Michael Fremer

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Utrecht Record Fair Day Two
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 26, 2013  |  3 comments
Day two of the Utrecht Record Fair was less crowded, as my hosts predicted it would be, but still, in the morning at least, it was plenty crowded as record buyers returned for the discounts many vendors offered, hoping to sell records rather than schlep them home (or to the next record fair somewhere in Europe).

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"Passion For Vinyl"—The Utrecht Mega Platen & CD Beurs Day One
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 23, 2013  |  7 comments
If set-up day was cold, dark and less than pleasant, day one of the Utrecht Mega Platen Record Fair was warm, crowded and festive. With both the lights and heating system on and the enormous exhibition hall packed with record fanatics, it was a full day of fun for vinyl lovers from around the world.

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Utrecht Record Fair Set-Up Day
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 22, 2013  |  1 comments
Friday, November 22nd was set-up day at the world's largest record fair. For a premium, organizers did let consumers in early so even as the booths were being set up and stocked, buyers made the rounds in the usual mad frenzied way.

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Analog Corner
Analog Corner #53
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 22, 2013  |  0 comments
I know I keep repeating these LP/CD comparisons done by youngsters, but they're so much fun. Here's another.

My friend's son is in a band, and they'd cut some tunes that they wanted to hear back on my system. They brought the CD-R over, and, of course, they'd never heard their music sound so good—actually, the recording was quite accomplished. One of the kids looked around dumbfounded at my records and turntables and said, "Why would you have all of these?"

I told him they sounded better. "What do you like?" I asked.

"How about Green Day's Insomniac?" he replied.

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Manila Turntable Set-Up Seminar Coverage
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 21, 2013  |  0 comments
Coverage of Manila turntable set-up seminar
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Utrecht Record Fair This Weekend—Coverage on Analogplanet.com and via Twitter
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 21, 2013  |  2 comments
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Beatles
The Beatles "On Air- Live at the BBC Volume 2" on 3 Vinyl LPs
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 19, 2013  |  16 comments
“I don’t object to people inheriting or having a big lot of money I never did but I do object to people being stony broke and starving”.—John Lennon
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Help Get The Vinyl LP Inducted Into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Maybe Win This Led Zep Box Set!
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 19, 2013  |  38 comments
The vinyl record should be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, don't you think?
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ORG Announces Three New Non-Classical Double 45s Coming Spring 2014
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 19, 2013  |  3 comments
ORG recently announced three new double 45s mastered by Bernie Grundman from original analogue master tapes.
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Album Reviews
Deptford Goth's "Life After Defo" Will Make You Happily Sad
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 18, 2013  |  3 comments
I don't know what "defo" is, but judging by this record, life after it is achingly melancholic. Actually after writing that I did web search and learned that "defo" means something like "certainty". So who can argue that life after certainty would leave you anything but melancholic or worse?

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