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Joni Mitchell's Classic Court and Spark now on Mobile Fidelity Limited Edition UltraDisc One-Step 45 rpm LPs

Tom Gibbs — Sun, 13 Apr 2025 16:44:05 +0000

Last year Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab began releasing six of Joni Mitchell's most iconic albums, making them all available not only as hybrid SACDs, but also in MoFi's ne plus ultra analog statement format, their UltraDisc One-Step 180 gram LP set. The series began with Ladies of the Canyon (1970), then moved to Joni's deeply... Read More »

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Rare, Limited Edition, and Cool Colored Vinyl LPs from Rhino for Record Store Day April 2025

Tom Gibbs — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 23:39:16 +0000

Record Store Day typically always takes place on the third Saturday of April in any given year, but for 2025, that date fell on what is a bank holiday across much of the globe, so the date was pushed forward to April 12. Rhino is again offering a broad selection of 47(!) limited edition LPs... Read More »

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Craft Recordings Offers Seven Exclusive and Collectible LPs for Record Store Day April 2025

Tom Gibbs — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 17:43:50 +0000

Craft Recordings again offers an interesting mix of collectible, limited-edition, rare, and long out-of-print LPs for Record Store Day 2025 (RSD) that's happening on Saturday, April 12. Record Store Day typically always takes place on the third Saturday of April in any given year, but for 2025, that date fell on what is a bank... Read More »

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2025 Kicks Off with a Pair of Classic OJC LP Reissues from Guitarists Wes Montgomery and Joe Pass

Tom Gibbs — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 17:55:09 +0000

For the first half of 2025, Craft Recordings has announced five new reissues to kickstart the next phase of their Original Jazz Classics (OJC) series. Including a pair of historic albums from Miles Davis, a classic (mostly) solo date from pianist Thelonious Monk, along with albums from two remarkable jazz guitarists, Wes Mongomery and Joe... Read More »

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Yes, Close To The Edge - Super Deluxe Edition

Tom Gibbs — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 21:28:45 +0000

Rhino Entertainment continues to give the Yes catalog of albums the Super Deluxe Edition treatment with a new LP/CD/BD box set of the band's fifth studio album, 1972's Close To The Edge. A truly expansive multi-disc box set, Close To The Edge: Super Deluxe Edition (SDE) offers not only new remasters of the album from... Read More »

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Better Late Than Never: Mariah Carey's Classic Merry Christmas from MoFi, on 33 rpm UltraDisc and 45 rpm Limited Edition LPs

Tom Gibbs — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 16:40:42 +0000

Prior to last year's holiday season, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab caused a bit of a stir in the audiophile community when it announced the Original Master Recording release of Maria Carey's perennial favorite Merry Christmas. With availability in a variety of individually numbered, limited edition formats, including a 33 rpm UltraDisc One-Step LP, a pair... Read More »

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Steely Dan's Katy Lied on 45 rpm, 200 gram, Clarity Vinyl UHQR LPs from Analog Productions and Quality Record Pressings

Tom Gibbs — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 20:58:56 +0000

Analogue Productions has by degrees been gradually remastering and releasing the entire Steely Dan catalog on SACDs, 180 gram LPs, and 200 gram Ultra High Quality Record (UHQR) ultimate LPs. The latest in this series is the band's fourth studio album, 1975's Katy Lied, a record whose sound quality (at least, on the original LP... Read More »

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Warner and Rhino Start Your Ear Off Right in 2025 with Cool Limited Edition LP Releases

Tom Gibbs — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 17:27:00 +0000

Rhino Entertainment and Warner are aiming to Start Your Ear Off Right in 2025 with 26 limited edition LP reissues and releases. The current group of albums in the series includes a varied mix of 180 gram, clear vinyl 140 gram, and cool colored-vinyl 140 gram LPs. Start Your Ear Off Right encompasses a diverse... Read More »

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Florida International Audio Expo 2025, My Favorite Rooms, Part 2

Tom Gibbs — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 15:50:17 +0000

Here are more really great audio systems that I felt really had it going on at the Florida International Audio Expo 2025. There were an abundance of exhibitors at the show this year, but the rooms I chose to highlight are the ones that really spoke to me, were technologically sensational, or played music that... Read More »

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Florida International Audio Expo 2025, My Favorite Rooms, Part 1

Tom Gibbs — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 16:21:23 +0000

The 2025 Florida International Audio Expo (FLAX) was new and improved this year, and the show took place at a new location, the Sheraton Tampa Brandon Hotel. The Sheraton offered a refreshingly new vibe compared to years past, and was strikingly more modern than the previous site, the Embassy Suites Westshore. It was a bit... Read More »

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Cool New Limited Edition, 180 Gram, Clear Vinyl One Step Jazz LPs and Red Book CDs from AC Records in Poland

Tom Gibbs — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 18:00:03 +0000

AC Records is the brainchild of jazz drummer, composer, arranger, and producer Adam Czerwiński. He's been performing in the jazz world as a leader and sideman for over forty years now, and has provided the rhythmic foundation from behind the drum kit for a myriad of famous and respected musicians. Among them, notable jazz artists... Read More »

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Craft Recordings' OJC Reboot Continues with Thelonious Monk's Classic 1957 LP, Monk's Music

Tom Gibbs — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 17:43:28 +0000

Craft Recordings continues their reboot of the Original Jazz Classics (OJC) series with another heavy-hitting 180 gram LP reissue, Thelonious Monk's 1957 release, Monk's Music (Riverside Records). Monk's Music is a cornerstone from his middle period on Riverside Records, and features an all-star lineup of some of the greatest players in jazz, including John Coltrane,... Read More »

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Bill Evans Trio's Classic 1961 Album Explorations, now on Craft Recordings' Small Batch, Neotech VR900 Supreme One-Step LP

Tom Gibbs — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 20:59:34 +0000

Craft Recordings has just released the latest installment in their premium Small Batch audiophile LP series with a reissue of the Bill Evans Trio's classic 1961 sophomore effort, Explorations. The album would mark the final studio session with Evans' classic trio that featured Scott LaFaro on bass and Paul Motian on drums, and would come... Read More »

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Al Di Meola's Jazz Fusion Classic Elegant Gypsy, now reissued on 180 Gram LP by Impex Records

Tom Gibbs — Fri, 27 Dec 2024 00:11:11 +0000

Impex Records continues to honor the legacy of celebrated guitarist Al Di Meola with a new 180 gram LP reissue of his 1977 jazz fusion classic, Elegant Gypsy. The album sold a half-million units in the year of its release, peaking at the number 5 position on Billboard's jazz album charts while earning Guitar Player... Read More »

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Euphony Audio's Stylus OS 4.0 (RC 24), in Combination with Mozzaik Upsampler, S.M.S.L.'s VMV D2R DAC, and a Peek at Exciting New Upcoming Euphony Hardware

Tom Gibbs — Sat, 21 Dec 2024 21:14:39 +0000

Over a decade ago, the late John Sunier of Audiophile Audition called me with a hardware review offer for the original AURALiC Aries streamer. I was clueless as to what a streamer was or what it was supposed to do, John was unable to offer any explanation of its function to me, and I only... Read More »

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New Release and Reissue LPs from Barenaked Ladies, OPA, Bush, and Miles Davis, all from Craft Recordings

Tom Gibbs — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 17:33:31 +0000

Craft Recordings continues to drop great late-year releases, and I have four more here you'll definitely want to check out! These albums criss-cross the genres of classic jazz, alternative pop, post-grunge hard rock, and jazz fusion, and feature reissues of rare, long out-of-print, and hard-to-find classic and noteworthy LPs. Including a new Miles Davis compilation... Read More »

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Harry Potter, Original Motion Picture Soundtracks I-VII in Exclusive, Color-coordinated, Color Vinyl 16-LP Box Sets

Tom Gibbs — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 20:27:13 +0000

Rhino Entertainment has just released four sprawling, color-coordinated, exclusive 16-LP box sets for Harry Potter: Original Motion Picture Soundtracks I-VII. The comprehensive box sets feature distinctive, brightly colored slipcovers with individualized artwork for each of the four Hogwarts houses, Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw. Each set of 16 LPs are also color-coordinated with red vinyl... Read More »

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Rhino's Slate of Black Friday Record Store Day LPs Features Rare, Expanded, and Specialty Releases

Tom Gibbs — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 17:53:25 +0000

Rhino Entertainment has another eclectic and impressive slate of limited-edition LPs available for Record Store Day Black Friday coming on November 29th. Once again, Rhino's offering of 21 rarities, enhanced, and specialty releases are only a few of the hundreds of exciting albums that will be available from both online sources and at independent record... Read More »

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A Diverse Offering of LPs from Craft Recordings Just in Time for Black Friday Record Store Day

Tom Gibbs — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 20:54:10 +0000

Craft Recordings has announced a striking offering of limited-edition LPs for the upcoming Black Friday celebration of Record Store Day 2024 on November 29th. Once again, Craft is presenting a diverse selection of rarities and specialty releases that will be among the hundreds of ultra-desirable LPs available online and at independent record stores everywhere. For... Read More »

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Plumbing the Depths of Subterranean Bass with Vera-Fi Audio's Vanguard Caldera 12 Subwoofers

Tom Gibbs — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:23:12 +0000

Early this year, I flim-flammed Vera-Fi Audio main man Mark Schifter into sending me one of his new Vanguard Caldera 10 subwoofers. I was desperately in need of ultra-low bass following the untimely demise of my beloved REL T9, which had been a true and faithful servant for a dozen years. I honestly had no... Read More »

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Impex Records' Newest Limited Edition 1STEP 45 rpm LP Release: Sing and Dance with Frank Sinatra

Tom Gibbs — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 20:29:47 +0000

Four years ago, Impex Records contracted a pair of Grammy award-winning engineers and tasked them with reviving the original analog tapes for Frank Sinatra's transitional masterpiece, 1950's Sing and Dance with Frank Sinatra. Andreas Meyer of Swan Studios handled the restoration and transfer of the original tapes, and Chris Bellman of Bernie Grundman Mastering mastered... Read More »

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Rhino Announces Cool Limited Edition LP Releases in the Rocktober and Now Playing Series

Tom Gibbs — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 16:17:11 +0000

Rhino Entertainment has launched their Roctober and Now Playing Fall 2024 LP series, which combined feature 48 limited edition LP releases, with many of them being offered in ultra-cool colored-vinyl versions. The release package covers a broad range of artists and musical genres, and includes catalog album reissues, rare and long out-of-print LPs, previously never-released... Read More »

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Five New Release and Reissue LPs from Craft Recordings

Tom Gibbs — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 16:08:44 +0000

Craft Recordings has a diverse slate of new release and reissue albums that they're offering heading into the last part of 2024, and I have a generous handful of them here for your consideration. As is typical for Craft, their new releases will appeal to a range of musical interests, and feature rare, long out-of-print,... Read More »

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Sunset Boulevard Records and Rhino Reissue Folk/Rock Influencer Bob Neuwirth's Remixed and Remastered Debut Album

Tom Gibbs — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 18:40:12 +0000

Rhino Entertainment, in cooperation with Sunset Boulevard Records is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the release of Bob Neuwirth's self-titled debut album, Bob Neuwirth. Many of you are probably asking yourselves the same question I asked upon receiving the initial press release for this LP from Shore Fire Entertainment: "Bob Neuwirth? Who is Bob Neuwirth?"... Read More »

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Cool New Original Motion Picture Soundtracks on Gorgeous Colored Vinyl from Varèse Sarabande

Tom Gibbs — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 17:22:39 +0000

Varèse Sarabande is a specialty imprint of Craft Recordings, and is one of the world's most prolific producers of motion picture and television soundtrack recordings. While originally established in 1972 as an avant garde classical music label, it has since found a successful niche specializing in the release of film scores, original soundtrack recordings, and... Read More »

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