I'd Buy That For A Dollar

For our 100th episode and season 2 finale, the crew turn to the artist and album responsible for our theme song—Bobby Bryant's The Jazz Excursion Into Hair. We also reflect on some of our favorite selections from this season.  If you like us, please support us at  patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast  to get exclusive content (episodes on 45s!), or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave...

Healthcare worker, DJ, and record collector Mark Weathersby joins us to talk Johnny Mathis, specifically the crooner's soulful 1973 comeback album I'm Coming Home. The IBTFAD crew are forced to take back some dismissive comments they've made about the artist in previous episodes.   If you like us, please support us at  patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast  to get exclusive content (episodes on 45s!), or t...

DJ and music supervisor Taylor Rowley returns to the program to highlight yet another thrift store staple—singer-songwriter Carole King. We take a look at Wrap Around Joy, a record that often gets lost in the shadow of the ever-present hanging Tapestry.   If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast  to get exclusive content (episodes on 45s!), or tell a friend about us. Broke...

Co-host Jeremy blasts off with Buffy Sainte-Marie's Moonshot. Viewed in its day as a disappointingly mainstream effort from the uncompromising folksinger, the album has fared better with time.   If you like us, please support us at  patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast  to get exclusive content (episodes on 45s!), or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more peopl...

Guest host Wes Wheat returns to the podcast with a 1980 Smokey Robinson solo outing and helps the team traverse Robinson's miraculous career.   If you like us, please support us at  patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast  to get exclusive content (episodes on 45s!), or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us. Thanks! 

Co-host Jeremy tries to coax a tear into your beer as we consider a largely unsung country legend—Ray Price. For the Good Times finds Ray shifting from honky-tonk innovator to Nashville pop star.   If you like us, please support us at  patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast  to get exclusive content (episodes on 45s!), or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more pe...

DJ and musicologist Greg Caz returns to the show to give bassist and vocalist Michael Henderson his due. As we discuss the disparity between Henderson's early avant-garde work with Miles Davis and his later R&B solo records such as Goin' Places, we discover that the two phases have more in common than one might think.   If you like us, please support us at  patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast  to get exc...

Musician Chris Brokaw stops by with a copy of Chester & Lester, the first collaboration between guitar virtuosos Chet Atkins and Les Paul. As we look at the careers of both artists, we also illustrate the importance of this unique pairing of two towering figures.   If you like us, please support us at  patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast  to get exclusive content (episodes on 45s!), or tell a friend abou...

Co-host Peter tells the tale of the Crusaders, the unsung backbone of popular music for nearly two decades. Meanwhile, co-host Jeremy converts to smooth jazz, or rather, jazz-funk.   If you like us, please support us at  patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast  to get exclusive content (episodes on 45s!), or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us. T...

Co-host Jeremy takes us on a trip into the world of a blossoming Graham Nash. On his debut solo album, we find the singer-songwriter maturing both personally and politically at the height of his success.   If you like us, please support us at  patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast  to get exclusive content (episodes on 45s!), or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps...

Our good buddy Jake Watkins drops in to get hyped with the crew on this choice selection from the catalog of pop rock masters Daryl Hall & John Oates—Private Eyes. We offer many reasons as to why they are one of the greatest duos in history.     If you like us, please support us at  patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast  to get exclusive content (episodes on 45s!), or tell a friend about us. Broke and have...

Radio DJ & music supervisor Taylor Rowley joins us again to explore this release from thespian Richard Harris and his interpretations of songwriting master Jimmy Webb's unique pieces of music.   If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast  to get exclusive content (episodes on 45s!), or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people...

Co-host Jeremy dips his toes into Brazilian music with the iconic Chico Buarque and finds out the water is warm and nice.   If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast  to get exclusive content (episodes on 45s!), or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us. Thanks!

Co-host Sean brings a late-era album from "the greatest American composer." Ellington Indigos finds Duke Ellington at an upswing in his career and might surprise those more familiar with his Big Band work.   If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast  to get exclusive content (episodes on 45s!), or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it help...

Guest host Leaura Hoss joins us to reveal what is on those Melba Moore records you've skipped over in so many dollar bins. Discover this powerful voice in that powerful suit on this powerful episode.  If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast  to get exclusive content (episodes on 45s!), or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more...

Co-host Jeremy brings the hallmark album from the biggest live music performer that no one has ever heard of—Jean-Michel Jarre—a synth music gem that can still be found in the dollar bins.   If you like us, please support us at  patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast  to get exclusive content (episodes on 45s!), or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people fi...

Musician Chris Connelly joins us to talk the complex music and even more complex person that is Tiny Tim. We explore how Tiny Tim came to be one of the most famous people in the world for a brief time and how his legacy has lingered.   If you like us, please support us at  patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast  to get exclusive content (episodes on 45s!), or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friend...

Co-host Peter brings the first classical artist to the podcast—Ravel. Not ignoring the composer's well-known dalliances in repetition, the crew finds there is more to Ravel than simply Bolero.   If you like us, please support us at  patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast  to get exclusive content (episodes on 45s!), or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more peopl...

Co-host Jeremy breathes new life into the podcast with the laid-back light rock sounds of singer-songwriter Kenny Rankin and his 1972 release, Like a Seed.   If you like us, please support us at  patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast  to get exclusive content (episodes on 45s!), or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us. Thanks!

Co-host Sean finds a rare avant-classical fusion record that is truly a bargain binner. Master composer and soundtrack extraordinaire Lucia Hwong graces our ears with a beautiful mix of eastern and western influences that blend seamlessly on this wax.  If you like us, please support us at  patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content (episodes on 45s!), or tell a friend about us. Broke an...

Co-host Peter gets far out with this masterpiece from psychedelic rock outfit Quicksilver Messenger Service that was turned in just a little too late for the mainstream but encapsulates an important time and place.   If you like us, please support us at  patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content (episodes on 45s!), or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review...

Jeremy has got spring spirit and brings some mid-tempo jams from UK dance/soul phenoms Loose Ends' debut, A Little Spice.   If you like us, please support us at  patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content (episodes on 45s!), or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us. Thanks!

Co-hosts Sean and Jeremy finally bring legendary theatre organist Lyn Larsen out of the shadows and into the waiting ears of our loyal fans.    

Co-host Sean takes us waaaay out—perhaps out of the realm of music itself—as we explore the ambitious and misunderstood Environments series, as well as the person behind it, Irv Teibel.   If you like us, please support us at  patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content (episodes on 45s!), or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find u...

Co-host Peter hits a spiritual nerve with the beyond human voice of Mahalia Jackson. The gospel superstar refuses to give her voice to the earthly plane of pop and we reap the rewards of those scared of a little religion.   If you like us, please support us at  patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content (episodes on 45s!), or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a...