Michael Fremer

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Record Buying Tips
Tips on Some Good VICs!
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 25, 2014  |  8 comments
You say you don't want to spend hundreds on an original LSC-1806 "Living Stereo" or LSC-1817 or $1500 on the Soria box set LDS-6065? That's understandable. By the numbers: LSC-1806 is the 1954 stereo spectacular "Also Sprach Zarathustra" with Fritz Reiner conducting the Chicago Symphony. Of course RCA couldn't issue it on vinyl in 1954, though it did issue it in stereo on reel to reel tape well before the vinyl, which didn't get released until 1960.

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News
TMZ Reports Joni Mitchell in Coma, Unresponsive (Updated)
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 28, 2015  |  First Published: Apr 28, 2015  |  15 comments
The website TMZ reported today that Joni Mitchell is in a coma and unresponsive ("with no immediate prospects for getting better").

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Album Reviews
To Duffy, With Love
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 01, 2010  |  0 comments

Whatever "it" is, Welsh born 23 year old Duffy has it. If you're old enough to remember and were a fan of Lulu's "To Sir With Love,"  you'll love Duffy's surprising debut, co-produced by Suede guitarist Bernard Butler, who's had an extensive solo and collaborative career since the breakup of that '90's band, the very busy Jimmy Hogarth, producer of Susan Vega's excellent Beauty and Crime reviewed elsewhere on this site as well as co-producer of James Blunt's unfairly reviled debut album, among many others and Steve Booker. 

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News
Today is Your Last Chance to Watch "Concert For Bangla Desh" Free
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 31, 2011  |  0 comments
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Tokyo 2017
Tokyo International Audio Show 2017 Day 1
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 29, 2017  |  First Published: Sep 29, 2017  |  2 comments
The 2017 Tokyo International Audio Show is a relatively small show, taking place in a rather large convention center. In that it somewhat like the Bangkok show we recently covered, but it is considerably larger and has greater industry participation.

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Tokyo 2017
Tokyo International Audio Show 2017 Day 2
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 02, 2017  |  First Published: Oct 02, 2017  |  1 comments
A surprise encounter with Lyra cartridge designer Jonathan Carr and Osamu Nagao began day 2. The rest of the day was spent walking through the show and observing from a distance. Between the packed rooms and the language barrier, asking questions was difficult and often led to wrong answers.

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AAA VinylNews
Tom Petty’s Wildflowers & All the Rest  (Not Quite) "All Analog" Box Set Cut From ½” Master Tapes Coming October 16th From Warner Records (SOURCE CLARIFICATION 8/21/2020)
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 20, 2020  |  First Published: Aug 20, 2020  |  30 comments
Arriving October 16th in multiple formats and configurations, Wildflowers & All the Rest features the original 1994 Wildflowers album, newly re-mastered and cut directly from the original ½” analog master tapes by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering and pressed at Record Industry in The Netherlands, plus unreleased tracks, solo demos, live performances, alternate versions and more—many of which were sourced from analog tape but then of necessity digitized..

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Tom Petty’s Wildflowers & All the Rest  Super Deluxe Box Set Opening—A World Premier!
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 25, 2020  |  First Published: Sep 25, 2020  |  13 comments
The Super Deluxe Box Set version of Tom Petty's Wildflowers and all the Rest Just arrived! It's not due out until mid October but AnalogPlanet got a world exclusive on it so here's the unboxing!

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TOM WAITS VINYL RECALL ISSUED BY RHINO!
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 30, 2011  |  1 comments
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Album Reviews
Tommy Comes to SACD in 5.1 channels REVISED REVIEW
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 01, 2004  |  0 comments

Who producer Kit Lambert flew to New York Spring of 1969 to supervise the mastering of Tommy for American Decca’s 2 LP release (Decca 7205). With the lacquers cut, Lambert declared the results a “masterpiece” and celebrated by incinerating the tapes. So the oft-repeated story goes. Fortunately, it’s not a true story, for during the tape research for this special edition, the original 2 track master tape was discovered in a storage vault. That leads one to wonder what Mobile Fidelity used a few years ago for its “Original Master Recording” gold CD issue, but why cry over spilt polycarbonate and gold sputtering when this superb edition is now available?

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