Michael Fremer

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Steve Looks At Life and Death, But Mostly Death
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 01, 2012  |  0 comments

With a nod to the Hank Williams tune of the same name (which also was the name of a book Earle authored), this Steve Earle album released last spring is a collection of songs dealing mostly with mortality, keying off of his father’s passing.

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Jazz Guitarist Has The Blues
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 01, 2012  |  0 comments

Speakers Corner has unearthed an unlikely gem here: a 1957 blues set by a stellar assemblage of jazz musicians  that's been obscured by time—at least I've never seen or heard of it before.

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Recorded During Same Session as Certified Blue Note Classic
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 01, 2012  |  0 comments

At first you might think "Can these tracks really have come from the same session that produced A Night in Tunisia?" That’s the claim, so you'd be  expecting the same level of raw intensity, the same Van Gelder generated echoey backdrop and the same sense that this was a “cutting session” for the ages.

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You're In the Studio, or They're In Your Home!
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 01, 2012  |  3 comments

A more pleasant pairing of musical icons you’re not likely to hear and the backing by The Oscar Peterson Trio (Ray Brown on bass, Herb Ellis on guitar plus Buddy Rich on drums) completes the setting. Add a superb monophonic recording and a literally astonishing 45rpm re-mastering that just about brings them all back to life in your listening room and you have something truly special that’s clearly stood the test of (a long!) time.

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WE HAVE A WINNER! Win Journey's Greatest Hits Albums Vols. 1 &2 !!!
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 01, 2012  |  2 comments

The winner is physicist Richard Horton, in Huntsville, Alabama. Yes, a scientist who prefers vinyl! And here are the winning answers:

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Taylor's Midlife Crisis
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 01, 2012  |  1 comments

Dad did love his work, more than his family and marriage to Carly Simon, or more accurately put,  forced to choose between the two by Simon, he chose the road and his career.

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Not At All Like The Dallas Symphony's Version
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 01, 2012  |  0 comments

This performance and recording with Eiji Oue conducting the Minnesota Orchestra emphasizes the "symphonic" while downplaying the "dance" aspects of Rachmaninoff's composition.

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Legendary Beach Boys Album Finally Released
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 01, 2012  |  2 comments

First of all the back cover photo doesn't include Brian Wilson! What's that all about?

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Seventh Heaven
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 01, 2012  |  3 comments

Does it have to sound this bad fellas? We all love your brand of fist pumping, T-Rex boogie, rhythm guitar riffing rock.

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White's Sixth Chosen For AAA Reissue
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 01, 2012  |  1 comments

I’ve heard and read complaints about the unadventurous reissues coming from Analogue Productions, especially now that the parent company Acoustic Sounds owns its own pressing plant, Quality Record Pressing.

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