MICHAEL FREMERS' BEST SOUNDING RECORDS. PTIII

1. Paul McCartney “McCartney” (Apple) 1970
2. Nick Drake “Pink Moon” (Island) 1972
3. Kenny Dorham “Quiet Kenny” (ERC) 2018
4. Larry Young “Unity” (Blue Note/Music Matters) 2015
5. T. Rex “Electric Warrior” (Porky Prime Cuts, Reprise) 1971
6. Elton John “Elton John” (DJM) 1970
7. Davy Spillane “Atlantic Bridge” (Tara) 1987
8. Cat Stevens “Tea for the Tillerman” (Analogue Productions) 2015
9. Duke Ellington “Masterpieces by Ellington” (Analogue Productions) 2014
10. Small Faces “Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake” (Immediate) 1967
11. Miles Davis Kind of Blue (Classic Records) 1995
12. Gil Evans Orchestra “Out of the Cool” (Impulse!/Alto Analogue) 1997
13. Ahmad Jamal “Live At the Alahambra” (Cadet/Alto Analogue) 1997
14. Van Dyke Parks “Song Cycle” (Warner Bros) 1967
15. Virgil Thomson “The Plow That Broke The Plains” (Vanguard) 1961
16. TV Jazz Themes (Somerset) 1958
17. Elgar Cello Concerto; “Sea Pictures” Du Pre Barbirolli (EMI Classics) 1965
19. “La Fille Mal Garde” Herold, Lanchbery (Decca) 1962
20. The Beatles Abbey Road (Apple) 1969
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[@salimadam104]

So great to see and hear Michael again. Could watch him pull out records and tell his stories the live long day.

[@35mmview18]

If Michael doesn't write a book containing all his amazing anecdotes then he is doing the music world a massive disservice! And I want it written in an English accent...lol

[@NickP333]

I absolutely love listening to Michael talk about records! I was actually disappointed when it was over. The stories that go along with the records are almost as good as the records themselves. Michael has said in past interviews something like that you don’t have memories of what was going on in your life when you download an album. So true... Thanks, Ken and Michael.

[@kgobrien1]

I could listen to the Wanker talk records all day. Lots of fun gentlemen.

[@DocJJohnson]

Great shaw

[@davestevenson2181]

Here I am listening to Michael and pulling records off my shelf whenever he mentions something I have in my collection. A fun way to while away another day in lockdown.

[@panagiotisargyropoulos2217]

I wish I was there.

[@robertkok5263]

Mikey is the only funny audiophile around which is really sayin' something. Self-mockery is also one of his endearing qualities. Plus he is in it for the music.

[@dilbyjones]

Word

[@robertgough508]

Me too could listen for hours

[@magnusstenstrom1318]

GREAT !!!

[@adandominguez]

Fremer talking to Ken would be my favorite weekly podcast.

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

Great idea!

[@alsex6224]

Hopefully we care Michael :) Also both take care. Thanks for this moment.

[@sethbaer7567]

Thanks and love

[@polypetalous]

That’s it! I’m moving, ready to be Mr. Fremer’s new neighbor. Great videos... don’t understand why we don’t see more Fremer videos.. could watch/listen to him ALL day. More... must have more.

[@vinylrulesok8470]

Michael is a veritable encyclopedia of vinyl. So useful to know which pressings to look for because many reissues are so disappointing.

[@Michael45RPM]

You Guys are legends!!!!!!

[@bigboxbobby2]

Another good one - keep em coming please. thanks

[@joemartin6439]

Mike cheer up you old. Fun fat. Love your record show .Covid in Toronto just shut down all due to second round. Please do all safety rules please. Peace be with

[@oscarporteroazcona7585]

ThxK &M ✨🎶✨

[@HoomanR17]

Love these videos.. Michael is a treat.

[@rickewilde]

I don't care what people say about Fremer. He's keeping it real. Period.

[@mubodude]

If you guys haven't watched Michael's Top 100 Records You Should Own video, that is a must see! Plus, it'll fill the void these 3 leave because it's wonderfully LONG and absolute vinyl heaven. (And you'll come out with a college degree's worth of knowledge!)

[@analoguecity3454]

I've watched it 6 times since it's been up!😁

[@vincenzonapoles4371]

Thanks for putting up the artist and title on the screen. It helps us search and purchase these records.

[@thegrimyeaper]

I hope there's a part 4, 5 and 6 of this whankah.

[@NickP333]

Me too. Take it to pt.10, 12... whatever!

[@cillyede]

Great! 🇩🇪

[@alansenzaki4148]

Ken, loved this series! Do more!..have michael complete the story of how he fixed brian wilson's turntable.

[@craigenputtock]

Thanks for this video!

[@johnc.bojemski1757]

Thank you for highlighting these "lost" gems. So many, sadly, ended up on in the garbage dump when "CD's" came out. Now? CD's are suffering the same fate ironically.

[@MrCatalysis101]

Thanks so much for this series. I could watch and listen to Michael talking about his collection all week. More please.

[@diamond_marimba]

great series, thanks ken

[@bocolis88]

Thank you so much for that! I discovered some pretty awesome recordings with this video!

[@bloodyhell451]

Enjoyed that a lot. Thanks guys.

[@thevinylmuseum2958]

Awesome series! Give us a few more, please!

[@DismasM]

These are great Ken. Thanks for doing them. And thanks to Mikey, too.

[@garyalexander5686]

Michael, Ken - thanks for doing this.

[@brandonburr4900]

Thank you for this video series with Michael. Always entertaining. Say what you want about the guy but he knows more about music and vinyl than anybody. A human database. Thanks! We want the story of Michael setting up Brian Wilson's turntable !

[@nrod66]

Hope there´s more to come.

[@scotlarrimore3129]

Loved this series! Thanks for doing it. If Part IV is planned, hope it includes the Brian Wilson turntable story.

[@johnswales6507]

Great series of videos, funny, entertaining and informative, please keep them coming with Michael treating us more British accents....can he do a geordie or scouse ??

[@paulgolden6012]

I have the weird offset apple Abbey Road UK pressing and it's a really early 2nd press. I have a Japanese pressing where the correct image width is there but they've airbrushed the little manhole cover out of the very front of the manhole cover. This jacket has had more variants than you can shake a stick at!

[@ricochet243]

More please!!

[@rawheadjim]

We do cry over CD's, but it's because they sound so bad! I just watched all 3 parts back to back, Michael makes everything vinyl so interesting and fun.

[@MrLovell1971]

Man this was a treat Michael Fremer’s ear and knowledge for vinyl is awesome I’m always noting his great choices and killer collection I would never leave home if I was Michael so many classic it great he never gave up on vinyl that T Rex on Fly , Nick Drake Pink Moon and OG Beatles Abbey Road splendid stuff great video Ken I’m still after a clean first pressing of OG UK Abbey Road that’s awesome you play UNity for Larry Young’s son 🙏. Lovellandrew

[@LagunaRider1961]

Keep them coming 🙌🙌🙌

[@SamuelRivera_DAMN]

Bring on part 4

[@lokerola]

Great video. Just my luck I'd buy all the versions that have poor quality (and then blame "vinyl" for bad sound quality).

[@kvdb]

More of this pls, great stuff.

[@georgealanlpsandcds9311]

I enjoy watching Michael carry on - it's much better than anything on TV - plus, I am going to try and pick up a few of these gems - thanks Ken:) Also, Ken I recently picked up a Jack DeJohnette album entitled "Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition Album" with a picture of his family on the front. It is a wonderful album - just thought I'd mention it since I know you are a big fan of his.

[@johannestitz5797]

„people dont cry to CDs im sry“ Subbed

[@johnhogie]

I purchased the Elgar based on Art Dudley's recommendation and it is amazing. Worth every penny. The Ellington is great as well. Thanks for creating these videos. They are a great balance of educational and entertaining. The context for each recording helps me find other potentially great recordings (Kevin Grey, etc.). Thanks again!

[@alwaysexpandinghorizons6173]

Fantastic!

[@rickewilde]

You should do an episode where he plays some of his favourite tracks. Would love to hear his system even through my crappy headphones.

[@jeffstockton534]

Great stuff. Maybe there's a British guy in the London suburbs waxing poetic about American pressings.

[@mikenorris812]

I would love to see a video of Fremer and Henry Rollins discussing vinyl.

[@MustangBoss1973]

Your an old guy in a crappy room comment makes you laugh every time, mine is a chinese guy (from china) once tried ripping me off and when it all went bad for him his feedback said I was a "Stupid dumb guy know not how use eBay". Love it cracks me up .🤣

[@okalright8980]

Awesome 👌 video thanks

[@richardlinks8575]

Got love Michael! There sure are a lot of edits in this upload!

[@kgobrien1]

Love this series. Please do more videos with Mr. Fremer

[@mariocassar6087]

I admire Michael. He carried on against all odds. Does not mean that I’m going to take the plunge into vynil once again.

[@joemartin6439]

In my face Mike

[@hoselrocket2001]

My collection is woefully deficient in bagpipe records.

[@Dbriskit]

Is there a Part IV Ken? Really enjoyed the return of 2 x of my favourite youtubers. Lockdown seems to have only made Fremer more ornery, but I think we can all relate to that. Liking the new titles / logo / intro music too. Keep 'em coming!

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

not yet.

[@AnalogPlanet]

I'm saving some stuff for the AnalogPlanet KZbin channel!

[@Theomite]

I bought an analog reissue of _Masterpieces by Ellington_ at Fremer's recommendation, and 4 months later found a 50s reissue (blue cover). Not sure if I should complain or celebrate but it taught me a lot about patience.

[@AnalogPlanet]

The cover was changed because some people were offended by the original cover. However, that one doesn't come close to the Analogue Productions version...

[@derosa1989]

There is a great Rhino of Electric Warrior, cut by Kevin Grey for the "Rocktober" series, this was after the crap one. It's even better then the new mofi. I read that it's been repressed, so look for it !

[@leon9021]

Source?

[@oscarporteroazcona7585]

Happy New Year Ken!! Thx✨✨✨

[@gaynor505]

I had a student who was a stock broker that showed up to my house in his convertible with his Ovation guitar case upright in the middle of the backseat....... an obvious homage to the Eric Clapton cover........ If he had had to stop to quickly, the ovation would have precipitated his possible demise...... During the lesson, due to the slick material of his pants, the Ovation, with its rounded plastic back, would keep sliding off his leg....... "Are you playing guitar or reeling in a fish.....???....!!!...." I asked him. No reply and no sense of humor.

[@analoguecity3454]

Chad's "tea for the tillermans" is definitely better! One thing we can agree on is records!

[@thomasandersen1784]

Hmm...the claims of the Rhino re-issue of T-Rex i'm not sure is right? My version is from 2012 and is the 40th Anniversary ed. cut from the 2001 Remaster by Tony Visconti and released on Universal's series: "Back to Black", and that one sounds good to me. So the Rhino edition i would like to know some more about, if possible?

[@thomasandersen1784]

Been a while since i last watched a VD with Michael Fremer, and maybe i should not be concerned, but it seems like he has lost weight? I don't hope there is something wrong? He IS the vinyl wizard of all time :-) Cheers from Denmark

[@AnalogPlanet]

Yes I have shaped up! Pilates and push ups. You are looking at healthy not cancerous! Have a 6 pack too!

[@cezarvasile1635]

👌👌

[@jamierobb78]

Encore encore encore

[@vinylrules4838]

Where is Porgy and Bess on Decca with Lorin Maazel conducting. I have heard Michael say it is an outstanding lp and thought it would make the cut.

[@AnalogPlanet]

I didn't pull out everything (rim shot), nor every great sounding record...there are so many more..

[@EclecticApotheosis]

I would love to hear good needle drops of some of these. Maybe I need to find the right blog. I love Michael's enthusiasm. I just can't share it. I have Ariston RD11s, Mayware MkIV tonearm, A-T 440ML currently. But I never use it. Must be something wrong with me.

[@EclecticApotheosis]

@Jeff Glotzer I do trust my ears, to this extent. I was satisfied with my digital setup -- a highly modified CD player, highly modified Hafler amp, Stax electret headphones. I thought it exceeded, overall, my analog setup (I used to have a better cart than the 440ML) and frankly didn't think there was any point in going farther. So watching Michael is just entertainment. Now I am slumming with a FiiO and ancient Sennheiser headphones playing FLAC (mostly 16 bit, occasionally 24 bit). I know there is better. I've heard it. Even with my TT setup, there are certain virtues to vinyl, along with the usual vices. Generally, the instrumental tones sound more "true" -- skin on the drums sounds more realistic. But yes, it's too pricey to go high end vinyl and I think a great DAC is where I want to land. There is a point where the vinyl fetish just becomes impractical -- in price and in the foibles of the actual records. I mean, I've seen Michael play these records on his Caliburn table with ridiculous dish warp. And a third to a half of all records are slightly or more off center, and I can hear the pitch change -- years of digital listening have sensitized me to that. Well, we all value different things. I do value pitch stability. And I've also lost some of the ability to filter out tics and pops on the records. Yeah, it's sad. I have a number of albums I want to digitize. I have no illusions digital is "better." But it makes me happy. I really think what Michael is doing in Stereophile, which is to concentrate on insanely expensive gear, is part of what makes people think audiophilia is a bit nuts. In that sense it is as much a disservice as a service.

[@MatthewBrannigan]

Thank you. I could happily listen to that wanker Mikey all bloody day! :D

[@Zirma79]

ahhhhh In Italy It’s too late 🤦🏻‍♂️ see you tomorrow

[@Furax02]

I'm surprised that the German pressing of Jazz at the Pawnshop didn't show up in the lists.

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

Because that is horrible music.

[@Furax02]

And Davy Spillane isn't (Bela Fleck notwithstanding)? I thought, perhaps, we were talking about the sound of the recording here.

[@mortensivertsen9236]

Great video. Would love to get my hands on the Elton John record, but I just can't figure out which pressing it is. Please HELP!!!

[@Dave30867]

✔👍🍻🎼

[@1Verwoert]

what is the catalogue number for the Elton john album ? the one with the bass not the see-through record

[@user-mu9ri7zm8y]

Looking at this video , its seems like the offset apple cover on Abbey Road looks better and clearer than the aligned one? Maybe Michael accidentally mixed up the two?

[@joemartin6439]

Just tell us which records we will be able to buy

[@jazzman642]

What do you think of ECM for sound quality

[@johnc.bojemski1757]

Jimmy Fink is also an alleged FM radio "DJ". Is that the same guy?

[@TheJohnniegolden]

Michael's Alexxes are relegated to a corner, looking like they've been sent away to think about what they've done wrong. Poor dears, they're only being (temporarily) replaced for a "review" of a pair with the potential of greatness, but won't ever be the enduring apples of his ears.

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

Trust me, you have no idea.

[@TheJohnniegolden]

@@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455 Shame, I really don't. But I'd love to be invited over for a listen if his loneliness persists ;-)

[@oscarporteroazcona7585]

Gourmet speed deserved ThxK&M 🍣

[@alexxbaudwhyn7572]

What is Fremers gear list, components and cables, as of this video?

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

We recorded this last April, so I'd look at a Stereophile review of his from that time. His gear will be itemized in the "Associated Components" section of the review.

[@johnc.bojemski1757]

Of course he's a lawyer!!! Who else could afford an album collection like this?

[@alexxbaudwhyn7572]

22:46 What recorder did you use? RME? Tascam? Pcm or Dsd? Sample rate?

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

Post the comment at Michael's Analog Planet website for an answer, I have no idea

[@alexstewart8097]

That ''pink moon'' is quite a different take on the moon...to say the least.

[@joemartin6439]

Yuo are sticking it in my faceMicheal

[@mikel4797]

Davy Spillane does not play Scottish bagpipes, he plays the Irish Uilleann Pipes (pronounced 'Ill e n' as in Chilean). Totally different instruments. The sound to the Irish pipes is produced by pushing air through a bellows with one's arm where as the Scotish pipes the air is blown to the instrument by the mouth. The difference is like calling a Banjo a Guitar. Also on your original Abbey Road album on the bottom on the crossing you can see a bit of a water drain which was removed on later versions.

[@mubodude]

Sgt Pepper?

[@mikel4797]

Thanks John, I had Pepper on as I was typing.

[@mubodude]

@@mikel4797 No worries. My Abbey Road doesn't even have that OR the apple on the back at all. It's an old Capitol/EMI pressing. Thanks for the clarification on the pipes. I do love Celtic music, esp. bodrhan and Irish banjo.

[@leiferickson9666]

Man, Mike, the video man yawns so much, he is tiring my ass out, and I don't need that, manoman.....🍁

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

Sorry, I was pooped and the damn mic picked up everything.

[@leiferickson9666]

@@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455 Sorry Ken, but it was pooping me out too, more and more, as it went on!!!!! Look at it as s joke!!!!!......sorry, 🍁

[@UberPilot]

Showell is a hack. He digitizes everything. Everything he does is terrible compared to an original.

[@emersonsellsout]

This dude needs to work on his British accent.

[@grahamlester1386]

I believe GOD has contacted MF and asked if Chad Kassem would re-master the 10 commandments.

[@Beatgeneration2010]

Hi Michael, those 'pipes' by Davey Spillane are NOT BAGPIPES, they are uilleann pipes! Attention to detail my dear boy. You have insulted as many Irish Musicians as you have Scottish. For bag pipes to work you have use tour mouth to blow in to the 'bag' where as uilleann pipes you use the pressure of your arm to body to squeeze air in and out!