Michael Fremer

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Beatles
Anonymous Mastering Engineer's Take on The Beatles in MONO Box Set
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 12, 2014  |  First Published: Sep 12, 2014  |  46 comments
Wow, just read the Beatles in Mono "book shocker" thread... It's not surprising that they originally were going to cut from CDs, being that they're only the moldy mono mixes anyway right?... :)

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Beatles
Another "Magical Misery Tour"?
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 07, 2014  |  28 comments
What a mess. For all of his brilliance on Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Paul McCartney must take much of the blame for the ill-conceived for television movie “Magical Mystery Tour”. McCartney had thought of it while in America in April of 1967. The others agreed to it so they all share it to some degree. He wrote the title tune and recording began April 25th.

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Another AnalogPlanet Record Cleaning Extravaganza!
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 26, 2017  |  First Published: Dec 26, 2017  |  48 comments
The most expensive record cleaning device in this video is Pro-Ject's $499 VC-S. That's good news! The other gizmos include the new Allsop Orbitrac 3, the Vinyl Vac (about $30 on Amazon.com), which is a wand that you use with a shop vac, and a few others.

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Set-Up Tips
Another Angle on the "Digital Can of Worms"
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 30, 2012  |  7 comments
To continue the discussion of whether or not using a USB microscope to set stylus rake angle is a good or bad idea, please look at the drawing accompanying this post.

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Album Reviews
Another Black and Blue Session Saved From Obscurity by Pure Pleasure
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 01, 2008  |  0 comments

Reminiscent of what Carl Jefferson was doing at Concord back in the 1970’s, this reissue of a French Black and Blue release recorded March of 1978, keeps alive the straight ahead tradition that seemed to be passing into jazz history back then.

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Album Reviews
Another Double 45 Winner From Acoustic Sounds
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 01, 2007  |  0 comments

The almost apologetic liner notes let you know that the music on this album, and indeed Mr. Hawkins himself, was essentially out of favor, except as an exercise in nostalgia and that Prestige’s “Moodsville” series, if not meant as background “mood music,” could serve that purpose, though it was perfectly suited for actual listening should the buyer so desire. Montovani is even mentioned in the notes!

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News
Another Glitch
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 03, 2010  |  1 comments
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News
Another Great Fahey Reprise Album and an Interesting Comparison!
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 19, 2016  |  First Published: Jan 19, 2016  |  12 comments
A Fahey track from his previous Reprise album Of Rivers and Religion (MS 2089) was scheduled to post in the next few days, but another version also ripped from vinyl on Youtube got this one posted now.

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Album Reviews
Another Guitar Great Who Died Too Young
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 01, 2010  |  0 comments

With the rhythm section of McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones and Sonny Rollins’ bassist of choice Bob Cranshaw behind him, the long underappreciated Grant Green’s take on Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “My Favorite Things” superficially sounds like a transcript lifted from Coltrane’s 1961 Atlantic album of the same name from a few years earlier. It’s even taken in the same 6/8 time.

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Album Reviews
Another Harmonia Mundi Classic Reissued For NextGen Analog Fans!
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 01, 2007  |  0 comments

A collection of mostly 17th and 18th century music, much of which was written to alleviate a form of madness caused by a Tarantula bite might not sound like an enticing concept, but it is!

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