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Michael Fremer  |  Jun 16, 2015  |  First Published: Jun 17, 2015  |  11 comments
Anyone who thinks I am somehow at the heart of the vinyl revival is truly mistaken!

Michael Fremer  |  Jun 16, 2015  |  18 comments
From left to right, Larry Boden, mastering engineer; Brian Roth, Acoustic Sounds electronics technician; Bill Schnee, producer and recording engineer; Tom Pessagno, chief engineer; Chad Kassem, CEO Acoustic Sounds; Ed Hukoveh, design engineer

[New Video Just Added] We just received this press release from Chad Kassem at Acoustic Sounds and will have more on this later:

Michael Fremer  |  Jun 10, 2015  |  10 comments
Our friend Eric Leefe today got to rock out with The Rascals' Gene Cornish.

Michael Fremer  |  Jun 09, 2015  |  33 comments
In this case, UMe is forthcoming about the source:

Michael Fremer  |  Jun 09, 2015  |  17 comments
It's official: The recently released Sanctuary Kinks albums were mastered by Kevin Gray from the original Pye master tapes. Gray just got permission to reveal this.

Michael Fremer  |  Jun 08, 2015  |  7 comments
A reader alerted me to a story by Portland Mercury music editor Ned Lannamann about a new pressing plant recently opened in Milwaukie, Oregon, a short drive from downtown Portland.

Michael Fremer  |  Jun 05, 2015  |  35 comments
I was a guest today on Evan Toth's WFDU (Fairleigh Dickenson University) radio show. Mr. Toth called recently and asked if I'd like to be on his show, which runs on the Internet and I said "sure". His show is called "Garden State Sound" and features music by New Jersey artists.

Michael Fremer  |  May 21, 2015  |  5 comments
Record business veteran and jazz fan Bruce Lundvall passed away Tuesday, May 19th at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, New Jersey.

Michael Fremer  |  May 07, 2015  |  4 comments
Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. The above one (that's my wife) is a good example of that. It was taken just after Eric sang his encore "(I Found My Thrill On) Blueberry Hill" and the crowd was still cheering.

Michael Fremer  |  May 06, 2015  |  27 comments
A pin-up cover girl in 1972? Slicked back greaser hair, and while you’re at it an album jacket clothes, make-up and hair credit? Maybe you weren’t around for it in 1972 but back then this—not long hair, sandals, checked flannel shirts and bell-bottom jeans— was outrageous. Those were so yesterday-hippie.

Michael Fremer  |  May 04, 2015  |  12 comments
Lyra Cartridge CEO Stig Bjorge collects some vintage audio gear. The Technics SL-15, introduced in 1981, is among his favorites. Recently, he found one for sale in America and he asked me if I'd pick it up for him in Princeton, New Jersey, which happens to be the home of The Princeton Record Exchange.

Michael Fremer  |  May 01, 2015  |  1 comments
This is the poster we'll have at the front door Monday evening at Blue Moon Café in Wyckoff, NJ.

Michael Fremer  |  Apr 30, 2015  |  28 comments
The graphic above is incorrect but based upon projections for 2014. Nielsen/Soundscan reported recently that 9.2 million vinyl records were sold in 2014—a whopping 54% increase over 2013.

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