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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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Acoustic Sounds Snags a 50,000+ LP Record Collection
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 31, 2018  |  29 comments
This video was produced by Acoustic Sounds. It skirts the "advertisement/useful information" divide but AnalogPlanet editor Michael Fremer felt it was worth posting for a few reasons.

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Adele's 25   Sells 22,000 Vinyl Copies in First Week, But Who Pressed Them?
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 03, 2015  |  40 comments
Adele's 25 sold 22,000 vinyl copies in its first week. Yes, that's a fraction of the total sales of 3.8 million copies sold but it's still impressive in our niche world.

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After a 13 Year Hiatus, Korea's Machang Music and Pictures Again Pressing Vinyl Records
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 11, 2017  |  12 comments
Seoul, Korea based Machang Music and Pictures a few weeks ago began pressing records at a brand new facility after a 13 year break (the email said 18 so not sure which is correct). For now the company operates two brand new made in Korea presses,

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Air Force Zero Turntable Debuts: If You Have to Ask Price, You Can't Afford!
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 19, 2019  |  15 comments
TechDAS debuted the Air Force Zero turntable at a recent (March 16th) event in Japan that commences a "world tour" for the 771 pound turntable (not including power supply and air pump) that will make its American debut April 9th and 10th at The Audio Salon in Santa Monica California. It will next appear at Munich High End May 9-12th.

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Alcohol and Vinyl: A Deadly Mix!
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 11, 2012  |  8 comments
An Australian record store owner recently had an idea: why not mix vinyl and alcohol? Thanks to changes in the liquor laws in Sydney, MOJO Music's Neville Sergent opened MOJO Record Bar. (Photo by Peter Rae)

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Alice Cooper’s Billion Dollar Babies Cashes in on 50th Anniversary With 180g 3LP “Trillion Dollar” Deluxe Edition on March 8
Mike Mettler  |  Jan 25, 2024  |  3 comments

Time to collectively shout out a hale and hearty “Hello Hooray” for Alice Cooper’s seminal March 1973 album Billion Dollar Babies, which is officially slated to be feted by what’s being dubbed as the 180g 3LP ”Trillion Dollar” Deluxe Edition via Warner/Rhino on March 8. Read on to see what all the Billion Dollar fuss is and what the bonus material entrails — er, entails. . .

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All Is Well In Manila
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 07, 2013  |  3 comments
All is well in Manila
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All My Friends, 4LP Set Celebrating the Voice & Songs of Gregg Allman, Coming From Rounder Records on September 30
Mike Mettler  |  Aug 03, 2022  |  7 comments

Gregg Allman left his mark on the music world at large as a natural-born blues-hewn vocalist, insightful and revelatory songwriter, and a consummately influential keyboardist. To properly fete him in style, a multi-generational all-star lineup of musicians from the worlds of rock, blues, and country joined together at Atlanta’s historic Fox Theatre on January 10, 2014 for All My Friends, a once-in-a-lifetime concert event tribute. Eight years later, All My Friends: Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman will finally be made available on vinyl via a 4LP box set that will be released on September 30, 2022 by Rounder Records. Read on to learn more about this historic release, and all its color-vinyl variants. . .

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All-Analog Reissues of Early Reprise-Era Fleetwood Mac LPs Coming From Rhino
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 23, 2020  |  14 comments
Rhino will release on September 4th two new early Fleetwood Mac box sets: an 8 CD set Fleetwood Mac 1969-1974 that includes 7 studio albums plus an unreleased 1974 concert, and two versions of an all analog 4 LP+ 7" single set cut from the original master tapes by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering.

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Amazing Sophia Pfister Update
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 11, 2016  |  8 comments
The response to the Sophia Pfister story and YouTube video has been incredible.

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American Vinyl Co Launches Live-to-Vinyl 1920s Recording Booth in Asheville, North Carolina
Mike Mettler  |  Jul 12, 2022  |  5 comments

If you’ve ever had aspirations to cut your own record, here’s your chance. American Vinyl Co has just launched a new live-to-vinyl recording booth in the company’s Asheville, North Carolina location. More details in the story that follows...

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AMG Viella Forte Turntable Makes U.S. Debut At Audio Connection Saturday June 8th
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 04, 2019  |  5 comments
Audio Connection in Verona New Jersey welcomes Garth Leerer of Musical Surroundings on Saturday, June 8th from Noon to 5pm for our 9th annual Analog Open House.

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AMG's New Viella Forte Turntable Starring at Ultra Fidelis, Wauwatosa, WI Feb. 20th
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 12, 2020  |  0 comments
The Big Analog Dog is coming to town!

And by that we don’t mean Garth Leerer or Ken Bowers from Musical Surroundings, importers of AMG turntables and Hana cartridges, two of our very favorite product lines in all the world of audio. Although they WILL be here.

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Amoeba Music May Be a Covid-19 Victim
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 24, 2020  |  19 comments
Amoeba Music with record stores in Hollywood, Berkeley and San Francisco says that due to the Covid-19 virus it faces an "uncertain future" as all three stores since mid-March have been shut down. Savings are running out and while the company is paying staff salaries it cannot continue much longer without help from customers and friends.

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