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Manley's Magical Chinook MC/MM Phono Preamplifier
The Manley Chinook phono preamplifier is one of the most highly regarded, favorably reviewed phono stages on the market. A true hi-fi bargain in audiophile terms — a veritable giant killer, you might even say — we think it's a perfect candidate for an AnalogPlanet review.
Technics SL-100C Premium Class Direct Drive Turntable Makes Its U.S. Debut, and It's Already in High Demand
Show of hands: How many of you had, or still have, a Technics turntable in your gear arsenal? Technics has just announced the U.S. market debut of its Premium Class SL-100C direct drive turntable, which was initially released in the EU/UK last year and is considered to be the burgeoning sibling of its vaunted class brethren, the Technics SL-1500C.
Exemplary New Abbey Road Studios Half-Speed-Mastered 180g 1LP Of The Who Sell Out Delivers a Rich, Warm & Round Listening Experience
An excellent new, 180g half-speed-mastered vinyl reissue of The Who's December 1967 classic third studio album The Who Sell Out has recently been released by Polydor/UMC, and the results are quite impressive.
Tom Petty's Longtime Righthand Man Is a True Stereo/Mono Guy. Now, Mike Campbell Adjusts The Dirty Knobs for Proper Vinyl Playback Preferences
Mike Campbell, the consummate sideman, is now fully embracing his role as the frontman and bandleader of The Dirty Knobs, the long-running sideproject of his that has become his primary creative focus since the unfortunate passing of his lifelong friend and Heartbreakers/Mudcrutch bandmate Tom Petty in 2017.
Ella And Louis Serve Up Sweet 'N' Salty Vocals With a Side of Rich Trumpet for This Terrific Verve & Acoustic Sounds Mono 180g LP Reissue
oung music fans today may consider the notion of the celebrity duet as a modern phenomenon unique to our times. It is not. Fact is, the notion of the cross-pollinating artist duet has been around for some time. Turn back the pages of music history, and you'll find the concept started long ago.
The Kinks Will Serve Up Muswell Hillbillies and Everybody's In Show-Biz - Everybody's A Star in a Deluxe 6LP Box Set Via BMG on September 9
Celluloid heroes never really die, and neither do The Kinks. To wit: The Kinks will be releasing Muswell Hillbillies / Everybody's In Show-Biz - Everybody's A Star in a deluxe box set configuration that combines deluxe LP reissues of these two classic early-1970s Kinks albums in addition to an all-new Ray Davies remix LP on September 9, 2022, via BMG.
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Mark Knopfler's Comprehensive The Studio Albums 2009-2018 180g 9LP Box Set Arrives October 7
In this case, going down the road wherever leads directly to your turntable. To wit: Mark Knopfler's The Studio Albums 2009-2018, a 180g 9LP box set, will be released on October 7, 2022 by UMe/EMI. 2009-2018 gathers together the second half of Knopfler's solo songbook, following up 2021's quite comprehensive 180g 11LP 1996-2007 collection.
The Oscar Peterson Trio's 180g 1LP We Get Requests Impresses, Featuring an Unstoppable Three-Piece Band at Its Creative Peak on a Stunning New Edition From Verve & Acoustic Sounds
The Oscar Peterson Trio's seminal 1964 release We Get Requests features his classic trio at a creative peak. This fine recording is an especially fantastic listen in its pristine new Verve Records/Acoustic Sounds Series 180g 1LP presentation that's coming out August 19 via UMe.
ZZ Top's Billy F Gibbons Wants to Take Us All Back to a Period When There Was Nothing Else But Vinyl
It seems only fitting that I'm speaking with ZZ Top's guitarist/vocalist Billy F Gibbons a.k.a. BFG while he's in motion. The right Rev. Billy G calls in to MM HQ while he's being driven across the desert somewhere in Arizona where the reception is spotty at best, and the concurrent soundtrack in my head leans toward early ZZ Top tracks like "Salt Lick," "Sure Got Cold After the Rain Fell," and, of course, "Asleep in the Desert."
All My Friends, 4LP Set Celebrating the Voice & Songs of Gregg Allman, Coming From Rounder Records on September 30
Gregg Allman left his mark on the music world at large as a natural-born blues-hewn vocalist, insightful and revelatory songwriter, and a consummately influential keyboardist.
John Coltrane's Seminal Blue Train Gets Both 180g 1LP Mono & 2LP Stereo Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Series Reissues From Blue Note on September 16
John Coltrane's all-time hard-bop classic, January 1958's Blue Train, is coming back around the vinyl bend. To mark the 65th anniversary of the album's recording, Blue Train will be released in two special editions on September 16, 2022, as part of Blue Note's Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series.
Mobile Fidelity Shares Statement About the Company's Mastering Process
Editor's note: Jim Davis, president of Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, posted an official statement yesterday about the company's mastering process, following a recent spate of customer concerns about the possibility of digital steps in said mastering process. We are including his statement here verbatim, and invite your Comments below. --MM
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