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Set-Up Tips
Ever Wonder What Happens To Your Turntable's Bearing If You Run It Without Oil?
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 02, 2012  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  7 comments
This is what a bearing ends up looking like if it's run without oil (assuming it requires oil—not all bearings do).
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Beatles
CORRECTION! PLEASE READ! Exclusive! New Beatles Box Production Details
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 02, 2012  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  27 comments
Last night I spoke with an EMI executive about the upcoming Beatles Box Set. While he is setting up an interview with Abbey Road mastering engineer Sean Magee that will have to wait until Magee is "off shift," he did provide some useful information.
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Album Reviews
"Belafonte Sings the Blues" at 45rpm From IMPEX
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 01, 2012  |  6 comments
Conceptually, Harry Belafonte singing the blues probably strikes some as inauthentic. After all, Belafonte's introduction to American audiences was as "the king of calypso" singing "Matilda" and "The Banana Boat Song" that much later was used by The New York Yankees and Ray Davies as a crowd rouser.
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Sweepstakes
The Beatles Stereo Albums 180g 16LP Limited Edition Box Set From Music Direct Sweepstakes
Jon Iverson  |  Sep 30, 2012  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  679 comments
Register to win the Beatles Stereo Albums 180g 16LP Limited Edition Box Set From Music Direct (MSRP $449.99) we are giving away.

Twist and shout, shout, shout: The Beatles are at long last getting the treatment they’ve always deserved on vinyl. The most anticipated catalog reissues in music history have arrived and feature the pristine remastering that fans have craved for decades. Your wishes have come true: Every Beatles album. Every official Beatles song. Faithfully reproduced album jackets. All in this glorious box set.

[This sweepstakes is now closed.]

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Set-Up Tips
Another Angle on the "Digital Can of Worms"
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 30, 2012  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  7 comments
To continue the discussion of whether or not using a USB microscope to set stylus rake angle is a good or bad idea, please look at the drawing accompanying this post.

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Features
Win a Blu-ray Copy of "Paul Simon Live In New York City" (Contest Cancelled)
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 30, 2012  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  6 comments
We have a copy to give away of Paul Simon's new concert Blu-ray disc "Live in New York City," courtesy Concord Music. WARNING: It will not play on your turntable!
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News
@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  |  10 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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News
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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