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Talking Heads Build a Better Box Set With the More Songs About Buildings and Food 4LP Super Deluxe Edition That’s Slated for Consumption on July 25

2 days ago | analogplanet.com | Mike Mettler

Take me to the box set, and drop me in the vinyl. And what I mean by that is to announce Talking Heads’ second studio album on Sire, July 1978’s More Songs About Buildings and Food, will be getting the Super Deluxe Edition 4LP treatment from Sire/Rhino on July 25, 2025.
Spartan 15 Mk 2 Phono Preamp by Michael Fidler and Classic Audio

3 days ago | analogplanet.com | Mike Mettler

Michael Fidler is a bonafide classic audio maestro, and he knows how to build phono preamps about as good as anybody can. To that end, the latest phono preamp offering from Michael Fidler and Classic Audio, the Spartan 15 Mk 2, is said to have evolved the standards set with company’s prior Spartan 15 and Spartan 10 double-stage preamps.
Nagaoka Cartridges and Accessories, Korf Tonearms

4 days ago | analogplanet.com | Julie Mullins

Our High End Munich 2025 coverage continues, so let’s get right to it! Nagaoka, the 85-year-old Japanese phono cartridge and accessories makers, showed their latest cartridge, the MP-700, at the big show. We had previewed it A HREF=" https://www.analogplanet.com/content/nagaoka-mp-700-cartridge-high-end-munich-2025-preview">here on AP back on May 12, 2025, but now we finally had the chance to actually experience it in person and share more details about it.
Yusuf / Cat Stevens’ 1974 Live Album Saturnight (Cat Stevens Live in Tokyo) Finally Sees Worldwide, and Quite Welcome, 1LP 50th Anniversary Release

1 week ago | analogplanet.com | Mark Smotroff

Yusuf / Cat Stevens’ 1974 Live Album Saturnight (Cat Stevens Live in Tokyo) Finally Sees Worldwide, and Quite Welcome, 1LP 50th Anniversary Release The 50th anniversary edition of Yusuf / Cat Stevens’ November 1974 live album Saturnight (Cat Stevens Live in Tokyo) is a surprisingly satisfying single-LP snapshot of the artist at an arguable career peak.
AMG Ventus Phono Preamp, Viella Series Turntables & 12JT Tonearm

1 week ago | analogplanet.com | Julie Mullins

Alongside the plethora of turntables, tonearms, cartridges, parts, and accessories shown at High End Munich 2025 were — of course — all kinds of phono preamplification: standalone phono preamps, step-up transformers, onboard phono stages, and so on. Germany’s AMG — a.k.a. Analog Manufaktur Germany — introduced a late-stage prototype of their new Ventus phono preamp. The Ventus comes with three inputs.
The B-52’s Span the Rainbow With a Myriad of Color Vinyl Choices for All the Good Stuff That’s in Their 9LP Warner Reprise Years Box Set Coming Out June 20

1 week ago | analogplanet.com | Mike Mettler

The B-52’s Span the Rainbow With a Myriad of Color Vinyl Choices for All the Good Stuff That’s in Their 9LP Warner Reprise Years Box Set Coming Out June 20 “Tin roof, rusted.” That preceding phrase has been brought to you by the fine folks at IYKYK — a.k.a. If You Know, You Know — but I’m betting that you do indeed know exactly where it came from and in what song in which it appears.
Late, Great Music Visionary Herb Belkin’s Amazing Collection, Including Many of His Own Original Rare & Low-Number MFSL Limited-Edition LPs and Box Sets, Is Set for Auction by Thomaston Place Auction Galleries on June 29

1 week ago | analogplanet.com | Mike Mettler |Mark Smotroff

Late, Great Music Visionary Herb Belkin’s Amazing Collection, Including Many of His Own Original Rare & Low-Number MFSL Limited-Edition LPs and Box Sets, Is Set for Auction by Thomaston Place Auction Galleries on June 29 Mike Mettler: Herb Belkin was one of a kind.
High End Munich 2025, Part 1: Dual, Coturn by Thorens & Anette Askvik

1 week ago | analogplanet.com | Julie Mullins

If it’s May, then it must be time again for the annual High End Munich show at the M.O.C. — a.k.a., the Event Center Messe Munich — which was held from May 15-18, 2025. However, this year’s event marked the swan song for its time in Munich after 21 consecutive years (one COVID cancellation excepted).
Short Cuts, Vol. 27: Elemental Music’s Fine Motown Reissue Series Continues With More 140g 1LP Gems From Jackson 5, Four Tops, The Undisputed Truth, Diana Ross and The Supremes, The Temptations, Gladys Knight & The Pips, and Marvin Gaye

2 weeks ago | analogplanet.com | Mark Smotroff

Short Cuts, Vol.
Oscar Peterson Trio’s 1964 Jazz Masterwork, We Get Requests, Kicks Off Burmester’s Pure Sound Master Recordings Series With a Truly Special Limited-Edition 12in Lacquer Release

2 weeks ago | analogplanet.com | Mike Mettler

Oscar Peterson Trio’s 1964 Jazz Masterwork, We Get Requests, Kicks Off Burmester’s Pure Sound Master Recordings Series With a Truly Special Limited-Edition 12in Lacquer Release We all have our own pet requests for classic albums we’d love to see reissued in the purest, and most honest, analog capacity as possible — and sometimes, those requests are heeded.