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Michael Fremer | Mar 09, 2011 | 0 comments

Underrated and anonymously well-exposed, the Los Angeles session guitarist Howard Roberts played for everyone from Frank, to Elvis, the Beach Boys, the Jackson 5, the Monkees and Dean Martin, to name but a few. That's Howard out front on "The Twilight Zone" theme song, among many others. The guy got around.

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Porterhouse Records to Release X's Punk Classic Wild Gift on 180 Vinyl

Michael Fremer | Sep 28, 2009 | 0 comments

Album Reviews

Portishead Lead Singer Chills Out

Michael Fremer | Mar 16, 2003 | 0 comments

LPs are back, but they can be expensive--I don't have to tell you that. One of the great frustrations of their return is finding a bin full of unknowns and not knowing which might be worthwhile. That's why you come to this site. But where do I turn? To find this moody, evocative album I turned to a guy working the crowded floor at Rocks In Your Head, a densely packed Prince Street LP emporium in NYC's Tribeca area.

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Portland's Post Fab Four Mend Hearts

Michael Fremer | Apr 01, 2007 | 0 comments

The production, arrangements and recording are strictly decent (but clean and well crafted) demo-quality, the drummer boat-anchors the tunes behind the beat&#151he’s no Ringo&#151and with tunes such as “You’re Like Lead” (you’re always bringing me down), and “Rubber Soul,” and with an album title like Love Is Not Enough (get it?) you have to wonder if these guys are doing Beatles or Rutles.

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Portugal-Based Sempersonus Introduces New Epicyclic Drive Turntable

Michael Fremer | Nov 29, 2017 | First Published: Nov 29, 2017 | 6 comments

Sempersonus, a new audio company based in Lisbon, Portugal just announced its first product: a turntable based upon an idler wheel-type drive it calls "Epicyclic Drive", because the motor and pulley directly drive the platter's inner rim.

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Power Failure Interrupts AnalogPlanet Content Posting Michael Fremer | views-field-created"> Mar 09, 2018 | First Published: Mar 09, 2018 | 9 comments

A nasty winter storm on Wednesday knocked out power at AnalogPlanet headquarters and we are still waiting for its return.

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Power Outage Michael Fremer | views-field-created"> Oct 30, 2012 | 3 comments

I'll continue posting when the power comes back.

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PowerVision S1 May Become "Go To" Video Accessory for Audio Show Coverage Michael Fremer | views-field-created"> Jan 08, 2022 | First Published: Jan 08, 2022 | 5 comments

Okay, this is "off topic" but a very cool compact about 1/2 pound gimbal for smart phones costing $239 was offered for review (I will buy it) so I said "why not"? It’s pocket sized, relatively flat, feature packed and includes useful software for iOS and Android.

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Pre-Jazz Samba Byrd Quartet (minus Getz) Strikes Equally Seductive Chord Michael Fremer | views-field-created"> Apr 01, 2007 | 0 comments

Riverside issued this Charlie Byrd album in 1960, two years before his collaboration with Stan Getz on the classic Jazz Samba (Verve V6-8432), which has been reissued by both DCC Compact Classics and Speakers Corner (still in print, I believe).

Analog Gear News

Pre-Munich SAT Announces Debut of XD1 Direct Drive Record Player System

Michael Fremer | Apr 30, 2019 | First Published: Apr 30, 2019 | 21 comments

In a pre-Munich press release, SAT announced the debut in Munich of its new XD1 Record Player System that will be presented in room F214 in Atrium 4 along with Marten Audio loudspeakers.

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