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E-Trade's Subliminal War on Vinyl "And So It Begins"
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 24, 2015  |  23 comments
Kevin Spacey stars in an E-Trade TV commercial, the theme of which is spotting trends early. It focuses mostly on "hipster" guys with beards. They are all over the spot until one comes cleanly shaved out of barber shop.
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AAA VinylAlbum Reviews
Mobile Fidelity Sonically Resurrects Mid-Period Miles
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 23, 2015  |  28 comments
If the iconic Miles Davis album Kind of Blue captured an event—an abrupt musical switch from melody to modal, these three mid-period quintet albums, Sorcerer (1967), Nefertitti (1968) and Filles De Kilimanjaro (1969) represent a period of transition as the quintet moves slowly towards Miles’s amplified instrument embrace.

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Album Reviews
Impassioned Lovers Wrestle As One (Pianist)!
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 22, 2015  |  7 comments
Igor Stravinsky was the original rock'n'roller and if you don't think so, you don't know rock'n'roll or Stravinsky!

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AnalogPlanet Radio
Analog Planet Radio Show Expands to Two Hours October 5th—"Got Live 2" Now Available
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 22, 2015  |  13 comments
Analog Planet radio show "Got Live 2" is available for streaming on the WFDU.fm website and here on analogplanet.com at higher resolution.

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News
VAS Introduces Made In New Jersey $1500 MC Cartridge!
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 18, 2015  |  17 comments
I flew down for a few days to Atlanta, Georgia to attend the grand opening of the new HiFi Buys store. Yesterday I conducted three vinyl-related seminars.

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Playback Accessory Reviews
FLUX HI FI Electronic Stylus Cleaner
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 18, 2015  |  14 comments
Electronic stylus cleaners have been around for decades. Though very popular in the 1970s and 1980s, these vibrating devices rapidly fell out of favor for a very good reason.

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AnalogPlanet Radio
Analogplanet Radio Archives Finally Up and Running
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 16, 2015  |  7 comments
WDFU's archiving system is now fully up and running.

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News
Forget "The Donald", "Keef" Tells It Like It Is!
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 16, 2015  |  13 comments
Watch this recent interview with Keith Richards conducted by the BBC's Andrew Marr:

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News
"Vinyl Frenzy" Leads to New, New Jersey Pressing Plant!
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 14, 2015  |  11 comments
My sources had told me "off the record" about a new pressing plant opening in New Jersey by Epitaph Records or principles of that company, but I was asked not to write anything so I didn't.

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AnalogPlanet Radio
Got Live If You Want It! Analogplanet's "Live Recordings" Radio Show
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 14, 2015  |  5 comments
Today's Analogplanet radio show featured all "live" albums.
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