Michael Fremer

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Best Spam Yet!
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 30, 2013  |  comments
Analogplanet has been wiping away the spam and by far so far, this is the funniest spam message yet!
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Letters to the Editor
Best Yet "Letter to the Editor"
Michael Fremer  |  May 12, 2014  |  First Published: May 12, 2014  |  comments
I have sent you numerous emails on recommended advice of high end turntables, given that you review products of this type.

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News
Beverly "Guitar" Watkins R.I.P. October 1st, Played At Last Year's "Blues at the Crossroads"
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 09, 2019  |  First Published: Oct 09, 2019  |  comments
Beverly "Guitar" Watkins passed away in Atlanta on October 1st at age 80. She had a heart attack after previously suffering a stroke. I'd missed the news until reading the obit in today's New York Times. If you've not watched this video posted here and on the AnalogPlanet YouTube channel last fall, do yourself a big favor and watch it now. Here's what was written when the video originally posted:

79 year old Beverly "Guitar" Watkins, unknown to most in the audience, puts on a fiery, funky and fierce standing ovation hour-long performance on the first night of Chad Kassem's "Blues at the Crossroads" Blues Festival Friday October 26th.

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Set-Up Accessory Reviews
Beware Magnetized Stylus Pressure Gauges!
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 15, 2020  |  First Published: Mar 15, 2020  |  comments
Revolv has sold a lot of these useful vertical tracking force gauges. To the best of their knowledge—and they know their stuff—they are not magnetized. Yet the one I got surely is as you can see in the video below (there's no sound).

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News
Beware Misleading Stickers on European Pressed LPs Says Reader
Michael Fremer  |  May 09, 2011  |  comments
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Album Reviews
Big Bill Broonzy Sings Folk Songs From Vinyl Me, Please
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 01, 2016  |  comments
The Boulder, Colorado-based vinyl curating service Vinyl Me, Please aims its releases more at new vinyl collectors looking for some guidance and order than at established vinyl aficionados and audiophiles interest in provenance purity.

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Analog Gear NewsCES 2016
Big News At Crosley!
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 10, 2016  |  First Published: Jan 10, 2016  |  comments
Seeing Crosley's C10 turntable at last fall's WAX event in the Capitol Tower parking lot, was a highlight of that record fair. Built for the company by Pro-Ject, the C10 appeared to demonstrate Crosley's commitment to higher quality vinyl playback.

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Album Reviews
Big Star Reissue is Great News For Power Pop Fanatics (and everyone else)!
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 01, 2009  |  comments

Careening between sweet Beatlesque pop delivered via three part harmonies and dexterous rhythms and edgy blues-boogie that channels Alex Chilton’s inner Marc Bolan via Memphis country/soul, Big Star’s second album is even more thrilling and satisfying now, 35 after it’s 1974 release. The album hasn’t lost a step.

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News
Big Star's Third Album to Get Live All-Star Treatment In Special NYC Performance
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 17, 2011  |  comments
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News
Big Used Classical and Jazz LP Haul For Sale at This Year's AXPONA Audio Show!
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 19, 2018  |  First Published: Mar 19, 2018  |  comments
The folks at Morrow Audio just emailed that they will be bringing to this year's AXPONA audio show in Chicago (April 13-15) at the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel, thousands of vintage classical and jazz albums all in mint condition, 95% of which have never been played.

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