Vinyl Community Podcasts

Nadine (Souldisco) is back with another great interview here on Vinyl Community Podcasts. This time she is speaking with Dan Johnson, owner of Audio Archiving Services. Affectionately known as “The Muffin Man” according to Michael Jackson (more on that), this Maryland native has over 20 years of experience as an audio engineer, having worked for legendary Los Angeles recording studios such as Ocea...

Here we go again, Buddies! On this latest rendition of Surface Noise, I'm joined by David Bianco (Safe & Sound Texas Audio Excursion), Jason Roxas, and Arnaldo (Fidelios_Frequency) plus a new voice to the dais (but an old friend of mine) Tavis from Vinyl Talk with Tavis to discuss the unfortunate news of Tina Turner's passing - our memories and remembrances of the Queen of Rock - and then dig...

Memorial Day Weekend Special Presentation!!! You wanted the best? You got the....us, Buddies! In an exclusive chat only found on Vinyl Community Podcasts, I have enlisted some of the biggest and best KISS fans I know in the Vinyl Community to educate, inform, and inspire me to better understand KISS fandom. As part of the current "final tour", I recently purchased tickets to my first KISS concert...

Welcome in, Buddies! This 'sode of Vinyl Community Podcasts is a fun conversation I shared recently with Matt Dunn from the YouTube Channel Prime Analog Records and his daughter Bennett to discuss record collecting + music consumption in a "new school vs. old school" kind of way. Like most dads, Matt instilled his love of music early in Bennett's formative years, and we talk about why he felt it w...

Welcome in fellow Jazz Bums! Join us as we discuss the history and recordings of the legendary Village Vanguard in Greenwich Village, NYC. We are joined by Notes & Tones (Mike) who has personally been a long-time patron of the Vanguard.    For more information on the Jazz Bums: https://www.youtube.com/@JazzBums   For more information on Notes and Tones (Mike): https://www.youtube.com/@notes-to...

Thanks for dropping in again, Buddies! Concert Buddie here with another terrific 'sode of Vinyl Community Podcasts! I'm joined for this conversation with a fellow record collector in the Vinyl Community: Scott Wilson, host of the YouTube Channel "The Pressing Matters". Scott has done a great job of creating videos on a myriad of topics, most centered around his pursuit of great sounding records (s...

Ever wake up hungover, Buddies? This episode of Surface Noise is kind of like that. Guest host Louie Golden is joined by regulars Arnaldo (Fidelios_Frequency), Jose Moreno Rahn, and Jason Roxas to answer a simple question: do record collectors feel any guilt by not listen to their growing collections on a regular basis? The answers may surprise you. Later, with 75% of the dais comprised of musicia...

The Vinyl Community Guncles (Robert, Richard, Craig, and Mike) have returned to the airwaves of Vinyl Community Podcasts! This episode finds them sharing their preferred listening methods of listening to music (and why). Are some albums ones listened to once, only to sit on a shelf? Multiple listens in the same session? Dedicated listening rooms to only focus on listening to the music? What about...

Vinyl Community! I am The Record Spinner and I am so excited to unveil the third episode of a series I will be host exclusively here on Vinyl Community Podcasts called "Current Rotations." This series will be all about the records I have recently been spinning on my turntable. On this episode, I will be discussing my favorite releases from this year's Record Store Day.   For More on The Record Spi...

Welcome aboard! Host David Bianco from Safe & Sound Texas Audio Excursion brings a splendid conversation to the airwaves of Vinyl Community Podcasts speaking with Patricia Gallo-Stenman, author of the award-winning book "Diary of a Beatlemaniac". Pattie was a teenager when The Beatles swept in the British Invasion into America in 1964. Her immersion into all things Beatles and her desire to ca...

....and we're BAAAAACK! Aloha, Buddies! We've got another terrific edition of Surface Noise ready to share with you here on Vinyl Community Podcasts! We are joined by Arnaldo (fidelios_frequency), Music Talk with John, David (Safe & Sound Texas Audio Excursion), and world traveler and jet lagged record collector Jason Roxas to recap our collective RSD experiences (even for those that couldn't...

Welcome back to another episode of Vinyl Community Podcasts! This spin on the dance floor sees our friend Nadine c/o Souldisco return to our airwaves to share a splendid conversation with Jared "Jay B" Boyd on the recent boxset reissue effort from Vinyl Me, Please titled: "Truth Is Where It's At -- A Gospel Truth Collection". The Gospel Truth Label (aka Stax Records Gospel Label), was an imprint o...

Whoa Buddies! Concert Buddie here. Are you in for a treat today here on another 'sode of Vinyl Community Podcasts! Our guest today is known to many in the VC at large: Norman Maslov. Better known as Mazzy (remember, Mazzy Loves You), he's been a fixture in the community for many years, helping share many tales from a life learned and lived in music. From growing up in San Francisco during the late...

The Jazz Bums (Chris, Mike, and Felipe) return to the airwaves of Vinyl Community Podcasts for a deep dive into the Miles Davis reissues from Mobile Fidelity. Finally back in a steady(ish) state of availability, popular opinion suggests these reissues are the best sounding versions from Miles' catalog available in print today (including the venerable Joe Harley of Blue Note). What say The Jazz Bum...

Greetings, Buddies! Our latest edition of "Surface Noise" has myself and our panelists (more info below) discussing bands or artists that surprisingly (or not) have never put out a greatest hits compilation (and maybe some that should). We then kick around strategies of record show glory in honor of Jason's upcoming trip to Den Bosch. Mayhem ensues. Get a sweet, sweet taste, by clicking ahead!   F...

Hola, Buddies! So glad you can join us for another Vinyl Community Podcasts chat with a wonderful guest: TONE Scott. You may be familiar with some of TONE's videos as a music collector on YouTube, but his lifelong passion has been cultivated while spending virtually his entire professional career working in the music industry. We touch on his YouTube experience, thoughts on the "Vinyl Community",...

In this episode of Vinyl Community Podcasts, Rob from Northern Revolutions chats with fellow Canadian Glen Kellaway (Glen Kellaway From the Basement on YouTube) about the INSANE pricing on vinyl in Canada these days.  The genesis of this discussion is the well publicized 30% price increase by the major Canadian record labels.  Rob and Glen elaborate on the myriad of other factors that make record...

All aboard! On this latest episode of Vinyl Community Podcasts, David Bianco from Safe & Sound Texas Audio Excursion will carefully outline some important tenets of the current state of the vinyl pressing industry. As the need for more vinyl continues to grow, there is a pressing (pun intentional) desire for more capacity to produce higher volumes of new records. With several new players joini...

Aloha Buddies! Thanks for joining us again here on Vinyl Community Podcasts! This episode features a conversation with Jason Roxas, Jose Moreno Rahn, and Arnaldo (Fidelios Frequency) where we discussed a number of trending topics in record collecting inside the vinyl community: the recent Bob Marley reissue campaign from Tuff Gong and their (alleged) Jamaican pressing plant, the deluxe 50th Annive...

Vinyl Community! I am The Record Spinner and I am so excited to unveil the second episode of a series I will be host exclusively here on Vinyl Community Podcasts called "Current Rotations." This series will be all about the records I have recently been spinning on my turntable. On this episode, I will be discussing classic live albums, all girl groups, KISS bootlegs and much more! For more info on...

Hey Vinyl Community!  In this installment of Vinyl Community Podcasts, Rob from Northern Revolutions is joined by Concert Buddie to have a deeper discussion about some of their vinyl gambles experienced throughout their record collecting journeys.  Vinyl gambles could be those purchases we almost made but didn't for one reason or another and now maybe those decisions don't sit so well.  Or maybe t...

Oh, hello again listeners! For this particular Audio Excursion, host David Bianco shares his own personal journey with vinyl: what initially drew him to the medium, what his early collecting journey looked like, and what has kept him holding onto truly a lifetime of music on black wax all these years. David also shares why he left the radio industry early in his professional career, and where his...

Vinyl Community! I am The Record Spinner and I am so excited to unveil the premiere episode of a series I will be hosting exclusively here on Vinyl Community Podcasts called "Current Rotations." This series will be all about the records I have recently been spinning on my turntable. On this episode, I will be discussing albums by Third Man Artists, some vintage/new punk, a solo offering from the O...

Buddies! Thanks for coming by again! This video is a continuation of my series on Vinyl Community Podcasts called "Mind of the Record Collector". This episode features The Record Spinner (Dylan) and an awesome conversation we shared touching on a lot of things: his experience(s) on YouTube, as a member of the YMOTVC (more on that later), collecting records during the current "vinyl resurgence", an...

On this episode of Vinyl Community Podcasts, The Waxed returns to share a conversation with Notes and Tones (Mike) and two Jazz Bums (Mike and Felipe) to discuss the recent release by Craft Recordings of "COOKIN' WITH JAWS AND THE QUEEN: THE LEGENDARY PRESTIGE COOKBOOK ALBUMS". This recently released 4LP set brings together the albums “Cookbook, Vol. 1,” “Cookbook, Vol. 2,” “Cookbook, Vol. 3,” & “...