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Pioneer PL-30-K Automatic Single Play Turntable
Spend some time with Pioneer’s PL-30-K automatic turntable ($349 MSRP/$300 “street price”) and you’ll quickly realize it’s not a “throwaway” turntable put together in haste by a company keen on “cashing in” on the vinyl resurgence.
John Lennon 9 LP Box Set Available Today (amended post)
In this case, UMe is forthcoming: "John Lennon's eight solo studio albums, remastered from their original analogue masters, have been newly cut to vinyl from 96k digital files for Lennon, a new 9LP boxed collection on heavyweight, 180-gram vinyl with faithfully replicated original album art. "
KINKS KUT FROM ORIGINAL PYE MASTER TAPES!
Kount it as official: The recently released Sanctuary Kinks albums were mastered by Kevin Gray from the original Pye master tapes. Gray just got permission to reveal this. Why make such great news a secret? All kind of politics we needn't get into here.
Oregon Gets a Pressing Plant
A reader alerted me to a story by Portland Mercury music editor Ned Lannamann about a new pressing plant recently opened in Milwaukie, Oregon, a short drive from downtown Portland. The new plant, Cascade Record Pressing, is Oregon's first pressing plant ever, though it has roots in Canada and New Jersey.
Analogplanet.com Radio?
I was a guest today on Evan Toth's WFDU (Fairleigh Dickenson University) radio show. Mr. Toth called recently and asked if I'd like to be on his show, which runs on the Internet and I said "sure". His show is called "Garden State Sound" and features music by New Jersey artists.
25 Contemporary Jazz Titles Coming From Analogue Productions
Analogue Productions recently announced the reissue of 25 titles from the musically rich and superbly recorded Contemporary Jazz catalogue. The records will be cut from the original master tapes by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Los Angeles and plated and pressed at QRP in Salina, Kansas.
T.H.E. Show Newport 2015 Wrap-Up
This year's Newport show was easily the best yet, in great part because of the new Hotel Irvine venue--a much larger and more "user friendly" hotel than the previous dual-hotel location. The attendance was way up, too.
D'Agostino Master Audio Systems Debuts New Phono Preamp at T.H.E. Show Newport 2015
Veteran audio designer Dan D'Agostino has long-promised a phono preamp addition to his electronics line-up. He delivered the goods at T.H.E. Show Newport 2015, though it was not an active demonstration.
Here's The Problem With "The Full Description"
Ed. note: Kevin Gray, a consummate pro, cannot reveal the source at this time. I have ordered a copy of Face to Face and will compare to an original UK Pye pressing and post the review by this weekend. I am quite certain I will be able to tell if it was cut from a file or a master tape. I'll make my call "blind" and risk being wrong.
Los Angeles Area Record Stores "Mini-Tour" Part 1
Leading up to the Newport Beach show this weekend, I took a day to travel around the L.A. area with Record Collector News publisher Jim Kaplan. Here's Part 1 of a multi-part video feature: FreakBeat Records and Permanent Records...
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