Michael Fremer

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T-Bone Burnett Produces A Supple New Backdrop For Ms.Wilson's Sly Pleasure Seeking

Michael Fremer | Jul 01, 2006 | 0 comments

Whether covering Robert Johnson, Joni Mitchell, Hank Williams or The Monkees (Boyce and Hart), Cassandra Wilson’s sultry, commanding voice has always worked effectively set against spare, moody backdrops.

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T-Bone Burnett-Produced Lost On the River: The New Basement Tapes Set For November 11th Release

Michael Fremer | Aug 19, 2014 | First Published: Aug 19, 2014 | 3 comments

Back in March while out in Los Angeles to help with the Audio Fidelity TRON reissue, I followed up on Al Schmitt's invitation to visit him at Capitol Studios where he was working on a still secret all-analog production. Schmitt took me on a tour of Capitol 's famous studios—the site of so much recorded history—and I captured most of it on video.

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T.H.E. Show Newport 2015

T.H.E. Show Newport 2015 Opens With Longest Lines Ever! Michael Fremer | views-field-created"> May 29, 2015 | First Published: May 29, 2015 | 1 comments

T.H.E. Show Newport opening today, Friday, May 29th with the longest lines ever seen in the show's history. The new venue, Hotel Irvine, is a larger, more show-friendly spot that's sure to please both participants and attendees.

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T.H.E. Show Newport 2015

T.H.E. Show Newport 2015 Wrap-Up Michael Fremer | views-field-created"> Jun 02, 2015 | First Published: Jun 02, 2015 | 64 comments

This year's Newport show was easily the best yet, in great part because of the new Hotel Irvine venue—a much larger and more "user friendly" hotel than the previous dual-hotel location. The attendance was way up, too.

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News T.H.E. Show Newport 2013

T.H.E. Show Newport Beach 2013 Coverage Coming Up! Michael Fremer | views-field-created"> May 31, 2013 | 0 comments

T.H.E. Show Newport Beach 2013 is underway and coverage will begin later today. I participated in the ribbon cutting ceremony with John Atkinson, Robert Harley and Dr. David Robinson wearing the GoPro camera so you could see the event from my perspective but the camera was accidentally set to 'still' and I didn't get the video.

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T.H.E. Show Newport 2013

T.H.E. Show Newport Beach 2013 Wrap Up Michael Fremer | views-field-created"> Jun 10, 2013 | 4 comments

After attending the industrial strength Munich High End Show, any other audio show anywhere would probably be somewhat of a letdown. I attended T.H.E. Show Newport Beach 2013 with little expectation of analog news.

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Features

TAD's Andrew Jones Designs Surprising Sounding Budget Speakers For Pioneer (Pricing corrected) Michael Fremer | views-field-created"> Apr 24, 2013 | 24 comments

A young reader inherited a turntable and asked about a modestly priced system he could assemble around it. We know where this will lead and we can all cheer him on, mindful of the fun and fetishing to follow. And we can all sympathize with his bank account—assuming he has one!

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Album Reviews

Taj Mahal's "Labor of Love" Is A Field Recording Your Ears Will Like and Your Heart Will Love Michael Fremer | views-field-created"> Jan 24, 2017 | 4 comments

We think of "field recordings" as vital ancient musical history, primitively captured. These "field recordings" dating from the 1990s were recorded using a pair of Bruel & Kjaer 4165 microphones and B&K power supply, Cello preamp, Apogee 1000 ADC and a Nagra D digital recorder given by Mark Levinson (the man) to producer Timothy Duffy .

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Taj's Second Album With Bonus Tracks Michael Fremer | views-field-created"> Oct 01, 2010 | 1 comments

Henry Saint Clair Fredericks A/K/A Taj Mahal grew up in Harlem, spent time as a teenager on a Massachusetts dairy farm, attended U of M, gigged around and finally headed west and built a musical career first in Los Angeles and later in the Bay area. The life influences come through in his music: a mix of urban and country blues mixed with world music.

AXPONA 2014

Take A "Tour" of SOTA's Entry Level Series II Moonbeam Turtable

Michael Fremer | Apr 28, 2014 | 2 comments

I met up at AXPONA with SOTA's Kirk and Donna Bodinet. They were part owners in the company for many years, buying the company outright from Jack Shafton in 1997, when depending upon your perspective, it was vinyl's nadir, or the beginning of its resurgence.

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