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Album Reviews
I'm "Bullish" on Patrick Higgins' "Bachanalia"
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 01, 2016  |  4 comments
A description of this record in Twitter-like brevity: "Sandy Bull meets Michael Hedges in a church."

Of course that short-changes everyone involved, especially the only living artist among the three: guitarist Patrick Higgins.

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Letters to the Editor
A Great Way to Start The New Year!
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 01, 2016  |  8 comments
I just wanted to thank you for your fervent passion to keep vinyl alive in these digital times. I have been a big fan of Analog Planet since my early years of collecting. I am 17 years old now but I have been collecting vinyl since I was 12. My first time stepping into a record store was a monumental experience that will always be a watershed moment in my life. It also became my college essay (trying to convert the admissions offices).

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Album Reviews
"Bob Dylan 1965-1966 The Best of The Cutting Edge—The Bootleg Series Volume 12
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 30, 2015  |  4 comments
Recorded music comes to us pressed in plastic and frozen in time. The work leading up to the master often gets lost, tossed or erased and recorded over without a thought that it might be of interest to anyone. That’s most often true. Alternate takes, when they do surface, usually make clear why they were passed over in favor of the one programmed into your brain, though there are exceptions.

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News
Our Pal Lux Record Shopping Runs Into Martha Reeves!
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 30, 2015  |  12 comments
Our friend Lux, who we recently interviewed was record shopping at Mill Valley Music when he ran into Martha Reeves who was there doing the same thing. The Motown fan and Ms. Reeves hit it off big time!

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AnalogPlanet Radio
Analogplanet.com’s All Beatles WFDU HD2 Radio Show Now Available For Streaming or Downloading
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 28, 2015  |  23 comments
Today’s show was all Beatles from vinyl but with a “nerdy” twist (I guess we’re all nerds). For some tunes you get multiple versions to compare. For instance there are four versions of “I’ll Cry Instead”.

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Playback Accessory Reviews
You Can’t Demagnetize Vinyl But You Can Demagnetize a Record: The Furutech (alpha) and the Stein Music DE3 Record Demagnetizers
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 26, 2015  |  32 comments
About a decade ago my friend and fellow audio writer Ken Kessler flew over from the U.K. to review the Continuum Caliburn turntable. At the end of a day’s listening it occurred to me that I had on hand not one but two “record demagnetizers"—both in unopened boxes. One was from Furutech, the other from Acoustic Revive.

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News
Enjoy Side One of Classic Records' 45rpm Reissue of "The Nutcracker"
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 22, 2015  |  49 comments
Here's the first side of the Classic Records reissue of The Royal Ballet with Ernest Ansermet conducting the Royal Opera House Orchestra. This was recorded in famed Kingsway Hall in 1957 for the British Decca Record company and licensed to RCA for sale in America.

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AnalogPlanet Radio
Download or Stream Analogplanet Radio’s WFDU.fm Christmas Show Now

Michael Fremer  |  Dec 21, 2015  |  9 comments
Here are two hours of vinyl-created Christmas music for you to play and share with your loved ones, curated and hosted by Analogplanet editor Michael Fremer.

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News
Harry Pearson Estate Contents Go On the Auction Block
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 19, 2015  |  9 comments
Personal effects belonging to the late Harry Pearson, founder of The Absolute Sound—and it can be argued the modern high performance audio industry, are currently being auctioned on Audiogon and Ebay.

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Album Reviews
A New Exile on Main Street "Using the Original Analog Master Tape..."? Doubtful
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 19, 2015  |  58 comments
A recent sales blurb from UMe's "The Sound of Vinyl" website reads: "Using the original analog master tapes this artisan process results in cuts that have superior high frequency response (treble) and very solid and stable stereo images. In short, a very high quality master that helps to create a very high quality record."

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