I'd Buy That For A Dollar

Co-host Jeremy brings us news anchor and investigative journalist John Hambrick's single foray into the music industry and it's a doozy of a boot stomper.   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!

The one and only Bob Bucko Jr joins us to discuss the funky merits of the Isley Brothers' eighteenth studio album. The group's long and prosperous career is also put under the microscope.   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...

Co-host Peter whisks us away to a very different time and place where the forgotten Erroll Garner stridently washes us in waves of jazz genius.   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!

Guest host Jakab Selner brings us this oft-found and oft-passed over record by groove masters War. We trace the tale of perhaps the only band to get bigger after their famous lead singer left the band.   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 m...

Co-host Sean leads a tour through the fabricated reality of exotica and musical genius Martin Denny's exploration of new textures in jazz.   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 Peter flips the station to some more AM Gold and we tune in to the smooth, horn-filled grooves of Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds—a confusingly named trio birthed from an Alka Seltzer jingle.   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 us this inflection point in Big Country's career where pop stardom was traded for a social message, derailing their ascension as 'the saviors of guitar 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 find us....

Guest host Andrew 'Dreas' Christopoulos spins us a groovy slab of jazzy R&B in the form of Norman Connors' You Are My Starship. We dig into the important questions like, "Wait, isn't that a boat?"   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 p...

Co-host Peter brings a document of the classic Temptations lineup in their prime on Motown: a live album that is somehow largely forgotten. Perhaps the generic title or cover let this gem slip into the dust bins of 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 no friends? Leave u...

Guest host James Duke hops on the line to clue the crew in on legendary session man Vincent "Vinnie" Bell. We explore the wild new textures and melodic constructions on a rare solo venture.   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 f...

Guest host and soul singer Ben Pirani joins us to discuss this groundbreaking LP that paved the way for not only the future of R&B but pop music as a whole.   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!

We are joined again by music supervisor and DJ Taylor Rowley, this time for a discussion on Carpenters' 1970 sophomore album, the earnest and reflective Close to You. The conversation also examines their musical legacy and how their lighthearted image led to personal tragedy.   If you like us, please support us at  patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast  to get exclusive content (episodes on 45s!), or tell...

Guest host Trevor Coleman joins the crew as we ride the Holly Jolly Trolley across genres from fusion to hip hop to country to American primitive guitar.   Feeling Jolly? 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!

Guest host Ryan Werner guides us through the only Sinatra he knows—an out-of-favor, aging superstar taking a shot in a different direction.   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!

Guest host Dustin Krcatovich puts points on the board with smooth jazz progenitor Bob James. The crew get into the history of smooth jazz and why you shouldn't fear it.   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!

Guest host Lauren Raham brings the crew genre-bending New York theatrical group Kid Creole and the Coconuts. Accessible yet abstruse, KCC didn't find the success stateside of pop acts nor the cult cred of fellow New York artists in their circle.   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 ha...

Co-host Jeremy brings the oldest record on the show to date and maybe the most experimental. Yma's voice spans from low growls to glittering bird whispers over the problematic and fantastical tapestry of exotica.   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,...

The legendary Darko The Super joins us to spin and talk some tunes by one of his all-time favorite artists—the freewheeling song extraordinaire Buzzy Linhart. Darko also treats the crew and listeners to a special preview of a song he wrote for the recently departed Buzzy.   If you like us, please support us at  patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast  to get exclusive content (episodes on 45s!), or tell a fr...

Guest host Wes Wheat brings us a late-era, arena-ready Kinks record that finds the Davies brothers rediscovering their hard-edge roots. 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!

Deniece has tangentially appeared in multiple IBTFAD episodes. This week, co-host Jeremy brings her into clear focus on her debut solo album. Plus—Diva Stories abound!   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!

We bring you a special haunted edition of the show. Co-host Sean bubbles over his bargain cauldron with a batch of Instant Funk and peppers the episode with some spooky sounds sampled from a secret record.   If you like us, please support us at  patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast  to get exclusive content (episodes on 45s!), or tell a friend about us. If you sign up in the month of October 2020 or are c...

Co-host Jeremy secretly releases a taste of premium content for our October fundraiser! Co-host Sean lays out the tale of Cliff Nobles and plays us this forgotten 45. If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content (episodes on 45s!), or tell a friend about us. If you sign up in the month of October 2020 or are currently a patreon supporter then you can g...

Co-host Peter drives the crew easy down the road with this early smooth jazz groover from saxophonist Ronnie Laws.   If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content (episodes on 45s!), or tell a friend about us. If you sign up in the month of October 2020 or are currently a patreon supporter then you can get some sweet sweet merch, including stickers, pin...

Guest host Greg Caz joins us for our second episode on Ramsey Lewis. Nearly a decade has elapsed in Ramsey's career since our previous episode and this album finds him opening his third eye and stretching out musically.   If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content (episodes on 45s!), or tell a friend about us.  If you sign up in the month of October...

Co-host Jeremy kicks off season 2 with, what else?—a live recording from a jazz legend. We look at Ramsey Lewis at the peak of his early career and announce some exciting changes! If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content (episodes on 45s!), or tell a friend about us.  If you sign up in the month of October 2020 or are currently a patreon supporter...