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Album Reviews
When Jazz Giants Roamed The Earth!
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 20, 2012  |  1 comments
Imagine a hard bop jam session featuring three tenor sax greats: Johnny Griffin, Hank Mobley and John Coltrane. Add Lee Morgan on trumpet and propel them with the rhythm section of Wynton Kelly on piano, Paul Chambers on bas and Art Blakey on drums.
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Beatles
Beatles Vinyl Remastered, Finally Coming, Shipping Mid-November
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 20, 2012  |  31 comments
After a delay of a few years, due to the meticulousness of all involved, The Beatles catalog will finally be reissued in the format in which it's meant to be heard and has always sounded best: vinyl.
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Used Record Buying Tips
When In New Orleans, It's Euclid Records!
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 22, 2012  |  13 comments
I'm in New Orleans this weekend at the Annual National Cardigan Welsh Corgi Board Meeting. No, I don't show dogs but my wife does and she's on the board so like a good hubby I tagged along.
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Set-Up Tips
Have We Opened a Digital Can of Worms?
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 23, 2012  |  19 comments
Have we opened a digital can of worms recommending using a USB microscope to set SRA (Stylus Rake Angle)?
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News
Mastering Engineer Jon Astley on The Who 14 LP Box Set Coming From MCA
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 25, 2012  |  11 comments
UMG/MCA recently announced a new 14 LP The Who studio recordings box set featuring 11 titles (Tommy and Quadrophenia were double LPs).
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News
@analogplanet is The New Analogplanet.com Twitter Account Address
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 27, 2012  |  14 comments
Follow me on Twitter. Just signed up (succumbed is more like it) so it will take a while to get up to speed but now when I visit a used record store of something interesting happens in the vinyl world (or whatever else) you'll be the first to know!
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Features
Win a Blu-ray Copy of "Paul Simon Live In New York City" (Contest Cancelled)
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 30, 2012  |  6 comments
We have a copy to give away of Paul Simon's new concert Blu-ray disc "Live in New York City," courtesy Concord Music. WARNING: It will not play on your turntable!
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Set-Up Tips
Another Angle on the "Digital Can of Worms"
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 30, 2012  |  7 comments
To continue the discussion of whether or not using a USB microscope to set stylus rake angle is a good or bad idea, please look at the drawing accompanying this post.

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Album Reviews
"Belafonte Sings the Blues" at 45rpm From IMPEX
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 01, 2012  |  6 comments
Conceptually, Harry Belafonte singing the blues probably strikes some as inauthentic. After all, Belafonte's introduction to American audiences was as "the king of calypso" singing "Matilda" and "The Banana Boat Song" that much later was used by The New York Yankees and Ray Davies as a crowd rouser.
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Beatles
CORRECTION! PLEASE READ! Exclusive! New Beatles Box Production Details
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 02, 2012  |  27 comments
Last night I spoke with an EMI executive about the upcoming Beatles Box Set. While he is setting up an interview with Abbey Road mastering engineer Sean Magee that will have to wait until Magee is "off shift," he did provide some useful information.
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