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Reverb LP A New Online Record Selling and Buying Site Opens Its Digital "Doors"
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 26, 2017
The website Reverb.com recently announced an open beta launch for Reverb LP. Backed by what it claims is "the world’s most popular music gear site", Reverb LP aims to be "the best place online to buy and sell records".
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UHQR Returns, This Time From Analogue Productions Starting With Jimi Hendrix Classics
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 01, 2017
50 years to the day of its original release in both mono and stereo, Analogue Productions announces tomorrow the UHQR reissues of Jimi Hendrix's epic Axis: Bold As Love, newly remastered from the original analog master tapes by Bernie Grundman. Click that hyperlink and watch Bernie at work cutting!

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Grado's New Prestige Series 2 Updates Classic Grado Cartridge Line
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 26, 2017
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VPI Introduces Cliffwood Dedicated MM Phono Preamp
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 16, 2017
VPI just announced a stand-alone dedicated moving magnet phono preamplifier based upon the circuit in the Player turntable's built-in unit.

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Blue Note Review Is a Biannual Limited Edition Luxury Box Set Subscription Series
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 13, 2017
Just going to reproduce much of the press release this time:

Blue Note Records introduces Blue Note Review: Volume One - Peace, Love & Fishing, the inaugural edition of a stunning new biannual, limited edition, luxury boxset subscription series that encapsulates the storied past and auspicious future of the legendary jazz label. The beautifully curated collector's item is a limited production of 1,500 sets, and is available to order today for $200 exclusively at bluenotereview.com. Watch an unboxing video of the Blue Note Review set at that URL.

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AnalogPlanet Visits Ovation A/V in Indianapolis to Talk Vinyl
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 12, 2017
AnalogPlanet visits Ovation AV in Indianapolis to speak and play records for a large and appreciative audience. Here's a tour of a well-stocked store filled with affordable two channel audio and home theater. The event featured generous product giveaways on a scale rarely seen, including turntables and big screen televisions. Good show Ovation!

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The Small, Sad New York Audio Show 2017
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 12, 2017
The just concluded New York Audio Show 2017 was small. Really small. It was so sad for one of the world’s greatest and most musically sophisticated cities to not be able to support an appropriately sized audio exhibition.

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"Sonny Clark Trio : The 1960 Time Sessions with George Duvivier and Max Roach" November 24th From Tompkins Square
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 09, 2017
Tompkins Square announced today the upcoming release of Sonny Clark Trio : The 1960 Time Sessions, a limited edition 2LP set available exclusively via participating independent record stores as part of Record Store Day, on Black Friday, November 24th, 2017.

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"Tour" the QRP Pressing Plant, Acoustic Sounds, and Take A Second Row Seat at Stiefel Theater Saturday Night Blues at the Crossroads Concert
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 02, 2017
Saturdays during the Blues at the Crossroads concert weekend, Acoustic Sounds and Quality Vinyl Pressing (QRP) open their doors to blues fans from around the world, who are invited to tour the QRP pressing plant and buy new and used records and SACDs at Acoustic Sounds.

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Kaneshii Vinyl Pressing Opens on Canada's East Coast Aiming To Serve Indie Artists
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 01, 2017
Opened June of 2017, Kaneshii Vinyl Press is a full-service boutique vinyl-record manufacturer located in the West Royalty Industrial Park, in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, on Canada’s East Coast. The company sent the press release in the early fall, probably after the opening "shake out". Good idea!

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Newvelle Records Launches Third Year of Subscription Series Jazz LPs
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 01, 2017
Subscription-based jazz label Newvelle Records recently announced its third year of vinyl-only original productions. The six gatefold packaged albums ship every other month. Subscribers get a box in which to store the albums.

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Furnace Record Pressing To Open in January 2018 50,000 Square Foot Record Pressing Plant
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 25, 2017

Fairfax, VA, October 25, 2017—Furnace Record Pressing will open a new long-planned record pressing plant this January in Fairfax, VA that will create more than 40 new jobs in what the company says will be an "environmentally friendly" facility.

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Join AnalogPlanet Editor Michael Fremer At Ovation Audio+Video's 30th Anniversary Celebration
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 25, 2017
Ovation Audio+Video in Indianapolis celebrates its 30th anniversary November 9-12th with four days o special events including music, food, new tech and giveaways.

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Swedish Analog Technologies Announces Two New Pickup Arms for 2018
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 16, 2017
Swedish Analog Technologies today announced two new pickup arms to be introduced "...in the first quarter of 2018". The photo accompanying this news item is of the original SAT Pickup Arm because no photos of the new arms were provided at this time. In fact, this photo taken from the company's website is of an earlier version than the one currently in production.

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20th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads. Join Me In Salina, KS!
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 14, 2017
The 20th annual "Blues Masters at the Crossroads" blues festival happens Friday night October 27th and Saturday night October 28th in Salina, Kansas. It's much more than just a music festival, though with talent like Charlie Musselwhite, Doug MacLeod, Marquise Knox, Lucky Peterson and William Bell among others, that would be enough!

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