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Numerogroup's Rob Sevier Responds!
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 13, 2013
Numerogroup's Rob Sevier has responded to my charge that his Wire piece was the "Stupidest Article Ever Written About Vinyl". And as expected, his response was infantile, petulant and utterly predictable.

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Oh No! An Even Stupider Vinyl Story!
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 13, 2013
The numerogroup can rest easy. An even more foolish vinyl story has just appeared online in The New Jersey Star Ledger.

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Acoustic Signature Wow! Heats up Low/Mid-Price Turntable Segment
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 19, 2013
The addition of the WOW! turntable to the Acoustic Signature line adds yet another under $2000 turntable/arm combo to a growing list of 'tables at this attractive price point.

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John Prine's Grammy Award Winning "The Missing Years" To Be Released on Double 180g Vinyl
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 20, 2013
John Prine's Grammy Award winning (for "Best Contemporary Folk Album") 1992 album The Missing Years will make its "long overdue" vinyl debut July 9th on his Oh Boy record label.
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The Mothers of Invention "Freak Out!" Vinyl Reissue Straight Poop
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 20, 2013
According to mastering engineer Chris Bellman, Freak Out! was cut from a digital source.
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ORG Announces Two Roy Orbison Double 45rpm Reissues
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 02, 2013
ORG today announced a Roy Orbison reissue project that will bring to the 45rpm format Lonely and Blue and In Dreams, two of Roy's early Monument albums.
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Major Analog Vinyl/Turntable/Cartridge Survey Underway!
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 09, 2013
Most of us are convinced that the media regularly underreports record sales. It seems that Nielsen/Soundscan's numbers can't possible be correct, nor does it seem likely they have the ability to dig deeply into the sales portals where much of the vinyl activity occurs.
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Dr. Amar Bose Dead at 83
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 13, 2013
Don't speak ill of the dead is commonly accepted wisdom to which I almost always subscribe. However, an Amar Bose obituary in today's New York Times by Glenn Rifkin that read more like an advertisement than an obit forces my hand.

The obit writer claims the Bose Corporation "..became synonymous with high quality audio systems..." and that "His speakers, though expensive, earned a reputation for bringing concert-hall quality audio into the home." Really?

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Large Files Coming Your Way Hopefully Tomorrow!
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 22, 2013
The plan is to post links tomorrow to the 10 96/24 FLAC files of Myra Taylor's "Spider and The Fly" from her My Night to Dream album (APO 2017) released in 2000 as a double 45rpm 180g LP by Analogue Productions, reproduced using the 9 cartridges identified in a previous post plus the Ortofon Anna on the Continuum Caliburn.

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22,000 Records On Sale at the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archive of Recorded Sound August 8-10th
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 08, 2013
Vinyl fans began lining up at 8:00AM in front of the Lincoln Center Plaza home of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts for a 22,000 LP sale. The records were culled from the collection of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archive of Recorded Sound.
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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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THIS WAS WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!: Nick Drake's Debut Vinyl Reissue Cut From Tape AAA Not From Digital
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 04, 2013
Nick Drake's sublime debut album Five Leaves Left was reportedly going to be sourced from digital because the master proved unusable and that is indeed the case.
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ORG to Release Jeff Buckley's "Grace" on 180g Double 45rpm Set
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 04, 2013
ORG announced today an upcoming series of double 45rpm 180g releases from the Sony/BMG catalog.
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ORG and ORG Music Are Two Different Companies! (Corrected 9/9/13)
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 05, 2013
Let's clarify a confusing situation once and for all. ORG, which has issued dozens of great double 45rpm titles from the Decca/London and Sony/BMG catalog (among others), including the recently reviewed B,S&T album, and ORG Music are not the same company!
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"Music Man" Murray Gershenz Dead at 91
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 08, 2013
Veteran L.A. used record store owner and more recent character actor "Music Man" Murray Gershenz passed away from a heart attack on August 28th.
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