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Phil Ramone, One of the Record Producing and Engineering Greats, Dead at 79
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 30, 2013
Legendary record producer and engineer Phil Ramone passed away today at age 72.
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Marantz Launches NA-11S1 Reference Class Network Audio Player and USB DAC
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 31, 2013
What's a story like this doing in an analog space? While it's a news item covering a new digital product, I was honored to be the only American audio writer invited to the launch so while the piece will be published in Stereophile, I decided to post it here as well. I hope you find at least the history of Marantz interesting, but also the concept of downloading DSD files from the Internet and playing them back from a computer. In any case, I think of music services like Spotify and Pandora the "Evatone sheets" of our digital era. You can use them to audition new music before dropping your hard earned cash on the vinyl version.—Ed.

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Fire at Pallas Pressing Plant Destroys CD/DVD Duplication Facility
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 01, 2013
This is no April Fool's Day trick: a fire last night destroyed the Pallas Pressing Plant's CD/DVD duplication facility. Fortunately there were no injuries.

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Kinks and Klem Kadiddlehopper?
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 04, 2013
The Dorsey Brothers, Tommy and Jimmy saw the rock'n'roll handwriting on the wall back in 1956. The big banders invited Elvis Presley onto their television show. It was Elvis's first TV appearance and it created a sensation.

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"John Coltrane: The Complete Sun Ship Sessions" on 3 180 Gram LPs Coming From Mosaic
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 06, 2013
Mosaic Records will issue on May 21st a 3 LP set of The Complete Sun Ship Sessions including newly discovered and previously unissued alternative takes from one of the John Coltrane Quartet's final studio sessions.

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Mikey Interviewed on Jazz Station WBGO-FM For The New York Audio Show (and the subject turned to CDs)
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 06, 2013
"WBGO Journal" host Doug Doyle (shown in the photo trying to grab a Mosaic box from my warm sweaty hands) interviewed me recently for his radio show on the great jazz, Newark, NJ radio station.

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Replacing Defective Copies of Bryan Ferry's "The Jazz Age"
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 11, 2013
Just received this email from Bryan Ferry's organization:

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Record Store Day April 20th 2013
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 21, 2013
The line snaked down the block outside of Music Merchant in Westwood, NJ the morning of Record Store Day April 20th 2013. It was 7:30 AM well before I got there, you can be sure. Others told me about the scene, including the store's owner.

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Zappa Classics "Freak Out" and "Over-Nite Sensation" Coming From Universal Music-Zappa Records—Along With Never Before Released "Finer Moments"
Michael Fremer  |  May 07, 2013
Are you hung up?
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Reporting From Munich Hi-End Show Thursday through Sunday
Michael Fremer  |  May 07, 2013
I'll be attending the Munich Hi-End Show Thursday through Sunday and reporting back here nightly on all things analog at the show. Stay tuned!
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T.H.E. Show Newport Beach 2013 Coverage Coming Up!
Michael Fremer  |  May 31, 2013
T.H.E. Show Newport Beach 2013 is underway and coverage will begin later today. I participated in the ribbon cutting ceremony with John Atkinson, Robert Harley and Dr. David Robinson wearing the GoPro camera so you could see the event from my perspective but the camera was accidentally set to 'still' and I didn't get the video.
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Archive of Contemporary Music's "Swinging Summer Record Sale" Begins Saturday June 8th
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 04, 2013
New York's Archive of Contemporary Music (ARC) announces its "Swinging Summer Record Sale" beginning Saturday June 8th through Sunday June 16th from 11AM to 6PM
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A Subscription Based Vinyl Service From Feedbands
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 04, 2013
A reader alerted me to "Feedbands"—a unique vinyl subscription service. You pay them $19.95 a month and each month Feedbands sends you a new 180g vinyl record of a new band or artist they really like
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Analogplanet Editor Appears on Scott Wilkinson's "Home Theater Geeks" Podcast
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 05, 2013
I flew the Sunday evening 'redeye' home from T.H.E. Show Newport 2013 and without sleep appeared later Monday on Scott Wilkinson's "Home Theater Geek"podcast.

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The New York Times Reports on The Vinyl Resurgence
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 10, 2013
The Arts section of today's New York Times contains a vinyl resurgence story by Allan Kozzin you're sure to enjoy reading
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