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Fall Tour For Van Dyke Parks and Clare and the Reasons
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 06, 2010  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969
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Another Glitch
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 03, 2010  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969
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Please Stand By
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 01, 2010  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969
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Blues Classic Better Than Ever
Mark Schlack  |  Sep 01, 2010

It was 1965 and Junior Wells was no longer the precocious teenager who had gotten the likes of Muddy Waters, Elmore James and Otis Spann to back him up on his 1953 and 1954 hit singles. Now 30, he was a fixture of that generation of electric Chicago bluesmen. He toured, and worked regularly at Theresa’s on the South Side. And he was about to make an album that has long been a staple of any modern blues collection.

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Two Sought After 70's Albums Surface In Box Set
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 01, 2010

Chris Darrow may not be a name familiar to you, nor might Kaleidoscope, the ‘60s psych/folk band on Epic of which he was part. That band passed me by back then. Maybe I didn’t like the cover art, or thought Epic wasn’t in the same solid A&R league as was Elektra for instance, so I didn’t want to chance it. I never heard them on the radio and Epic probably did a crappy job promoting them.

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The Beatles Remasters: A Splendid Time is Guaranteed For Some
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 01, 2010

The Beatles Remasters: A Splendid Time Is Guaranteed For Most

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Available Again For a Short Time!: Neil Young's Upcoming Four 180g LP Box Set!
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 01, 2010
When Buffalo Springfield broke up, Neil Young set about building his solo career. The high-production work with Jack Nitzsche that had created classics like “Expecting to Fly” and “Broken Arrow” brought Neil back to the producer/keyboardist/orchestrator, who gained fame working with Phil Spector but the results on Young’s eponymous debut album were not as memorable. In fact, many critics and fans alike back in 1969 considered the album a disappointment and a misstep. 
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Exile For the iPod Generation
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 01, 2010

Making a publicity appearance on the Jimmy Fallon show for the latest reissue of Exile on Main Street, Keith Richards professed a preference for vinyl. The audience applauded. Has an expression of a preference for CD ever gotten such a reaction—at least in the last decade? Not likely.

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Elvis's Post Army Return to RCA Produces Classic, Doubly Good at 45rpm
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 01, 2010

Elvis’s first post-Army album created a sensation when it was released just one month after he entered Nashville Studio B on March 20th, 1960, two week after his release from the Army. Unfortunately, for Presley and RCA Elvis Is Back!  wasn’t a big seller because it didn’t contain any hits. Presley had been away for two years.

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Elvis' Hits Spin Sweetly at 45rpm
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 01, 2010

Listening to Elvis makes clear his indebtedness to Dean Martin and Bryan Ferry’s to Elvis. No doubt Paul McCartney was imitating growing up too. There’s not been a voice like it since, which for detractors is a good thing.  

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