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Ten New Turntables Include Something for Every Analog Lover's Budget
There is never a bad time for a roundup of current turntable offerings, so today's the day! We've compiled ten new and notable 'tables that span a range of MSRPs, from the instantly affordable to the champagne-budget compatible.
Explorin' the Open Sounds of the Bernie Grundman-Mastered, RTI One-Step-Pressed, Craft Recordings Small Batch Series 180g 1LP Release of Relaxin' With The Miles Davis Quintet
The prospect of reviewing a new, ultra-deluxe 180g version of the March 1958 hard-bop classic Relaxin' With The Miles Davis Quintet has been simultaneously daunting and exciting.
Bruce Hornsby on Grinding and Grinding to Get Impeccably Satisfying 'Flicted Album Mixes on Vinyl
“Most people don't really know much about me,” says Bruce Hornsby. “They have no idea about most of what I do. They just know a few songs from the Pleistocene epoch — and that's fine. That's okay. I like those songs. I still play them.”
Regina Spektor Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Debut Album 11:11 With Limited-Edition 180g 3LP Box Set on August 26
She's got time, and so do we. Russian/American singer/songwriter Regina Spektor is set to release a limited-edition 180g 3LP box set that includes her self-released debut album 11:11 in celebration of its 20th anniversary. This 3LP box also includes Papa's Bootlegs, 2LPs of previously unreleased of-era live material.
Hampton Hawes' Four! Is Another Spirited 180g Entry in Craft Recordings' Acoustic Sounds Series, Thanks to a QRP-Pressed, All-Analog Master by Bernie Grundman
In some ways, it is curious that Craft Recordings has chosen to reissue Hampton Hawes' 1958 outing Four! (exclamation point very much included) as the first entry in his Acoustics Sounds series, as Hawes' earlier quartet sessions with guitarist Jim Hall were apparently highly regarded back in the day.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer's Singles, the Trio's First-Ever 7-inch 45s Box Set, Is Coming Via BMG on August 26
Still... they turn us on. Emerson, Lake & Palmer's first-ever singles box set, a deluxe collection featuring an even-dozen remastered 7-inch 45s culled from UK and international pressings and sporting rare, original picture sleeves and label artwork, is heading our way via BMG on August 26.
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Beastie Boys' Check Your Head 180g 4LP Deluxe Limited Edition Set for August 12 Release
So what'cha, what'cha, what'cha want? If your first instinct upon reading that phraseology is to think "Beastie Boys," then you've come to the right place. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Beasties' multiplatinum April 1992 album Check Your Head, UMe will release a limited-edition reissue of the 4LP deluxe version of it on August 12.
Pink Floyd's Animals 2018 Remix by James Guthrie Finally Arriving on 180g LP September 16; Deluxe Gatefold Multidisc Version Set for October 7
Have you heard the news? Just like the headline says, Pink Floyd's Animals 2018 Remix by James Guthrie is finally arriving on September 16 on 180g LP via Pink Floyd Records/Sony Music. A Deluxe Gatefold Multidisc Version containing 1LP/1CD/1DVD/1BD will then follow on October 7.
QRP-Pressed 180g Vinyl Reissue of Bill Evans Trio's Trio '65 Does Full Justice to a Laid Back, Forward-Leaning & Quite Dynamic Recording
When I saw one of the latest Acoustic Sounds Series reissues of a mid-1960s Bill Evans Trio album namely, June 1965's Trio '65 I had to pause for a moment and think: Do I really need this one in my collection?
The Best Of Roxy Music 180g 2LP Set, Half-Speed Mastered by Miles Showell, Coming September 2
Roxy Music always did have a hook on me, and they've done it again with their upcoming 180g 2LP best-of collection. To wit: The Best Of Roxy Music is scheduled for release on September 2, 2022 via Virgin/UMe. It's the first time this official career-spanning Roxy Music best-of collection is being made available on wax.
The Beach Boys' Very Best 180g 6LP Box Set: A Super-Sunny 21st Century Soundtrack for Endless Summers
Reviewing The Very Best of The Beach Boys: The Sounds of Summer, the massive new 60th Anniversary 6LP Beach Boys box set retrospective from UMe/Capitol/Brother Records, has been a daunting yet fun challenge.
Fidelity Announces California-Based Record Pressing Facility Will Start Vinyl LP Production in Q1 2023
This is some most welcome pressing news indeed. To wit: Fidelity Record Pressing (Fidelity) has just announced a state-of-the-art record-pressing facility is being constructed from the ground up in Oxnard (Ventura County), California, and it will launch in Q1 2023.
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