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If You Buy Just One Record This Record Store Day April 16th..
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 13, 2016
Record Store Day is this Saturday April 16th. It's also in the middle of AXPONA in Chicago, which is really annoying. Very bad timing.

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Crosley To Open a Record Pressing Plant
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 20, 2016
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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Bulgaria Based THRAX Builds the Döhmann Helix 1 Turntable
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 19, 2016
Mark Döhmann designed the Helix 1 turntable in Australia. Frank Schröder designed the unique tone arm in Germany. Both are built by THRAX Audio in Sofia, Bulgaria. This video shows you why.

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Fine Sounds Transforms Itself into World of McIntosh (WOM)
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 17, 2016
The Italian holding company Fine Sounds, which owns McIntosh, Audio Research Corporation, Sumiko and Wadia last fall announced a new name and marketing that puts all of the brands under one roof (literally) called "World of McIntosh".

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A Visit to the High Fidelity Record Store
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 17, 2016
Mike Hobson, one of the pioneers of the "vinyl resurgence" exited the reissue business a few years ago, selling Classic Records to Analogue Productions/Acoustic Sounds, Quality Record Pressings mogul Chad Kassem.

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Sir George Martin, Record Producer and Fifth Beatle Dead at 90
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 09, 2016
Newspapers, news services and online music publications retrieved from digital storage their long prepared George Martin obits and sadly ran them today.

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David Bowie's "The Prettiest Star" Three Ways And Box Set Finale
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 02, 2016
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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Classic Album Sundays' Colleen Murphy To Host BBC Radio 4 Two Part "Turntable History" Special
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 01, 2016
Classic Album Sundays creator Colleen Murphy hosts a two part BBC radio special covering the history of turntables.

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Technics Sarasota, Florida SL-1200GAE Preview Event March 24th
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 29, 2016
Sarasota Florida area readers take note: Encore Home Entertainment Systems hosts a March 24th Technics SL-1200GAE turntable preview event from 7PM-9PM.

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A Visit to Dorado Music Packaging
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 22, 2016
At last fall's WAX Event at the Capitol Tower I met the owner of Dorado Music Packaging, a company that fabricates among other printed packaging, record jackets and books about music and vinyl.
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Analogy Records Sells Only Master Tapes
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 10, 2016
The label is called "Analogy Records" but for now it doesn't sell records. It only sells "master tapes".

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Roy Orbison The M-G-M Years 1965-1973 Box Set First Look
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 10, 2016
Here's a look at the new Roy Orbison The M-G-M Years 1965-1973 Box Set a thirteen LP set that includes all of Roy's long playing records plus a double LP of singles and unreleased tracks.

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More From Bernie Grundman Mastering
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 09, 2016
Here's more video from Bernie Grundman Mastering, including a tour of head tech Beno May's shop, filled with "cool stuff".
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Dan Hicks R.I.P.
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 09, 2016
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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Stop the Presses! New Presses Coming!
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 09, 2016
The Toronto, Canada based newspaper The Globe and Mail published a story last Thursday February, 4th about a Canadian company that has invented and is building brand new record presses.

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