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Craft Recordings Reissues Big Star #1 and Radio City AAA on 180g Vinyl
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 03, 2019  |  20 comments
"What happens in Memphis stays in Memphis"—at least until you get these home (unless you live in Memphis!) might be Craft Recordings' slogan for this all-analog pair of Big Star reissues, probably the first all-analog reissues of these two ignored when first released but now highly regarded early '70s albums since Classic Records released them in 2009 AAA on Clarity vinyl.

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Craft Recordings To Launch Exclusive "Small Batch" LP Series
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 08, 2021  |  56 comments
Craft Recordings will soon launch a limited-edition one-step series focusing on their most revered recordings available exclusively via Craft Recordings.
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Crazy Month! Life Returns to Normal
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 04, 2012  |  8 comments
(Photo of me [wearing TRON crew jacket] talking to the Chinese Theater audience courtesy MouseInfo).

Power is back, heat and hot water are back, Internet it back. Life returns to normal. I actually got to listen to music on my system last night for the first time in more than a week.

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Creed Taylor Documentary Now In Production
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 28, 2021  |  6 comments
The Snapshots Foundation just announced a documentary now in production on the legendary 91 year old American record producer Creed Taylor.

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Creedence Clearwater Revival Live at Woodstock 50 Years Later on 2 LPs
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 18, 2019  |  25 comments
It looks like the 50th anniversary of Woodstock concert is off, but Craft Recordings celebrates anyway with the release on August 2nd,, finally of Live At Woodstock CCR's late Sunday evening performance at the original Woodstock, 1969.

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Crosley Radio Renews Beatles Licensed Accessories
Michael Fremer  |  May 27, 2020  |  0 comments
Crosley Radio recently announced it had renewed its license for Beatles-branded accessories including the ones in the lead photo. The Beatles remain at or near the top of new vinyl sales 57 years after the group released its first single.

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Crosley To Open a Record Pressing Plant
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 20, 2016  |  44 comments
Turntable manufacturer Crosley is set to announce the opening soon of a new pressing plant. No this is not an early April Fool's Day hoax.

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Dan Hicks R.I.P.
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 09, 2016  |  14 comments
In honor of Dan Hicks, here's "Where's the Money" from the album of the same name, released on Blue Thumb Records (BTS 29) in 1971.
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Dane Cook and Comedy Central Team to Release Vinyl Edition of Comedian's Platinum Selling Album
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 02, 2013  |  3 comments
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the release of comedian/actor Dane Cook's album Harmful If Swallowed, Comedy Central Records recently announced a limited edition vinyl version with exclusive new artwork. The one thousand copy edition went on sale earlier this month.
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Dave Wilson (1944-2018)
Michael Fremer  |  May 28, 2018  |  9 comments
I first met Dave Wilson in the pages of The Absolute Sound in 1980 when he was a reviewer and I was too poor to own much of anything written about in the magazine. Actually, Dave was listed in the masthead not as a reviewer, but as a “Technical Writer”.

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David Bowie VH1 Storytellers Limited Edition 2 LP Set Drops October 11th
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 21, 2019  |  18 comments
David Bowie's 1999 VH1 Storytellers appearance before invited guests in an intimate setting and recorded August 23, 1999 at The Manhattan Center's Grand Ballroom was first issued on CD/DVD and as a download 10 years later. Now, 20 years later Parlophone will release the most complete version will be released on a limited edition 2-LP set October 11th.

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David Bowie's "The Prettiest Star" Three Ways And Box Set Finale
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 02, 2016  |  27 comments
There's something deeply offensive to me about picking apart the sound on the David Bowie [Five Years 1969-1973] box set. The guy is gone, the sadness lingers and maybe it's time to just enjoy and celebrate the music.

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David Bowie: The Man Who Changed the World
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 17, 2016  |  13 comments
Tomorrow's Analogplanet radio show will be all-Bowie.

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David Bowie’s Waiting in the Sky (Before the Starman Came to Earth) Limited Edition LP Is an RSD Exclusive Earmarked to Arrive on April 20, Featuring Four Non-Ziggy Stardust Tracks
Mike Mettler  |  Jan 17, 2024  |  3 comments

The Starman takes to the skies yet again — or rather, he’s taking another spin (or three) on our turntables. To that end, Parlophone has just announced the release of David Bowie’s Waiting in the Sky (Before the Starman Came to Earth) as a Record Store Day LP exclusive on April 20. Read on to find out about the source material and to see how the Waiting tracklisting differs from that of Bowie’s seminal 1972 The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars album. . .

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David Gilmour Set to Release New Solo Album, Luck and Strange, on 1LP Vinyl on September 6
Mike Mettler  |  Apr 24, 2024  |  1 comments

His solo career is on an island no longer. Today, David Gilmour announced his new album Luck and Strange will be released on September 6, 2024 on Sony Music in multiple formats, including 1LP vinyl. Read on to see all that we currently know about this important LP release. . .

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