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Tag Archives: Vinyl Records
Let’s go surfin’ – Listening to the Analogue Productions Beach Boy vinyl reissues while it snows
Judging by the hits on my blog, by far and away the most popular thing I have written about (and I didn’t write that much) was about the upcoming vinyl record re-issues by Analogue Productions of some of the Beach Boys catalogue. … Continue reading
John Coltrane’s – “Afr0 Blue Impressions” – the Vinyl reissue
The “Teaser and the Firecat” episode earlier today reminded me of this… Afro Blue Impressions – 4 sides of the John Coltrane Quartet recorded live in Stockholm and Berlin in late 1963. This is a solid recording of … Continue reading
Remastered? Cat Stevens “Teaser and the Firecat” – The vinyl revival 2015
Yesterday I commented on some of the excellent records issued or reissued over the last year. Alas things are not always that straightforward. I had seen an advert saying that Cat Stevens 1970 lp Teaser and the Firecat was to … Continue reading
The vinyl revival – a quick look back at some of the highlights of 2014
The vinyl revival seems to be continuing at quite a pace if the number of new and re-releases are anything to go by – I am struggling to remember a year like it and can’t help wondering when the bubble … Continue reading
Bob Dylan – 1964 – 50th Anniversary Collection 9lp Vinyl Box Set – Updated
Update – 21 December 2014; be warned many of the recordings are quite poor quality – they sound like audience tapes, and in my view only 4 out of the 9 lp’s stand up to more than cursory listening – the … Continue reading
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The Vinyl revival – Upcoming treaures for 2014 – Another Update
Check out the new videos on Mr Fremer’s analog planet.com. After months of wondering what happened…..they have been announced. Yes, some of the Analogue Productions Beach Boys albums on 200gm vinyl have got release dates! The first batch, comprising the … Continue reading
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Stylus Care – The Vinyl Revival
Following on from my earlier posts about record cleaning and the Vinyl Passion Dust Buster I hope you realise that I like my records clean! So imagine my surprise when the other night I found a bush growing on my … Continue reading
VPI Tonearm Comparison: File Identities Revealed! | Analog Planet
Technlogy and things printed by computor! The link it to an “experiment” between two versions of the same record pick-up arm – one made by traditional engineering methods and the other was 3-d printed – is this the future? I … Continue reading
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Tagged Audiophile Records, Gramophone record, Vinyl Records
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Musings on Record Store Day 2014
Update: 29 April – Neil Young’s “A Letter Home” is on general release from Third Man Records – and there is a super doopa box set version for order as well – I just feel sorry for those who were … Continue reading
The vinyl revival? Another record shop bites the dust – goodbye Borderline
My premonition was right – trecking through Brighton last Satuday Borderline had been replaced by a tea shop. Arrgggghh. A sad day – damn – they didn’t stay open long enough for RSD so I could be the only one queueing. … Continue reading
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