Michael Fremer

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Album Reviews
Still Belafonte At Carnegie Hall   After All These Years?
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 08, 2014  |  20 comments
First released in "Living Stereo" way back in 1959, Belafonte at Carnegie Hall continues to captivate listeners, both audiophile and non. The question that needs asking is: Were this not such an astonishing recording, would it still hold interest?.

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High End Mässan 2015
Stockholm High End Mässan 2015 Show Coverage
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 06, 2015  |  First Published: Feb 06, 2015  |  13 comments
Turntable set-up seminars and a visit to the Marten loudspeaker company in Gothenburg, Sweden's second largest city are the main agenda during this short visit but if there's anything new and interesting we'll report on it.

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News
Stolen LIttle Feat Cassette Here?
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 28, 2011  |  1 comments
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Concert Reviews
Stones Roll, Gather Some Moss
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 19, 2013  |  11 comments
The Rolling Stones rolled into Philadelphia's Wells Fargo Center Tuesday night for the first of two shows. There was no opening act. The house lights finally dimmed more than an hour after the 8PM "lip" call (there was no curtain) but the full house, aged from teens to the seriously addled, didn't seem to mind.

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News
Stop the Nonsense! Bob Ludwig On The True Numbers Behind Beck's Morning Phase Album
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 10, 2014  |  94 comments
Here's Bob Ludwig's statement regarding the engineering and mastering of Beck's new album Morning Phase:

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News
Stop the Presses! New Presses Coming!
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 09, 2016  |  First Published: Feb 09, 2016  |  22 comments
The Toronto, Canada based newspaper The Globe and Mail published a story last Thursday February, 4th about a Canadian company that has invented and is building brand new record presses.

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Album Reviews
Store Gone, Fountains Still Spew
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 01, 2012  |  1 comments

Named for a now defunct Northern New Jersey, Route 23 lawn furniture emporium (bought my chaise lounges there!), Fountains of Wayne has been making consistently tuneful and erudite observations about just plain folks since 1996 when they released their eponymous first album on Atlantic Records. The core was then and is now, the delightfully bratty-voiced Chris Collingwood and his multi-instrumental partner Adam Schlesinger.

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Album Reviews
Straight Ahead Continues Making Records "The Old Fashioned Way."
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 03, 2006  |  0 comments

True to the label’s intentions and name, Zane Musa is a muscular-toned, “straight ahead” alto sax bopper, accompanied on this superb sounding disc by like-minded Southern California jazz musicians on a set of well worn but always comfortable jazz standards.

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AnalogPlanet Radio
Stream Analogplanet Radio's First Pledge Show Now!
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 01, 2016  |  First Published: Feb 01, 2016  |  10 comments
February is WDFU's annual pledge month. The station depends solely on listener pledge donations. So I have been asked to do the "pledge drive" show today and throughout February.

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AnalogPlanet Radio
Stream AnalogPlanet Radio’s Revolver 50th Anniversary+Spoon+Super Furry Animals WFDU HD2 Radio Show
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 12, 2016  |  First Published: Sep 12, 2016  |  8 comments
August marked the 50th anniversary of the UK release of Revolver.
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