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To borrow a line from the late great Oscar Peterson, “We get requests.” What I mean by that is, we here at AP are consta...
30/07/2025

To borrow a line from the late great Oscar Peterson, “We get requests.” What I mean by that is, we here at AP are constantly inundated with album review requests on a daily basis — and while we can’t cover them all (as much as we’d like to!), sometimes, that certain special LP makes it through to our tables and ears, reminding us why we do what we do. Case in point is NYC-based multi-instrumentalist Dawn Drake, who reached out to us via email to see if we would review Nightshade, a self-released LP credited to her full band, Dawn Drake & ZapOte. Read on to see why the worldbeat-meets-funk grooves of Nightshade are worth getting on your turntable ASAP. . .

https://www.analogplanet.com/content/dawn-drake-zapote-cross-pollinate-heady-multi-cultural-sonic-brew-stunning-new-lp-nightshade

AVID HIFI turntable fans — and avid turntable fans as well, for that matter — will all be interested to learn about this...
29/07/2025

AVID HIFI turntable fans — and avid turntable fans as well, for that matter — will all be interested to learn about this new model. Meet the Relveo, which marks the English manufacturer’s first all-new turntable design in 12 years, and one that’s also intended to help commemorate AVID’s 30th anniversary year. Read Julie Mullins’ report to glean all the features and specs for the Relveo table. . .

https://www.analogplanet.com/content/avid-relveo-turntable

Nestled in the lowlands of the Netherlands, Grimm Audio has carved out quite a nice niche for itself, one that resonates...
28/07/2025

Nestled in the lowlands of the Netherlands, Grimm Audio has carved out quite a nice niche for itself, one that resonates with precision engineering and well-reviewed sound quality. With that in mind, we were quite eager to get our respective hands on the Grimm Audio PW1 phono preamp. Read Ken Micallef and Mike Mettler’s combo review to see if the PW1 is able to deliver robust and precise handling of instruments and vocals as well as potent bass, and if it can also maintain a balanced tonal and frequency profile. . .

https://www.analogplanet.com/content/grimm-audio-pw1-phono-preamp-0

It’s been a mere 5 days since Ozzy Osbourne passed away at age 76 on July 22, 2025. On that day, we posted an abbreviate...
27/07/2025

It’s been a mere 5 days since Ozzy Osbourne passed away at age 76 on July 22, 2025. On that day, we posted an abbreviated tribute to the man and his music on AP, with the added kicker that we’d be posting more about him a little bit later. After AP editor Mike Mettler conferred with main LP reviewer Mark Smotroff, we decided to take a different approach with our tribute. Read on to see our collective choices of 15 great tracks on wax that best honor the legacy of Ozzy and Black Sabbath. . .

https://www.analogplanet.com/content/under-dark-cover-remembering-ozzy-osbourne-through-15-choice-cover-versions-vinyl

Talking Heads’ 1978 sophomore album More Songs About Buildings and Food — which was released 47 years ago this month on ...
25/07/2025

Talking Heads’ 1978 sophomore album More Songs About Buildings and Food — which was released 47 years ago this month on July 14, 1978 — marked the beginning of the burgeoning NYC band’s fertile association with visionary producer/artist Brian Eno. Sire/’s 4LP super deluxe edition of More Songs About Buildings and Food — which just dropped today, July 25, 2025 — is the latest entry in a much-anticipated series of remastered vinyl and expanded offerings that are being released in conjunction with the celebration of the 50th anniversary of Talking Heads’ formation. Read Mark Smotroff’s review to see why this most excellent Food box set belongs on your table — turntable, that is. . .

https://www.analogplanet.com/content/talking-heads%E2%80%99-1978-sophomore-album-more-songs-about-buildings-and-food-basks-its-expanded

Direct from the WWNC files (as in, “Will Wonders Never Cease”) comes an LP reissue that so many of us have been hoping a...
23/07/2025

Direct from the WWNC files (as in, “Will Wonders Never Cease”) comes an LP reissue that so many of us have been hoping and praying to get back onto our turntables for literal decades — and now, it’s finally come unfrozen. I’m talking about September 1973’s Buckingham Nicks, perhaps one of the last true Holy Grails of coveted 1970s vinyl, and it is finally set to be reissued under the auspices of the oft-excellent RHINO High Fidelity series on September 19, 2025. Read on to see the source materials and how you can pre-order your copy (or copies!) of Buckingham Nicks today. . .

https://www.analogplanet.com/content/holy-grail-180g-1lp-reissue-buckingham-nicks-set-september-19

Following a huge — and quite fun — display of their gear at High End Munich 2025, Pro-Ject Audio Systems have begun rele...
23/07/2025

Following a huge — and quite fun — display of their gear at High End Munich 2025, Pro-Ject Audio Systems have begun releasing some more new products that were seen at the big show, including the new E1.2 turntable. Read Julie Mullins’ report to see more about the features and specs for the Pro-Ject E1.2 plug-and-play table. . .

https://www.analogplanet.com/content/pro-ject-e12-turntable

Ozzy Osbourne passed away earlier today, July 22, 2025, at age 76, just a few scant weeks removed from the triumphant Ba...
22/07/2025

Ozzy Osbourne passed away earlier today, July 22, 2025, at age 76, just a few scant weeks removed from the triumphant Back to the Beginning celebration of Ozzy and Black Sabbath’s storied and eternally influential respective legacies at the already legendary all-day event that took place at Villa Park on July 5, 2025, in their hometown of Birmingham, England. Read on to see our in-the-moment appreciation of his long and storied legacy on vinyl . . .

https://www.analogplanet.com/content/rip-ozzy-osbourne-prince-melodic-darkness

It’s time to get into some really good. . . stuff. And what I mean by that is, it’s time to see what the mighty amp manu...
21/07/2025

It’s time to get into some really good. . . stuff. And what I mean by that is, it’s time to see what the mighty amp manufacturer Schiit Audio has been up to of late — and we’re happy to report that the 15-year-old company has a new phono preamp, the Stjarna, for us to, er, dig into. Read on to see all the features and specs of the newly dropped Schiit Audio Stjarna phono pre. . .

https://www.analogplanet.com/content/schiit-audio-stjarna-phono-preamp

David Bowie’s March 1975 LP release on RCA, Young Americans, was an album that in some ways divided fans and his career,...
18/07/2025

David Bowie’s March 1975 LP release on RCA, Young Americans, was an album that in some ways divided fans and his career, having come out in the aftermath of shedding his Ziggy Stardust persona and not long before the full-flowered emergence of his suave and sophisticated Thin White Duke phase. Read Mark Smotroff’s review to see if Parlophone’s new half-speed-mastered 180g 1LP reissue of this transitional and transformational Bowie release gives you good reason to reconsider the music and sound of Young Americans, one of the more underappreciated classics in the mid-’70s Bowie catalog. . .

https://www.analogplanet.com/content/david-bowie%E2%80%99s-young-americans-deserves-reassessment-thanks-its-fascinating-new-half-speed

Well, he can’t sit still, and you know that he’s moving again. I’m speaking about, of course, the perpetual wanderer kno...
16/07/2025

Well, he can’t sit still, and you know that he’s moving again. I’m speaking about, of course, the perpetual wanderer known as Robert Plant, who earlier today just announced the release of his latest solo LP, Saving Grace, which will arrive on vinyl via Nonesuch on September 26, 2025. Read on to see who comprises this new Saving Grace collective, and what the vinyl offerings for Plant’s tall cool new LP shall be. . .

https://www.analogplanet.com/content/robert-plant-sows-seeds-new-saving-grace-lp-sprout-forth-september-26

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