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AAA VinylAlbum Reviews
"Tea For the Tillerman" at 45 rpm From Analogue Productions
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 12, 2015  |  27 comments
Analogue Productions has just released Tea For the Tillerman on a double 45rpm 200g, numbered, limited to 3500 copies edition, mastered by George Marino. What? Didn't he pass away a few years ago? Yes. The double 45s were cut when the tape was available "just in case". And it's "in case" time. Especially since AP's license on the title is about to expire, so it's also "get it while you can" time, "in case" you really like this record.

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AAA VinylAlbum Reviews
Elvis Costello's King of America   Gets the Royal Treatment From Mo-Fi
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 14, 2015  |  11 comments
E.C.’s tenth studio record, released in 1986, is among his finest musically and sonically, which explains why it wasn’t well received on the pop charts. It only went to #39.

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Some Record Store Day Offerings For April 18th 2015
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 15, 2015  |  First Published: Apr 15, 2015  |  24 comments
Here are some RSD 2015 offerings from Sony/Legacy and Rhino. Other labels have plenty too, but only these two bothered to send their titles. Have fun!

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Confession: I Didn't Go to a Record Store on RSD
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 19, 2015  |  First Published: Apr 19, 2015  |  44 comments
I missed Record Store Day this year. As some of you know, I was banned last year from my local record store for good behavior. I did nothing wrong. The owner's brother started lecturing me rather angrily on how to remove a record from a jacket and it escalated out of control from there.

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Eric Leefe's Last Call to Rock'n'Roll
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 21, 2015  |  First Published: Apr 21, 2015  |  8 comments
Many analogplanet.com readers are well-acquainted with Eric Leefe's story. For those who are not, I first read about Eric in an inspirational piece by music journalist Jim Beckerman published last summer inThe Bergen Record.

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AXPONA 2015News
AXPONA 2015 Coverage Starts Friday, April 24th
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 21, 2015  |  First Published: Apr 21, 2015  |  1 comments
AXPONA 2015 presents "AudioCon" Friday April 24th through Sunday April 26th at Chicago's Westin O'Hare Hotel. Analogplanet will be covering the show here and presenting seminars as well as tweeting (@analogplanet) breaking news.

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Roxy Music Box Set—First Look and Listen
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 22, 2015  |  First Published: Apr 22, 2015  |  29 comments
In this You Tube video, analogplanet editor Michael Fremer takes a look and limited listen to Universal Music's new 8 LP Roxy Music box set and finds some sonic surprises.

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AXPONA 2015
AXPONA 2015 NOT WELCOME IN CHICAGO!
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 23, 2015  |  First Published: Apr 23, 2015  |  24 comments
AXPONA Audio Con is NOT WELCOME in Chicago and the city is not glad the show is here. What other conclusion can one draw upon landing at O'Hare and waiting to pick up one's luggage only to be confronted by the sign you see at the top of this story?

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AXPONA 2015
Patricia Barber Plays SRO AXPONA Gig
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 25, 2015  |  First Published: Apr 25, 2015  |  5 comments
True, there were no seats so everyone had to stand, but Patricia Barber and her accompanying trio played to an appreciative, but foot-weary full house in the O'Hare Westin ballroom Friday evening.

Barber, whose overexposure (like that of Diana Krall and a few others) has produced an unfair backlash among some audio enthusiasts, demonstrated that she is an artist worthy of serious consideration and not a flash-in-the-audiophile-community-pan.

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AXPONA 2015
CoolCleveland.com Asks For "CD vs. Vinyl Comparison"
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 25, 2015  |  First Published: Apr 25, 2015  |  22 comments
At AXPONA 2014 CoolCleveland.com's Thomas Mulready interviewed me following a turntable set-up seminar. This year he returned and asked me to conduct an on-camera CD vs. vinyl "shootout" using Roxy Music's Avalon as the test subject.

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