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ORG Announces Two Roy Orbison Double 45rpm Reissues
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 02, 2013  |  13 comments
ORG today announced a Roy Orbison reissue project that will bring to the 45rpm format Lonely and Blue and In Dreams, two of Roy's early Monument albums.
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The Mothers of Invention "Freak Out!" Vinyl Reissue Straight Poop
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 20, 2013  |  38 comments
According to mastering engineer Chris Bellman, Freak Out! was cut from a digital source.
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John Prine's Grammy Award Winning "The Missing Years" To Be Released on Double 180g Vinyl
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 20, 2013  |  4 comments
John Prine's Grammy Award winning (for "Best Contemporary Folk Album") 1992 album The Missing Years will make its "long overdue" vinyl debut July 9th on his Oh Boy record label.
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Acoustic Signature Wow! Heats up Low/Mid-Price Turntable Segment
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 19, 2013  |  11 comments
The addition of the WOW! turntable to the Acoustic Signature line adds yet another under $2000 turntable/arm combo to a growing list of 'tables at this attractive price point.

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Oh No! An Even Stupider Vinyl Story!
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 13, 2013  |  44 comments
The numerogroup can rest easy. An even more foolish vinyl story has just appeared online in The New Jersey Star Ledger.

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Numerogroup's Rob Sevier Responds!
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 13, 2013  |  31 comments
Numerogroup's Rob Sevier has responded to my charge that his Wire piece was the "Stupidest Article Ever Written About Vinyl". And as expected, his response was infantile, petulant and utterly predictable.

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The New York Times Reports on The Vinyl Resurgence
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 10, 2013  |  11 comments
The Arts section of today's New York Times contains a vinyl resurgence story by Allan Kozzin you're sure to enjoy reading
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Analogplanet Editor Appears on Scott Wilkinson's "Home Theater Geeks" Podcast
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 05, 2013  |  6 comments
I flew the Sunday evening 'redeye' home from T.H.E. Show Newport 2013 and without sleep appeared later Monday on Scott Wilkinson's "Home Theater Geek"podcast.

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A Subscription Based Vinyl Service From Feedbands
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 04, 2013  |  8 comments
A reader alerted me to "Feedbands"—a unique vinyl subscription service. You pay them $19.95 a month and each month Feedbands sends you a new 180g vinyl record of a new band or artist they really like
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Archive of Contemporary Music's "Swinging Summer Record Sale" Begins Saturday June 8th
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 04, 2013  |  1 comments
New York's Archive of Contemporary Music (ARC) announces its "Swinging Summer Record Sale" beginning Saturday June 8th through Sunday June 16th from 11AM to 6PM
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T.H.E. Show Newport Beach 2013 Coverage Coming Up!
Michael Fremer  |  May 31, 2013  |  0 comments
T.H.E. Show Newport Beach 2013 is underway and coverage will begin later today. I participated in the ribbon cutting ceremony with John Atkinson, Robert Harley and Dr. David Robinson wearing the GoPro camera so you could see the event from my perspective but the camera was accidentally set to 'still' and I didn't get the video.
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Zappa Classics "Freak Out" and "Over-Nite Sensation" Coming From Universal Music-Zappa Records—Along With Never Before Released "Finer Moments"
Michael Fremer  |  May 07, 2013  |  6 comments
Are you hung up?
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Record Store Day April 20th 2013
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 21, 2013  |  49 comments
The line snaked down the block outside of Music Merchant in Westwood, NJ the morning of Record Store Day April 20th 2013. It was 7:30 AM well before I got there, you can be sure. Others told me about the scene, including the store's owner.

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Fire at Pallas Pressing Plant Destroys CD/DVD Duplication Facility
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 01, 2013  |  7 comments
This is no April Fool's Day trick: a fire last night destroyed the Pallas Pressing Plant's CD/DVD duplication facility. Fortunately there were no injuries.

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Omnivore's Record Store Day Vinyl Collectibles Include Big Star Documentary Soundtrack Album
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 29, 2013  |  0 comments
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Omnivore Recordings will release limited-pressing vinyl collectibles that are musts: The soundtrack to the long-awaited feature-length Big Star film documentary "Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me" will be available in a special, limited edition (4,000 worldwide) 180-gram, two-LP translucent yellow vinyl pressing ahead of its standard release configurations
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