Michael Fremer

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Album Reviews
Speakers Corner/Analogue Productions 33.3/45rpm Shootout!
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 01, 2011  |  1 comments

The concert promoter, tour organizer, record label owner Norman Granz had a knack for assembling groups that produced successful sessions like this. Benny Green's somewhat defensive annotation tells you the story: Webster had been popular during the big band "swing" era as a member of Duke Ellington's band as its first star tenor saxophonist. He was one of the "big three," the others being Lester Young and Coleman Hawkins.

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Features
Special Limited Offer: Jim Marshall Autographed "Publisher's Copies" of The Tracking Angle Issue 13
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 31, 2008  |  0 comments

Legendary photographer Jim Marshall recently said that of all the magazine spreads that have used his images over the years, the one appearing in The Tracking Angle issue 13 was one of a “handful” of the finest ever.

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News
Spectral Audio's New DMA-300SV Stereo Amp Makes East Coast Debut at Innovative Audio November 14th
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 02, 2019  |  First Published: Nov 02, 2019  |  0 comments
Thursday, November 14th 5-9PM Innovative Audio, NYC, 150 E. 58th St. hosts the east coast debut of the new Spectral Audio DMA-300SV Reference Stereo Amplifier presented by Spectral's legendary founder and president Richard Fryer

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Munich 2013
Sperling Heavyweight Turntable L-1 Exudes Physical Beauty And Machining Precision
Michael Fremer  |  May 22, 2013  |  10 comments
Sandwiches of thick aluminum and inlays of thick wood or other materials highlight both the Sperling's looks as well as its damping mechanism. Different species of wood are available that will affect, to some degree, the final sound.
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CES 2014
Sperling L-1 Turntable From Germany Imported By Audio Arts
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 09, 2014  |  2 comments
The Sperling Turntable we profiled in our Munich 2013 coverage is now being imported to America but AudioArts.
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T.H.E. Show Newport 2012
Spin Clean Shows Transparent Limited Edition "Executive Model" Record Cleaning Machine
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 02, 2012  |  3 comments
The folks who manufacture the Spin Clean record cleaning machine—the least expensive effective record cleaning device introduced a new Limited Edition "Executive Model"....
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News
Spinroad Vinyl Factory, A New Pressing Plant, Opens in Gothenburg, Sweden
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 05, 2018  |  First Published: Jun 05, 2018  |  3 comments
Spinroad Vinyl Factory just opened within Spinneriet (The Cotton Mill), an old textile factory located in the outskirts of Gothenburg, Sweden. It's currently Sweden's only pressing plant. Currently the facility has two presses. Of course they are the new Pheenix Alpha presses made in Solna, Sweden. For now lacquer cutting and plating is done in The Netherlands (probably at Record Industry) but the company hopes to eventually add that to the in-house mix.

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CES 2015
Spiral Groove Introduces New Revolution Turntable
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 11, 2015  |  First Published: Jan 11, 2015  |  3 comments
Allen Perkins, one of analog audio's most talented designers, walked me through a second generation prototype of the new Spiral Groove Revolution turntable that he says represents, with but a few minor changes, the production version that will soon be in production and for sale.

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Album Reviews
Spirit Masterpiece Is A Rock Essential
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 01, 2009  |  0 comments

Look, if your idea of “jazz-rock” fun is David Clayton Thomas’ edition of “Blood Sweat and Tears, I’m not going to try to change your mind, but if you want the real jazz-rock and psych star of that era, you need to hear this ridiculously neglected Spirit album originally issued on Epic in the fall of 1970 that Sundazed has smartly resurrected.

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Album Reviews
Spirit's Debut Is a "Stairway To Heaven"
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 01, 2006  |  0 comments

Spirit’s 1971 release The 12 Dreams of Doctor Sardonicus (Epic E30267) may be the best Spirit album, and one of the finest albums of the psychedelic and post-psychedelic era, but this, the band’s debut, recorded in 1967, falls not far behind and holds up remarkably well for many reasons.

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