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Pro-Ject and UMe Introduce George Harrison Themed Turntable
George Harrison would have turned 78 today but this George Harrison themed Pro-Ject turntable spins at 33 1/3 and...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Music
Over the last 40 years, Giulio Cesare Ricci’s Fonè record label has been slowly churning out limited audiophile “one...
Review Explosion: The Heshoo Beshoo Group, Little Richard, Eric Hutchinson and Jesus People Music: Vol. 1
(Review Explosion is a recurring AnalogPlanet feature covering recent releases for which we either don’t have sufficient time to...
“Kirmuss Restoration Process” Easier to See on an Edison Cylinder
Readers skeptical of the Kirmuss Vinyl Restoration process should examine the above photo. Lately Mr. Kirmuss has been using...
ECM Reissues Keith Jarrett Sun Bear Concerts 10 LP Box Set
Sun Bear Concerts, documents five complete solo performances by Keith Jarrett in Japan. First released in 1978, it is...
Arlo Parks: Collapsed In Sunbeams
Spoken word or sung poetry? There’s plenty of both in the British Isles: the rolling, sprawling narratives of Kai...
The Records You Didn’t Know You Needed— #2: Tracy Nelson—Doin’ It My Way—(Audio Directions AD101)
Tracy Nelson is such a great singer that you have to wonder why she never became a major, “you...
The Records You Didn’t Know You Needed—#1: Chet Baker—My Funny Valentine—(Circle 23581 26)
When Chet Baker died in 1988, he wasn’t an icon of “cool,” he was a has-been. The biopic with...
Sumiko and SOTA Founder David Fletcher R.I.P.
SOTA turntable co-founder David Fletcher recently passed away at age 81. The experimental physicist left the U.C. Berkeley Particle...
Bob Lefsetz Podcast Interview With Steven Wilson
“Steven Wilson has a new solo album, “The Future Bites.” We discuss this as well as his work with...
Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra LP Drops March 26th
The press release announcing this record out March 26th on Luaka Bop is more coy and less informative, though...
Tank and The Bangas Make New Fans With Friend Goals
To quarantine means to isolate for the safety of others. What it does not entail, is the ineptitude to...
Jacob Collier’s Potential Reroute With “The Sun Is In Your Eyes”
(Ed note: This is the first voice memo review on AnalogPlanet) Jacob Collier rightfully displays a childlike fascination with...
Impulse! Records Celebrates 60 Years With Year-Long Campaign
Impulse! Records, founded in 1960 by Creed Taylor and home to some of the greatest jazz artists of all...
Recording Engineer, Producer Elliot Mazer, R.I.P.
(Copyright 2021, Harvey Kubernik) (Eliot Mazer photo courtesy Burson Audio.) Elliot Mazer, the recording engineer and record producer who...
Verve/Acoustic Sounds To Release Out of the Cool (Impulse AS-4) Cut From Original Master Tape
This essential, musically groundbreaking and sonically spectacular Gil Evans album recorded by RVG in 1960 and released February of...
Zenith Angle Correction: The Final Set-up Frontier!
Before getting to the image above, let’s reiterate some cartridge set-up facts: despite the instructions that accompany most turntables...
Pro-Ject Announces 5 New Analog Products
Pro-Ject just announced a pair of low cost MM/MC phono preamps and a pair of sophisticated “record cleaning arms”...
Blue Note Records Announces New 2021-2022 Tone Poet Reissue Series Schedule
Blue Note Records announces the 2021 Tone Poet Audiophile Reissue Series release schedule. Produced by Joe Harley, these are...
The Nels Cline Singers Share the Wealth
The Nels Cline Singers doesn’t have a singer. The free jazz ensemble doesn’t even have a sewing machine. There...
Charles Lloyd and The Marvels Deliver Tone Poem First New Release in “Tone Poet” Series
(Press release): Charles Lloyd & The Marvels have released “Ramblin’,” a rollicking version of Ornette Coleman’s tune which is...
Ortofon Partners With PHONOCUT to Further Develop High Quality Home Vinyl Recording
At Making Vinyl Hollywood, 2019 Austria-based PHONOCUT demonstrated a still in development all-analog based home vinyl cutting system that...
We Do Need Yet Another café blue After All!
“Do we really need yet another version of Patricia Barber’s café blue? was my reaction upon hearing about IMPEX...
Vinyl Goes NFL Mainstream!
When NFL Films approached RTI (Record Technology Incorporated, Camarillo, CA) to shoot some pressing plant footage, RTI owner Don...
Craft’s Unobtainable Lush Life “Small Batch” One Step
This limited to 1000 copies lavishly packaged “one-step” edition of John Coltrane’s Lush Life sold out shortly after it...
Patrick Higgins Returns With Tocsin
Patrick Higgins’ 2016 album Bachanalia —a sonically adventurous compilation of Bach compositions transcribed for guitar—provided smooth and familiar musical...
My Two Best Christmas Presents
My two best Christmas presents. One was the record weight pictured above. Chris Stinchfeld of 1441 Engraving in Brunswick,...