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Episode 126: Letting It All Hang Out! July 6, 2026 Do you remember “Let it (all hang) out” by The Hombres? I dug it up and play it today. The Memphis band released that in 1967 (how old were you?) and the song has been redone by David Lee Roth and John Mellencamp among others. It was let out in the beginning of the psychedelic era. You’ll also hear my spotlight on Chris Hillman, who was a Byrd, pl...

Episode 10:From 2020, "Truth" Is The Theme. Liar, Fresh Garbage.  June 30, 2026 The original hour was recorded in late 2020 during Covid. It was a big election year, ending Trump's first term, when Covid was running wild because leadership didn't seem to care to stop the wildfire. So this is a show with songs about lying, cheating, crying and drinking. Don't be mistaken! It is a program about the...

Episode 192! New And Improved! Lots Of LPs To Hear. So Little Time. Hello and welcome to another Tales Vinyl Tells. Our trek into the great album rock of the 1960s and 70s is what we focus on here. The albums that came out during that time carried at least one maybe two really great numbers and my mission is to dig some of those hidden gems out and share them with you. I’m Brian Hallgren and these...

Welcome back to the 60s and 70s….music, that is.  It’s Tales Vinyl Tells!  Today we jump into the time machine and re-visit 1966, Woodstock and what’s that smell?  There’s Something in the air.  I’ve got a cut from Ummagumma, even Deep Purple.  My name’s Brian Hallgren and this is my trip, Tales Vinyl Tells, since 2019.  Some of the best album rock of the 60s & 70s.  Starting off today with Th...

Episode 190: What Should I Name This One? June 8, 2026 I hope I caught you at a good time. After all, this is a program about the great album cuts of the 60s and 70s. This is Tales Vinyl Tells and I am Brian Hallgren. Today we continue to feature a lot of the songs from the year 1969, in particular. These cuts may not be what you expect to hear from the album and we’ll hear from the Kinks, The Mot...

  One nonviolent way to show one’s displeasure/disgust/disagreement is to protest. In a letter to the editor, written in a blog, by contacting your lawmakers, taking it to the streets and there are many other ways. Pete Seeger was known for his songs protesting mistreatment of workers and war itself, and over time there has been a great abundance of songs and actions of protest. Marvin Gaye, CCR,...

Episode 184: Some Of The Vinyl Goodies From 1969 Hello and welcome!  It’s another Tales Vinyl Tells, an excursion into the great album cuts of our vinyl records of the 60s & 70s.  Today we’re tuned into some of the 1969 releases that rocked and changed the consciousness of the world. Tommy, the Who’s Rock Opera came out in 69. So did the Stones’ Let It Bleed, Santana’s first,  The Stooges debu...

Episode 183: Remembering Marianne Faithfull, Jesse Colin Young And Roy Ayers, Jr. + More May 18, 2026 Replaying from March 2025. Welcome back to this hour that we call Tales Vinyl Tells.  It’s your chance to hear some of the great album rock from the 60s and 70s mostly.  We’ve been doing these programs since late 2019 and have covered lots a ground.  You know and I know that we’ve just scratched t...

  Hello and welcome again, to an hour of Tales Vinyl Tells as we dig into the great album rock and important music from the LPs of the 60s and 70s that spun and still spin today on turntables around the world.  I’m Brian Hallgren and it’s my blast to be bringing you the Tales Vinyl Tells since 2019.  This is episode 210 and today we salute Barefoot Jerry’s guitarist Mac Gayden, Country Joe McDonal...

Episode 182: The Final Vinyl That Sold More Than 15 Million Units! Buffy, Bob, Jakob, Cat! May 4, 2026 I hope you're having a good day. I'm going to play the final vinyl of the 29 albums of all time that sold more than 15 million copies and this one is not the biggest selling LP, but stayed on the charts for 1,716 weeks! That's the equivalent of 33 years! Also, one in 14 Americans own or have owne...

Episode 181: More Of The Best Selling LPs, Alanis! Traffic! Bowie! April 28, 2026 It’s another adventure into that great album rock of the 1960s and 1970s. In fact we are continuing to wind down the 29 best selling albums of all time that sold more than 15 million copies as of July 22, 2022 and listed by insider.com. We’re down to number two and there’s more great music ahead today from the 60s an...

Episode 180! Here In Gator Landing, Fla There's No Time To Lose! April 20, 2026 Today’s hour is a visit to the radio program of November 2022 on RadioFreeNashville.org and is a salute to the spirit of Nicolette Larson and her work as a successful solo artist and her work with The Doobies, Neil Young and many of the artists that Ted Templeman produced. I’m here for a short while longer near the Atl...

Episode 209: Absolutely NEW! Except For The Tunes. They've Been Around And Round Many Times. April 13, 2026 Hello again.  This hour, it’s another Tales Vinyl Tells, a sojourn into a lot of the album cuts from the 60s & 70s mostly.  The music is jam packed today and I hope we get to all that I’ve chosen for today’s show.  We’re going to honor and say thanks to a couple major players in the musi...

Episode 101/144:Joni, Dave, John David, Dan, Tim. They’re All Here! April 6, 2026 Hope you’ve been enjoying those Tales Vinyl Tells. As you can see, this was prerecorded so I could take an amazing adventure , with my gal and her sister. Places we visited include Istanbul, Athens, Rome and Cannes. There are many ways to hear these great tunes: Live on RadioFreeNashville.org Wednesdays at 5 pm Centr...

Episode 97: Gershwin Prize Winner! Winner, Winner, Got A Spinner! March 30, 2026 From May 2024: The aging process on humans is real. What we do and don’t do may play a big part in how that process affects us or not. The vinyl LPs of that era and the new ones being purchased today will last a lot longer than the color in our hair or our smooth and youthful skin. All I’m saying is that the age of ro...

Episode 98: THE ALBUM ROCK OF THE 60S & 70S DOESN'T GET OLD. ONLY WE DO, IF WE ALLOW IT. March 23, 2026 The aging process on humans is real. What we do and don’t do may play a big part in how that process affects us or not. The vinyl LPs of that era and the new ones being purchased today will last a lot longer than the color in our hair or our smooth and youthful skin. All I’m saying is that t...

Episode 141: Dickey Betts Salute , A Sleigh Ride On Nantucket? Details Here March 16, 2026 The proverbial circle of life continues to turn and we might find ourself getting in touch with our own mortality as time moves on. This week I reminisce, as I often do hearing this music. The sense input usually brings up feelings, emotions, thoughts, people, smells, tastes, sometimes things I could have do...

Episode 140: Another 15 Million Unit LP, Long Time Since Phoenix Flew And More March 10, 2026 The ironies in life… This hour-long show just played on RadioFreeNashville.org and yesterday I was informed that Dickey Betts of the Allman Brothers Band had passed away peacefully. He was 80. Jaimoe is the soul survivor of the original ABB now. The irony being that this particular episode started off Wed...

Episode 139: More Of The Great Rock From The 60s & 70s And Beyond March 3, 2026 April 13, 2024 Some summer songs, some blues from Super Session, Janis and Lee Michaels, a Gershwin treatment, an hour filled with tasty treats. Thanks for listening today.  My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com .  If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org , we do that a...

Episode 208: Are We On A Collision Course With Ourselves? February 23, 2026 Hello and welcome to an hour of some great album cuts, mostly from the 60s & 70s. Man, we’re now on episode 208 of TVT and I’m in our southern studio, better known as the clothing inventory room.  Hope you like the tunes I’ve hand picked for you today.  Spencer Davis, Lizzy and the Triggermen, Charley Crockett, If.  Lo...

Episode 93: Nostalgia: “A Sentimental Longing Or Wistful Affection....” February 17, 2026 …for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations”. Yeh man! Like the 60s & 70s! Playing for Change remakes songs with musicians from all over the world with sometimes odd instruments. Did you enjoy Joy of Cooking? Not the book, but the band. They’re here with a few nostalgic...

Episode 91: Third Leg Of The 2020 TVT World Tour. Mayall, Dusty, Carlos, Paul! February 10, 2026 Thanks for tuning in today. This hour was originally episode 25 going back to late 2020 when we were getting ready to inaugurate a new president. Remember back that far? I’m gonna sit with ya today and we’re gonna mind-travel because we’re on the third leg of our 2020 TVT World Tour and after a few wha...

Episode 207: Snow And Ice. And The Mail Still Got Delivered. Snow Suite And More. February 2, 2026 Hello again and thanks for joining me for more of those Tales Vinyl Tells.  Well, it’s been snowy and icy here in middle Tennessee, just a wee bit outside music city, and yesterday I scraped 2” of ice off 3 cars and it was lots of fun.  I took lots of time to finish up episode 206 and knew I had the...

Episode 206: Salute To Bob Weir And The Dead, "Morning Maniac Music.. It's A New Dawn" January 27, 2026 Welcome back to another Tales Vinyl Tells, our 3rd new episode for 2026.  Today, we have a salute to Bob Weir of The Grateful Dead, he was also a very successful solo artist and toured with Dead and Company and the Wolf Brothers.  We have a 5-song set to honor Bob later in this hour. I have Pop,...

Episode 8: From 3-1/2 Years Ago, QMS, Super Session, Donovan. Oh Yeh. This Is Good! January 20, 2026 Here…..have another hit…..of Fresh Air is how we start this one with Quicksilver-Dino Valenti and John Cippolina. There’s one song titled “2 Songs for the Señorita”, how about some SRC? All I want for you is Love, Peace and Happiness. And I remember hearing Season of the Witch on my Craig 8 track p...