Robert Pollard's Guide To The Late 60s

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Before his band Guided By Voices set off on their 2001 tour, lead singer Robert Pollard recorded all his favourite 1960s records onto 62 C90 cassettes. On our podcast we listen to, rate and review every one of them.

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    045 Boy Child: The Best of 1967–1970 (Scott Walker)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2025 47:12


    Robert Pollard made it easy on himself by just taping one album by Scott. It's a compilation of songs from the first 5 solo albums with lyrics covering diverse subjects such as Ingmar Bergman films, the loneliness of the long-serving sex worker, the 1968 Czechoslovakian uprising against the Soviet Union and fat men that belch a lot.

    044 Harry / Nilsson Sings Newman (Harry Nilsson)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 45:37


    A touch more Schmilsson on the podcast as we examine his next 2 albums. And who would think this album pair would be well accepted everywhere? It's quite amazing how fair people can be.

    043 Pandemonium Shadow Show / Aerial Ballet (Harry Nilsson)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2024 34:50


    Before these albums, Harry Nilsson was doing hard day's nightshifts at the bank as a computer operator. Then he became the man everybody's talkin' about with a little Help! from his friends John, Paul, George & Ringo who started dropping his name Here There and Everywhere.

    042 The Further Adventures Of Charles Westover (Del Shannon) / Another Side Of Rick (Rick Nelson)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2024 40:01


    This tape pairs 2 stars from an earlier era struggling to find an audience in a market now overcrowded with beat groups dabbling in psychedelia. Join us to find out if the hippy kids were right to take a dim view of Rick's other side and turn down the invitation to Runaway with Del on his further adventures.

    041 Desertshore (Nico) / In The Court Of The Crimson King (King Crimson)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2024 40:20


    Your hosts the 21st century schizoid men invite you to meet them on the desert shore to hear what they make of Christa Paffgen's difficult third album and the King Crimson record that may well be to blame for inventing prog rock. Do they have time for such Fripp-ery?

    040 Dion / Wonder Where I'm Bound (Dion)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2024 41:52


    They call him The Wanderer and he's certainly wandering around around around around around on these 2 albums, covering a range of musical styles and contemporary songwriters of the day including Joni, Bob and Leonard.

    039 Thank Christ For The Bomb (The Groundhogs)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2024 29:02


    No less a figure than The Damned's Captain Sensible described this as “just the most amazing album I've ever heard.” It's Groundhog Day and life is for living, right now before you die.

    038 Trout Mask Replica (Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2024 42:02


    Now here comes our latest podcast, walking, looking like a zoo. Listen in to find out what the 2 old farts at play have to say about it. Will the verdict be sweet sweet bulbs growing in my ladies garden or does it sound more like a squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag?

    037 Safe As Milk / Strictly Personal (Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2024 34:30


    The capricious Californian Captain captured on 2 albums. Captivating!

    036 The Psychedelic Sound Of / Easter Everywhere (The 13th Floor Elevators)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2024 40:57


    Here's one for all the jug addicts. Trip inside this house with us as we absorb these 2 albums like a drop of rye fungus on blotting paper.

    035 Flamingo (The Flamin' Groovies) / Teenage Head (The Flamin' Groovies)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2023 35:36


    Listen to us flamin' go as we discuss the only rockin' band on Robert Pollard's list with an apostrophe in their name.

    034 Hey Little One (Glen Campbell) / Petula (Petula Clark)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2023 32:36


    This episode puts Glen and Petula together for a pair of albums that include many songs originally made famous by other singers and cover a wide range of popular music styles.

    033 The Twain Shall Meet (Eric Burdon & The Animals) / Funhouse (The Stooges)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2023 45:09


    The twain does meet on tape 33 as Robert Pollard pairs up 2 albums that seem to have nothing whatsoever in common. Eric has traded the “Toon” for California Dreaming while Iggy & pals are having no fun in the Funhouse. Download this episode & stick it deep inside (your ears)

    032 Plastic Ono Band (John Lennon) / Paranoid (Black Sabbath)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2023 45:35


    Here are 2 very different albums released at the end of 1970. John Lennon is coming to terms with no longer being one of the four lads who shook the world while four other lads are starting to shake it themselves with their big Brummie riffs.

    Bonus episode: Half time

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2023 12:30


    With 31 of Robert Pollard's 62 tapes now covered, we have reached the halfway point of our podcast. Take a listen to this special bonus episode for all the stats you could possibly need on the albums we've covered so far.

    031 Waiting For The Sun / The Soft Parade (The Doors)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2023 40:27


    Is everybody in? The podcast is about to begin. Join us as we approach the doors of perception & break on through to the other side in the company of the third & fourth albums by Mr Mojo Risin & pals.

    030 The Complete Recordings (The Attack) / Seven Lonely Street (Andromeda)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2023 33:38


    Join us on episode 30 as we unpack tracks by The Attack and then zoom off into the Andromeda galaxy.

    029 Deja Vu (Crosby Stills Nash & Young) / After The Gold Rush (Neil Young)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2023 54:37


    Peace & love in Laurel Canyon didn't always apply to CS&N. If only they could've been as harmonious in person as they were on record! For their second album they decided to add Neil Young into an already volatile mix. Get yourself back to the garden while listening to our musings on the album they made together, as well as Neil's solo record that followed in its wake.

    028 Tales From The Sinking Ship (Wimple Winch) / Excerpts From... Groups & Sessions (Keith West)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2023 39:06


    Grocer Jack Grocer Jack get off your back and listen to our latest episode. We review a pair of compilations by British beat groups as they move into more psychedelic realms & occasional unjustified complaints about the Gas Board.

    027 We Are Ever So Clean (Blossom Toes) / The Savage Resurrection (The Savage Resurrection)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2023 40:44


    Two albums with contrasting approaches to psychedelia, treat your ears to our opinions on Blossom Toes from England & The Savage Resurrection from California.

    026 Blonde On Blonde (Bob Dylan)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2023 46:04


    B.o.B. is the only Bob D album on Bob P's list. Stand inside the rain with us as we discuss rock's first double album while the country music station plays soft and there's nothing, really nothing to turn off.

    025 Man Of Words Man Of Music (David Bowie) / T. Rex (T. Rex)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2023 41:17


    10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Lift off! Take your protein pills and put your helmet on as we launch into 2 pals David & Marc, both about to make one giant leap towards eventual superstardom.

    024 Rolled Gold (The Action) / Mighty Baby (Mighty Baby)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2022 37:20


    Let us show one another things we never usually see with this fascinating but relatively obscure pair of albums. First we examine an unreleased set of songs from North London mod group The Action. Then the debut album from the band they subsequently gave birth to, Mighty Baby.

    023 Two Yanks In England (The Everly Brothers) / Love Is All Around (The Troggs)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2022 35:35


    First up Phil & Don are dropping their aitches as they get ‘eavily involved in Swinging London and then an album that you'll feel in your fingers and toes over Andover again.

    022 Pisces Aquarius Capricorn & Jones Ltd / The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees (The Monkees)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2022 41:17


    Hey hey they're The Monkees and people may say the hosts monkey around in this episode as they get sidetracked into Tork-ing about wedding receptions, live gigs and, inevitably, Peter Reid.

    021 Bookends (Simon & Garfunkel) / Head (The Monkees)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2022 41:58


    A diverse pair of albums under discussion here, both of which are soundtrack albums (kind of) and also concept albums (kind of)

    020 Ogden's Nut Gone Flake (Small Faces)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2022 31:59


    Are you sitting comfortabold two square on your botty? Then you're ready to hear us round up this round-covered album. How's your Bert's lumbago?

    019 The Madcap Laughs / Barrett (Syd Barrett)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2022 34:23


    Spread the message to zebra, mongoose and the dirty hippopotamus because here comes our episode on Syd's solo albums.

    018 Piper At The Gates Of Dawn / A Saucerful Of Secrets (Pink Floyd)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2021 46:30


    “I HATE PINK FLOYD” declared Johnny Rotten's notorious t-shirt in 1977. Set the controls for the heart of this podcast to find out if we feel the same and more importantly whether Mr Rotten's t-shirt was omitting a definite article.

    017 Their Satanic Majesties Request / Beggars Banquet (The Rolling Stones)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2021 40:02


    Please allow us to introduce this podcast of wealth & taste in which we discuss the only 2 Stones records that feature in Robert Pollard's list. Woo woo!

    016 Spirit of ‘67 (Paul Revere & The Raiders) / Permanent Damage (The GTOs)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2021 38:34


    Let's get together outrageously to discuss Zappa's girl group side project and whether Revere deserves to be revered.

    015 Fifth Dimension (The Byrds) / And The Music Plays On (Del Shannon)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2021 45:52


    Scientific delirium madness as we discuss theoretical physics and the Byrds. Then we wa-wa-wa-wa-wonder why this Del Shannon album remained unreleased for over a decade!

    014 Younger Than Yesterday / The Notorious Byrd Brothers (The Byrds)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2021 39:22


    Time to begin the McGuinn as we leaf through the back pages of The Byrds.

    013 Horizontal (Bee Gees) / The Graham Gouldman Thing (Graham Gouldman)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2021 47:50


    In which we get our Massive Chew Sets around another Bee Gees album and the debut from future 10cc-er Gouldman.

    012 Odessa (Bee Gees)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2021 29:04


    The relative heights of adult humans and Christmas trees are amongst many topics discussed as the red flock cover of Bee Gees' 1969 double album Odessa steps into view.

    011 Odessey and Oracle (The Zombies) / 1st (Bee Gees)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2021 40:11


    Bulbous swirling fonts and psychedelic imagery a-plenty on the covers. But what will the Wizards make of the music on this pair of albums recorded in Swinging London™ during the Summer of Love™

    010 Butterfly (The Hollies) / Forever Changes (Love)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2021 58:31


    Watch the snot cake against your pants and turn into crystal as we discuss 2 albums released in November 1967.

    009 The Smile Sessions (The Beach Boys)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2021 54:20


    We're giving you excitations and favourite vege-tables as we listen to the most notorious “lost” album of the 60s.

    008 Pet Sounds (The Beach Boys) / Song Cycle (Van Dyke Parks)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2021 45:20


    Out there having fun in the warm California sun as we explore Rolling Stone magazine's second best album ever and one of the most expensively recorded flops of the 1960s.

    007 S.F. Sorrow / Parachute (The Pretty Things)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2021 44:25


    A pair of albums by the London scenesters whose lead singer's phone number was listed in David Bowie's address book as “God”

    006 Tommy (The Who)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2021 44:47


    Come on the amazing journey and learn all you should know about The Who's legendary double album.

    005 Happy Jack / The Who Sell Out (The Who)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2021 49:33


    More music, more music, more music as we examine The Who's 2nd & 3rd albums. Brought to you by our sponsors Odorono & Heinz Baked Beans.

    004 Past Masters (The Beatles)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2020 44:16


    A career-spanning double album compilation that is almost an Alan Partridge pleasing “Best Of The Beatles.” As this is the last of our episodes on the Fab Four, Chorizo & Kicker also reveal their overall favourite (and least favourite!) Beatles songs.

    003 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (The Beatles) / Something Else By The Kinks (The Kinks)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2020 42:19


    These albums are two sisters both released in the summer of 1967. Mr K & G assure the public their production will be second to none.

    002 The White Album (The Beatles)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2020 48:04


    Won't you come out to play as we take on this legendary double album.

    001 Abbey Road / Revolver (The Beatles)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2020 36:52


    In the first proper episode, the wizards discuss Tape 1 which contains 2 albums by The Beatles. Full steam ahead Mr Bosun, full steam ahead!

    Trailer Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2020 25:15


    We explain what the podcast is all about.

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