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@analogplanet is The New Analogplanet.com Twitter Account Address
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 27, 2012  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  14 comments
Follow me on Twitter. Just signed up (succumbed is more like it) so it will take a while to get up to speed but now when I visit a used record store of something interesting happens in the vinyl world (or whatever else) you'll be the first to know!
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Album Reviews
The Cars Get Mo-Fi Drive: Candy-O and Shake It Up
Randy Wells  |  Sep 26, 2012  |  9 comments
It was the summer of 1978. The Cars were moving in stereo. They let the good times roll and were just what I needed.

As it turns out, The Cars were just what another million music fans needed too. Recorded at London’s AIR studios, their debut record was so fresh and appealing that it instantly became an AM radio favorite and went Platinum in six months.

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Mastering Engineer Jon Astley on The Who 14 LP Box Set Coming From MCA
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 25, 2012  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  11 comments
UMG/MCA recently announced a new 14 LP The Who studio recordings box set featuring 11 titles (Tommy and Quadrophenia were double LPs).
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Set-Up Tips
Have We Opened a Digital Can of Worms?
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 23, 2012  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  19 comments
Have we opened a digital can of worms recommending using a USB microscope to set SRA (Stylus Rake Angle)?
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Used Record Buying Tips
When In New Orleans, It's Euclid Records!
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 22, 2012  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  12 comments
I'm in New Orleans this weekend at the Annual National Cardigan Welsh Corgi Board Meeting. No, I don't show dogs but my wife does and she's on the board so like a good hubby I tagged along.
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Album Reviews
Sade's 80's Aural Aphrodisiac
Randy Wells  |  Sep 22, 2012  |  7 comments
When Diamond Life burst onto the scene in 1984/1985 it provided a calm oasis. This was not post-punk or techno-pop. This was an album of lush and lovely music with smooth jazz moods and world beat underpinnings. Superficially cool, the Latin tempos trapped in the grooves simmered with a passion just waiting to explode.
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Beatles
Beatles Vinyl Remastered, Finally Coming, Shipping Mid-November
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 20, 2012  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  31 comments
After a delay of a few years, due to the meticulousness of all involved, The Beatles catalog will finally be reissued in the format in which it's meant to be heard and has always sounded best: vinyl.
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Album Reviews
When Jazz Giants Roamed The Earth!
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 20, 2012  |  1 comments
Imagine a hard bop jam session featuring three tenor sax greats: Johnny Griffin, Hank Mobley and John Coltrane. Add Lee Morgan on trumpet and propel them with the rhythm section of Wynton Kelly on piano, Paul Chambers on bas and Art Blakey on drums.
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Interviews
Minus K's David Platus Takes the Stand On Behalf of His "Negative Stiffness" Isolation Technology
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 17, 2012  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  11 comments
While effective isolation from both air and ground borne vibrational energy is important throughout the audio playback chain, it is essential for vinyl playback. It can be built into a turntable in the form of spring or "O" ring suspensions but current thinking downplays that in favor of separate isolation stands rather than incorporating it into the turntable itself.

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Album Reviews
No, Your Midrange Driver Is Not Blown! That's What's Left of Bob's Voice
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 13, 2012  |  14 comments
Does it matter that the rattle and phlegm in Bob Dylan's voice makes it sound as if your midrange driver has blown? No. Hell no. In fact, despite the ragged vocals and 50 years since his debut, this is Dylan's best album in quite some time.
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