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United Record Pressing Acquires Bill Smith
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 08, 2016  |  9 comments
Here's a press release from URP announcing the company's acquisition of Bill Smith Custom Records.

Analogplanet did not receive it directly from URP because we probably remain on the company's "do not contact" list.

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Universal Music's New "Pink Moon" LP Will Use Optimal Pressing
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 15, 2013  |  5 comments
If you didn't buy the deluxe Pink Moon box set reviewed here by Randy Wells, you are in luck: the upcoming domestic UMG standard reissue, selling for far less, will still be pressed at Optimal in Germany, mastered AAA at Abbey Road, just like the deluxe box set's LP.
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Unreleased Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers' Blue Note Just Coolin'  Coming AAA on April 24th
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 20, 2020  |  10 comments
Not sure what's more amazing: how many recordings Alfred Lion produced for Blue Note, or how many great ones have remained in the vaults. Over the past few years, numerous unreleased Blue Notes have finally been released and none are sub-par "leftovers".

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Updates and Corrections to Recent Technics SL-1000R Preview Story
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 21, 2018  |  37 comments
In the recent story about the week I spent with Technics' new SL-1000R turntable, the difference between what's commonly referred to as an arm's "effective length" and how Technics uses the term in its literature led to some confusion and a series of conceptual errors on my part for which I take full responsibility.

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Utrecht Record Fair Day Two
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 26, 2013  |  3 comments
Day two of the Utrecht Record Fair was less crowded, as my hosts predicted it would be, but still, in the morning at least, it was plenty crowded as record buyers returned for the discounts many vendors offered, hoping to sell records rather than schlep them home (or to the next record fair somewhere in Europe).

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Utrecht Record Fair Set-Up Day
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 22, 2013  |  1 comments
Friday, November 22nd was set-up day at the world's largest record fair. For a premium, organizers did let consumers in early so even as the booths were being set up and stocked, buyers made the rounds in the usual mad frenzied way.

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Utrecht Record Fair This Weekend—Coverage on Analogplanet.com and via Twitter
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 21, 2013  |  2 comments
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Vanessa Fernandez Groove Note Sophomore Effort Coming Spring 2016
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 12, 2015  |  13 comments
Vanessa Fernandez’s first Groove Note release was a terrific record musically and sonically.

It must have done well commercially because Groove Note’s (and ORG’s) Ying Tan has planned a follow up extravaganza.

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VAS Introduces Made In New Jersey $1500 MC Cartridge!
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 18, 2015  |  17 comments
I flew down for a few days to Atlanta, Georgia to attend the grand opening of the new HiFi Buys store. Yesterday I conducted three vinyl-related seminars.

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Vertere Acoustics' Touraj Moghaddam at The Voice That Is June 1st
Michael Fremer  |  May 20, 2019  |  0 comments
Saturday, June 1, 2019: Doug White, of The Voice That Is, in cooperation with the Philadelphia Area Audio Group and the New Jersey Audio Society, hosts a vinyl event featuring Vertere Acoustics and Touraj Moghaddam, Designer.

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Verve Label Group/UMe Announces Chad Kassem-Supervised All-Analog Classic Jazz Reissue Series
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 11, 2020  |  97 comments
June 11, 2020—Verve Label Group and UMe announced today the July 31st launch of a new “audiophile grade”, all-analog reissue series supervised by Acoustic Sounds CEO Chad Kassem, featuring iconic titles from the Verve, Impulse!, Philips, EmArcy and Decca catalogs.

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Verve Records/UMe Partner With Third Man Records to Relaunch Popular Verve By Request Reissue Series, Commencing With Two 180g LP Releases on November 11, Followed by Two More on December 9
Mike Mettler  |  Oct 17, 2022  |  8 comments

You asked for it, and now you’ve got it. To wit: Verve Records/UMe and Third Man Records have partnered together to resurrect the popular Verve By Request reissue series. Focusing on rare gems and fan-requested jazz albums from the Verve Label Group’s stable of iconic labels, this intriguing vinyl series will offer two titles per month, each entry having been handpicked by Verve and Third Man. These selections will include long-out-of-print titles from the vault, in addition to first-ever vinyl pressings for albums released in the 1990s and 2000s that were only available on CD and digital formats. Read on to find out which vintage albums are making the initial Verve/Third Man 180g cut for proper reissuing between November 2022 and June 2023. . .

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Verve/Acoustic Sounds To Release Out of the Cool  (Impulse AS-4) Cut From Original Master Tape
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 10, 2021  |  63 comments
This essential, musically groundbreaking and sonically spectacular Gil Evans album recorded by RVG in 1960 and released February of 1961 will soon be issued as part of the Verve/Acoustic Sounds series, cut AAA using the original master tape.

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Verve/UMe Readies Two Nina Simone Albums For Third Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series Installment
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 24, 2020  |  0 comments
Even as the Acoustic Sounds Series reissues from Verve/UMe of Coltrane's A Love Supreme and Ballads are set for October 9th release, the label announced today pre-orders for the third installment in the series: two classic (and much needed and welcomed at this time) 1965 Nina Simone albums: I Put A Spell On You and Pastel Blues slated for November.

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Verve/UMe Releases Individually Nina Simone Philips era Vinyl Box Set Albums
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 03, 2016  |  0 comments
Nina Simone's Philips catalog, recorded between 1964 and 1967 includes much of her most essential recordings.

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