Michael Fremer

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Features
1996 "High End" Show Kempinksi Hotel, Frankfurt, Germany
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 27, 2017  |  First Published: Jun 27, 2017  |  comments
You've seen videos here of the world's largest audio show, "High End" Munich. Back in the 1990s, the show, held in Frankfurt's Kempinski Hotel, more closely resembled a sleepy American affair—as this vintage video demonstrates. It was a very "German" show at the time, musically and otherwise, though even then you'll hear "Take Five" and "Belafonte at Carnegie Hall". Today's High End show is an international affair.

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Album Reviews
200 Gram AAA Japanese Pressings Arrive!
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 01, 2007  |  comments

They are expensive ($40.00), they are 200 grams thick, the titles are mostly inspired and as you might expect, the pressing and jacket quality are absolutely spectacular.

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Album Reviews
2003 Of Montreal LP Will Keep You Jumping
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 01, 2007  |  comments

Of Montreal is not from Montreal (they’re from Athen, Georgia) and the “they” on this album from 2004 are Kevin Barnes and lyricist Dan Donahue.

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Album Reviews
2006 "Freedom of Speech" Tour Sparks Tuneful Political Discussion
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 01, 2009  |  comments

CSN&Y played and sang live better than ever during this 2006 “Freedom of Speech” tour as you'll hear on this 16 track document, none of which was overdubbed. The only “overdub” was of a 100 voice choir recorded at Capitol studios, Hollywood before the tour that was added to the live shows as well.

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Album Reviews
2007 Never Before Released Jazz Album Made For These Times
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 11, 2016  |  comments
According to the liner notes for this record that's guaranteed to knock you out in a good way, both musically and sonically, the aggregate known as "The CO-OP" began as an "ad-hoc" backing band for the Swedish singer-songwriter Malin Johansson, A/KA Blue Utopia. The more you search online for information about Ms. Johansson or Blue Utopia, the less you'll find, not that it really matters.

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Album Reviews
200g edition of Cream Classic Joins the Other UMGs and is Already Out of Print
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 01, 2007  |  comments

There never has been a spectacular-sounding reissue of this great Cream classic and there never will be. Unfortunately, the original recording was not particularly distinguished.

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CES 2015
2015 Consumer Electronics Show Coverage Begins Tuesday, January 6th
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 04, 2015  |  First Published: Jan 04, 2015  |  comments
The International Consumer Electronics Show runs from Tuesday, January 6th through Friday, January 9th. Analogplanet will be there covering the show "live" and posting regularly to this site.

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News
2015: The Year of the New Record Presses!
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 20, 2014  |  First Published: Dec 20, 2014  |  comments
New record presses are the big news today!
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Tokyo 2017
2017 Tokyo International Audio Show Coverage Begins Tomorrow
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 28, 2017  |  First Published: Sep 28, 2017  |  comments
The 2017 Tokyo International Audio Show runs from Friday September 29th though Sunday October 1st. It's the first time AnalogPlanet has covered the show, so no coming attractions and no expectations.

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News
20th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads. Join Me In Salina, KS!
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 14, 2017  |  First Published: Oct 14, 2017  |  comments
The 20th annual "Blues Masters at the Crossroads" blues festival happens Friday night October 27th and Saturday night October 28th in Salina, Kansas. It's much more than just a music festival, though with talent like Charlie Musselwhite, Doug MacLeod, Marquise Knox, Lucky Peterson and William Bell among others, that would be enough!

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