Michael Fremer

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O'Riley's Second Radiohead Outing Even Better Than the First!
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 01, 2005  |  1 comments

Leonard Bernstein was probably the first classical musician to boldly champion rock music when he enthusiastically endorsed The Beatles back in 1964-well before the group's true artistry flowered. Bernstein wrote a short, joyous, almost inappropriately flowery introduction to Geoffrey Stokes's 1980 book “The Beatles,” which you can read at http://www.frederickchorale.org/Beatles_2.asp.

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Album Reviews
Of Course You Should Buy This on Vinyl!
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 29, 2017  |  24 comments
"Why buy vinyl cut from a file when you can buy the file itself?". That's easy! If you've worked to get your analog front end to sound glorious, magical and the way you want your records to sound and it sounds better to you than your unyielding, unadjustable digital box, you might have the answer.

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Album Reviews
Off With the Man Buns and Kick Out the Jams With Run Out Groove's MC5 Compilation!
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 18, 2017  |  6 comments
The new reissue record label Run Out Groove recently launched with a limited to 2668 copy edition of a gloriously noisy, high energy MC5 compilation sourced from the group's Elektra and Atlantic catalogues. The Detroit-based group (The Motor City Five), which made music that was an invigorating amalgam of garage rock, punk rock and blues with a hint of progressive jazz thrown in, released but three full length albums during its less than a decade long run.

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Album Reviews
Oh Behave Yourself! Cisco Music Reissues '70's Classic
Michael Fremer  |  May 01, 2006  |  0 comments

Only in retrospect do you realize how much The Guess Who’s sound drew from Creedence Clearwater Revival. That’s fine, because only in retrospect do you realize how much of what sounded new and unique when you were immersed in it, was really formulaic and sometimes trite.

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News
Oh No! An Even Stupider Vinyl Story!
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 13, 2013  |  39 comments
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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News
Old Vinyl Addict
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 28, 2011  |  1 comments
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RMAF 2014
Olga Kern, Van Cliburn Competition Gold Medal Winner Prefers Vinyl!
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 11, 2014  |  First Published: Oct 11, 2014  |  7 comments
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Album Reviews
Oliver Nelson Arrangements Fuel Tasty Session
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 01, 2007  |  0 comments

This "wind-em-up-and let-'em-play" set from September of 1963 has Jimmy Smith playing thick, juicy Hammond B-3 and Wes Montgomery blocking citrus-y chords and cool runs up and down the fretboard backed by brash, horn-drenched Oliver Nelson arrangements.

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Analog Gear NewsNews
OMA (Oswalds Mill Audio) Debuts K3 Direct Drive Turntable—An AnalogPlanet Exclusive
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 28, 2020  |  First Published: Feb 28, 2020  |  11 comments
Oswalds Mill Audio demoed yesterday (Feb. 27th) at its Brooklyn showroom the K3— a brand new, more than 3 years in the planning and manufacturing direct drive turntable that aims to define "state of the turntable art". What you see in the photo is not the final finish nor is it the 100% completed physical design.

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News
Omnivore's Record Store Day Vinyl Collectibles Include Big Star Documentary Soundtrack Album
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 29, 2013  |  0 comments
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Omnivore Recordings will release limited-pressing vinyl collectibles that are musts: The soundtrack to the long-awaited feature-length Big Star film documentary "Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me" will be available in a special, limited edition (4,000 worldwide) 180-gram, two-LP translucent yellow vinyl pressing ahead of its standard release configurations
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