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BeatlesVideo Reviews
The Beatles "1+" Packs Visual, Sonic and Emotional Punch
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 29, 2015  |  First Published: Oct 29, 2015  |  53 comments
It's easy to forget in today's image and video drenched world how little we got to see during the 1960s of The Beatles and other rock groups.

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News
"Hearing is Deceiving" Analog/Digital LP Kickstarter Project Now Live!
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 31, 2015  |  First Published: Oct 31, 2015  |  51 comments
The "Hearing Is Deceiving" AAA vs. ADA vinyl record project is now "live" on Kickstarter!

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Album Reviews
Not So "Hunky Dory"?
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 01, 2015  |  21 comments
Hunky Dory introduced a kinder, gentler David Bowie after two heavy albums laden with mythological imagery and pleasant dread—not that this album doesn't also include heavy doses of the latter.

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AnalogPlanet Radio
Analog Planet Radio Two Hour Direct to Disk Radio Show Now Available For Downloading
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 02, 2015  |  First Published: Nov 02, 2015  |  17 comments
With this Direct to Disk show, Analog Planet Radio expands its Monday noon show to two hours. This is also the first show to be broadcast over the air on WFDU-FM's HD2 channel. The antenna is located atop the Alpine Tower built on the New Jersey Palisades by General Edward Howard Armstrong, invented of FM radio. He built it there so it would be visible to his nemesis RCA's Dr. David Sarnoff.

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AAA VinylAlbum Reviews
"Afternoon in Paris" A Musical and Sonic Delight
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 03, 2015  |  6 comments
If you're looking for a good place to delve into the Sam Records reissue catalog beyond the obvious Chet Baker entry point, try this record featuring pianist John Lewis originally issued by Disques Versailles (MEDX 12005) in 1956.

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AAA VinylAlbum Reviews
Stealers Wheel's Eponymous Debut Still Provides Dark Pleasures
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 03, 2015  |  7 comments
Gerry Rafferty has long been under-appreciated. Oh, sure, "Stuck in the Middle" was an unlikely hit when first released by A&M in 1972 and later found its way into Quentin Tarrantino's "Reservoir Dogs" where the bouncy, anthemic, Dylanesque record company exec knock reached a new audience.

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Album Reviews
By Jingo! Bowie "A-Dresses" His Issues (Or Someone Else's?)
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 04, 2015  |  10 comments
The Bowie dress cover did not make the American cut when the album was first released in America in the Fall of 1970.
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You Tell Me Which "The Man Who Sold The World" You Prefer !
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 04, 2015  |  47 comments
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News
A Visit to Encore Records Ann Arbor, Michigan
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 06, 2015  |  First Published: Nov 06, 2015  |  17 comments
I am in Ann Arbor Michigan today, Friday November 6th, for an in-store appearance tonight at a Paragon Sight And Sound event.

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News
Kickstarter Vinyl Project A Bit More Than 25% Funded
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 09, 2015  |  First Published: Nov 09, 2015  |  24 comments
"Hearing is Deceiving", the vinyl project designed to find out if we can distinguish between an AAA and an ADA production is now a bit more than 25% funded with seventeen days to go.

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