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It's finally time for episode 88of Love That Album. My apologies for not being able to record in February.   For the second successive episode, I am joined by Tom Kwei, co-host of the Down In The Hole podcast. For this episode we focus on an album I have wanted to feature on LTA for a very longtime, Gillian Welch's "The Harrow And The Harvest". When I say Gillian Welch, I mean that as the name of...

Eric has reached the nice milestone of 25 episodes - a quarter of a hundred, I tell ya - with the LTA: The Compilation Edition episodes. This time around, Eric delves into discussion of compilations from Polly Styrene and X-Ray Spex, The Revillos, and their reincarnation as The Rezillos. More pop punky goodness for your earholes. DIG IT!!!!! You can download the show from iTunes (search for “Love...

So even though there is not a regular edition episode of Love That Album this month (February 2016), Eric Reanimator is working hard to keep you folks who love your music discussion podcasts happy with episode 24 of Love That Album – The Compilation Edition. This time around Eric is discussing bringing some more punk and power pop to y’all. He’s dropping some knowledge about releases from some rea...

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Love That Album podcast is back for 2016.   Episode 87 features a discussion of an album I’ve wanted to talk about for a long time. It’s taken until now to find someone equally enthusiastic about Joe Jackson’s 1997 album, Heaven and Hell to co-host the show. I am joined by Tom Kwei, who along with his mate Sam Whiles, hosts an excellent show focusing on the albums of Tom Waits called Down In The H...

Hey folks, it’s time to bring you some new Love That Album podcasting for 2016. We’re starting off with episode 23 of Eric Reanimator’s  Love That Album – The Compilation Edition. In the last couple of weeks, rock music has lost (at least) three iconic rock music figures. Stevie Wright of The Easybeats, David Bowie (who did a cracking version of “Friday On My Mind”), and Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister. Eri...

It's time for episode 86 of Love That Album podcast.....which is also part 2 of the end-of-year special with the other members of the Shooting The Shit Crew to discuss favourite first time listens in 2015.     This time around, I am joined by LTA regular contributor Eric Peterson in Ann Arbor, and ardent Springsteen fan Geoff Smith from the northern end of Melbourne. I merely mediate this time.  ...

It's time for Eric's final Compilation Edition LTA for 2015. I'll let him describe it.    ****************************************************   For the most part I use these compilation editions to highlight soundtracks, Comp album, boxsets and all that jazz… but this time around I have used this episode to play a bunch of tracks from various bands that I haven’t been able to fit into either the...

It’s December, so it must be time for another Love That Album end-of-year Shooting The Shit session. In case you’re not familiar with the term, LTA has done a small number of panel shows under the Shooting The Shit moniker. We haven’t held a more general discussion in a long while, but the tradition holds that we do our “favourite first time listens of the year” show. As long as the panellists hea...

It’s time for episode 84 of Love That Album podcast and Mystery Box #2. What is the Mystery Box? In March of this year on episode 73, Michael Pursche and David Blom joined me to talk about a number of great Australian albums worthy of your attention, but no one knew up front what albums the others would discuss. For the second Mystery Box episode, I am joined by Paleo Cinema and Martian Drive In P...

So I want to ask you some questions. Do you prefer a suave lounge suit over a pair of jeans and a tee shirt? Would you prefer a cocktail over a beer? Does a vibraphone solo interest you more than a guitar solo? If you answered yes to these questions, Eric Reanimator has some recommendations for you in the latest episode of Love That Album: The Compilation Edition (#21).This time around Eric is put...

History could have dictated that the album under focus for this episode was called Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette In New York  - the artist’s real name and the city of choice for her to record her vocals for the album otherwise recorded in Memphis. In the end, the album was called Dusty In Memphis. What’s in a name? Plenty as it turns out.     I am joined by Shannon Hurley (aka Numbers Girl of t...

For your aural gratification, episode 20 of Love That Album: The Compilation Series has arrived.   Eric Reanimator takes on the question “what is gothic rock?” Like any music style, the answer is never straight forward. Just like “punk” is a wide umbrella, different artists who came under the “gothic rock” tag approached it differently.   He gives a description and history of the genre by way of t...

It’s time for episode 82 of Love That Album podcast.   Way back on episode 27 of the show, I discussed Los Lobos’ seminal album "Kiko" with Michael Pursche and was also joined by Steve Berlin, the band sax and keyboard player. Steve has very graciously joined me for a second time to discuss the brand spanking new album for Lobos called Gates of Gold. If you love previous albums featuring rock in a...

Welcome to episode 81 of Love that Album podcast.   This month, I decided to take a break from the podcast (slackarse that I am), but there is no way I would deprive both the listeners of an episode-  nosiree Bob. I called in Eric Reanimator (host of LTA: The Compilation Series) and Tim Merrill (my co host at See Hear podcast) to present some music discussion for you….and they’ve delivered the goo...

It’s time to get some solid recommendations from Eric Reanimator for great compilations on Episode 19 of Love That Album: The Compilation Edition. Both albums focus on Canadian troubadour Stomping Tom Connors, probably most famous for The Hockey Song. The first album is called Bring Your Own Plywood and features Calgary rock and country artists recording cover versions of songs written by Connors....

Welcome to episode 80 of Love That Album podcast. Due to time commitments this month, I am using the opportunity to bring you a couple of old interviews from 2001 that I did during my time at a local public access station. I am extremely proud of these interviews and I hope you dig them. On this episode, I am presenting a chat I had with one of my most favourite musicians ever, Bill Frisell. He is...

It’s time for episode 18 of Love That Album: The Compilation Edition. Now, Love That Album has not officially taken part in the Sleazy Summer project being run by many of our favourite podcasts in our community, but in the spirit of Sleazy Summer, Eric Reanimator want s to discuss a little bump and grind with you in the first half of the show. Remember when rock and roll was about sex and honking...

Episode 79 of Love That Album is ready for your aural pleasure. I am presenting a couple of episodes this month with interviews I did way back in 2001 while doing a summer fill-in on a local public access radio station in Melbourne. It was really exciting to get the opportunity to speak to a couple of musical titans in my listening development, and I think it was high time to present these to list...

…and it’s time for episode 78 of Love That Album podcast. Earlier this month, for episode 77, music journalist and biographer Jeff Jenkins and I discussed the history behind the recording of the second album by Melbourne band Skyhooks, “Ego Is Not a Dirty Word” celebrating 40 years since it was first released. Continuing LTA declared Skyhooks month, I am joined by Michael Pursche, host of the Sitt...

Time to get your dancing shoes on and listen to Episode 17 of Love That Album: The Compilation Edition. Eric Reanimator is discussing two different styles of music in relation to four CDs. First of all, the original American party music: Swing. Eric gives the good oil on “Swing! Greatest Hits” and “Next Generation Swing”. The first has some tunes from orchestras led by household names of the origi...

Welcome to episode 77 of Love That Album podcast.   July 2015 is the 40th anniversary of the release of the classic second album by Melbourne band Skyhooks. That album, Ego Is Not A Dirty Word came a mere 8 months after the release of their amazing and huge selling debut Living In The Seventies.   To commemorate the occasion, Love That Album will dedicate two episodes this month to this important...

Heeeeeeyyyyyy Everybody….welcome to another……poperific episode of Love That Album. I am joined by the bass playing, list counting podcaster himself Mr Ben Eisen, host of the All Tim Top Ten podcast. For episode 76 of LTA, we are discussing the 1999 album by Fountains of Wayne, “Utopia Parkway”. These guys knew how to jangle a guitar, stick a melody deep into the recesses of your subconscious, and...

Okay, it’s time for another slab of garage rock courtesy of Eric Reanimator on Love That Album: Compilation Edition episode 16.   Now just for something different, Eric is going to start off by talking about Swedish rockers The Hellacopters. Through the nineties it was a common practice for bands to release seven inches that were not related to an album (come to think of it, it was a sixties pract...

Welcome to episode 75 of Love That Album.   I’m joined by my friend and fellow presenter from the See Hear podcast, Mr Bernard Stickwell to discuss the legacy of the songwriter, musician, orchestrator and singer, Judee Sill. In the early 1970s Judee gave the world two magnificent records - her eponymous debut and its follow up Heart Food. In an era when songwriters like Joni Mitchell and Warren Ze...