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Album Reviews
They Beat Their Own!
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 01, 2012  |  1 comments

This eclectic instrumental group combines synth, drums, guitars, bass and cello to produce a hard driving, propulsive percussive sound that's  rich with scraping, edgy textures one minute and warm, inviting and lagoon-like the next—though almost always with strong forward motion.

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They Came Back —One Store's RSD 2018 Story
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 24, 2018  |  First Published: Apr 24, 2018  |  6 comments
Thanks to an anonymous source, here's one record store's RSD story: Comeback Vinyl opened 2014 in Atlanta and just recently moved to its current Alpharetta, GA. location. These photos, showing the line stretched around the block, are from last week's Record Store Day. Clearly customers did "Comeback" to Comeback Vinyl!

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Can I Have My Money Back?
Third Man +1 Pressing Party Winner Here!
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 21, 2017  |  First Published: 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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Third Man Records Announced Exclusive 4 LP Dylan Bootleg Series, Vol. 16 (1980-1985) Release
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 27, 2021  |  First Published: Jul 27, 2021  |  3 comments
Third Man Records recently announced this 4 LP box set containing 42 tracks not available on the Sony/Legacy 2 LP set edition of Bob Dylan-Springtime In New York: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 16 (1980-1985) (the tracks will be included in the deluxe 5 CD box set). To purchase this set you must subscribe to Third Man Records Vault ($65/quarter) and you'll automatically receive it.

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Third Man Releases Three Key Muddy Waters Singles on 45rpm Vinyl
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 15, 2017  |  First Published: Sep 15, 2017  |  5 comments
Third Man Records today released three key Muddy Waters Chess singles originally released on 78rpm shellac. The three are "Rollin' Stone" b/w "Walkin' Blues", "She's All Right" b/w "Sad, Sad Day" and "Mannish Boy" b/w "Young Fashioned Ways".

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Third Man Starts The Presses in Detroit February 25th!
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 19, 2017  |  First Published: Jan 19, 2017  |  20 comments
Jack White's Third Man Records today announced the opening on February 25th of its new Detroit pressing plant in the heart of the city's historic Cass corridor neighborhood, down the block from the Shinola store.

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Third Man To Release on 2, 2 LP Volumes First Ever Music From Ann Arbor Blues Festival 1969
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 09, 2019  |  First Published: Jul 09, 2019  |  5 comments
Third Man Records will release on Friday August 2nd, previously unheard live recordings from the 1969 Ann Arbor Blues Festival. The 50th anniversary release includes live performances from Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Son House, B.B. King, Magic Sam, T-Bone Walker, James Cotton, Junior Wells, Big Mama Thornton, Otis Rush and many others.

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AAA VinylCES 2015
This $430 Electric Recording Company Record Mesmerized Listeners at CES 2016
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 12, 2016  |  First Published: Jan 12, 2016  |  29 comments
I brought to CES 2016 this £300 Electric Recording Company reissue of Recital Magda Tagliaferro because as well as sharing the experience with friends and colleagues I wanted to watch their reactions to it.

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This Is How It's Done: Analogue Productions Readies the Stevie Ray Vaughan Catalog Cut Using Master Tapes
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 19, 2012  |  32 comments
With all of the reissues coming from questionable sources or proudly proclaiming their "digital-ness" ala The Beatles Box, we're fortunate to have labels like Analogue Productions, Mobile Fidelity, ORG, IMPEX, Rhino and the others cutting lacquers from analog tapes.
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