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Jack White’s Contributions to Tyler’s IGOR Barely Used (AnalogPlanet Exclusive)
Malachi Lui  |  Jul 19, 2019
In my earlier review of Tyler, the Creator’s magnum opus IGOR, I note that Jack White plays with a less distorted tone than usual the guitar solo on album closer “ARE WE STILL FRIENDS?”. This information comes from Tyler’s Apple Music album release concert and remains the “official” word on the subject (the album credits make no mention of White, even though Tyler announced White’s musical presence on the LP two days after its release).

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Jalopy Records' Subscription AAA Vinyl Kickstarter Project Needs Help Now!
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 10, 2016
Here's an all-analog record subscription series you might be interested in helping.

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Jazz at Lincoln Center To Release 4 LP Vinyl Box Set "Live in Cuba"
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 21, 2016
LIVE IN CUBA/i>—the acclaimed album from the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis—comes out as a deluxe vinyl box set next week.

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Jazz Great Lee Konitz, R.I.P.
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 16, 2020
Alto saxophonist, improv great Lee Konitz who was associated with every style from bebop to avant-garde and especially cool jazz died today at age 92 a victim of the coronavirus.

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Jerome Sabbagh's Next Kickstarter Funded Release Will Be All-Analog, Cut by BG and Pressed at QRP
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 26, 2018
Saxophonist Jerome Sabbagh's 2014 Kickstarter funded release The Turn was a musical and sonic success. It got great reviews here, in the Boston Globe, Stereophile and the L.A. Times. Now Sabbagh is back with another Kickstarter funded project but this time instead of recording analog and cutting from digital because of the extra expenses involved, he's going for an all-analog production.

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Jersey City Record/CD Riot!!!!
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 01, 2010
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Jersey Guitar Mafia Alert!
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 12, 2013
Here's a chance for those living in the New York metropolitan area to see a live performance of four guitar greats playing their musical heritage at a New Jersey Italian restaurant. Too bad James Gandolfini passed away because I bet he'd be there.

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Jethro Tull Sets Thick as a Brick 50th Anniversary 1LP Half-Speed Master in Original Newspaper Packaging for July 29
Mike Mettler  |  Jun 23, 2022
Extra, extra, read all about it: Jethro Tull's seminal March 1972 album Thick as a Brick is soon coming our way in a 50th anniversary 1LP half-speed master in its original newspaper packaging on July 29, via Parlophone.
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Jethro Tull's Aqualung  Gets Analogue Productions Double 45 RPM UHQR Release
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 24, 2020
Analogue Productions announced yesterday a limited to 5000 copies deluxe double 45rpm 200g UHQR release of Jethro Tull's enduring 1971 classic Aqualung. The pressing and presentation will be similar to that of the Are You Experienced? box released in 2019.

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Jim Croce’s Benchmark You Don’t Mess Around With Jim Album Sees a 50th Anniversary Limited-Edition 180g LP Release on November 25
Mike Mettler  |  Oct 11, 2022

BMG isn’t messing around with this one — and neither are we. To wit: The late, great singer/songwriter Jim Croce’s benchmark April 1972 album You Don’t Mess Around With Jim is getting properly feted with a 50th anniversary 180g 1LP release on November 25. Read on to find out all the operational details. . .

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Jim Hagerman "Kickstarts" A DIY Vacuum Tube MM Phono Preamplifier
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 05, 2014
Following up on his success with the Bugle2 solid state phono preamplifier, Hagerman Audio's Jim Hagerman recently commenced a Kickstarter campaign for the Cornet3 a new "third generation" vacuum tube based DIY phono preamp.

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Jimi Hendrix Experience: Miami Pop Festival First Ever Release Coming on double AAA Vinyl November 5th
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 09, 2013
Experience Hendrix LLC and Legacy Recordings Division of Sony Music Entertainment announced today the first ever release of Jimi Hendrix Experience's Miami Pop Festival performance of May, 18th 1968 recorded by long-time Hendrix engineer Eddie Kramer. The album will be a double vinyl set mastered all-analog by Bernie Grundman.

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Jimi Hendrix: "Hear My Train A Comin' " American Masters Special on PBS November 5th
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 04, 2013
Don't miss this two hour PBS special on the life of Jimi Hendrix November 5th on PBS.
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Joan Baez's Debut Vanguard LP Coming From Craft, Cut From Original Master Tape
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 29, 2018
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John Coltrane’s Seminal Blue Train Gets Both 180g 1LP Mono & 2LP Stereo Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Series Reissues From Blue Note on September 16
Mike Mettler  |  Aug 01, 2022

John Coltrane’s all-time hard-bop classic, January 1958’s Blue Train, is coming back around the vinyl bend. To mark the 65th anniversary of the album’s recording, Blue Train will be released in two special editions on September 16, 2022, as part of Blue Note’s Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series. Read on for further Trane/Train info and pressing details. . .

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