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Glyn Johns Talks With Michael Fremer About Eric Clapton's New Album (and More)

Michael Fremer | May 20, 2016 | 13 comments

Glyn Johns spoke recently by phone with Analogplanet editor Michael Fremer about recording Eric Clapton's just released album I Still Do, about his recently published book "Sound Man" and about his incredible career as one of the world's most revered and respected recording engineers and producers.

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Analogplanet Visits Sterling Sound and Interviews Ryan K. Smith Michael Fremer | Mar 09, 2016 | 26 comments

Intervention Records' Shane Buettner was at Sterling Sound yesterday to oversee the mastering of Big Audio Dynamite's 1985 debut album This is Big Audio Dynamite

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Graham Nash Talks About "This Path Tonight" With Analogplanet.com editor Michael Fremer Michael Fremer | Feb 26, 2016 | 13 comments

Graham Nash held a "listening party" for his new album "This Path Tonight" at New York's Electric Lady Studios, Wednesday, February 24th. The album ships on April 15th, including on vinyl mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering. Here's a half hour interview I conducted with Graham in the Electric Lady control room.

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Meet Lux, Age Nine, "King of the One Dollar Record Bins" Michael Fremer | Nov 14, 2015 | 11 comments

A friend of mine recently alerted me to his friend's son, Lux, who is a nine year old record collector and vinyl enthusiast.

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Guess What Company Norman Pickering Started? Michael Fremer | Oct 14, 2015 | 14 comments

In his ninety-nine years on this earth Norman C. Pickering has seen and done more than most of us would manage were we lucky enough to live to be a hundred and ninety-nine.

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Meet U-Turn Audio's Founders Michael Fremer | Oct 04, 2015 | 9 comments

U-Turn Audio's three founders were at this year's Rocky Mountain Audio Festival but I almost missed them.

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A Conversation With Singer-Songwriter Jack Tempchin Michael Fremer | Aug 20, 2015 | 0 comments

Singer-songwriter Jack Tempchin is best known for having written the Eagles classic "Peaceful Easy Feeling" and for co-writing "Already Gone", " The Girl From Yesterday", "Somebody" and "It's Your World Now".

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Michael Fremer and Joe Harley Interviewed By Colorado Public Radio's Scott Carney Michael Fremer | Apr 19, 2014 | 17 comments

Last Thursday morning April 17th Joe Harley (Audioquest V.P. and record/reissue producer) and I visited Colorado Public Radio Studios where OpenAir host (and vinyl fanatic) Scott Carney interviewed us about vinyl for a show that would air on Record Store Day.

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Tour Bernie Grundman Mastering and Hear Bernie on the High Resolution Blue Note Transfers Michael Fremer | Mar 25, 2014 | 47 comments

While in Los Angeles recently I had visited Chris Bellman and Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman mastering.

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Blue Note President Don Was Talks About His Blue Note Vinyl Reissue Project Michael Fremer | Mar 19, 2014 | 31 comments

On Wednesday March 12th Blue Note President Don Was sat down with me to talk about the Blue Note vinyl reissues he's producing for the label.

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Analogplanet Interviews Producer/Arranger/Musician John Simon (Corrected Introduction) Michael Fremer | Nov 03, 2013 | 5 comments

I drove to record producer and musician John Simon’s Catskill mountaintop home on a gorgeous, unusually mild November 1st day. Simon is best known for producing Songs of Leonard Cohen, BS&T’s Child is Father to the Man, Big Brother and the Holding Company’s Cheap Thrills and of course The Band albums Music From Big Pink, The Band and The Last Waltz

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Analogplanet Interviews Record Industry Pressing Plant Owner Ton Vermeulen Michael Fremer | May 30, 2013 | 1 comments

Before touring the Record Industry pressing plant Analogplanet's Michael Fremer sat down with Ton Vermeulen to get the factory's history and a figurative finger on the pulse of a man who would buy a record pressing plant as the vinyl record lay on its supposed death bed.

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Minus K's David Platus Takes the Stand On Behalf of His "Negative Stiffness" Isolation Technology Michael Fremer | Sep 17, 2012 | 11 comments

While effective isolation from both air and ground borne vibrational energy is important throughout the audio playback chain, it is essential for vinyl playback. It can be built into a turntable in the form of spring or "O" ring suspensions but current thinking downplays that in favor of separate isolation stands rather than incorporating it into the turntable itself.

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Brian Wilson and the Long Journey of "SMiLE" Part 3 Harvey Kubernik | Dec 31, 2011 | 0 comments

Harvey Kubernik Interviews Brian Wilson Part 3 to the Beach Boys when they returned from the tour. I seem to recall, with the exception of Dennis, there seemed to be some real hesitancy from band mates to really get involved singing to these instrumentals. Mike Love did not like the stuff presented.

A: No he didn’t.

Q And some other band members weren’t super thrilled, either.

Q: And some didn’t like Van Dyke Parks’ lyrics.

A: Right.

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Preservation Hall: Back to the Future, Pt. 1

Roger Hahn | Dec 31, 2011 | 0 comments

Editor’s note: When contemporary roots rockers My Morning Jacket stopped by New Orleans’ Preservation Hall for an unplugged midnight show that served as a prelude to MMJ’s spring tour with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band as opening act, Rolling Stone made due note of the event in its May 27th issue with feature coverage.

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The MMJ gig is one of many changes happening at the world-renowned French Quarter home to New Orleans jazz, all part of an historic attempt to forge a new identity as the Hall approaches its 50th anniversary and looks forward to a new life in the 21st century.Our Man in New Orleans, Roger Hahn, has the full story.

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