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“Ramblin’ On” About Led Zeppelin II   Or I Got Blisters on My Eardrums!
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 19, 2014  |  78 comments
Did you catch Train on The Howard Stern Show last week? The group performed a new, not particularly memorable single from their upcoming album and then at Howard’s request launched into a spectacular cover of “What Is And What Should Never Be” from Led Zeppelin II —an album originally released October 22nd, 1969.
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Lazaretto  Sells 40,000 Vinyl Copies, Opens at #1 on Billboard Charts
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 19, 2014  |  33 comments
Jack White's new Third Man/Columbia album Lazaretto opened at #1 on Billboard's album charts, selling 138,000 copies, 40,000 of which were the "ultra" vinyl edition, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It was the biggest vinyl seller since the beginning in 1991 of Nielsen SoundScan's music tracking service.
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Ortofon Announces 2M Mono Special Edition "Beatles Tribute" Cartridge
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 17, 2014  |  47 comments
June 17th, 2014—Ortofon today announced the development of the 2M Mono SE cartridge intended as a "tribute" to the upcoming Beatles mono box set.

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Beatles
The Beatles Get Back To Mono and AAA Vinyl
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 16, 2014  |  First Published: Jun 15, 2014  |  188 comments
Apple Corps and Universal Music Group today announced the September 8th release date (September 9th in North America) of the long-anticipated Beatles’ mono vinyl reissue series, cut to lacquer using the original analogue master tapes.

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Led Zep Reviews Coming Soon
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 13, 2014  |  30 comments
Where are the Led Zeppelin reviews?
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Munich 2014
Levin Design Record Cleaning Brushes: World’s Most Beautiful?
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 11, 2014  |  29 comments
These handmade dry record brushes of natural cashmere goat hair are a cooperative effort between Levin Designs and a traditional brushmaker located in the restored Schloss Burg (palace castle) located in Solingen, Germany.

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Album Reviews
Kogan's Spectacular 1960 Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Reissued By Electric Recording Company
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 11, 2014  |  17 comments
Let's first diffuse the price outrage. This reissue of Leonid Kogan's epic performance of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto and Meditation by The Electric Recording Company, limited to 300 copies, costs £300 or about $504.

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Munich 2014
Acoustical Systems Introduces Clamp/Strobe and New Archon Phono Cartridge
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 10, 2014  |  0 comments
Acoustical Systems, manufacturer of the SMARTractor alignment gauge, AXIOM Tonearms and other analog products introduced a liquid damped reflex-type clamp with integral strobe scale.
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Munich 2014
Swedish Analog Technologies SAT Tonearm Ready For Third Quarter 2014 Launch
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 10, 2014  |  4 comments
This massive arm of a special carbon fiber laminate from Swedish Analog Technologies appears to take its general inspiration from SME’s Model V but uses brass and composite materials as well as a more traditional mounting system.
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Munich 2014
Electrocompaniet Launches New Turntable and Phono Preamp
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 10, 2014  |  3 comments
Norway-based Electrocompaniet, in business since 1973 introduced the ECG-1 turntable and tonearm priced at 3650 Euro or about $5000. Also new was the ECP-2 MM/MC fully balanced phono preamplifier.

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