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Miles Davis "Kind of Blue" Monophonic Reissue From Sony/Legacy: An Analog Planet Exclusive!
Over the past few Record Store Days Sony/Legacy has slowly been rolling out on 180g vinyl much of the Miles Davis catalog, mastered from original analog tapes. This coming Record Store Day, November 29th, the label will release on vinyl Miles and Monk at Newport, Jazz Track and Kind of Blue. At that point, all nine mono vinyl titles will have been released. The same nine mono titles will debut in a new CD box set Miles Davis: The Original Mono Recordings to be released on November 11th of this year.
Yes, "They" Are Still Out There At Garage Sales
Pure Music's Rob Robinson went garage sale-ing over the weekend and hit one of those "mother loads" we can only dream about.
Amazon Announces Vinyl Sales Up 745 percent Since 2008
Amazon.com's announcement that vinyl sales have soared 745 percent since 2008 has been reported in various media outlets. One such story on endgadget.com is snidely headlined "Amazon vinyl sales up 745 percent since 2008, 8-track mulling comeback".
In The Record Cleaning Machine Wars VPI Comes Out Vacuuming
VPI Industries just announced a new record cleaning machine, the MW-1 Cyclone. The new $1000 record cleaning machine shares the 16.5's shape but is of aluminum and has a removable lid rather than one that's hinged. Its bi-directional platter functions with the vacuum off or on.
Acoustic Sounds Launches "Super HiRez" High Resolution Digital Download Website
Leveraging its catalog of licensed title and self-produced SACDs, Acoustic Sounds has launched a high resolution digital download site that will allow customers to download their choice of DSD (Super Audio CD), FLAC files at 176/24, 88/24 or ALAC files at 88/24 bit resolution.
6000 Classical Records In Upstate New York Bookstore: Some For You?
An email arrived in my inbox a few days ago from Bob Ludwig who had heard from a friend about a 6000 classical LP collection that had recently arrived at Melanie Nelson's Little Red Book Shack in the small Columbia County, New York town of Livingston. How it got there is less important than that it was there.
The Beatles "On Air- Live at the BBC Volume 2" Coming on Four LP 180g Mono LP Set?
Update: one online LP seller claims the set will be on four LPs not two. That would be good (but probably costly), but until there's label confirmation it should not be taken as fact. After all, another vendor claimed that Nick Drake's Five Leaves Left was cut from analog. We posted that as fact and were left with an egged face. So four LPs is "what we've heard" until we find out for sure.
Analog Corner #47
(Originally published in Stereophile, June 12th, 1999) I've been waiting for the right occasion to crack open a sealed-in-the-polyethylene-bag 1A pressing of The Byrds' Mr. Tambourine Man I'd bought a few years ago from a veteran Columbia Records publicist. Today was the day.
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A Letter to the Editor That's Better Than Money
"21st Century Vinyl" (DVD) was a breath of fresh air. I could feel your passion for your craft. I am 21 years old and have never listened to a properly configured analog system. When i asked myself one day "how do those turntable things even work?"
The Band 'Live At The Academy Of Music 1971'— Every Song Performed Drawn From All Four Concerts Coming Sept. 17th From Capitol/UME
Some music news transcends formats and this is one that does. The Band's "Rock of Ages" double LP set recently reissued by Mobile Fidelity to great sonic effect has been given a complete "make over" for a new release coming September 17th.
Jimi Hendrix Experience: Miami Pop Festival First Ever Release Coming on double AAA Vinyl November 5th
Experience Hendrix LLC and Legacy Recordings Division of Sony Music Entertainment announced today the first ever release of Jimi Hendrix Experience's Miami Pop Festival performance of May, 18th 1968 recorded by long-time Hendrix engineer Eddie Kramer.
Jersey Guitar Mafia Performance Magic
They came to play and boy did they! Led by long time Les Paul Trio member Lou Pallo (Haledon, NJ, age unknown but no "Spring chicken"), and joined by Al Caiola (Jersey, City, NJ age 93!), Bucky Pizzarelli (Paterson, NJ age 87) and Frank Vignola (from Lon Guyland but forgiven and the kid on the block at 47), the quarter produced sublime music and demonstrated throughout guitar virtuosity that was always mesmerizing and occasionally thrilling.
"Music Man" Murray Gershenz Dead at 91
Veteran L.A. used record store owner and more recent character actor "Music Man" Murray Gershenz passed away from a heart attack on August 28th. For 50 years Gershenz ran a used record store in Los Angeles.
"Le Quattro Stagioni" Or "The Four Seasons" To You, on Double 45rpm Featuring Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca
Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" composed in 1723 is an enduring set of four violin concertos so popular and oft-played that even folks who are not fans of classical music will recognize it—especially the opener “La Primavera” (“Spring”).
ORG to Release Jeff Buckley's "Grace" on 180g Double 45rpm Set
ORG announced today an upcoming series of double 45rpm 180g releases from the Sony/BMG catalog including Jeff Buckley's now classic Grace as well as...
"Blood, Sweat & Tears" on Double 45rpm 180g From ORG
Probably not by accident was this second Blood, Sweat & Tears album not called Blood, Sweat & Tears 2, even though that’s what it is.
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