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Optimal Media "Goes Green"—Now Offers "Carbon Neutral" Pressing Option
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 24, 2020  |  14 comments
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Optimal Media recently announced a new "ecco-friendly" vinyl pressing package along with other environmentally friendly options for vinyl clientele wishing to minimize or eliminate their contribution to carbon-based pollution.

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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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ORG and ORG Music Are Two Different Companies! (Corrected 9/9/13)
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 05, 2013  |  4 comments
Let's clarify a confusing situation once and for all. ORG, which has issued dozens of great double 45rpm titles from the Decca/London and Sony/BMG catalog (among others), including the recently reviewed B,S&T album, and ORG Music are not the same company!
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ORG Announces 15 New London/Decca and Mercury Double 45 Classical Releases
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 16, 2013  |  9 comments
ORG today announced an ambitious London/Decca and Mercury classical release schedule for the 4th quarter of 2013 and 2014.
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ORG Announces Three New Non-Classical Double 45s Coming Spring 2014
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 19, 2013  |  3 comments
ORG recently announced three new double 45s mastered by Bernie Grundman from original analogue master tapes.
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ORG Announces Two Roy Orbison Double 45rpm Reissues
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 02, 2013  |  13 comments
ORG today announced a Roy Orbison reissue project that will bring to the 45rpm format Lonely and Blue and In Dreams, two of Roy's early Monument albums.
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ORG To Reissue "Royal Gala Ballet" As Quadruple 45rpm Set
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 15, 2012  |  7 comments
Originally issued as LDS6065 on RCA Soria, this legendary DECCA UK Kingsway Hall recording is easily one of the finest orchestral recordings of the golden age or any age. (Note: image is of an original pressing)
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ORG to Release Jeff Buckley's "Grace" on 180g Double 45rpm Set
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 04, 2013  |  6 comments
ORG announced today an upcoming series of double 45rpm 180g releases from the Sony/BMG catalog.
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Ortofon Announces 2M Mono Special Edition "Beatles Tribute" Cartridge
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 17, 2014  |  47 comments
June 17th, 2014—Ortofon today announced the development of the 2M Mono SE cartridge intended as a "tribute" to the upcoming Beatles mono box set.

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Ortofon Celebrates 100 Years
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 30, 2018  |  8 comments
Ortofon celebrated its 100th anniversary September 28th and 29th, inviting approximately 60 of its sales and technology partners from around the world to a hotel in Maribo, Denmark and to its factory in nearby Nakskov.

AnalogPlanet editor Michael Fremer was invited to observe the celebration and to participate by presenting to the guests and company executives a ½ hour PowerPoint presentation outlining where the vinyl record and analog playback gear market has been for the past 30 or so years, and to where he thought it was headed in the future.

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Ortofon Switches From Boron to Sapphire Cantilevers
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 08, 2016  |  20 comments
Ortofon recently announced a switch from Boron to Sapphire cantilevers on all but its more expensive "Exclusive Series" (photo is of original Boron cantilevered Quintet).

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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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Our Pal Lux Record Shopping Runs Into Martha Reeves!
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 30, 2015  |  12 comments
Our friend Lux, who we recently interviewed was record shopping at Mill Valley Music when he ran into Martha Reeves who was there doing the same thing. The Motown fan and Ms. Reeves hit it off big time!

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Parasound Launches JC 1+ Dealer Tour on February 29th at The Audio Salon in Santa Monica
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 12, 2020  |  8 comments
SAN FRANCISCO (2/12/19) -- Parasound will kick off a dealer tour for the new John Curl-designed Halo JC 1+ monoblock power amplifier on February 29th at The Audio Salon of Santa Monica, CA. This will be the first of a number of dealer events nationwide to debut this remarkable new Parasound flagship amplifier. It replaces Parasound's original JC 1 after a 'mere' two decades as king of the hill.
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Paul McCartney & Wings Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Band on the Run on February 2, 2024, With a 2LP Edition Featuring Previously Unreleased “Underdubbed” Mixes on LP2 and a Separate Half-Speed-Mastered 1LP Version of the Original 1973 Release
Mike Mettler  |  Dec 07, 2023  |  3 comments

The jailer man and Sailor Sam are at it again. Paul McCartney & Wings will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of Band on the Run on February 2, 2024, with a 2LP edition featuring previously unreleased “Underdubbed” mixes on LP2, and a separate half-speed-mastered 1LP version of the original December 1973 release. Read on to see just what “Underdubbed” mixes entail, and if these new versions of Band on the Run

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