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"CDs Versus LPs, Which is Better?" 1994 CBS Radio Network Show Unearthed!
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 10, 2016  |  19 comments
Way back in 1994 (that's 22 years ago for those of you who forget how quickly time flies by) I was a guest on Gil Gross's radio talk show on the now defunct CBS Radio Network. Gil's show was mostly about politics but he made some room for other topics and on July, 29th, 1994 he had me in the studio for an hour-long show called "CDs vs. LPs: which is better?" Can you guess where I came down here?.

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"Dazed and Confused"—LAAS Audio Show Cancelled (And Not Due to Lack of Interest!)
Michael Fremer  |  May 03, 2018  |  44 comments
This morning the Los Angeles Audio Show scheduled for June 8th-10th at the Hilton Irvine Hotel was suddenly and without warning cancelled via a somewhat bizarre email show organizer Marine de Rogez-Presson sent to participants.

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"Deconstructed" Record Collection Now Online
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 23, 2015  |  18 comments

The record collection documented in the story "Deconstructing a Record Collection" can now be viewed online in its entirety in catalog form.

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"Eric Leefe's Last Call to Rock'n'Roll" A Resounding Success!
Michael Fremer  |  May 07, 2015  |  4 comments
Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. The above one (that's my wife) is a good example of that. It was taken just after Eric sang his encore "(I Found My Thrill On) Blueberry Hill" and the crowd was still cheering.

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"Experiential" Grateful Dead 14 LP All-Analog Box Set in "Acid Flashback" Colors From Vinyl Me, Please
Michael Fremer  |  May 18, 2020  |  17 comments
Denver CO—Vinyl Me, Please today announced The Story of the Grateful Dead, a limited-edition 8 album, 14-disc set deluxe box set featuring 4 studio albums and four "essential" live albums all cut by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering using the original analog master tapes, housed in "Tip-on" jackets and pressed at QRP on colored vinyl.("Acid Flashback" color characterization, AnalogPlanet's description, not VMP's).

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"Feel Flow" - The Sunflower & Surf's Up   Sessions 1969-1971," Box Due July 30
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 10, 2021  |  0 comments
Los Angeles – June 3, 2021 - Capitol/UMe will release an expansive 5CD and digital box set titled "Feel Flows – The Sunflower and Surf’s Up Sessions 1969-1971" on July 30. Assembled by Mark Linett and Alan Boyd, the team behind 2013’s GRAMMY® Award-winning SMiLE Sessions, the expansive collection features newly remastered versions of Sunflower and Surf’s Up and boasts 135 tracks, including 108 previously unreleased tracks, live recordings, radio promos, alternate versions, alternate mixes, isolated backing tracks and a cappella versions, culled from the album sessions.

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"Garage Sale" Find Has QRP Adding 13 Additional Record Presses! (Now Video Enhanced)
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 02, 2015  |  58 comments
Quality Record Pressing (QRP) announced today that thirteen additional presses will soon go online at its Salina, Kansas facility after discovering them recently lying dormant in a Chicago warehouse.

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"Gene Clark" Coming Soon AAA From Intervention
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 05, 2018  |  9 comments
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"George Harrison" Pro-Ject Turntable Announced, Limited to 500 For America
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 24, 2017  |  8 comments
Pro-Ject recently announced the availability of the George Harrison turntable shown at the recent C.E.S..

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"Hearing is Deceiving" Analog/Digital LP Kickstarter Project Now Live!
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 31, 2015  |  51 comments
The "Hearing Is Deceiving" AAA vs. ADA vinyl record project is now "live" on Kickstarter!

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"Kirmuss Restoration Process" Easier to See on an Edison Cylinder
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 23, 2021  |  11 comments
Readers skeptical of the Kirmuss Vinyl Restoration process should examine the above photo. Lately Mr. Kirmuss has been using it to restore Edison cylinders. The results are easier to see here than on a vinyl record.

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"Live From Van Gelder Studio" Second Show Featuring Joey DeFrancesco & All-Star Band May 15-16!
Michael Fremer  |  May 09, 2021  |  0 comments
Legendary Englewood Cliffs, NJ Van Gelder Studio, the famed recording venue in which hundreds of the greatest jazz records ever were produced is the site for this recently announced second "Live from Van Gelder Studios" virtual music concert, happening on May 15th at 9PM EDT, with live re-streams on May 16th at 8PM JST for Asian markets and 8PM CEST for European markets.

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"Motown In Mono" Five 180g LP AAA Limited Edition Series Cut By Kevin Gray
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 23, 2019  |  3 comments
This is great news! On December 27th Motown/UMe will release 5 mono Motown albums cut by Kevin Gray from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180 gram vinyl and packaged in deluxe Stoughton tip-on jackets. The titles are: The Miracles' You've Really Got A Hold On Me (1963), The Temptations' (1965), The Four Tops' Reach Out (1967), Diana Ross & The Supremes' Reflections (1968), And The Marvelettes' Sophisticated Soul (1968).

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"Music Man" Murray Gershenz Dead at 91
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 08, 2013  |  3 comments
Veteran L.A. used record store owner and more recent character actor "Music Man" Murray Gershenz passed away from a heart attack on August 28th.
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"Neil Young Live at The Cellar Door" Coming On 180g Reprise Vinyl
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 21, 2013  |  6 comments
Culled from a six night stand at Washington, D.C.'s The Cellar Door between November 30th and December 2nd 1970 a few months after the release of After The Gold Rush, Neil Young Live At The Cellar Door includes solo acoustic performances of "Tell Me Why," "Only Love Can Break Your Heart," "Birds," "Don't Let It Bring You Down" and the title track as well as Buffalo Springfield's "Expecting To Fly", "I Am A Child" and "Flying On The Ground Is Wrong."
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