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Acoustic Sounds Purchases Doug Sax's The Mastering Lab
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 16, 2015  |  18 comments
From left to right, Larry Boden, mastering engineer; Brian Roth, Acoustic Sounds electronics technician; Bill Schnee, producer and recording engineer; Tom Pessagno, chief engineer; Chad Kassem, CEO Acoustic Sounds; Ed Hukoveh, design engineer

[New Video Just Added] We just received this press release from Chad Kassem at Acoustic Sounds and will have more on this later:

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Album Reviews
Best Ever Face to Face ?
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 16, 2015  |  37 comments
The fourth Kinks album was the first on which Ray Davies removes his hard rock shell. It’s clear in retrospect that many artists from the ‘60s rock era were rocking only because that’s what the times demanded.

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Can I Have My Money Back?
“Rewind The Tape”!
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 15, 2015  |  First Published: Jun 16, 2015  |  48 comments
T.H.E. Show Newport kindly sent me the “Meet The Editors” “tape” that was the subject of some contention a few weeks ago.

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Can I Have My Money Back?
Summer of 2008 TV Show Appearance
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 10, 2015  |  7 comments
Back in 2008 I was invited to appear on an now-defunct "tech" cable TV show.

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Our Friend Eric Leefe Got to Rock Out Today With The Rascals' Gene Cornish
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 10, 2015  |  10 comments
Our friend Eric Leefe today got to rock out with The Rascals' Gene Cornish.

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Turntable Reviews
Pioneer PL-30-K Automatic Single Play Turntable
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 09, 2015  |  28 comments
Spend some time with Pioneer’s PL-30-K automatic turntable ($349 MSRP/$300 “street price”) and you’ll quickly realize it’s not a “throwaway” turntable put together in haste by a company keen on “cashing in” on the vinyl resurgence.

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John Lennon 9 LP Box Set Available Today (amended post)
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 09, 2015  |  33 comments
In this case, UMe is forthcoming about the source:

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KINKS KUT FROM ORIGINAL PYE MASTER TAPES!
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 09, 2015  |  17 comments
It's official: The recently released Sanctuary Kinks albums were mastered by Kevin Gray from the original Pye master tapes. Gray just got permission to reveal this.

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Oregon Gets a Pressing Plant
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 08, 2015  |  7 comments
A reader alerted me to a story by Portland Mercury music editor Ned Lannamann about a new pressing plant recently opened in Milwaukie, Oregon, a short drive from downtown Portland.

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Analogplanet.com Radio?
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 05, 2015  |  35 comments
I was a guest today on Evan Toth's WFDU (Fairleigh Dickenson University) radio show. Mr. Toth called recently and asked if I'd like to be on his show, which runs on the Internet and I said "sure". His show is called "Garden State Sound" and features music by New Jersey artists.

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