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RMAF 2019
Rocky Mountain Audio Festival 2019 Day One Coverage
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 06, 2019  |  First Published: Sep 06, 2019  |  9 comments
Despite yesterday's rough start (signage, confusion over whether it was set up or press day, etc.) there was plenty to see and record. The sound in the rooms of the sprawling Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention Center a few miles from Denver International Airport was uniformly decent, which was positively surprising given the usual learning curve required for even the most experienced exhibitors to learn the room acoustics and compensate for the usually poor "hotel sound".

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RMAF 2019
Record Cleaning Made Difficult Panel at RMAF 2019
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 07, 2019  |  First Published: Sep 07, 2019  |  58 comments
Yesterday's "Record Cleaning Made Difficult" panel moderated by AnalogPlanet editor Michael Fremer was informative, entertaining and at times quite contentious!

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RMAF 2019
RMAF 2019 Days Two and Three
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 08, 2019  |  First Published: Sep 08, 2019  |  15 comments
The only question in need of an answer Friday and especially Saturday was "will they show up". Certainly, while the venue was costly for exhibitors, The Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention Center is a stellar venue for a hi-fi show. The rooms sounded good, in part because of the non-box room layouts, the elevators worked the best of any show I've attended ever and the Internet was by far the fastest.

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News
Let It Bleed   50th Anniversary Deluxe Box From ABKCO Coming November 1st
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 11, 2019  |  First Published: Sep 11, 2019  |  35 comments
You can always get what you want: ABKCO will release a remastered by Bob Ludwig "stand-alone" CD or vinyl LP version of Let It Bleed if that's what you want, but if you want it all, you can have it all.

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The Prince Estate, In Partnership With Warner Records to Release 1999 Remastered and Expanded November, 29th
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 11, 2019  |  First Published: Sep 11, 2019  |  39 comments
Prince's standout album 1999 that included "Little Red Corvette", "1999" and "Delirious" first released in 1982 when 1999 seemed a long way off gets the deluxe treatment in time for the holidays. Along with the standard remastered by Bernie Grundman at 192/24 bit edition (as a double 180g purple vinyl LP) there will be a Deluxe 2 CD/2LP version and a Super Deluxe 5 CD+DVD/10LP+DVD edition (all will include downloads and streaming).

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I'll Be Spinning Records at Sound By Singer, NYC This Thursday Evening
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 16, 2019  |  2 comments
I'll be spinning records this Thursday evening at Sound by Singer, 242 W. 27th Street, New York, N.Y. 10001. There will be two sessions: one at 7 P.M. and one at 8:30. Please R.S.V.P. by calling (212) 924 8600. Everyone attending these events enjoys themselves, but I enjoy it more. Win-Win for all!
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RMAF 2019
RMAF 2019 Wrap Up
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 16, 2019  |  First Published: Sep 16, 2019  |  9 comments
This final RMAF video includes the Pro-Ject room, an image from which was inadvertently used in a previous video. Also here is the interesting $1699.99 Direct Drive turntable from Cambridge Audio and a few more analog-y items that will be of interest.

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News
Intervention's Oustanding Gilded Palace of Sin Reissue Back In Print!
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 23, 2019  |  First Published: Sep 23, 2019  |  0 comments
Intervention Records announced today that it has put back in print the quick to sell out all-analog reissue of The Flying Burrito Brothers' debut album.

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Album ReviewsBeatles
Abbey Road 50th Anniversary Remix Full Review!
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 23, 2019  |  133 comments
2012 wasn’t all that long ago and culturally not that much has changed, yet from that year to the September 27th release this year of the 50th anniversary edition of Abbey Road is how long The Beatles made records.

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NewsRecord Cleaning Tips
Kirmuss Audio Versus The LAST Factory! Gloves On! Rabbits Off!
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 25, 2019  |  First Published: Sep 25, 2019  |  81 comments
If you've watched the "RMAF Wrap-up" video on the AnalogPlanet YouTube channel (which today hit 30,000 subscribers), you no doubt remember the surprise "name check" encounter with record restoration expert Charles Kirmuss. It wasn't a "set up". I happened to walk into the room where he was restoring records for attendees as he talked about LAST Record Preservative and said "unlike Michael Fremer who...."—well watch the video below.

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