The Friday Vinyl Club Podcast – Albums, Vinyl Records, Personal Music Memories and Stories

The Friday Vinyl Club podcast, where every day feels like Friday, and every album tells a story. Welcome to the Friday Vinyl Club Podcast! In this episode, host Jamie is sitting down to interview the wonderful Lulu, a born-and-bred South Londoner dialing in from London to discuss an ambitious, often misunderstood product of the 1980s: Kajagoogoo’s 1983 debut album, White Feathers . We pull up a ch...

The Friday Vinyl Club podcast, where every day feels like Friday, and every album tells a story. Welcome to the Friday Vinyl Club Podcast! In this episode, host Jamie is sitting down to interview the wonderful Andrew Bronowski, the passionate record collector and curator behind the thriving Instagram page, Cyncyvynyl We pull up a chair to chat about how a great record collection can become a form...

The Friday Vinyl Club podcast, where every day feels like Friday, and every album tells a story. Welcome to the debut episode of One for the Vinyl Den , a new monthly new music discovery series on the Friday Vinyl Club Podcast ! The format is a simple music review challenge: every month, host Ollie curates a personalized monthly playlist of 5 emerging indie tracks he’s been spinning. He sends them...

Welcome to The Friday Vinyl Club Podcast , where every day feels like Friday and every record tells a personal story. In this episode, I’m sitting down with the wonderful Max Clilverd, an Ivor Novello-nominated songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and long-time core band member with Tom Odell. You might know Max for his gorgeous, atmospheric pedal steel work, but today he’s joining us to chat about...

Welcome to The Friday Vinyl Club Podcast, where everyday feels like Friday and every record tells a story. In this music interview, I’m joined by Emma Bannister, the passionate music fan behind the popular Instagram account It's a Little Bit Messy . Emma joins us to share a record that isn’t just an exceptional piece of modern soul, but an album that soundtracked her own chaotic, transitional chap...

Welcome to The Friday Vinyl Club Podcast, where everyday feels like Friday and every record tells a story. In this episode, I’m joined by musician and drummer Jim McDermott, whose incredible career spans decades of British rock and pop, from early BBC sessions and major stadium tours with Sting to his current role behind the kit for the iconic Scottish band, Del Amitri. Jim joins us to share a rec...

Welcome to The Friday Vinyl Club Podcast, where everyday feels like Friday and every record tells a story. In this episode, I’m joined by Marcus Tongue, a talented songwriter, guitarist, and member of the band Escaped Roots. Marcus joins us to share a record that’s not just nostalgic but deeply personal, an album that stands as a masterclass in melody and heartfelt storytelling. We dive into the w...

Welcome to The Friday Vinyl Club Podcast, where everyday feels like Friday and every record tells a story. In this episode, I’m joined by Dion Woodbury , a dedicated collector from New Zealand with a deep-rooted passion for the "Finn Universe" and the craft of Irish songwriting. Dion joins us to share a record that is a masterclass in lyrical intimacy and melodic warmth. We dive into the hidden ge...

Welcome to The Friday Vinyl Club Podcast — where everyday feels like Friday and every record tells a story. In this episode, I’m joined by Will Rew Smith , a record collector, creative soul, and the man behind the massive Nick Cave Bad Seeds 2000 Instagram community Will joins to share a record that is pure earth, grit, and soul. We dive into the quiet, powerful world of Ray LaMontagne’s debut, an...

Welcome to The Friday Vinyl Club Podcast — where everydayfeels like Friday and every record tells a story. In this episode, I’m joined by Harvey Marcus, a Britishindependent documentary filmmaker and a man whose work sits at the intersection of memory, identity, and high-stakes passion. Known for directing the poignant “WaterlooSunset” and the sensational “ Paris 75” a cinematic documentary chroni...

Welcome to the Friday Vinyl Club Podcast, where everyday feels like Friday and every record tells a story. In this episode, I'm joined by Laura Endler , a sociology graduate and curator of @endlersreading , to discuss a stunning force of nature record. We dive into RAYE’s independent debut, My 21st Century Blues , an album that trades radio formulas for raw, unfiltered truth. Along the way we disc...

Welcome to The Friday Vinyl Club Podcast — whereevery day feels like Friday and every record tells a story. In this episode, I’m joined by Jeremy Ansell , a manwhose life has become an essential thread in the fabric of New Zealand's music history. From his early days as a radio broadcaster to becoming the official "custodian" for Crowded House , Neil Finn , and Split Enz , Jeremy shares how a chil...

Welcome to The Friday Vinyl Club Podcast — where every day feels like Friday and every record tells a story. This week’s Artist Spotlight is one of our musical heroes: Loyle Carner. I’m joined by Ollie as we take a deep dive into the albums that first landed in our lives and left a lasting impression: Yesterdays Gone, Not Waving but Drowning, Hugo, and Hopefully! We explore the personal memories t...

Welcome to The Friday Vinyl Club Podcast — where every day feels like Friday and every record tells a story. This week, I connect across the globe with Lachie Holt, an inspirational New Zealand school teacher who turned a classroom project into a real-life vinyl record! Lachie and his Hamilton East students created a stunning tribute to Split Enz’s debut album Mental Notes, pressing it to vinyl an...

Welcome to The Friday Vinyl Club Podcast — where every day feels like Friday and every record tells a story. This week, my boy Ollie turns the tables on me and asks me to share one of the albums that shaped my musical journey: Del Amitri’s Change Everything. We dive into why this record resonates so deeply — from its songs to the memories it inspired, including dragging the family around Amsterdam...

Welcome to The Friday Vinyl Club Podcast — where every day feels like Friday and every record tells a story. This week, I’m delighted to welcome my great friend, Margaret, dialling in from South London for a deep dive into her vinyl pick: Tim Finn’s 1983 debut solo album, Escapade. Margaret shares warm, early musical memories, crediting her dad’s influence and explaining how Escapade — and its hit...

Welcome to The Friday Vinyl Club Podcast — where every day feels like Friday and every record tells a story. This week’s spin-off, “The Tonearm”, is all about listener feedback and favourite vinyl moments. Jamie and Emma catch up to reflect on the first five episodes and the meaningful records we’ve covered: • Episode 1: Ollie’s pick — Crowded House, Time On Earth • Episode 2: Jamie’s pick — Del A...

Welcome to The Friday Vinyl Club Podcast — where every day feels like Friday and every record tells a story. This Artist Spotlight episode features our family favourite Olivia Dean . I’m joined by my son Ollie and my wife Emma as we "Dive" into our memories attached to her music. From first hearing her vocals on Loyle Carner’s Hugo in 2022 to the stunning Art of Loving Album in 2025, We discuss he...

Welcome to The Friday Vinyl Club Podcast — where every day feels like Friday and every record tells a story. “The Tonearm" is the 2nd of our occasional spin off episode where Jamie and Emma catch up on everything happening in their world—from podcast milestones and fresh vinyl finds to live gigs and listener feedback. We also celebrate a huge milestone: reaching 10 episodes! We look back at the fe...

Welcome to The Friday Vinyl Club Podcast — where every day feels like Friday and every record comes with a story. This week I’m joined by my boy, Ollie, calling in from Manchester. He takes us back through the moments and memories that shaped his early musical life — and the album that left a real mark: Crowded House’s Time On Earth. We talk about why this record resonated so deeply, how it connec...

Welcome to The Friday Vinyl Club Podcast — where every day feels like Friday and every record tells a story. This episode I’m delighted to welcome my beautiful niece, Emily , for a deep dive into her vinyl pick: Skinty Fia (2022) by Irish rock band Fontaines D.C. Emily shares warm, early musical memories, citing her mum's influence (Celine Dion, Bee Gees) before her own tastes turned to heavier ro...

Welcome to The Friday Vinyl Club Podcast — where every day feels like Friday and every record tells a story. This episode is a true double-feature of the heart. I’m delighted to be joined by Sam Whiles , a man who has dedicated his creative life to the altar of melody as the voice behind the Paul or Nothing podcast. While Sam is widely known for his encyclopedic devotion to Paul McCartney, today h...

Welcome to The Friday Vinyl Club Podcast — where every day feels like Friday and every record tells a story. This episode, I’m delighted to be joined by Iain McDermott . As a pop historian and the insightful host of the Back to Now podcast, Iain has dedicated himself to unearthing the stories behind the songs that define us. Today, he joins us to bridge the gap between the past and the present, ex...

Welcome to The Friday Vinyl Club Podcast — where every day feels like Friday and every record tells a story. This episode, I’m delighted to be joined by Benj y from New York . Better known as @vinylbenjy to his thousands of followers on Instagram, Benjy has been a cornerstone of the online vinyl community for nearly a decade, sharing the pressings, the artwork, and the personal histories that make...

Welcome to The Friday Vinyl Club Podcast — where every day feels like Friday and every record tells a story. There’s a beautiful moment when your child introduces you to their music for the first time. This is our story. This week’s episode is a deeply personal Artist Spotlight on Tom Odell, recorded with my son Ollie. From the day a 12-year-old Ollie flipped the script and played me “Another Love...