The Vinyl Guide - Podcast for Record Collectors

Jane's Addiction co-founders Perry Farrell & Eric Avery share a studio update, discuss the band's legacy, the making of the live "Jane's Addiction" debut LP, the censorship of "Nothing's Shocking" and "Ritual de lo Habitual" album covers, the upcoming Australian tour and more. Topics include: Interview start The animals of Australia Playing new material in the Australian tour New material/record u...

John Brewster discusses early days & records of The Angels / Angel City , the name change, working w AC/DC and Vanda & Young at Albert Productions, the classic albums, the influence of the band on the Seattle sound and lots more. Topics include: Upcoming Brewster Brothers tour Origins of the name "The Keystone Angels" Early gigs with AC/DC Working at Alberts with George Young and Harry Vanda Creat...

We have beers and hear stories from Ross Knight of Cosmic Psychos - talk of the early days, discovering punk rock, early Cosmic Psychos records, working w labels like Subpop, Amrep, influencing the Seattle sound, his new children's book & more. Topics include: Intro with Ross and Dean Getting back on the road after the pandemic Cosmic Psychos songwriting & recording process Ross' road-ridden bass...

Steve Turner of Mudhoney has been chasing vinyl for years - today he discusses his record collection, the amazing finds, the rare records of Mudhoney, early days of Subpop , the new LP " Plastic Eternity " and lots more. Topics include: Interview intro Mudhoney 2023 Australia dates Recording " Plastic Eternity " Does Mudhoney have control of their catalogue? The upcoming Mudhoney Box Set Jack Endi...

Jason Bonham , son of Led Zeppelin drum legend John Bonham, shares memories of his father's record collection, the challenges of playing the music of Led Zeppelin, behind the scenes of Led Zeppelin reunions and more. Topics include: Jason's upcoming tour of Australia & New Zealand Records that Jason and his father shared Turning his father onto The Police Jason's early records John's love of Fredd...

In memory of Glenn Michael "SPOT" Lockett, here is our full interview from May 2019. Spot was a producer, engineer and an essential ingredient to the Southern California Punk Rock sound, helping bands like Black Flag, Descendents, Minutemen, Misfits and Hüsker Dü get their music to tape and onto vinyl. Today Spot shares stories of those days and colours in some insider details. Glenn Michael Locke...

Chris Shiflett has been a Foo Fighter over 20 years but continues to write and release solo music at an astounding rate. Today we discuss his career leading up to joining Foo Fighters, his early punk & vinyl roots, his new solo track " Black Top, White Lines " and lots more! Topics include: Does Chris have a record collection? Chris enjoys listening to full albums Does Chris go to record stores? C...

I was in a band that made a record in high school which has now become very collectible. Today I talk to my lifelong friends Jason & Chuck about the making of that record, the memories, the fate of all the copies, the reissue on "Scrap Metal II" compilation and more. Topics include: Chuck and Jason intros. Where's Joe? Trying an album, settling on a single Putting together the band lineup Our old...

CIVIC is on the crest of the next wave of Australian bands about to crash the shores of the US and Europe. Today we talk to Jim McCullough and Lewis Hodgson on the early days of the band, the rare records, making "Future Forecast", " Taken By Force " and what's next for the band. Topics include: Big Jim joins the call, then Lewis Is the band in a healthy place? CIVIC at SXSW - Austin What's the ra...

Kevin Rutmanis takes us through his career, rare records, vinyl pressings, working with Melvins, Tomahawk, Cows, AmRep, Ipecac Recordings, his 2 new LPs " Crackpot Whorehead " w Trevor Dunn, " unEat " w Hepa-Titus and more! Topics include: Kevin has many hats Short vinyl runs on his new albums The recording of the new albums How he works with Trevor and other collaborators Putting his projects out...

John Robb , author, journalist and music fanatic discusses his new book " The History of Goth " by taking us through it's history, rich with art, music and culture. Topics include: Cross continental introductions Goth seems to have permeated all forms of music & art Summarizing the history of Goth starting with the sacking of Rome in 411 AD The tribal nature of Goth and art in general Did John fee...

Janie Hendrix shares memories of her brother Jimi, what's in the Hendrix archives, stories of stolen memorabilia, hunting down rare recordings, her new book "Jimi" and more. Topics include: What are in the Jimi Hendrix archives? The early days of pulling together Jimi's recordings and items Paul Allen of Microsoft funded the family to get the rights for Jimi's work What happened to Jimi's records?...

Spike Slawson is the frontman's frontman. Spearheading the supergroup Me First & The Gimme Gimmes , Spike talks about forming MFATGG , the early days of the band, the rare records, being hated by The Eagles and more. Topics include: Is Spike a record collector? Describe your record collection How do you shop for records? Who influenced Spike's frontman persona? Irony within performing covers How d...

Mike Portnoy ( Winery Dogs , Sons of Apollo , ex Dream Theatre) joins us to talk about his record collection, rare vinyl of his career, his approach to his music collection, meeting Beatles, working with legends of music, the new Winery Dogs LP and more. Topics include: Mike's record room We are not a gossip podcast Did the band know The Winery Dogs III would be made? Mike's dog Mickey joins the i...

Third Man Records co-founder & Official Archivist of The White Stripes Ben Blackwell shares insight on the making and impact of the album 'Elephant', the new MONO mix for TMR Vault #55 , rare records in the Third Man universe and much more. Topics include: What was the impact of Elephant on The White Stripes? Early impressions first hearing Elephant Memories of Seven Nation Army Original sequencin...

Terri Nunn of Berlin discusses the rare and collectable vinyl of her career, growing up in LA, early punk scene, her multiple hits as well as the global #1 smash "Take My Breath Away", auditioning for Star Wars & much more! Topics include: Terri's record collection Terri's family owned a few record stores Well known customers who shopped there Hiding records from the public shoppers Growing up in...

Jerry A Lang discusses the rare records and legacy of Poison Idea , the reissues, collectibles and artefacts from the band, as well as his new LP " From The Fire Into The Water " and his autobiographies " Black Heart Fades Blue ". Topics include: Jerry's books - "Black Heart Fades Blue" Reissuing Poison Idea recordings Cleaning up the master tapes Anything missing from the PI archive Hand written...

Joel Selvin , writer, music critic and author of many fascinating music history books, joins us to talk vinyl, record collecting, the Bay Area music scene and harrowing tale of Sly & The Family Stone. Topics include: The Sky Stone book is harrowing Joel's "Basement Record Library" Getting free promotional records Some memorable shows he saw in late 60s Balancing friendships w artists as a music cr...

Pattie Boyd's life has been surrounded by music, art and history. Once married to George Harrison, then Eric Clapton, Pattie inspired some of the greatest songs of the 20th century and witnessed key moments in music history. Today we discuss her new book ' A Life In Pictures ' and many of her moments that are collective cultural touchstones. Topics include: Sharing her photos in the new book Best...

Brendan Benson, producer, songwriter & co-founder of The Raconteurs / Saboteurs, joins us to talk records, collectible vinyl, songwriting, smoking herb, his new LP " Low Key " and lots more. Topics include: Brendan smoking weed on the "Low Key" album cover His preference of tape or Pro Tools Brendan's process for writing songs What inspires Brendan to write Spending too much time on Social Media B...

The Crystal Method co-founder Scott Kirkland discusses the music, vinyl records and rare remixes of the band, as well as the upcoming tour of Australia and memories of the synthesizers of yesteryear. Topics include: Australian tour delayed 3 years Scott loves his vinyl Ability for The Crystal Method to repress vinyl The recent vinyl boxset Scott's vinyl and music early in life 1 st record: Soundtr...

After 20 years, mega record collector John Tefteller is ending his annual Blues Images calendar series on a high. Today he discusses the 2023 Blues Images calendar , shares many curious blues facts, stories and discusses the future. Plus an amazing extended episode all about John's Marx Brothers history and collection ! Topics include: The last Blues Images calendar What's next for John? The 78 re...

With a new RSD release, Gerald V Casale of DEVO discusses the early days of the band, Booji Boy records, forming alter-egos, the impact of Saturday Night Live and his continuation of the creative spirit to explore make music. Topics include: Recent collaborations are exciting for Gerald DEVO on Saturday Night Live The impact of the SNL show The difficulties of being DEVO in mid 70s The aesthetics...

The Cassette tape audio format is having a minor renaissance with artists & labels turning to the format in the wake of supply chain issues and a thirst for nostalgia. Today we talk to Jean-Luc Renou, CEO of Recording The Masters - RTM - about this phenomenon and how music lovers should think of the cassette tape. Topics include: Why are cassettes being revisited? The history of RTM The arc of cas...

8 years since the last album, Röyksopp has a massively ambitious project " Profound Mysteries " which is broken into III volumes, comes as a 6LP boxset and has visuals and even videos for each track. Röyksopp cofounder Svein Berge discusses the long journey of " Profound Mysteries ", the early and collectible records of Röyksopp, the Banksy record and more! Topics include: 8 Years since "The Inevi...