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Michael Fremer | Jan 01, 2009 | 4 comments

Dennis Wilson didnï¿½t sing very well in the conventional sense of the word: his pitch was frequently off, he warbled, his vocal timbre was raspy and calling his range ï¿½limitedï¿½ would be an overstatement.

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Bruce Springsteen "The Album Collection Vol. 1 1973-1984"—First Look

Michael Fremer | Nov 18, 2014 | First Published: Nov 18, 2014 | 79 comments

Legacy's long awaiting Bruce Springsteen vinyl box set arrived so analogplanet.com editor Michael Fremer unboxed it with the camera rolling. Have a look:

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Bruce Springsteen: The Album Collection Vol. 1 1973-1984 Reviewed Michael Fremer | views-field-created"> Dec 10, 2014 | 26 comments

On the analogplanet we greet with great enthusiasm news of a carefully considered reissue project like this, but clearly that’s not the case elsewhere. While poking around the Internet looking for background information I came upon a bizarre and surprising series of comments on, of all places Rolling Stone magazine’s website.

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Bryan Ferry to Release on Mono Vinyl "The Jazz Age" A New Instrumental Album Michael Fremer | views-field-created"> Feb 10, 2013 | 12 comments

While his solo career is littered with covers, on this new Bryan Ferry album, the covers are of his own songs performed instrumentally with "The Bryan Ferry Orchestra", a 1920's style emulation.

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Bryan Ferry's "The Jazz Age" Takes Familiar Repertoire To An Old Place Michael Fremer | views-field-created"> Apr 02, 2013 | 4 comments

Note: The pressing issue I encountered with the copy I bought was corroborated by some readers but not all. The producer's QC copy was fine, so we exchanged copies. The replacement I was sent (autographed by Bryan Ferry, thank you!) sounded fine throughout.

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Buena Vista Goes Live Michael Fremer | views-field-created"> Apr 01, 2009 | 0 comments

This triple gatefold, double time capsule captures the rapturous July 1st, 1998 Carnegie Hall Concert also filmed by Wim Wenders and released the next year. The music is old. The players were old&#151some in their 80s and ‘90s&#151and some have since passed away, but the old music was fresh to the ears of Americans and others who first heard it thanks to the World Circuit CD produced by Ry Cooder (later issued on vinyl by Classic Records).

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Buffalo Springfield "What's That Sound?" Box Set —A Reissue Done 100% Right!

Michael Fremer | Jul 18, 2018 | 18 comments

The Buffalo Springfield box set reissue fans have long awaited is finally here and it was well worth waiting for. Neil Young points out in the enclosed heavy paper full color "one sheet" that all five records were cut directly from the original master tapes, not tape copies. Each record has a Neil-created "SPARS code"

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Bulgaria Based THRAX Builds the Döhmann Helix 1 Turntable

Michael Fremer | Mar 19, 2016 | First Published: Mar 19, 2016 | 10 comments

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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Bulgarian Record and Tape Collector Has Serious Collection!

Michael Fremer | May 02, 2016 | First Published: May 02, 2016 | 8 comments

Michael Fremer visited a serious Bulgarian record and tape collector in March and shot this video.

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Burrell Blues It Up Sans Keyboards

Michael Fremer | Feb 01, 2009 | 1 comments

Elvis Costello “borrowed” the cover of this album for his Almost Blue (F-Beat XXLP13) but there the resemblance ends, not only between Costello’s countrified Nashville tribute and this one, but between this one and the usual Blue Note fare.

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