Michael Fremer

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Radiohead's Thom Yorke To Release Atoms For Peace Side Project on Double LP and Double LP "Deluxe" Editions
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 30, 2013  |  1 comments
Atoms For Peace is a Thom Yorke side project collaboration with producer Nigel Godrich, Red Hot Chili Pepper bassist Flea, drummer Joey Waronker (son of former WB Records exec Lenny), and Brazilian percussionist Moro Rofosco.
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Analogue Productions Readies Doors Box Set and Separate Box For Those Already Owning the Albums (Updated Again)
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 30, 2013  |  2 comments
Analogue Productions will have for sale on February 5th a deluxe box set edition of its six double 45rpm 180g Doors reissues. The magnetic door front opening box (there must be a tech-packaging name for it that I don't know) is beautifully and ruggedly manufactured inside and out. It feature a gray cast covering containing a ghostly iconic image of Jim Morrison on the front cover and the group on the back.
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Album Reviews
"It's Monk's Time"—Speakers Corner Reissues Columbia Records Monk Classic
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 30, 2013  |  4 comments
A few months ago my friend and fellow Stereophile writer (not to mention Pulitzer Prize winner, author of a new book "Insurgents" about General Patraeus, etc.) Fred Kaplan and I were lamenting the absence of reissues of Thelonious Monk's Columbia catalog.
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Reference Recordings to Release New Doug MacLeod Album on CD and Double 45rpm LP
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 05, 2013  |  1 comments
On March 12, 2013 Reference Recordings will release a CD version and then sometime later a double 45rpm 1/2 speed mastered 200 gram Quality Record Pressings edition of a new recording by Piedmont blues specialist Doug MacLeod.
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Book Reviews
Basic Disc Mastering: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About LP Mastering And More
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 01, 2013  |  11 comments
Disc mastering veteran Larry Boden released the first edition of his book "Basic Disc Mastering" back in 1978. He self-published the fifty page book because he was so often asked about the disc mastering process he figured a book made sense.
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Bryan Ferry to Release on Mono Vinyl "The Jazz Age" A New Instrumental Album
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 10, 2013  |  12 comments
While his solo career is littered with covers, on this new Bryan Ferry album, the covers are of his own songs performed instrumentally with "The Bryan Ferry Orchestra", a 1920's style emulation.
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Album Reviews
"Monk's Dream" IMPEX Reissue Makes The Most of Master Tape
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 11, 2013  |  2 comments
Yes, yet another Thelonious Monk reissue review. What can I tell you? Love that Monk. Criss-Cross with the same quartet (and in serious need of a reissue) was the second jazz record I ever bought and it made an even bigger impression than Coltrane's My Favorite Things, which was my first.
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"For What It's Worth" With Gary Dell'Abate and Jon Hein Premiers Thursday February 21st at 10 PM on VH1 Classic
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 12, 2013  |  5 comments
The long awaited announcement came today of VH1 Classic's new television series "For What It's Worth" starring Gary Dell'Abate and Jon Hein. The series premiers Thursday February 10th, 2013 and will continue weekly on Thursday evenings through March.
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"When Albums Ruled The World" BBC Documentary
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 13, 2013  |  10 comments
I was alerted to a terrific BBC documentary currently on YouTube about the "golden age" of vinyl.
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Album Reviews
Ella's in the Room on This Double 45rpm "Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!" Reissue From Analogue Productions
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 15, 2013  |  4 comments
Ella's lushly orchestrated songbook albums were popular when first issued in the '50s and '60s and again more recently as reissues. They were not just popular. They were transformational, whether she was re-interpreting Cole Porter, the Gershwins, Ellington, Irving Berlin or Jerome Kern.
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