Love That Album

Episode 99 of Love That Album podcast is available for your enjoyment….and I’m really happy with this one. For this episode, I present an interview I did with Chris Wilson on the 25th anniversary of his first album post-Crown of Thorns, Landlocked. Chris is a triple threat. He is among Australia’s greatest harmonica players (and has played on sessions for some of the greatest performers in Austral...

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It’s time for episode 98 of Love That Album. Soul music can be raw or it can be smooth. It can convey emotions of the heart or it can be about confronting social injustice. Above all, soul music is about the groove and making you feel honest emotion….. On this month’s episode I am honoured to be joined again by film and music enthusiast Will Smith, co-host of the magnificent Gentlemen’s Guide to M...

  Punk Rock, early 80s style. That's what Eric is covering this time around with coverage of the Welcome to 1984 and Not So Quiet On The Western Front compilation albums. Both feature bands from the early 80s when punk had evolved from the revved up styles of the 70s and become the so called Hard Core era. The bands on these comps are raw, in your face and filled with energy and attitude. Maybe th...

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  Welcome to the episode 35 of LTA: The Compilation Edition.   It's 2017 and Eric is starting it off with thunder, lightning and the rumble of Hard Rock, Heavy and Thrash Metal.   Starting off with the German comp, King Solomon's Goldmine featuring 70s hard rock, Punk, Kraut Rock and even some Pop Rock. Following that is discussion of the 18 Headbangers From The 80's comp which features everything...

So if 2016 were to sing The Angels’ “Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again?”, what would you reply? Wrong!!! The answer is “I’ll let you know after I’ve listened to episode 97 of Love That Album podcast”.   It’s time for the annual roundup of favourite albums heard for the first time over the year. I’m joined by host of LTA: The Compilation Edition, Eric Reanimator, and my See Hear podcast co-host B...

Welcome to the episode 34 of LTA: The Compilation Edition.   Okay, enough of that It's the end of a very strange and tough year, so goodbye 2016, and we'll be glad to see you go. This time however Eric takes a moment to reflect back on the year, talk about some comps and pay tribute to one of those we lost.   The comps covered in this ep are a sketchy mass produced 70's Pop thing called “70's Pop...

Episode 96 of Love That Album is available....and like a bridge over troubled water, it will ease your mind.   Maurice is joined by Ben Eisen ofthe All Time Top Ten podcast to discuss the final two studio albums from Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, 1968's "Bookends" and 1970's "Bridge Over Troubled Waters". Their Everly Brothers inspired vocal harmony blend, combined with Simon's songwriting and Gar...

Welcome to the 33rd instalment of the Love that Album Compilation Edition.   It's November 2016, and  it's time go back in time to the dawn of Rock and Roll to visit with the King... yes that one, Elvis... and one of the originals of Rock and Roll, Bo Diddley.   Up first Eric talks about the Elvis comp The Swedish Hits - no kidding, he somehow got Sweden in the mix again!!! Anyway, the 2 CD set so...

Welcome to episode 95 of Love That Album. To some folks in the podcasting world, we’re in the month of Shocktober. At LTA headquarters, it’s Jazztober and Maurice is celebrating by doing the second Jazz Mystery Box episode (Check out LTA #84 with Terry Frost for the first one). Maurice has picked three jazz albums from his collection he wants to notify the podcast listening world about, and then p...

Welcome to the 32nd instalment of the Love that Album Compilation Edition...  it's October. Rather than talk about some horror punk or dusty Alt country, this time around Eric discusses the Steel Guitar Jazzy great American Song book filled albums of Jon Rauhouse and his collection of collaborators. Over the course of three albums Rauhouse (Jon Rauhouse's Steel Guitar Air Show, Jon Rauhouse's Stee...

Love That Album podcast episode 94 is ready for your aural pleasure. Maurice is joined by Julian Gillis (friend from school years and long-time absentee from the show) to discuss an album that cemented their friendship, 1989’s “Claim” from Melbourne band Not Drowning, Waving. For the uninitiated, this is music you can relax to, boogie to (yes, “boogie” specifically – find out why), and think about...

Welcome to episode 31 of Love That Album: The Compilation Edition. Eric is talking about some punk rock reissues from the Grand Theft Audio label this time around. Grand Theft Audio specialized in reissues of punk music mainly over looked, forgotten and ignored bands from the golden era of the late 70s and early 80s. The reissues were oriented towards 'complete recording' from a time period.    St...

Welcome to episode 93 of Love That Album podcast I’m baaaaaaaaaaaaaack........... For the first episode after my LTA sabbatical, I have invited proprietor of Melbourne record store Rock Steady Records and all-round gentleman, Pat Monaghan, to join me in discussing one of his most very favourite bands The Triffids and their debut album (sort of) Treeless Plain released in 1983. The Perth band were...

Welcome to episode 30 of Love That Album: The Compilation Edition. This time around, Eric talks about the music of the hot American summer: country and blues. First up, Eric discusses a pair of tribute compilation albums dedicated to Waylon Jennings: “I’ve Always Been Crazy” and “Lonesome On’ry And Mean”. One features more mainstream country acts and the other, alt country artists and bunkers. If...

Welcome to episode 92 of Love That Album podcast.   In this final month of my sabbatical from the podcast, the good ship LTA is steered by previous co hosts (and passionate Australian music experts), Dave Blom and Sitting In a Bar In Adelaide’s, Michael Pursche.   Popular Australian music has gone through many phases over the years and presented here are 2 almost forgotten by the mainstream, Austr...

Welcome to Episode 29 of Love That Album: The Compilation Edition. This time around Eric goes freeform once again to talk about... well Sweden... but first he's got some  chatter about the late 50s early 60s Brill Building Sound.. a collection of recordings originating in from the New York City center of the music publishing world... acts like Bobby Darin, Ben E King, a host of Girl Groups, The Sh...

Welcome to episode 91s of Love that Album. While Maurice continues on his walkabout/vision quest, Eric Reanimator (of LTA: The Compilation Series) continues leading the show. For this episode, he is joined by creator of the Feed My Ears music discussion Facebook group, John Ross to talk about two classics of the grunge era..   They start the show by discussing the Screaming Trees' “Sweet Oblivion”...

Welcome to Episode 28 of Love That Album: The Compilation Edition. This time around Eric goes freeform once again to talk about some UK based Rock, Power Pop and Punk... First off is a couple of thoughts about the UK Rock group The Move featuring a pre-ELO Roy Wood. The Move who, despite their nine Top 20 UK singles and being one the most popular British bands, never seemed to click with listeners...

Welcome to episode 90 of Love That Album... this time around Maurice is on a walkabout / vision quest... is he looking to find which album by the Cult is better Sonic Temple or Ceremony? We will have to wait and find out. In the mean time  Eric Reanimator (of LTA: The Compilation Series) has taken the controls for this episode and is joined once again by  Tim Merrill (of the See Hear podcast) to p...

This time around Eric goes freeform once again to talk about two 80s sub genres- The Paisley Underground and Cowpunk scenes.  Bands like The Dream Syndicate,  Green on Red,  and The Rain Parade get some love along side Rank N File, Guadalcanal Diary and Naked Prey.  Eric ends with some examples of bands that carried the Paisley Underground and Cowpunk into the 90s and beyond. So if you are looking...

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It’s time for episode 89 of Love That Album podcast.   Maurice is joined in discussion by Darian Sahanaja, the long time “music secretary” of Brian Wilson’s band. He is also one of the songwriters and keyboard player for Los Angeles pop maestros, Wondermints. Besides Darian, Nick Walusko, Mike D’Amico and Probyn Gregory have all been absorbed into Brian’s band.   The conversation took place while...

This time around Eric goes deep into the well of his musical core, exploring three soundtracks that had a strong and important impact on his life. First, the 1985 soundtrack for the film Return of the Living Dead which mixed punk rock, horror film themes alongside the emerging hard rock, retro fitted new wave and synth sounds of the era. Next is the soundtrack to Eric's beloved Punk Western Dudes...