I understand most of this but using a chalkboard and writing these examples down would make everything clearer...masterclass by michael!

Love your stuff Michael, dont get tired in my ears from listening to you explain. :-D

You are insane Michael. Thanks for all this info

Amazing presentation Mile

The main reason some companies did not make as hot or high volume cuttings was to preserve the cutting head coils from excessive heat which would eventually burn out the cutting head coils and they would have to be replaced at great expense. If a head burnt out durring cutting then they would have expensive replacement and downtime as they would have to recut the master .

Michael was a pro getting through this presentation and explained information well.

THANK YOU! A lot of info here, I wish I could remember it all. I remember seeing "Pecko Duck" and "porky prime" in the dead wax- and a few other notes as well. Never knew what they meant. To my shame I admit to dumping so many great LPs when CDs came out. What a miserable fool I was!

This is a very intriguing video. I know I don't have to tell you but I'm going to share this with a Facebook vinyl community

Dammit! I wanted to watch Logan but I just clicked on this and now I'm hooked. These revelations are so interesting, frustrating to know but illuminating.

Thanks for sharing. Very informative.

In this day and age few have the patience to take in 50% of the information in this video. It can make your eyes glaze over--But--There’s some gems in this seminar. I find the history and the whole -Who’s who in the hey day of vinyl Engineering interesting.

Mr Fremer's knowledge of the Record industry is just mind boggling and his presentations are always interesting, but talk about getting into the tall weeds. To have to know this minute information to be able to purchase a decent sounding LP is discouraging. The quality control issues with vinyl manufacturing are so widespread no wonder digital has won the war. On the other hand it will be fun to check out the dead wax area for this information on my 2000 LP's.

Thank you, thank you, thank you! Did I say thank you? I have asked vloger's here on KZfaq, who's content relates to vinyl specifically, if they could do a video explaining this exact subject. All I got was crickets chirping. So I had to travel back in time 8 years to find this video you posted. Did I say thank you?

Always informative!

That was a night & day difference in sound quality between those 2 Buffalo Springfield pressings.

The sound of this video isnt cut hot enough, im getting a lot of mic hiss.

When he was talking about Vanguard and said how they were originally done by RCA, and I knew he going to say how Columbia took over, I realized how much of a dork I am.

Great video, very informative.

i bought all the early beatles records in the 60s in britain, all mono, and they still sound great

does anyone know what equipment is used here? Speakers, turntable..

Anyone know any tricks to make it easier to see the dead wax info?

Interesting to hear about 'Columbia curve' & 'RCA curve', etc.

Great video that anyone who loves vinyl should see. The whole manufacturing process of a record is a kind of art. it's easily screwed up but if it is done properly with tender love and care, you will end up with a great product. Over here in Holland things were not different from what is told in this video. We had Phonogram that had a plant in Baarn. That plant put out quality stuff, no exeptions. Each and every record was perfectly centered and the least possible wobble. On the other side of the spectrum was Bovema. They pressed for EMI and it was a gamble if the record you just bought was playable or not, that bad some were. I have a copy of "Songs in the key of life" by Stevie Wonder. All copies were bad, and I mean bad. And today, even how many improvements are made over the years, there are still sub standard records are made. Which is a shame because the average record doesn't exactly come cheap. Same goes for some really bad equipment like ION and Crosley and the like of junk. But that is a different story. Regards, Willem.

What's the antenna on the top of the tone arm pivot of that fancy turntable?

pretty interesting stuff considering I'm a bit of a record collector, plus he gets some points cuz i think he was wearing an omega speedmaster watch, very nice ;)

Very informative! Is there a way to contact you with questions?

Extremely insightful and educational video, thanks.

I've always seen the symbols TI, TII, TIII & TIIII on records. Anyone notice this or know anything about it? I've even seen little faces, stars, initials, silly messages, cartoons, and opinions, etc.

"Focusing on the quiet"... That's exactly what happened when c.d. was introduced; after being subjected to a decade of appalling paper-thin noisy pressings (stand up Warner Brothers!) it was a relief to hear favourite music without the accompanying rice crispies and warp wow; we were, indeed, hypnotised and seduced "by the quiet" of c.d. and, for quite a while, didn't realise exactly how poor the actual music reproduction was. This is my story. Forgive me, Micheal, I have sinned........

True about Japanese vinyl. I have a Beatles with I Feel Fine. They corrected for distortion and the IFF intro goes, plink plinkity plink plink plink plink, plink plinkity... And NO bass!

Is that true the Japanese pressings are "intentionally" remixed (pardon me if this is the precise terminology) so that the bass is lower in the mix? Is there more information on this or is this just a bit of hearsay mixed in with a dash of speculation coupled with a smidge' of "I know a guy who knows a guys who's cousin went to a Japanese record store one time and...." kind of thing? I agree that some Japanese pressings do not sound as good as other pressings of the same LP, but I wasn't aware that this "manipulation" was intentional. (It also doesn't explain why some clearly sound better) I just "assumed" (Rut Roe) that it was due to the fact that vinyl has a huge potential for flaws and inconsistencies. Any documentation of references resources on this topic would be greatly appreciated. Cheers!

What about Canadian vs US pressings of American bands ??? Would Canadians have copies of masters ??

This man is a gem.

i remember that video here, .... i love fremer ....... + i guess it is hard to get "someone" somewhere who can tell about pressings, first pressings, run out infos of JAZZ LABELS 50´s 60´s specially ....... i have no idea WHAT of the 5 versions at Dcogs is FIRST PRESS of that LP : Corky Hale - Modern Harp - Vol.17 ...... if someone know THE PERSON who knows JAZZ PRESSING detail details of more unknown labels .... let me know. THANX ...... andreas, jazz pianist

With all the drivel and finger pointing, the main topic has been lost. Michael is attempting to explain what the encryptions in the dead wax area mean, based on information he has received from individuals that were or are in the LP recording business. He then offers his opinion on how these markings might indicate sound quality of the LP they are inscribed upon. Simply that. Another topic is discussed in this forum, one that is quite fascinating and very worthy of discussion. That is Digital or Vinyl, which sounds better and why. I have recently offered some insight. I encourage thoughtful responses.

Great lecture! A shame only so few people attended it...

WOW Head spinning!

why is the sound so screwed up, for such an audio "expert" Damn this guy never ceases to underwhelm

It always cracks me up every time when these HIFI conventions have terrible sound quality on these videos. Great information though!

If you care about good sound it's a good idea to look for a well pressed record. I have hundreds of albums and I notice the difference between a well pressed record and one that was not. Usually they were in a hurryto make more, thus the poor quality. Making haste makes waste!

The Dione Warwick song sounds like the theme to a TV show from the 1950's or something.

You'd have thought that at an audio festival "they" would have had a sound-check before starting the gig, rather than have Michael demonstrate how user friendly analog high fidelity gear is.

don't know if you recognize the name Freddy the Frog . Told me something about Red Label RCA . supposedly superior sound .

when i bought my records brand new dead wax and wot was in it no one cared about so wot the point now

19:58 Buffalo Springfield Again

JERRY! JERRY! JERRY!

The "AT" Stands for Atlantic and the "LW" is for Longwear Plating.He should know that!

IM from Jersey and you Sound like Your from Jersey ........Lol I commented before I watched the whole video and I was Right

Enjoy the clicks pops and distortion if you must. I mean it's not like there are cleaner formats with wider dynamic range available. Next he'll be exclaiming the benefits of the Dumont System.

This was actually very interesting. I wonder if that is the case with Japanese records from the early and mid eighties though ...that they are using a digital line to cut....(hope I said that right). So my prized Japanese Kate Bush records are crap?!? Now I have to kill myself since she is my favorite musical artist. The one thing he left out about that era is if you sniff the record will you get a cocaine high...or is that the sleeve? Oh well, I enjoy Mr. Fremer's sincere passion and his intelligence....no sarcasm intended.

....:" I tell you something about the Numbers and signs on your Records and how to read them, and bytheway, i align a turntable... " lol.... awesome!

44:42

6:00

This is mostly for people who like records for their own sake.

Please mister be prepared before you start!

LSD does wonders for music. More than anything! Anyone out there agree?

Wow, my mistake. I used to buy records just to listen to the music...

Why isnt he wearing proper audiophile attire, one could mistake him for a professional

Emphasis on the DEAD part...........and who jammed your head in the dry cleaning pants presser - a good spot for it, too.........

why not set the turn table up first next time ( looks very rude )

Who in the f'ing hell filmed and did the audio????...Geeez have another noise gate on?????

29 men, one lady in the audience

Expert of what?

The big record labels did a lousy job of quality control making LP in the 1960s and on. I think, no proof, just anecdotal, up until the pop music took off in the early 1960s that LP quality was ok. But once cars all had AM radio, and transistor radios became common, the LP took a dive down, being mixed and mastered for cheap playback systems. And there is no consistency. Rock n roll has great and has crap. Nowadays newly made quality vinyl is not a crapshoot, but when I put on an older, clean, not worn, LP, I never know until I hear it. James Taylor Original Flying Machine is a great piece of 1967 vinyl before he signed with Warner. Poco self titled is their 2nd album and sounds way better than Pickin Up The Pieces. Classical music LPs pressed in Italy are mostly great. They revere their opera so they press on good vinyl.

Thank God for CDs! I always knew vinyl sucked! The better records looked like they were punched out of a sheet of more flexible plastic (like RCA) & shitty ones looked like they were made in a mold of more brittle plastic & sounded brittle (like Columbia). I noticed this by the time I was 10 years old. I could look at the edges in a stack of records & tell the difference right away. AND THANK GOD FOR EQUALIZERS!!! ... RECORDING ENGINEERS & AUDIOPHILES BE DAMNED!!!

So these guys invite Michael to do a presentation, and they can't even setup a turntable with proper cables? What a joke! Fortunately Fremer is a cool guy, otherwise he would just walk out

are you going to Rotary phone day next month?

Who gives a shit when it was made if it won't make it sound better, so who gives a s hit when , who , why , where? Getting a check for being a goofball, Win Win for fremer.

Ta Ta Toothy and his Vinyl collection BOFF!

look at all the wireless snap pop DIGITAL equipment for mics on the table, hey, and what is this being recorded on? 8mm FILM, nope, DIGITAL, DUH! Snap

interesting information but somewhat useless but interesting non the less... IMO very few Columbia recorded/mastered records were any good very very non consistent ... now lest talk about london very very consistent and realistic sounding records :)

28:22 he changes the wires from the TT, and now more mystical Bullshit....and he collects a check! WOW!!!!

at least this record ain't warped!

Even if Micheal had said there was such a thing as a Columbia curve for vinyl records, I wouldn't have believed him. My original Columbia 360s sounds great and it simply makes no sense from a marketing perspective. Whoever came up with that joke should stop collecting and playing back LPs, because they have no clue what they're doing. I never bought into Japanese records hype either. In fact, I hate Sony/CBS with a burning passion!

WARPED records, what a 21st Century DREAM! TOOL!

so you then know this guy did that for them, then later on, this did that for those other guys! What a TOOL!

The closest thing to the original is the CD.

Going back to prop airplanes, jets are so jet like! SkyKing was the only way to fly!

FREMERITIS, is a horrible affliction

Bad choice of Records Mike

then one channel is DEAD...after he changes the wires, the guy is a marooon!

In the time snap you waste pop setting up a TT, you could have pop pop played 20 CD's!!! 2015, join it! DSD, ever hear of it, try it, snap pop, Ever want pop, snap want to move pop forward snap.

then we watch teh back of a chair! WOW, even can't get video done properly

Anybody ask Fremer what he has actually recorded, mfg'd, distributed? All he does is SPEAK to people who actually do things, Fremer is like a Yenta, gab gab gab, never actually doing anything of any merit...BUT, getting paid for it, what a great con....

Working with a delicate cartridge, has a pass hanging down to get caught on it, rel pro, what a TOOL!!! The guy is a FRAUD

They don't have plastic liners in the 60's...you have not an original!

Mother ! hahahahahahahahahahahaha, he said MOTHER......first mother with 23rd Lacquer made from the 3rd acetate to the stamper, mother father, 3rd cousin in Y with a P for this versus X for that, R with an I in N.J. from H with a father in motherland

you forgot to mention Maude, and Hazel, amazing housekeepers, and they used to play records on their 56' era Magnavox console, amazing, nothing comes close to such greatness.... listen to how the levels change on this horrible video, shows what this guy knows about recording...a true success, at the art of saying a lot, yet saying nothing...hahahahahahahahahaha

now comes the excuse, the cable is wrong, what a goof ball! sounds horrible, cus you don't know what you are doing!