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Audio Intelligent Vinyl Solutions Adds Two New Solutions to Record Cleaning Product Line
Mike Mettler  |  Mar 08, 2023

Audio Intelligent Vinyl Solutions (a.k.a. AIVS) has been making reputable record cleaning products for going on 20 years now, and they’ve just added a pair of key offerings to the product line — namely, Ultra-Low Foaming Formula No. 27 and Enzymatic Concentrate for ultrasonic record cleaning machines. Read on to see if these two new solutions might be the exact right solutions you need to clean your own LPs accordingly. . .

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Rush to Commemorate the 40th Anniversary of Signals With Multiple Editions, Including a Super Deluxe Box Set With 180g 1LP and Four 7-Inch Singles and a Separate 180g 1LP Picture Disc, on April 28
Mike Mettler  |  Mar 06, 2023

The countdown is on! Rush will celebrate the 40th anniversary of their ninth studio album Signals with a smattering of special releases, including a Super Deluxe box set with 180g 1LP black vinyl and four 7-inch singles, along with a separate 180g 1LP picture disc, on April 28. Read on to find out what each version entails, and how you can channel your own Signals obtainment desires accordingly. . .

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Album Reviews
Brad Mehldau Meets The Beatles on Your Mother Should Know, a Live 140g 1LP of Fine Fab Four Reinterpretations (And One David Bowie Cover Too)
Mark Smotroff  |  Mar 03, 2023

Jazz pianist Brad Mehldau launched onto the jazz scene in the 1990s, and he quickly made his mark as one of the more important modern-day jazz pianists of our times. Mehldau’s latest effort, Your Mother Should Know: Brad Mehldau Plays The Beatles, is a live tribute album that celebrates the very scope of The Fab Four’s music itself — and, ultimately, its impact on popular music as we know it today. Read Mark Smotroff’s review to see if Mehldau’s new LP is worthy of spinning on your own fab turntable. . .

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Analog Gear News
Hana Umami Blue Moving-Coil Cartridge
Mike Mettler  |  Mar 01, 2023

Hana is helping to kick off the month of March in the exact right way by announcing their new Umami Blue cartridge, which follows in the fine moving-coil footsteps (so to speak) of their vaunted Umami cartridge series. Read on to see just what the new Umami Blue MC cartridge can do for you and your turntable. . .

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Analog Gear News
Audio-Technica Limited-Edition AT-LP2022 Turntable
Mike Mettler  |  Feb 28, 2023

Audio-Technica has been duly celebrating their 60th anniversary for the balance of the past year, and we would be remiss if we let another week go by without highlighting one of the fine limited-edition products they’ve introduced in celebration of that milestone — namely, the AT-LP2022 belt-drive turntable that sports quite the striking transparent clear-acrylic chassis. Read on to see what else the AT-LP2022 has to offer. . .

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Album Reviews
Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach’s Songwriting Partnership Is Properly Celebrated With Class and Style Via Bob Ludwig-Mastered 4CD/2LP Super Deluxe Box Set and Separate 140g 2LP Edition for The Songs of Bacharach & Costello
Mark Smotroff  |  Feb 24, 2023

In the mid-1990s, Elvis Costello stunned many in the music world with the release of an outstanding song he composed with no less than the great hit-making maestro Burt Bacharach, the composer of many iconic pop standards, acclaimed film soundtracks, and even a Broadway show. Soon enough, they collaborated on a celebrated full album, Painted From Memory, and now, 25 years later, the scope of their work together is being properly feted in both 140g 2LP+4CD and 140g 2LP editions of The Songs of Bacharach & Costello. Read Mark Smotroff’s review to see which version of the release immediately belongs in your collection. . .

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Analog Gear News
MM PRO Phono Preamp by Michael Fidler and Classic Audio
Mike Mettler  |  Feb 22, 2023

Michael Fidler and Classic Audio are synonymous with making quality phono preamps — a.k.a. phono stages, depending on your nomenclature preferences — as the company’s respective PRO and Spartan series can readily attest. Fidler’s latest offering, the MM PRO, is ready for system-integration duty regardless of which side of the Pond you reside, so read on to find out if it fits your own phono-stage needs. . .

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Phono Preamp Reviews
Pathos In The Groove MM/MC Phono Preamp
Ken Micallef  |  Feb 21, 2023

We’re always on the lookout for good — if not certainly great — phono preamps to get our hands on to review here for the AnalogPlanet faithful, and Pathos’ In The Groove MM/MC phono preamp certainly fits the bill. Read Ken Micallef’s detailed review to see if this well-crafted solid-state phono stage is right for you. . .

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Album Reviews
New 60th Anniversary Craft Recordings Small Batch One-Step RTI-Pressed 180g 1LP for Vince Guaraldi Trio’s Jazz Impressions Of Black Orpheus Is Well Worth the Freight
Mark Smotroff  |  Feb 17, 2023

Vince Guaraldi Trio’s acclaimed 1962 release Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus finally receives a truly well-deserved 180g 1LP upgrade via Craft Recordings and the company’s acclaimed Small Batch one-step series. Read Mark Smotroff’s detailed review to see if this very special RTI-pressed edition is worthy of your attention, and your wallet. . .

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Bob Marley’s Limited Edition 12LP Vinyl Series, Fully Pressed at Tuff Gong International in Kingston, Jamaica, Is Set for March 24
Mike Mettler  |  Feb 15, 2023

The Legend continues. The Marley Family, Tuff Gong, and UMe are set to commemorate the late, great Bob Marley’s 78th birthday with 12 limited-edition Bob Marley LPs, each of them numbered and pressed exclusively at Tuff Gong International headquarters in Kingston, Jamaica, and set for release on March 24. Read on to find out all the core titles involved, as well as the related pressing stats for each album that’s been culled from the masterful Marley canon. . .

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