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21st Century Vinyl: Michael Fremer's Practical Guide to Turntable Set-Up
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 30, 2009  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969

An anxiety-reducing DVD that takes the mystery out of vinyl playback

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"It's a Vinyl World, After All" DVD Now Available!
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 30, 2009  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969

Can DVD number 2 match the first? Video being shot at RTI last August

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I Blew My MTV Audition
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 30, 2009  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969
Back in 1980 or so, in Los Angeles, I had a disastrous try-out to be one of the original MTV VJs. I had no idea what the content was going to be, but having been on the radio and having done stand-up, I figured why not try out? By the time I wrote the article below, which appeared in Los Angeles music magazine "Music Connection" the week of April 12th-25th 1984 (25 years ago!), MTV had gone from pretty bad to much worse. So I wrote this arbor of sour grapes that I thought you might find amusing now that MTV is no longer about music.-Ed.
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Warner Brothers Announces Neil Young Box Release Date: November 24th
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 06, 2009  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969
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I’ve Been Waiting for you and You’ve Been Coming to me for Such a Long Time
 |  Nov 01, 2009

Outsiders examining this ten disc (Blu-ray or DVD), 128 track, sumptuously packaged, excruciatingly detailed, image-laden, minutia packed, monolith of a box set, whose complex menu navigation system more closely resembles a video game than a movie, can be forgiven for mistaking Neil Young for a raving egomaniac.

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157 In-Print LPs You Should Own!
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 30, 2009  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969

By Armegeddon (however the Evangelical wet-dream is spelled) this article will be TOTALLY updated!


157 In-Print LPs You Should Own! Soon to be Updated.....Yea, sure. That's what you've been saying for more than a year....(sorry but soon, really!)


Okay, that's a ridiculous headline. It's the kind of cynical ploy you see on magazine covers to attract attention. These are really 157 LPs I do own, some of which you probably will enjoy and should own, and some of which you will probably hate. No doubt you already own some.

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Porterhouse Records to Release X's Punk Classic Wild Gift on 180 Vinyl
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 28, 2009  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969
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Reprise to release Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers' The Live Anthology
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 26, 2009  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969

In five different formats!

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Album Reviews
Still #1 Record Issued on 200g Vinyl
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 01, 2009

Caught in 1972 between The Beatles and Byrds pop/folk undertow and too early to catch the indie rock wave pioneered by bands like REM later in the decade, commercial failure was all but assured for Big Star, aided by what many at the time considered was a bad Memphis, TN based record company roll out with spotty distribution and less than stellar promotion.

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Album Reviews
Mo-Fi In Pepperland
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 01, 2009

For the most part, the best Art Pepper could do in 1972 when this set was issued was listen to and talk about old performances and old tapes. He recorded only one album during an extended period of inactivity stretching from 1968 to 1975.

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