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Album Reviews
McLean Reaches Twilight Zone Heights
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 01, 2011  |  1 comments

This mostly introspective, Jackie McLean led session featuring trombonist Grachan Moncur III (who contributes three of the four compositions), Roy Haynes, bassist Larry Ridley and Bobby Hutcherson, whose vibraphone add an otherworldly element to the mix, sounds more like something from an eerie “Twilight Zone” episode than what one normally expects or gets from the Blue Note franchise.

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Album Reviews
Me So Horny!
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 01, 2012  |  1 comments

"My girlfriend loves everything at the beach except the sand, the surf and the sun."  That lyric pretty much sums up the playful, sensous, and dangerous kitsch-world of this exotic six person  L.A. group fronted by the black widow spider persona of the sexy Cambodian pop chantreuse Chhom Nimol whose fixation with '60s Cambodian pop fuels the music. 

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Interviews
Meet Jordan Kurland— Brilliant Corners Artist Management Founding Partner And Record Collector
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 01, 2021  |  First Published: Jun 01, 2021  |  3 comments
I first met Brilliant Corners Artist Management Founding Partner Jordan Kurland back in 2017 at my friend David Hyman’s former home Northern California, holding in his hands a new Transfiguration Axia cartridge.
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Interviews
Meet Lux, Age Nine, "King of the One Dollar Record Bins"
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 14, 2015  |  First Published: Nov 14, 2015  |  11 comments
A friend of mine recently alerted me to his friend's son, Lux, who is a nine year old record collector and vinyl enthusiast.

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Interviews
Meet Malachi Lui, A 12 Year Old Very Serious Record Collector
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 03, 2018  |  First Published: Jul 03, 2018  |  32 comments
A friend of AnalogPlanet editor Michael Fremer texted a few weeks ago "There's a kid on WFMU who sounds like you! He's talking about vinyl and different pressings and mastering engineers". Fremer responded "cool". Then came another text: "He just name checked you!"

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Interviews
Meet Randy Thornton, Walt Disney Records’ Supervising Producer and Musical Historian
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 31, 2020  |  First Published: Jul 31, 2020  |  2 comments
Annette Funicello’s The Doors connection, Walt Disney’s role in creating famed Sunset Sound Recorders and 15 year old Ron Howard’s role in “The Haunted Mansion” Record album released when the Disneyland attraction first opened are only a few among the many fascinating items gleaned from my interview with Randy Thornton, long-time Walt Disney Records Supervising Producer and Musical Historian.

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AnalogPlanet Radio
Meet Show Four, Same As Show One (But Different)
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 25, 2015  |  First Published: Aug 25, 2015  |  9 comments
Analogplanet Radio show number four is now available for streaming/downloading.

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News
Meet Sophia Pfister
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 10, 2016  |  First Published: Jun 10, 2016  |  40 comments
Instead of the usual "song and dance", the email refreshingly got directly to the point: "Will you review my record?". I replied, "Send it and if I like it I will."

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InterviewsRMAF 2015
Meet U-Turn Audio's Founders
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 04, 2015  |  First Published: Oct 04, 2015  |  9 comments
U-Turn Audio's three founders were at this year's Rocky Mountain Audio Festival but I almost missed them.

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Album Reviews
Meeting By the Potomac: Ry Cooder's "Election Special"
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 05, 2012  |  22 comments
Arlo Guthrie is a registered Republican (though of the ultra-rare libertarian/progressive strain). That leaves Ry Cooder to carry on his dad's uncompromising protest song tradition and he does so with musical and lyrical conviction on this album aimed at the upcoming election that's no more likely to date than has "This Land is Your Land."
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