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Video Highlights From the New York Audio Show 2022
Mike Mettler  |  Sep 13, 2022  |  First Published: Sep 13, 2022  |  6 comments

Our man about town, Ken Micallef, attended the New York Audio Show 2022 last week, and he was ever-so-gracious enough to share the following video footage with us, which shows some of the coolest gear he saw and heard at the show. Read on to see what he saw. . .

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Interviews
Steve Hackett Revisits the Roots of Genesis’ Seconds Out and More on Vinyl Both Virgin and New, Part I
Mike Mettler  |  Sep 08, 2022  |  First Published: Sep 08, 2022  |  12 comments

British guitar iconoclast Steve Hackett, a key member of Genesis during their 1970s heyday, has since forged a formidable solo career after he left that progressive-leaning group 45 years ago. In Part I of this interview series, Hackett tells AnalogPlanet exclusively about the aural differences between his new 4LP/2CD release Genesis Revisited: Seconds Out & More and Genesis’ original October 1977 Seconds Out 2LP set, which guitar solo of his he considers to be the most well-known Genesis guitar moment, and the challenges Genesis faced in the 1970s when they pushed the boundaries of just how much music could fit on one side of an LP. Read on to find out why the vinyl path is clear. . .

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Beatles
The Beatles’ Revolver Half-Speed-Mastered 180g 4LP/1 EP Special Edition Super Deluxe Box Set Is Coming Our Way October 28
Mike Mettler  |  Sep 07, 2022  |  First Published: Sep 07, 2022  |  32 comments

Turn off your mind, relax, and drop the needle. If you’ve been wondering which Beatles album would next get the mega-deluxe treatment following last year’s Let It Be Super Deluxe 180g 4LP/1EP box set, wonder no more. On October 28, Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol/UMe will release August 1966’s seminal Revolver in a 180g 4LP/1EP Special Edition Super Deluxe box set. Read on to find out all the details, and what sources are being used. . .

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Andover Audio Drops Price on SpinDeck Belt-Drive Turntable, Partners With Vinyl Moon for Free Month Option in Subscription Series
Mike Mettler  |  Sep 06, 2022  |  First Published: Sep 06, 2022  |  0 comments

Andover Audio is pleased to announce a price reduction for its SpinDeck belt-drive turntable, and we’re equally pleased to share it with you. Not only that, but Andover has also partnered with Vinyl Moon to offer a free month option in their subscription series for anyone who purchases a SpinDeck and/or other Spin series gear between now and December 1. Read on to find out more about the lower price point, and the free month sub tie-in. . .

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U-Turn Audio Set to Launch Orbit Theory Turntable in September
Mike Mettler  |  Aug 31, 2022  |  First Published: Aug 31, 2022  |  4 comments
U-Turn Audio has just announced the September launch of the Orbit Theory Turntable, the next-gen upgrade in the company’s popular Orbit series of ’tables. Read on to see why the Orbit Theory is worthy of our attention. . .
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Bernie Grundman, Ryan K. Smith & Chad Kassem Discuss the Mastering Process and How to Create the "Perfect” Vinyl LP
Mike Mettler  |  Aug 30, 2022  |  First Published: Aug 30, 2022  |  10 comments

This past Saturday, vinyl mastering gurus Bernie Grundman and Ryan K. Smith, together with Acoustic Sounds founder and CEO Chad Kassem, all partook in a fascinating livestream event during which they discussed the mastering process and its role in creating a “perfect” vinyl LP. Read on to find out more of what they said, and how you can check it out firsthand. . .

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Interviews
Neal Schon of Journey Discusses Freedom of Choice When Sequencing an Album for Double Vinyl, and How to Not Stop Believin’ for 50 Years and Counting
Mike Mettler  |  Aug 25, 2022  |  First Published: Aug 25, 2022  |  15 comments

Freedom is 73 minutes of prime 21st century Journey, whether it’s the affecting balladry that made the band a household name or the more adventurous, progressive-leaning epics that hearken back to the band’s early/mid-’70s roots. Founding guitarist Neal Schon speaks exclusively to AnalogPlanet about the challenges of sequencing Freedom for double vinyl, how listening to jazz and blues records growing up influenced his playing and arranging skills, and what vintage deep cut he’d like to pull out of the vaults to play during Journey’s upcoming 50th anniversary celebrations. Don’t stop readin’ . . .

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Eric Clapton’s The Complete Reprise Studio Albums Volume 1 180g 12LP Box Set Coming September 30
Mike Mettler  |  Aug 17, 2022  |  First Published: Aug 17, 2022  |  13 comments

Everybody oughtta make a change sometime, as the lyric goes, and Eric Clapton fully embraced that concept when he switched record labels from RSO to Reprise Records in 1983. To properly fete Slowhand’s six studio albums during his initial 1983-98 Reprise era, a 180g 12LP box set dubbed The Complete Reprise Studio Albums – Volume 1 is set for release on September 30. Read on for all the details. . .

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Technics SL-100C Premium Class Direct Drive Turntable Makes Its U.S. Debut, and It’s Already in High Demand
Mike Mettler  |  Aug 16, 2022  |  First Published: Aug 16, 2022  |  21 comments

Show of hands: How many of you had, or still have, a Technics turntable in your gear arsenal? Technics has just announced the U.S. market debut of its Premium Class SL-100C direct drive turntable, which was initially released in the EU/UK last year and is considered to be the burgeoning sibling of its vaunted class brethren, the Technics SL-1500C. Read on to see if it’s right for you, and/or someone you know. . .

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Tom Petty’s Longtime Righthand Man Is a True Stereo/Mono Guy. Now, Mike Campbell Adjusts The Dirty Knobs for Proper Vinyl Playback Preferences
Mike Mettler  |  Aug 11, 2022  |  First Published: Aug 11, 2022  |  10 comments

Mike Campbell, the consummate sideman, is now fully embracing his role as the frontman and bandleader of The Dirty Knobs, the long-running sideproject of his that has become his primary creative focus since the unfortunate passing of his lifelong friend and Heartbreakers/Mudcrutch bandmate Tom Petty in 2017. Here, Campbell tells Analog Planet exclusively why he prefers vinyl for his Dirty Knobs releases, how a somewhat inadvertent recurring mono listening situation in his youth ultimately informed his ongoing stereo proclivities, and which Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers song he feels will stand the test of time. Read on, into the great wide open. . .

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