Michael Fremer

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CES 2015
Optimal Media Factory Tour
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 29, 2019  |  First Published: Dec 29, 2019  |  7 comments
This is the final video from AnalogPlanet's Spring 2019 European "factory tour" trip that began after "Making Vinyl" Berlin. It began in Geneva, Switzerland with the CH Precision tour, followed by darTZeel and Hi Fiction (Thales) and then it was on to GZ Media in the Czech Republic, followed by this Optimal tour, which took place the day before the beginning of Munich Hi-End 2019. Thanks to Optimal Media Sales Manager Andreas Kohl who picked me up in Berlin and drove me the two plus hours to Optimal and then back to Berlin.

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Turntable Reviews
Oracle Delphi Mk.VI turntable
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 27, 2010  |  1 comments
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Album Reviews
Orbison's Crying Cut From Master Tapes
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 01, 2004  |  1 comments

I'm not sure how many Roy Orbison completists are out there. I know two: myself and my friend Frank Doris. Classic has issued Orbison's Crying in both mono and stereo and a good case can be made for either edition, once the case has been made for the music, which is a bit of a more difficult proposition.

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Album Reviews
Order of Shinola, Hold the Shit
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 01, 2007  |  0 comments

“Tastes good on th’ bun” are all the lyrics you get on “Tastes Good on th’ Bun,” the opening tune, of the Ween brothers’ new collection of closet clutterers and leftovers. There’s a tune called “Big Fat Fuck.” Can you guess the lyrics? Close. Add “Feelin’ like a” and you’ve got it.

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News
Oregon Gets a Pressing Plant
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 08, 2015  |  First Published: Jun 08, 2015  |  7 comments
A reader alerted me to a story by Portland Mercury music editor Ned Lannamann about a new pressing plant recently opened in Milwaukie, Oregon, a short drive from downtown Portland.

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Album Reviews
ORG and Esoteric Polish Yet Another Decca/London Sonic Crown Jewel
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 01, 2011  |  0 comments

As the liner notes point out, there’s nothing inauthentic about a Swiss composer conducting a Swiss orchestra performing a ballet written by a Spaniard.

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News
ORG and ORG Music Are Two Different Companies! (Corrected 9/9/13)
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 05, 2013  |  4 comments
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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NY Audio Show 2013
ORG Announces 15 New London/Decca and Mercury Double 45 Classical Releases
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 16, 2013  |  9 comments
ORG today announced an ambitious London/Decca and Mercury classical release schedule for the 4th quarter of 2013 and 2014.
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ORG Announces Three New Non-Classical Double 45s Coming Spring 2014
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 19, 2013  |  3 comments
ORG recently announced three new double 45s mastered by Bernie Grundman from original analogue master tapes.
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News
ORG Announces Two Roy Orbison Double 45rpm Reissues
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 02, 2013  |  13 comments
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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