Analog Gear News

Onkyo Re-Enters the Turntable Market With a Direct Drive Model (Facts Added)

Michael Fremer  |  Feb 22, 2015

A reader in Europe sent a link to a European Onkyo site.

Album Reviews

Dylan and The Band's The Basement Tapes Raw  Presents The Authentic Document

Michael Fremer  |  Feb 21, 2015

The Basement Tapes Raw
Bob Dylan and The Band
 
Columbia/Legacy 88875016131 3 180g LP box set plus 2 CDs
Produced by: Jeff Rosen, Jan Haust, Steve Berkowitz (compiled by Rosen)
Engineered by: Garth Hudson
Mixed by: Garth Hudson
Mastered by: Peter J. Moore, additional production and mastering by Mark Wilder (Mastered for LP by Ryan Smith)
 
MUSIC
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The further you get in time from this story the more focused, three-dimensional and confounding it becomes. How deep do you want to dig and how far down have you already dug?

Plenty of people I know think The Basement Tapes are “a bunch of unreleased songs Dylan and The Band sang together at 'Big Pink' that were never released but bootleggers forced their release in 1975 as The Basement Tapes".

How many know that the 1975 release was of the songs seriously revised with Garth Hudson’s wide stage recording summed to mono and overdubs placed against the wide-open space?

Primary Category: 
Album Reviews
Category: 
Album Reviews
Artist: 
Bob Dylan and The Band
Album: 
The Basement Tapes Raw
Cred Label: 
Columbia/Legacy 88875016131 3 180g LP box set plus 2 CDs
Cred Prod: 
Jeff Rosen, Jan Haust, Steve Berkowitz (compiled by Rosen)
Cred Eng: 
Garth Hudson
Cred Mix: 
Garth Hudson
Cred Mast: 
Peter J. Moore, additional production and mastering by Mark Wilder (Mastered for LP by Ryan Smith)
Michael Fremer
The further you get in time from this story the more focused, three-dimensional and confounding it becomes. How deep do you want to dig and how far down have you already dug?

News

Mark Knopler Cuts a New Song to Analog Tape

Michael Fremer  |  Feb 20, 2015

A reader forwarded a new video showing Mark Knopfler, who had recorded his share of albums digitally, back in the studio recording to analog tape using tube compressors to achieve the desired sound based on sound not necessarily the latest technology.

Cartridge Reviews

Triangle ART Zeus MC Cartridge: The Best For Less?

Michael Fremer  |  Feb 19, 2015

California-based Triangle ART manufactures five gleaming chrome and gold plated high mass turntables as well as its own tone arm. The 'tables weigh from 40 to 850 pounds. Recently, Triangle ART introduced the Zeus MC phono cartridge, thus completing mechanical part of the analog playback.

Ask Mikey

Questions For the Editor?

Michael Fremer  |  Feb 18, 2015

The best way to ask questions and get answers is to send in an email to MFremer@analogplanet.com.

Features

Analogplanet Visits Stoughton Press

Michael Fremer  |  Feb 12, 2015

Stoughton Press located in California's City of Industry, recently installed a $2.8 million dollar state-of-the-art Heidelberg printing press in order to keep up with the demand for the "vinyl fad".

News

Roxy Music Box Set Coming March 16th From Universal

Michael Fremer  |  Feb 12, 2015

Roxy Music, the art-rock band that spawned the music careers of lead singer Bryan Ferry and producer, music experimenter (and who knows how to adequately describe him) Brian Eno will get the full and well deserved box set treatment from UMe.

High End Mässan 2015

A Quick Visit to Stockholm's Veteran Hifi

Michael Fremer  |  Feb 10, 2015

Towards the end of the Stockholm show I was called away and asked to visit a hifi store on the other side of town. I was told I'd like what I saw and I did.

High End Mässan 2015

Stockholm High End Mässan 2015 Show Coverage

Michael Fremer  |  Feb 6, 2015

Turntable set-up seminars and a visit to the Marten loudspeaker company in Gothenburg, Sweden's second largest city are the main agenda during this short visit but if there's anything new and interesting we'll report on it.

Album Reviews

Shadows In The Night :  Another Side of Bob Dylan (corrected)

Michael Fremer  |  Feb 5, 2015

Shadows In The Night
Bob Dylan
 
Columbia Records 88875057961 S1 180g LP+CD
Produced by: Jack Frost (Bob Dylan)
Engineered by: Al Schmitt
Mixed by: Al Schmitt
Mastered by: (Doug Sax erroneously credited), lacquers cut by Ray Janos at Sterling Sound
 
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SOUND
Though Bob Dylan pays tribute here to Frank Sinatra who recorded for Columbia, Capitol and Reprise (which he founded), the record label is a Blue Note facsimile. The cover art also draws from a Blue Note: a blue tinted variant of Freddie Hubbard’s album Hub Tones (BST-ST84115). The back cover is a photo of a tuxedoed Dylan perusing with a masked woman an unidentifiable Sun 45rpm single.

Contrasting the fanciful, cryptic artwork are arguably Dylan’s most direct, sincere vocal performances on record.

Primary Category: 
Album Reviews
Category: 
Album Reviews
Artist: 
Bob Dylan
Album: 
Shadows In The Night
Cred Label: 
Columbia Records 88875057961 S1 180g LP+CD
Cred Prod: 
Jack Frost (Bob Dylan)
Cred Eng: 
Al Schmitt
Cred Mix: 
Al Schmitt
Cred Mast: 
(Doug Sax erroneously credited), lacquers cut by Ray Janos at Sterling Sound
Michael Fremer
Though Bob Dylan pays tribute here to Frank Sinatra who recorded for Columbia, Capitol and Reprise (which he founded), the record label is a Blue Note facsimile. The cover art also draws from a Blue Note: a blue tinted variant of Freddie Hubbard’s album Hub Tones (BST-ST84115). The back cover is a photo of a tuxedoed Dylan perusing with a masked woman an unidentifiable Sun 45rpm single.

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