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EPISODE 205: Salute To Steve Cropper And So Much More January 13, 2026 Ready for another hour of some of that great album rock from the 60s and 70s?  Here it is!  Tales Vinyl Tells, established Dec 2019 and now, this is episode 205 and we continue to learn about the artists that made that era of music so great are passing on and entering into the room next door, according to photographer Henry Dil...

Episode 204: Old Year Ending With These Movers And Groovers January 1, 2026 Greetings and hellos to you and you and you, once again or for the first time.  This is Tales Vinyl Tells, a weekly adventure into the great (and sometimes not so great) but mostly great album rock that was on our LPs of the 60s & 70s.  I hope you’re well and nice today.  I’m Brian Hallgren and this has been my trip si...

Episode 171: December Holiday Songs December 18, 2024 There are many holidays in the month of December and you might hear of some that you didn’t know about on today’s Tales Vinyl Tells. I do love the old rockin’ Christmas tunes (Ronettes, Beach Boys and the like) as well as those from Tull, Greg Lake and Dan Fogelberg. Sit back and relax, have a cup of cheer and a good holiday month. You know, if...

Episode 203: The Stylus Is In The Groove And We're Spinning In Circles December 15, 2025 A list had accumulated of tunes for a Tales Vinyl Tells program and it finally came time to reveal that list. It was……just the right time. So, there’s Renbourn, Winchester, Lake, The ‘Tramp, even Michael Stanley with a cooker, backed by some pros, like Joe Walsh, Sanborn, Deja vu ppl and a really great group....

Episode 134: Bonnie's Story December 3, 2025 In a conversation with my friend Bonnie, she said how hearing a certain tune brought back memories of a time long ago. Who she was hanging out with, what music he was listening to (and the B-52s Rock Lobster was driving her crazy). He played it over and over, saturating his beloved partner. But she smiled as she said some of the things she hears on Tale...

Episode 154: Supermoon Music And More November 25, 2025 Heres Another Tales Vinyl Tells, sharing the The vinyl albums from the 60s & 70s, those LPs carried the new wave of The British Invasion while America was already experiencing its own invasion from Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Beach Boys, Jan and Dean, Mamas and Papas, CSN&Y, Bob Dylan, The Doors, the folkies, Paul Revere and the Raiders...

Episode 108: Good Stuff Growing Up Around The Ocean October 24, 2025 Some of the songs of summer are right here and they are not what you might expect. Tales Vinyl Tells is in our 4th year of bringing some of those great album tracks of the 60s & 70s to you and thrown into the mix are some others that just need to be added to the recipe for a eargasmic hour.   And thanks for listening today. ...

Episode 149: Quite The British Lineup And Sure, There Are The Temptations And Delaney W Bonnie... October 11, 2025 July 9, 2024 This is Tales Vinyl Tells, continuing to play a lot of the music from the first 37 episodes. There’s lot of great stuff here today. Like Blue Jays, Buddy Guy, The Strawberry Hill Boys. Who? Just listen. Best heard with headphones or you could cast them to your sound syste...

Episode 201: There Was A Time...... October 10, 2025 Wakajawaka and hello to all of you.  This is Tales Vinyl Tells, our extraterrestrial exploration into that great rock of the 60s & 70s that was recorded on vinyl albums and rocked at 33-1/3 revolutions per minute.  Today’s LP Cuts come from Santana, the Stones, Savoy Brown, Jason Isbell and lots more.  The playlist is below. Glad you’re here...

Episode 99: Fun In The Rock Albums Of The 60s & 70s October 2, 2025 From ARS and their historic background to the JimJam of Nights in White Satan, this is another fun hour of the great music that came off of the vinyls on the ‘60s & ‘70s. And thanks for listening today.  My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com .  If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashvi...

Episode 200: I Am An AntiFascist Creator! Definition Below. September 23, 2025 A fore note: Today Tuesday 9/23/25, I will be guest co-host on my friend Steve Haggard’s radio show, The Haggard & Haggard Radio Hour, at 4 PM CDT on RadioFreeNashville.org . We’ll chat a bit about music and especially my choices for today, two from a very inspiring artist, Jimmie Spheeris and hear some Pacific Regg...

Episode 199: Fall Faves, Salute To Mark Volman September 19, 2025 Here’s another Tales Vinyl Tells for ya.  High, hello and welcome back to more of that great album rock of the 60s & 70s along with (sometimes) tunes on either sides of those decades. It’s almost fall here in middle Tennessee and Nashville.  Summer is winding down and it’s been one hot mothuh, and not in a good way.  The dogwood...

Episode 85: Macon And Capricorn Records, Tommy Talton Salute And Who'll Stop The Rain JimJam September 14, 2025 Today’s show is a replay from February 2024, bringing some of the great album rock of the 60s and 70s right to your ears and to your mind. I'm a child of the 60s and I just love this music. It brings me back to sense excitement. The smells, the tastes, the feelings of joy, bliss and of c...

Episode 198: Salute To Peter Green, This Is Military Madness September 7, 2025 Welcome back to another Tales Vinyl Tells.  I hope you’re well and feeling great today.  In the next hour you’ll hear some of those great album cuts from the 60s & 70s.  Some are live updates like one from Joe Bonamassa and a 461 Ocean Blvd tune.  Ry’s live.  So is Mick Fleetwood with Christine McVie saluting the mu...

Episode 126: Chris Hillman Salute! He's Been A Major Player In Rock And Country/Rock August 29, 2025 At the turntables today with some of that great album rock from the 60s & 70s. Those sweet vinyls can still sound as good today as they did 50+ years ago. Pardon the ashes and candlewax. But there aren't any greasy fingerprints because we hold them by the edge, with the edge in the palms of our...

Episode 8: Have You Ever Seen The Firefall In Yosemite Or Been In The Hall Of The Mountain King? August 25, 2025 This is a replay of a very early show that ran on RadioFreeNashville in 2023, though it was about the 45th or so overall. And I say hello to you and wonder how you’re doing in this crazy time? I’m taking care, staying well and being nice. This heat is ridiculous. I know that fall will d...

Episode 197: Celebration 5. What Has This/We Become? August 14, 2025 Hello and a big hi to you and you and you and you hope you’re doing very well today. It’s another Tales Vinyl Tells! Today we’ve got some interesting music, ha ha, a lot of it from the 60s and 70s, and some of it is brand new music. From people who were making music in the 60s and 70s. So, I hope you’ll increase the volume a coup...

Episode 150: Finding The Good Stuff Of Growing Up Near The Ocean August 8, 2025 What are the good memories of your childhood? What music soothed you or really turned you on? For me, the ocean was 10 minutes away by car. 20 on bike. The aroma of the salt sea is evident hours away. It was soothing to see the calm flat blue, like glass. It was also exciting to see the ocean when it was full of waves....

Episode 196: Celebration Of Life 4. Did We Miss Something? July 31, 2025 Hi again and welcome to another Tales Vinyl Tells.  This hour is all about the music of the 60s & 70s, with occasional reaches north or south of those decades, but hopefully it’s all good.  Thanks for tuning in.  If you’re a boomer, you know what I’m playing here.  If you’re not so familiar with the music of that time, st...

Episode 195: Celebration Of Life In The Present. It Is A Gift, After All. July 22, 2025 Hi again and welcome to another Tales Vinyl Tells.  This is an ear-pleasing excursion into the great music from the albums of the 60s & 70s. Sometimes outside those decades too.  and we’re celebrating life more these days with some tunes that might describe my ways …or not…maybe they do yours too.  Each of...

Episode 194: Celebration Of This Life, Part 2. What Songs Describe Your Life? July 15, 2025 Hi again and welcome to another Tales Vinyl Tells.  This is a plunge into the great music from the albums of the 60s & 70s.  As suggested by my wonderful partner, Sparky, The vinyl ventures today celebrate life in the here and now and they are a part of my Celebration playlist that I just might want to...

Episode 97: Gershwin Prize Winner July 6, 2025 And the Gershwin Prize goes to …….The aging process on humans is real. What we do and dont 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 Im saying is that the age of rock is so wide and...

Episode 105: Happy Independence Day! It's The 4th Of July TVT! July 1, 2025 Here’s a salute to America with Yes, Steppenwolf, Karla Bonoff, Linda Ronstadt with one of Bonoff’s tunes and an encouragement to be registered to vote and to be aware of ballot issues everytime the polls are open. Vote with your head and heart. I also encourage you to even consider working the polls, getting involved in l...

Episode 193: NEW! Salute And Thanks To Brian Wilson And Sly Stone June 26, 2025 I have been working on a new series of these shows for a little while now and I’ll tell you about that in a few minutes. And it will affect everyone of us in our lifetime. Don’t be scared, don’t fret, there’s lots of great album cuts from the 60s and 70s in the next hour and maybe even some unexpected songs. Today we s...

Episode 147: Juneteenth Special June 17, 2025 Here it is again. My annual salute to the celebration of the end of slavery on June 19, 1865 when Union General Gordon Granger read federal orders in Galveston, Texas that all previously enslaved people in Texas were free even though the emancipation proclamation had formally freed them almost 2-1/2 years earlier. This was a very significant event but...