Podcasts about Discogs

Welcome to another episode of Surface Noise: The Show of Record, Talking Records as we dive into the latest happenings in the world of vinyl record collecting, music fandom, and the hobby we all love. This week, we kick things off with the biggest current events in vinyl collecting, including industry news, record show calendars, new releases, and the stories collectors are talking about right now. Then we tackle a question that many collectors have wrestled with: Is over-analysis taking the fun out of record collecting? From obsessing over matrix numbers and stampers to endless debates about pressings, mastering, and sound quality, has the hobby become too focused on perfection and not enough on enjoying the music? Next, we summon the Vinyl Genie. If granted you one wish related to records, music, collecting, reissues, concerts, artists, or the hobby itself, what would you choose? Whether you're a seasoned vinyl enthusiast, casual record buyer, audiophile, crate digger, Discogs hunter, or music fan, this episode is packed with discussion, opinions, and plenty of opportunities to join the conversation.  This. Is. Surface Noise. ⏬⏬⏬⏬   For more on host Concert Buddie: https://www.youtube.com/@ConcertBuddie https://concertbuddie.com IG: @concertbuddie   For more on Arnaldo (fidelios_frequency):  https://www.youtube.com/@fidelios_frequency IG: @fidelios_frequency   For more on Chris (Groove Seeker): https://www.youtube.com/@Groove_Seeker IG: @thegrooveseeker   For more on David Bianco (Safe & Sound Texas Audio Excursion): https://www.youtube.com/@SafeAndSoundTXAudioExcursion IG: @audio_excursion   For more on Jason Roxas: https://www.youtube.com/@JasonRoxas     For more information on Vinyl Community Podcasts: https://vinylcommunitypodcasts.com . . . . .   Don't forget to visit FOTS (friends of the show) Vinyl Storage Solutions for the BEST sleeves to protect your best records (and your worst). Save 10% using the code(s) below: VCP10   For more information on the Spinz Vinyl App for IOS and taking your collecting game to the next level, get your free download here:  https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spinz-vinyl-record-scanner/id6758249212  

This playlist is 87% vinyl friendly. Impressive. Döhmann Helix One MK III Turntable with Vacuum Hold-Down Previewing at The 2026 AXPONA Show, I’m not sure whether the $150,000 price tag included the Wilson Benesch Graviton Ti arm, Tessellate Diamond cartridge, Supatrac Nighthawk 12** arm with DS Audio Grandmaster EX cartridge, analog front end feeding the ARC Ref 10 phono (or DS Audio TB-100 tube equalizer), the new ARC Ref 20 preamp, ARC Ref 330 mono amps, Wilson Audio XVX loudspeakers, cables from Transparent and the Olympus Ultra racks from Critical Mass Systems… or not. Any track marked * has been given either a tiny or a slightly larger 41 Rooms tweak/edit/chop and the occasional tune might sound a bit dodgy, quality-wise. On top of that, the switch between different decades and production values never helps in the mix here. Lyric of Playlist 152 Sad Alex! 00.00 (Intro) THE FLAMINGOS – Stars (Edit) – Unreleased demo – 1983. Episode #1 for info. 00.41 NEW ORDER – The Village (Kilkenny Rose Hill Hotel, 24.4.83) – Power Corruption and Lies, Definitive Edition – Warner Music – 2020 It gets off to a slightly shaky start at what was a legendary night in early years New Order history, with Barney and Hooky acting as a modern day comedy double act for the evening. The onstage antics were definitely inspired by seeing the hotel’s flyer in the afternoon… and I don’t remember Liam turning up. Me on photos duty, none of which I would have remembered until Steve Morris sent me photos I’d taken this night… with my writing on the back… followed by the above Movement Definitive Edition then including the video. I remember the afternoon soundcheck chat and Ozzy leaving the mixing desk mid gig and standing next to me but the things you forget… 05.03 PAUL HAIG – Trip Out The Rider – 7″ – Impotent Fury – 2010 ‘Packaged in a fancy pants paper cut sleeve that is hand screen-printed, foil embossed and limited to 500 copies. Rumoured to be the first of six vinyl releases… ‘ – Discogs His albums surface only very occasionally these days and any teaser singles even less so. This 7″ – driving with the zest of his early years – appears to have been the most recent but he’s a ‘signature’ voice we should hear more of. 07.41 LINES OF SILENCE – Lines In Opposition (Radio Edit) – Lines In Opposition, LP – Sprechen – 2026 These sleeves aren’t getting any easier to look at. An experimental krautrock band (Can? Neu?… ) out of Todmorden, UK – ‘a hotbed of UFO activity and home to the UK’s highest ever beach‘ – and I slightly cheated the vinyl thing here, as the Radio Edit is only downloadable, with the full version on the just released vinyl album. Should have gone with the latter. 11.12 SILICON VALLEY – X-Cell – Cold Waves Of Color Volume 3, v/artists LP – Color Disc – 2016 Whoever they were/are, they seem to have only released six singular tracks over a period of forty two years(!) * and on Color Disc label, v/artist albums only. A side hustle, the SV releases are not. * Makes Got-Ta-Scatta look prolific. 15.09 CLOCK DVA – 4 Hours (7″ Version) – 7″ – Fetish – 1981 Adi Newton is a voice that sits you up but they’d had a bucket load of self and semi released material before I tuned in with the Thirst album that includes this their debut 7″. 18.59 THE EVENT GROUP – Approach Work (Pt B) – Approach Work, self released, cassette only – ? – 1983 For any kids picking up on this, the voice you hear here is of England cricketing legend of yesteryear, Freddie Truman, also featured on the main Approach Work track already playlisted on 41 Rooms and the cassette’s cover, obviously, where he nearly looks like he’s got his ever present pipe on the go. And as for the church bells on the track… maybe adding to the image of a village green setting? Search out the band’s Feb ’82 Riverside TV appearance at some point. An entertaining watch at the time and another release for me to upload (the images anyway) to Discogs at some point, maybe. 25.11 UT – Evangelist – Split 7″ – Blast First – 1989 Yep, also the lead track from the 1987 album, In Gut’s House but I’ve gone for the, split with Dinosaur Jr., 7″ and as mentioned before here at 41 Rooms, a band I’ve grown to like more now than I maybe did back then. Cheers for the 41 Rooms iD snippet, Nina! Supporting The Fall, Bedford Boys Club, 1.10.83 Photo credit: Dec Hickey 27.57 YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS – Include Me Out – Colossal Youth, LP – Rough Trade – 1980 In YMG world this is them nearly rocking out! 29.50 KAREN MARKS – Cold Café – 7″ – Astor – 1980 Out of Australia and her only release at the time but the price tag the single has acquired through the years since (one of a few on this show), brought about a 2019 EP of tracks also recorded back in the day. Definitely an ‘indie’ sound. 32.42 DEENA WEBSTER – Scarborough Fair – 7″ – Parlophone – 1968 A folk standard I seem to remember hearing fairly regularly when I was young, so in one guise or another it must have cropped up on the radio and TV, though I never had the urge to buy it until I heard Deena’s version in more recent years and though she maintained the tempo of the song’s more traditional singers it’s everything backing her wasting no time in getting ‘busy’ that helps this version get my vote. ‘Bustling folk’, so let’s hear it for Deena and her arranger… “I chose none of the singles (from the album Is Tuesdays Child) apart from Scarborough Fair.” The track was one of the first arrangements for another artist by Barbara Moore. She was best known for her work as a singer with The Ladybirds and, when she arrived at the studio, many of the musicians thought that she'd come to help with backing vocals. She remembers that when she got onto the rostrum to conduct,the baton “it fell out of my sweaty little palm and ended up on the bass drum – that relaxed the whole atmosphere”. At the end of the session, Moore received a standing ovation from the 60 string andhorn players present. – Record Collector/Ian Shirley, #424, Jan 2014 edit 35.38 AL STEWART – Turn Into Earth – 7″ b-side – Decca – 1966 The flip may from Stewart’s debut release and his vocal ‘swagger’ makes this a rarity, in that it’s the only time I can think of where I’ve preferred a Yardbirds song performed by others… not that there are many of those. 38.29 MASSIVE ATTACK – Angel (Live) – Stream only – 2006 Performed as part of UK Channel 4’s first season of Live from Abbey Road series, with the Bristol band and Horace Andy managing to give the track even more gravitas and tension than on the its studio recording. No small feat. 43.15 CALLERS – Bloodless Ties – Life Of Love, LP – Western Vinyl – 2010 Sara Lucas’ vocal is just sublime, even if that bass guitar keeps hitting a note that I DO NOT LIKE. 47.39 PLATON DAVYDOV (feat OLEG KIRILKOV) – Sadness * – Stream only? – 2019 Violins… 49.02 MARTYN BATES – I’ll Wrap Your Hopes – Letters To A Scattered Family, LP – Integrity – 1990 Poetry, with a rippling outro. 53.01 FINK – Memorise Your Senses – The City Is Coming To Erase It All, LP – R’COUP’D – 2026 It took this his ninth album for me to have even heard of him, so I might have to rewind on him. 56.41 BÔA – Duvet – 7″ – Cinema-Kan – 2018 Or bôa… and on listening to the 1998 debut album, The Race Of A Thousand Camels, that first included this song, a band even at that point sounding like they might have been fighting to be two bands? I’d never heard of them until this track recently bumped into me but you then do a bit of a dig and Duvet has 43million Youtube hits… so you have to do a bigger dig. Here they sound not unlike The Sundays but that bigger dig explains some of the above. 01.00.00 RENAISSANCE – Back Home Once Again – 7″ – Warner Brothers – 1977 And what were the chances? Looking for something to follow Boa’s Duvet I decided on this 1977 single from Renaissance, a ‘prog folk’ band who for a couple of years in the late ’70s I had a real liking for. It turns out that Bôa’s drummer, Lee Sullivan is the son of Renaissance’s former drummer, Terry Sullivan. Who’d have thunk, eh? 01.03.03 HANNE HUKKELBERG – Do As I Do – Little Things, LP – Leaf – 2005 Promo’d (albeit as a CD only) as the single off the album at the time, so this was the ‘teaser’ – and it’s easy to see why. Cute! 01.06.39 08/15 – 1000 Gelbe Tennisbälle – 7″ – Sterbt Alle – 2025 If you had thoughts of releasing music on the subject of 1000 yellow tennis balls then someone’s beaten you to it. A 300 run re-release of their 1981 and only single. 01.11.25 COLDCUT – Beats + Pieces (Mo’ Bass Remix) – 12″ – Ahead Of Our Time – 1987 With a nod to Steinski, they were ahead of most of the others. 01.17.15 RAE & CHRISTIAN – Check The Technique (feat Tony D, Jazzy Jeff and Agent 86) (edit) – Mercury Rising, 2LP – LateNightTales – 2013 Minus the wonderful Veba’s vocals but with Mark Rae’s hip hop credentials they still produce. 01.21.10 THE JUJU ORCHESTRA – What Is Hip (Mo’ Horizons Hipstyle) – 12″ – Remixes – Agogo Records – 2006 TC (RIP) spending some time in the studio with the youngsters. 01.26.55 SAD ALEX – Ice Ice Baby (But You Have Anxiety) – Stream only – 2025 The only way Vanilla Ice was going to get on 41 Rooms was via som break borrowing… and songwriter Alex Saad has done just that. 01.28.59 SIMPLE MINDS – King Is White And In The Crowd – 12″ b-side – Virgin – 1982 Thankfully still here holding on to their futurist feel, even if the sound is housed in a contender for Worst Record Sleeve of all time. So, you’re only get the reverse… and that’s bad enough. 01.34.27 WAMDUE PROJECT – King Of My Castle (Original Version) * – 12″ – Eruption – 1998 More kings! Unusual for a dance track with nothing special in the vocals department to chart mainstream but this did just that. Maybe some intrigue and charm in the ‘Must be the reason why I’m king of my castle‘ lyric as it chugs along? Sometimes there’s just no knowing… 01.39.04 JOHNNY MAESTRO & THE CRESTS – I’m Stepping Out Of The Picture – 7″ – Scepter Records – 1965 If there’s a world in music I won’t stop finding ‘new’ gems it’s the rare/northern etc soul scene. I heard this gritty and restrained-in-equal-measures brassy belter for the first time only recently, via Beth Arzy (Jetstream Pony and others) capturing herself in front of a DJ spinning this tune. Re-released a couple of times in the intervening years, I won’t though be getting an original copy any time soon, as that could be anywhere between $800 and for a promo copy, $1700! 01.41.17 JIMMY RUFFIN – It’s Wonderful (To Be Loved By You) – 7″ – Tamla Motown – 1970 Motown still in their prime in these years and come the mid-late 70s I had the grand notion of collecting every UK Motown single between TMG 501 and TMG 801… but I soon gave up the ghost, though this one made it into the fold. 01.43.58 McFADDEN & WHITEHEAD – Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now * – 12″ – Philadelphia Int – 1979 Reminds me of Bedfordshire clubs of the time, and footballing mates and girlfriends and not a care in the world. 01.49.53 THE TYRREL CORPORATION – Going Home (Original Mix) * – 12″ – Cooltempo – 1992 Had three or four biggish tunes that gave them an identity of sorts. Not sure why great train robber, Buster Edwards is here but this was a 15.8.92 ad, most probably in Record Mirror. 01.55.08 NEW ORDER (Again!) – World In Motion (1990 No Alla Violenza Mix) * – 12″ – Factory – 1990 It’s World Cup time again! So, for only the second time (I think) in 41 Rooms’ history it’s New Order twice in one show – and the last time was Show 1! With a break in there nicked from somewhere I can’t quite grasp and Barney’s vocal deservedly getting some real breathing space here in between the Italo piano, will it do the job for us footie fans this time around? Who’d be an England fan, eh? If we’re still in the mix by show 153 we’re doing OK. Show 153 will be alive July 5. Dec x The post Post Punk Plus Podcast Playlist 152 – Original upload 7.6.26 appeared first on 41Rooms.

Was Dave Macklovitch right about the Hedi Boy revival? Is Hedi Slimane's skinny-jeans-and-leather-jacket universe bigger than fashion? And what happens to musicians when AI can make the record but not the room?Sol and Michael sit down with the podcast's favorite well-dressed unc, Dave Macklovitch of Chromeo, for his second episode and a proper apology tour after the 2025 Hedi Slimane craze proved him right. The trio explore the Hedi Boy phenomenon, Celine skinny jeans, Dior Homme codes, Saint Laurent leather jackets, indie sleaze, Grailed resellers, archive fashion, and why the looks that last are never just clothes—they come with music, photography, nightlife, diet, attitude, community, and a whole lifestyle system.Further, Dave connects that idea to Chromeo, explaining how the band built an 80s funk world through contrast rather than costume, why charisma still matters in the age of Suno AI and AI-generated music, and how the “human avatar” may become even more important as the back end gets automated.They also discuss Kid Cudi's “Day 'N' Nite,” Fool's Gold Records, the birth of modern emo rap, Lil Peep, Yung Lean, Clams Casino, Lil Uzi Vert, Geese, DJ Sneak, Daft Punk, Radiohead, Kanye West, A$AP Rocky, and the strange grace we give artists after their best albums.On the fashion side, they talk Aimé Leon Dore as integrated fashion, Supreme and Dior Homme coffee machines, Rick Owens lifers, Tom Ford's symbolic universe, Haider Ackermann, Berluti cowboy boots, Soshiotsuki, Anthony Vaccarello, Demna at Gucci, Kozaburo, how to interact with Thom Browne on a budget, Balmain by Christophe Decarnin, moto denim, Saint Laurent patina, eBay archive finds, vintage Abercrombie, CDLP, DEVOA, Issey Miyake, and why brands that sell a world—not just a garment—keep winning. We hope you enjoy this one as much as we did.Questions answered in this episode:- Why is Hedi Slimane influential?- What is a Hedi Boy?- Are skinny jeans coming back?- Why are Celine skinny jeans popular again?- What is integrated fashion?- Why do fashion brands sell lifestyle now?- What makes a brand universe successful?- How do music and fashion influence each other?- Why do Supreme, CELINE, Dior Homme, Saint Laurent, Rick Owens, and Tom Ford create such strong cultural identities?- How will AI music change musicians?- Will AI replace artists?- Why does charisma matter in live performance?- Why was Kid Cudi's “Day 'n' Nite” important?- Why is A$AP Rocky considered a fashion artist?- What makes archive fashion valuable?- How do Grailed, eBay, and Discogs shape taste?- What brands are exciting right now? Lots of love!Sol---Episode Tags: Dave Macklovitch, Dave 1, Chromeo, Pair of Kings, Hedi Slimane, Hedi Boys, Celine, Dior Homme, Saint Laurent, integrated fashion, fashion podcast, menswear podcast, archive fashion, indie sleaze, AI music, Suno AI, Kid Cudi, Day N Nite, Fool's Gold Records, A$AP Rocky, Rick Owens, Tom Ford, Haider Ackermann, Demna Gucci, Kozaburo, Soshiotsuki, Thom Browne, Balmain Decarnin, Grailed, vintage menswear#fashionpodcast #chromeo #hedislimane #celine #saintlaurent #diorSol Thompson and Michael Smith explore the world and subcultures of fashion, interviewing creators, personalities, and industry insiders to highlight the new vanguard of the fashion world. Subscribe for weekly uploads of the podcast, and don't forgot to follow us on our social channels for additional content, and join our discord to access what we've dubbed “the happiest place in fashion”.Message us with Business Inquiries at pairofkingspod@gmail.comSubscribe to get early access to podcasts and videos, and participate in exclusive giveaways for $4 a monthLinks:InstagramTikTokTwitter/XSol's Substack (One Size Fits All)Sol's InstagramMichael's InstagramMichael's TikTok

Send us Fan MailSpectrum had us paying big money for coax internet that still acts flaky, and the moment a fiber option showed up it felt like freedom. Then the real world kicked in: a line gets cut, the repair window stretches out, and suddenly you're solving work-from-home problems with a last-minute hotspot. We talk through what it's like living where the ISP knows they have leverage, why fiber vs coax actually matters, and how competition from fiber builds, 5G home internet, and even Starlink is changing the rural internet conversation.From there we get into the stuff that keeps our brains busy: studying for an AWS certification, what helps learning click, and why cloud architect interviews care about cost, tradeoffs, and real projects more than memorized terms. We also share what we've been collecting lately, from vinyl records logged in Discogs to the weird joy of finding out what old albums are worth, plus the daily battle of bird feeders versus squirrels (spicy bird seed really might be the cheat code).We also address a wild lesson from social media: how a 10-second clip can explode and spark arguments from people who never watched the full context. And since we can't resist tech news, we debate an Xbox disc-to-digital rumor and what it could mean for game ownership, DRM, and preservation, then pivot into Apple's innovation problem and why Macs keep earning their “buy once, use forever” reputation.If you like honest talk about tech, games, and real-life problem solving, subscribe, share the show with a friend, and leave a review. What's one thing you refuse to go fully digital on? https://www.carolinaotakus.com/

The plane is in the hangar. The crew is de-boarding. But the seats are still not fully in the complete upright positions. That only means that we have some more BONUS TRAX to discuss following the latest episode of SURFACE NOISE! First, would you feel comfortable selling a G+ record (or worse) online for all to see? Maybe at a record show, where you can talk through the purchase to another vinyl enthusiast, perhaps even to a friend of sorts. But to sell to (often times) a stranger....different story. Or no? To close these extra meanderings, we opine about what happened to dance programs of the youngs - from American Bandstand, to Soul Train, to Club MTV or The Grind - these shows no longer exist; does that mean young people no longer dance? Or socialize in this fashion? What about the legendary music that debuted during those programs? Another lost avenue for a band or artist to get their footing in a burgeoning career?  Just like these BONUS TRAX.....Seacrest, out.   ⏬⏬⏬⏬   For more on host Concert Buddie: https://www.youtube.com/@ConcertBuddie https://concertbuddie.com IG: @concertbuddie   For more on Chris (Groove Seeker): https://www.youtube.com/@Groove_Seeker IG: @thegrooveseeker   For more on Jason Roxas: https://www.youtube.com/@JasonRoxas   For more information on Vinyl Community Podcasts: https://vinylcommunitypodcasts.com   . . . . Another handy piece to have in your record collector arsenal is the Spinz Vinyl app, courtesy of our old friend Jason "Spinz Vinyl" - step up your collecting game by downloading his app (and take your Discogs experience to another level) all in pursuit of vinyl glory - here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spinz-vinyl-record-scanner/id6758249212   Don't forget to visit FOTS (friends of the show) Vinyl Storage Solutions for the BEST sleeves to protect your best records (and your worst). Save 10% using the code(s) below: VCP10    

Ok...this one is a bit of a doozy.On this episode of Cut Outs, I talk with Sue and James of Julie Trend about their 1994 EP, Someone I Know, as well as the demo cassette that precluded it. This was one of the first bands I thought of when I started this podcast and, three years later, the stalking finally paid off. We talk about all the usual stuff but, honestly, we are all over the place. I guess that's what I get for having old friends on the show to talk about our passion for music.Tracks on this episode:- Velvet- Someone I Know- Let Down- TonyaYou can follow me on Instagram: @cutoutspodcastYou can support me on Patreon (it's not illegal...yet!):patreon.com/cutoutspodcastThank you to my patrons Stoney Outdoors and Peter!Send me pictures of your favorite D&D dice:cutoutspodcast@gmail.comcutoutspodcast.comFollow and review the podcast!This EP is available nowhere. Maybe Sound Cloud. Oh, and Discogs. Do a search, I don't know. Or contact James. He still has a few. The price is $25 or something. Worth every penny!

Welcome back to SURFACE NOISE — the show of record, talking records. Join the panel as we dive into the latest current events across the vinyl record collecting world, break down hot topics shaping the hobby today, and share real-world perspectives from collectors who live this culture every day. In the current events segment, we hit on: (1) The loss of a producer who made early Aerosmith, Cheap Trick, and solo John Lennon records sound great (Jack Douglas) (2) The Beach Boys - "Pet Sounds" One Step (DSS) is ready to ship. Is the "hype train" in full effect, making us itch with FOMO? (3) The official news of "Chad Fest" - The 40th Anniversary Celebration of Acoustic Sounds has landed. What do we think of the news, the pricing, and the vinyl fellowship in store direct from Salina, KS Oct 15-18th? From there the guys discuss an often misunderstood myth about vinyl - that everything on vinyl automatically sounds better....or warmer...or worth it. We dig into some of the real recipe for a good sounding record, regardless of the format it's released on, including the continued return of CD's (they are back, BAYBAY). Why do some other forms of physical media sound better to us (calling all cassette fans, 8-track collections, and even reel-to-reel enthusiasts) also outperform their vinyl counterparts? From vinyl trends, market shifts, pressing quality, record store culture, Discogs debates, audiophile upgrades, concert memories, rare finds, collecting strategies, and everything in between — no topic is off limits on SURFACE NOISE - the show that aims to inform, entertain, and even complain. Taste the rainbow!   ⏬⏬⏬⏬   For more on host Concert Buddie: https://www.youtube.com/@ConcertBuddie https://concertbuddie.com IG: @concertbuddie   For more on Chris (Groove Seeker): https://www.youtube.com/@Groove_Seeker IG: @thegrooveseeker   For more on Jason Roxas: https://www.youtube.com/@JasonRoxas   For more information on Vinyl Community Podcasts: https://vinylcommunitypodcasts.com   . . . . Another handy piece to have in your record collector arsenal is the Spinz Vinyl app, courtesy of our old friend Jason "Spinz Vinyl" - step up your collecting game by downloading his app (and take your Discogs experience to another level) all in pursuit of vinyl glory - here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spinz-vinyl-record-scanner/id6758249212   Don't forget to visit FOTS (friends of the show) Vinyl Storage Solutions for the BEST sleeves to protect your best records (and your worst). Save 10% using the code(s) below: VCP10  

Our old friend, echoey audio, rears it's ugly head again on this episode. Not quite as bad as the Childish Gambino but you can't say I didn't warn you. One of these days I'll learn to consistently work a noise gate so this stops happening.This week we're covering titans of the early 2010's indie pop/rock scene, Sleigh Bells and their sophomore album Reign in Terror. Simultaneously more catchy and clean and pop focused than their debut, Treats, while also being decidedly more guitar focused. We discuss what the music scene was like at the time, as well as how this band was insanely ahead of their time and would end up being one of the influential pillars for what would eventually become hyperpop.The vinyl I have is the standard release as far as I'm aware. This album came out right around when I started collecting so I bought it near release at a record store, probably Horizon Records or maybe Earshot if they were still around by this point. The jacket is slightly taller than your average record which may be an aesthetic choice or it may be to house the collection of art prints the album came with that I sadly lost over the years. Either way it's a great sounding, 180g black vinyl.News corner this week is a little all over the place. Bouncing around from MIA getting herself fired from the Kid Cudi tour, to talking about the recent epidemic of shows and tours getting canceled due to low ticket sales, and we even briefly mention the very real and serious feud between Earl Sweatshirt and JPEGMAFIA.Instagram - @MBFrecordspodAmanda's IG/TikTok/YouTube - @MothraLunaJason's Discogs - https://www.discogs.com/user/FrequencyShift/collection Theme music by SHADE08 x 80root on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bewQPpTnfgg&list=PPSVHosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

In episode 87, Author Lucy Nichol (writer of The 27 Club, Parklife, & Girls To The Front, plus The Party To End All Parties & When Sally Killed Harry under the name Lucy Roth) to talk about Melody Maker's Gimme 5 tape from March 1994.The tape's full tracklisting is -1 – Kristin Hersh - Teeth (Live on SIgnal Radio)2 - Pavement - Jam Kids3 - The Jesus Lizard - Boiler Maker4 - Senser - Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun (BBC Evening Session)5 - Lemon Interupt (AKA Underworld) - Dirty You can find Lucy's books at the following links (I've tried to use independent book shops wherever possible)The Party To End All Parties - Lucy's latest book. A brilliant locked room crime thriller about a horrible hedonistic family (plus an awesome goat called Iggy Pop) Girls To The Front - an utterly fantastic riot grrl influenced feminist revenge thriller. The Twenty Seven Club - Lucy's debut novel, about friendship, mental health, and being a music fan in the 90s with a cameo from Senseless Things. Parklife - the sequel to The Twenty Seven Club, following up with the same characters a year or so later, but this time dealing with addiction amongst the 90s music references.Find links to Lucy's other books, writing, and social media here - https://linktr.ee/LucyNicholListen to all available songs on our ongoing Spotify playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1mzWOWEfQ5LklJyUZkpfs2?si=LbWBi9-oTl-eXjkUJbpx2QYou can buy a copy of the tape from Discogs here - https://www.discogs.com/release/925041-Various-Gimme-5Host - Colin Jackson-BrownRecorded/Edited/Mixed/Original music by Colin Jackson Brown for We Dig PodcastsPart of the We Dig Podcasts network along with We Dig Music & Pick A Disc.Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@freewiththismonthsissueTwitter – https://twitter.com/thismonthsissueInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/freewiththismonthsissue/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/freewiththismonthsissue/Find our other episodes & podcasts at www.wedigpodcasts.com 

One hour cannot contain the unbridled enthusiasm for record collecting that is SURFACE NOISE. Here with another helping of BONUS TRAX, we get off on unusual footing with some shade sent the way of the young pop star Lorde.

Well we did it. we made it to 50 episodes and to celebrate we're covering one of the darlings of underground hip hop. Aesop Rock's 3rd studio album, Labor Days, is one of the more consequential records for backpack rap/nerd rap/underground hip hop/whatever you wanna call it. Aesop Rock really developed his unique, ultra wordy lyrical style and off-kilter, esoteric flow on this album and manage to make a few relative hits in the process with "Daylight" being considered a corner stone of not only his discography but also the genre as a whole to this day.The version of the vinyl I have is the most standard standard can get. Standard weight dual LPs in standard paper sleeves (which I replaced with poly-lined) housed in a very standard single sleeve jacket. No frills, no bells or whistles, just the album presented as it is. Sounds good though and that's what really matters.In the news corner this week we mourn the death of the music blog, specifically metal blogs, specifically MetalSucks and Metal Injection, at the hands of their corporate overlords.Instagram - @MBFrecordspodAmanda's IG/TikTok/YouTube - @MothraLunaJason's Discogs - https://www.discogs.com/user/FrequencyShift/collection Theme music by SHADE08 x 80root on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bewQPpTnfgg&list=PPSVHosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

This playlist is 73% vinyl friendly. Not bad. From 2016, the TechDas Air Force One Premium turntable might well have been aimed initially at the present user of said plane, if features like vacuum clamping, pneumatic bearings, the Disc suction system and an impressive Wow & Flutter ratio of 0.03% (WRMS) were his or her thing and depending on the spec required it retailed at between $140,000 and $152,000. You read that right. Any track marked * has been given either a tiny or a slightly larger 41 Rooms tweak/edit/chop and the occasional tune might sound a bit dodgy, quality-wise. On top of that, the switch between different decades and production values never helps in the mix here. Lyric of Playlist 151 Nearly as good as captured cinematically. A busy day in the life of Joni. 00.00 (Intro) THE FLAMINGOS – Stars (Edit) – Unreleased demo – 1983. Episode #1 for info. 00.41 NEW ORDER – Sunrise (Writing Session Recording) – Low-Life, Definitive Edition box set – Warner Music – 2023 Yep, slower than the version most will know – either from the album or when played live, or indeed the equally vocal-less ‘Rough Mix’ take the band generously gave me for the Discreet Campaigns v/artist cassette that kickstarted the short-lived Rorschach Testing label – but it’s another where you’re practically hearing the band getting to grips with a rhythm and/or the shell of a song. My money’s on Hooky being the one who suggested the tempo should be taken up a notch or two. 04.48 THE WAKE – The Calendar (demo) – Unreleased – 1983 Onwards to become The Torn Calendar but here it was one of three tracks demo’d (along with ‘Places’ {pre Send Them Away} and Rise and Shine) on a TEAC 4-track reel to reel the band borrowed from me. They certainly made far better use of it than I ever did. The written lyrics given to Bedford’s Katie Possum at some point, along with her review in the local paper of the band’s second gig at Winkles… and that’s Stephen, my dog, Flanagan and Mac at my house the day before said gig. 08.10 A CERTAIN RATIO – And Then She Smiles – Force, LP – Factory – 1986 It’ll be no surprise to those that know me that I’m a bigger fan of the ‘tougher’ earlier ACR but here Jez Kerr’s voice is so sublime over a more ‘reflective’ sound. 11.59 THE OUBLIETTE – That’s Enough – Stream only – 2026 This is a complete first! Here – by complete accident – sits the first ever AI generated track to feature on 41 Rooms! And who knows re the video? It’s not an area I intend actively searching out, so expect them very infrequently but The Oubliette’s Youtube channel has a bucket load of tracks if you fancy your ’80s indie and darkwave-sounding tunes on the ‘artificial’ side. 15.18 LOVELAND (feat RACHEL McFARLANE) – Let the Music (Lift You Up) (Full On Vocal Radio Edit) – 12″ – Big Beat – 1994 ‘The Full On Vocal Mix, with its pounding piano and hackneyed lyrics, is undeniably old-fashioned and is about as cheesy as a lorry-load of Wotsits. But it comes with a guarantee to create absolute mayhem on all but the most elite of dancefloors. For those DJs who are more concerned about their own credibility than their audience’s enjoyment levels, there is also a much cooler garage-style remix from Olympic’s Bottom Dollar crew plus some deep and funky dubs‘. – Andy Beevers, Record Mirror (Music Week), 5.3.94 There are times when storming vocals, ‘less than critical’ lyrics and hands in the air are all you need… and this Big Beat belter had me smiling back then. 18.30 MARCO BENEVENTO – Houdini – Glera, LP – Big Crown Records – 2026 A bit of a broken beat and summery, Latin thing going on here, like someone taking a late ’60s Sergio Mendes vocal snippet on a wild ride. 20.59 MIDNIGHTROBA – Day’s Gon’ Come – Raise A Symphony, 2LP – Sonder – 2026 Roba El-Assawy has been heard far too infrequently since her days fronting Attica Blues. 22.42 THE ISLEY BROTHERS (feat RONALD ISLEY and ANGELA WINBUSH) – Float On (Bad Boy Remix) (Instrumental edit) * – Floatin’ On Your Love, 12″ – 4th & Broadway – 1996 I cut out all the ‘bump and grind’ lurrrv thang lyrics, as it was the beats, bv’s and ad libs stuff on this mix that made me buy the 12″ in the first place. Oh, and Ronald Isley could always sound like he was just itching to break into Summer Breeze any second. No bad thing. 24.31 HONEY DIJON (feat. JACOB LUSK) – Satisfied – The Nightlife, download only – Someothershit -2026 On first listen I briefly thought that Anohni (previously of Antony and the Johnsons) was on board here sounding soul sexy but it’s ‘competitor in American Idol’ (Season 10, apparently), Jacob Lusk quivering and sailing high on Ms Dijon’s production. African beat vibes sparkling all the way. 28.32 THE YOUNG DISCIPLES – Apparently Nothin’ – 12″ – Talkin’ Loud – 1991 Early in the Gilles Peterson and Norman Jay’ label catalogue and one hell of a funky strut. The wonderful Straight No Chaser mag was always a must read, even if a lot of the sounds and artists passed me by. I could still find tunes I’d never happen on anywhere else, unless I’d stood all day in London Soho’s Mr Bongo’s shop (or the likes) back in the day. 32.55 RÓISÍN MURPHY – If We’re In Love – 12″ – Echo – 2005 Strut Part 2! Between her Moloko days and solo career the Arklow, Ireland girl is a regular of sorts at 41 Rooms. Not sure about that sleeve cover, though. 37.20 CAN – I Want More – 7″ – Virgin – 1976 ‘German experimental electronic artist makes the UK’s Top 30 singles chart’ shock, horror probe. 40.34 FINITRIBE – Catch The Whistle – Promo 12″ only – Finiflex – 1993 First heard by me as a Tommy Vance-spoken ‘One FM exclusive’ on the Beeb’s lead radio station, though my mixtape forever played it slower than intended. Still rather it a tad pitched down. Squelchy sounding snares were often the order of them days. 46.14 ZIN MIYAKEZAWA – A Sanctuary Of Twilight Filled With Tranquility * – Classical Music, Vol. 108- Instrumental BGM – Download only – Audiostock – 2025 BGM = Background music, but ‘Incidental’ sounds so much classier, don’t you think? I’m slightly doubting whether Zin Miyakezawa is a real human but either way A Sanctuary… brings to mind Richard Harvey’s Elegy (the theme from TV’s 1983 Shroud For A Nightingale) and to a certain degree, parts of Harry’s Theme – Terminus (Silent Witness, S10, E10), and as all three have now made it to 41 Rooms you’ll instantly remember them all, I’m sure. You’re welcome, though a proper musician would tell me where exactly I’m right or wrong on all that. 48.39 ROBIN TROWER – Bluebird – Robin Trower, 12″ EP – Chrysalis – 1977 With a lot more guitar here than is usually found on 41 Rooms, for me with any Robin Trower I heard back in the day it was always Jimmy Dewar’s vocals that I took to. 54.07 KELELA – Idea 1 – Download only – Warp – 2026 A wash of a sound from the decade-long Warp label artist. 57.23 CALLERS – Young People – Life Of Love, LP – Western Vinyl – 2010 Dark Folk, I reckon. When Sara Lucas’ vocal gets earthy and ‘gutteral’ and let’s loose. It’s a switch that used to get me with Liz Fraser, though her ‘switch’ sounded more polarised. 01.01.01 THIS MORTAL COIL – Strength Of Strings – Filigree & Shadow, 2LP – 4AD – 1986 The first of two times vocalist Dominic Appleton fronted TMC, and I have to admit that I got the title wrong on the show. So, without time to correct it you got no title and I’d have better gotten away with it (or sounded less vague?) if there hadn’t been twenty five TMC tracks on the release, all with different personnel involved. Sod’s Law. 01.05.11 DRY CLEANING – Sliced By A Fingernail – Download only – 4AD – 2026 And from the 4AD label in 1986… to their 2026 output and I’d be slight wary of anybody saying ‘Happy birthday’ in this tone to me. 01.09.10 GNAG OF FOUR – He’d Send In The Army – Solid Gold, LP – EMI – 1981 Always saying it like they saw it. 01.12.56 YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS – Cakewalking – Final Day, 7″ – Rough Trade – 1980 In a most understated manner they sort of made a statement when they appeared on BBC 2’s Something Else in late ’80. 01.15.42 OSCAR FARRELL – Tripping Up In A Rush – I’ve Already Called, 12″ EP – dh2 – 2025 I might have to keep an eye and ear on this chap. 01.18.40 CABARET VOLTAIRE – Sleepwalking (John Peel session track, 1984) – Radiation (BBC Recordings 84-86), LP – Get Back – 2001 Having earlier been Cakewalking, now we’re Sleepwalking. All part of the service. Though actually released three years earlier (but only on CD) the above Get Back-label vinyl release has been followed up in 2026 by a bootleg version. The people dictate… and I’ll be with them catching the very last CV gigs ever, near the end of the year. 01.24.03 GIFT – Pinkhouse Secret Rave (Redux) – Download only – Self-released – 2026 A track from their 2022 debut album, Momentary Presence given a 2026 rework/remix, sorry ‘Redux’ and according to Discogs there are at least 33 acts called Gift! In this day and age – what with both the clamber for attention and the availability of info out there – you’d think… 01.28.16 GANZHEIT – Bolt It Down (Why Work?) * – Summer Of ’84 (demo cassette only) – Self-released – 1984 Out of Bedford. Clattering and driving punk electronic stuff. From the same time-frame, this one reminding a bit of Portion Control, a band who’d played the town earlier in the year above. 01.34.21 SUPER EXTRA BONUS PARTY (feat SORCA McGRATH) – Some Dark Forces – LovesVinyl Issue 02, v/artist 12″ – LovesVinyl – 2019 Ex-Ships vocalist sails over a Running Up The Hill-like drum pattern. 01.38.30 TRACEY THORN – Easy – Out Of The Woods, LP – Virgin – 2007 On the quieter side, One of the ‘signature’ voices, 01.41.49 BETH HIRSCH – Miner’s Son (Aquatic Mix) – 10″ – Artefact – 1997 Bang Bang’s mix sets Beth back a bit in the mix but if lesser known than Ms Thorn above, it’s yet another signature voice. 01.46.43 JONI MITCHELL – Song For Sharon – Hejira, LP – Asylum – 1976 Epic storytelling in a single song. 01.54.46 WAR (feat JOSE FELICIANO) – East L.A. – Peace Sign, 2LP – Avenue – 1994 This show had to be totally put together on the fly, between daily meet ups with friends back in Bedford and London, but the weather was brill right through and the piecing together ended up in the Leytonstone sunshine… even though that’s nowhere near East L.A. There’s a longer, more up front vocals version of the song where Jose also takes on the verses and given my JF leanings I could have placed that one here, but I actually like him ‘countering’ to War vocalist, Lonnie Jordan. Everything about Jose’s vocal when he first drops in here is why I first loved the man back in the late 60’s/early ’70s. I once reminded Jose of the track’s two versions and also (importantly) why I liked this one more… and maybe understandably he seemed a bit disappointed. Show 152 will be here June 7. Dec x The post Post Punk Plus Podcast Playlist 151 – Original upload 3.5.26 appeared first on 41Rooms.

In Episode 356 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin explores his personal “renaissance” of rediscovering music by using tools like Discogs and curated album runs to acquire and reconnect with the rich, often overlooked histories of bands—from The Pretenders and Siouxsie and the Banshees. He argues that diving into these back catalogs is one of the most rewarding ways to truly get into music. The Pretenders – “Popstar” Midge Ure – “Answers to Nothing” Pete Shelley – “I Surrender” Urban Verbs – “The Angry Young Men” Siouxsee and the Banshees – “Halloween” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode 356 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin explores his personal “renaissance” of rediscovering music by using tools like Discogs and curated album runs to acquire and reconnect with the rich, often overlooked histories of bands—from The Pretenders and Siouxsie and the Banshees. He argues that diving into these back catalogs is one of the most rewarding ways to truly get into music. The Pretenders – “Popstar” Midge Ure – “Answers to Nothing” Pete Shelley – “I Surrender” Urban Verbs – “The Angry Young Men” Siouxsee and the Banshees – “Halloween” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's an audio disaster as Sam and Max discover that this week's episode broke our mics, meaning that we're running off the backup feed, so excuse the quality. But they dive deep on the their Record Store Day hauls, offer an apology to a recent guest, and unpack their Discogs.Follow along with the songs we discuss with this week's Spotify Playlist.Discover more new music and hear your favourite artists with 78 Amped on Instagram and TikTok.Watch episodes on our YouTube channel and don't forget to like and subscribe.

Extremely good news, the audio is actually fixed on this one. Even better news, this is maybe our best episode yet. We're covering the Texas bred post-hardcore infused prog rock legends The Mars Volta and their debut album De-Loused in the Comatorium. We delve into the concept of this record surrounding the comatose dreams of a man named Cerpin Taxt as well as discuss the real life friend of Cedic Bixler-Zavala, Julio Venegas, whose death the story is loosely based on.The version of the album I have is the Vinyl Me Please exclusive re-press on 180g gold and black marbled vinyl with completely remastered audio that honestly sounds fantastic. One of the best sounding pressings I personally own on vinyl. Their packaged in a nice gatefold sleeve with unique tip-on detailing around the artwork and an alternate cover. It also came with an exclusive 12x12 print done by photographer Robin Laananen. The whole package makes me nostalgic for the hay day of VMP.In the news corner this week we cover the onfolding serious allegations made against Katy Perry by Ruby Rose as well as several others, and then to counter balance that serious story with some silly drama, we discuss the quitting and/or firing of drummer Eric Morotti from death metal band Suffocation so he can join different death metal band, Sanguisuggabog.Instagram - @MBFrecordspodAmanda's IG/TikTok/YouTube - @MothraLunaJason's Discogs - https://www.discogs.com/user/FrequencyShift/collection Theme music by SHADE08 x 80root on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bewQPpTnfgg&list=PPSVHosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Support #Millennial!⁠⁠⁠ Visit Patreon.com/millennial to get exclusive bonus episodes, live stream access, and more! Visit our merch store: ⁠⁠https://shop.millennialshow.com⁠⁠ Follow the show in your favorite podcast app and leave us a review! It's another week in the dumpster fire, and somehow we've got presidential beef with the Pope, a brief identity crisis involving Jesus imagery, and even some conservatives going “uhhh maybe not.” Meanwhile, Ireland is literally grinding to a halt as fuel prices skyrocket past $9/gallon, with farmers and truckers leading massive protests that are disrupting the entire supply chain. You know, just normal global stability things. Then we cleanse our souls (and ears) with something actually joyful: Record Store Day. We're diving into what it is, why it still matters, and how vinyl made one of the most unexpected comebacks of our lifetime. From exclusive drops to the emotional pull of physical media, we talk about what keeps us coming back—and whether we actually play the records we buy. Plus: first vinyl memories, the struggle of storing your ever-growing collection, and Eric's truly unhinged saga of “inheriting” 2,500 records and dragging them across the country. If you're thinking about hitting up Record Store Day for the first time this year, we've got tips to help you survive—and maybe even score something good. This week's recommendations: Big Fudge record care system (Pam) and Discogs marketplace for vinyl sales and valuations (Eric).  And in this week's installment of After Dark: Laura joins the panel fresh off the heels of her latest MS infusion and answers listener questions about how the infusion works, how her MS is going, and compares your fraying iPhone charging cable to the state of MS-impacted nerves. We also branch into other personal medical stories, including one of us catching a life-changing clause that was sneakily hiding on a surgical consent form.

Continuing the conversation from SURFACE NOISE to these here BONUS TRAX, technology still lingers in the air. For the bonus morsel, the panel openly opines whether the "VC" (Vinyl Community on YouTube) is too crowded. With some many options and so little time, how do we consistently support each other in the vinyl battlefield of opinions, takes, and time stealing content? What caused this explosion of content creation? Are the motivations different than they were before the pandemic-inspired explosion of the hobby? Or is this simply the rest of social media catching up to a legacy hobby of vintage collecting goodness? Those questions answered (somewhat), only with these BONUS TRAX!   ⏬⏬⏬⏬   For more on host Concert Buddie: https://www.youtube.com/@ConcertBuddie https://concertbuddie.com IG: @concertbuddie   For more on Jason Roxas: https://www.youtube.com/@JasonRoxas   For more on Chris (Groove Seeker): https://www.youtube.com/@Groove_Seeker IG: @thegrooveseeker   For more on Joel (Static ATX Records): https://staticatx.com https://www.youtube.com/@staticatx   For more on Jason (Spinz Vinyl) and his new app to take your Discogs experience next level: https://www.youtube.com/@spinzvinyl?sub_confirmation=1 IG: https://www.instagram.com/spinz.vinyl https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spinz-vinyl-record-scanner/id6758249212   For more information on Vinyl Community Podcasts: https://vinylcommunitypodcasts.com . . . . .   Don't forget to visit FOTS (friends of the show) Vinyl Storage Solutions for the BEST sleeves to protect your best records (and your worst). Save 10% using the code(s) below: CONCERTBUDDIE      

***EDITOR'S NOTE***Some settings got messed up with this episode so the audio isn't our best. Both mics, especially Jason's, have a lot of echo going on. I did what I could to make it as listenable as possible but if it's too annoying I'll understand. I promise to have this fixed before we record the next one.For better or worse, Childish Gambino's Because the Internet acts as a time capsule of 2014 internet and pop culture. The album simultaniously feels nostalgic and also dated. Some stuff on this album has aged really well and still sound pretty fresh over a decade later. Lets just say the other stuff really feels like a product of its time. Regardless we had a lot of fun doing this episode and revisiting 2014 while discussing the album Donald Glover left Community for.The album I have is the deluxe edition with the holographic slip cover and the full script Glover wrote to accompany the album. The records themselves are a very nice 180g black pressing with a nicely trimmed flat edge around the disc. My only real gripes with this pressing are the fact that the LPs aren't labeled with side a/b markers and the slip cover makes it VERY easy to just straight up drop everything the second you pick it up. Other than that it's a very cool pressing that I like a lot.In the news corner this episode we talk all about the former guitarist of Turnstile who attempted to do a teensy bit of vehicular manslaughter on Turnstile's vocalist's dad and sister and a small child. Note that this episode was recorded before the guitarists recent court appearance.Instagram - @MBFrecordspodAmanda's IG/TikTok/YouTube - @MothraLunaJason's Discogs - https://www.discogs.com/user/FrequencyShift/collection Theme music by SHADE08 x 80root on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bewQPpTnfgg&list=PPSVHosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

In episode 86 Comedian, TV & Radio Presenter, & bloke off Tiktok answering questions about the UK Stand Up Comedy scene, Matt Richardson joins us to talk about Kerrang's Best of 2005 cd from November 2005.The cd's full tracklisting is -1 – Nine Inch Nails - The Hand That Feeds2 - Him - Rip Out The Wings Of A Butterfly3 - Team Sleep - Our Ride To The Rectory4 - Fall Out Boy - Sophomore Slump Or Comeback Of The Year5 - Blink 182 - The Rock Show6 - Green Day - St Jimmy (VH1 Storytellers Version)7 - Alkaline Trio - Time To Waste8 - Funeral For A Friend - All The Rage (Original Demo)9 - Trivium - A Gunshot To The Head Of Trepidation (Edit)10 - Bullet For My Valentine - The Poison11 - Rammstein - Benzin12 - Every Time I Die - Kill The Music13 - Arch Enemy - My Apocalypse14 - Avenged Sevenfold - Bat Country15 - Coheed And Cambria - Welcome Home (Single Edit)You can find Matt's website at https://www.mattrichardsoncomedy.co.uk/ where you can find his tour dates, links to his youtube, tiktok, & other social media pages, and details about his podcast "I Am Prime Minister". Listen to all available songs on our ongoing Spotify playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1mzWOWEfQ5LklJyUZkpfs2?si=LbWBi9-oTl-eXjkUJbpx2QYou can buy a copy of the cd from Discogs here - https://www.discogs.com/release/2430170-Various-Best-Of-2005Host - Colin Jackson-BrownRecorded/Edited/Mixed/Original music by Colin Jackson Brown for We Dig PodcastsPart of the We Dig Podcasts network along with We Dig Music & Pick A Disc.Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@freewiththismonthsissueTwitter – https://twitter.com/thismonthsissueInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/freewiththismonthsissue/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/freewiththismonthsissue/Find our other episodes & podcasts at www.wedigpodcasts.com 

Get ready for a thought-provoking new episode of SURFACE NOISE as we dive into one of the biggest questions facing vinyl collectors today: is the future of analog… digital? Kicking it off with the latest current events in the world of music and vinyl, we touch on: (1) The passing of a hip hop legend (2) VinylCon expands to NYC (Brooklyn) (3) Coachella takes place this weekend....is it any good? (4) Megadeth FINALLY reissues two of their fan favorite classics on vinyl in Countdown to Extinction and Youthanasia (5) Axpona takes place this weekend, with a few familiar faces talking records #cheapplug   After breaking down the latest headlines and weekly current events shaping the vinyl record collecting landscape, we turn our focus to the rapidly evolving intersection of technology and crate digging. Are record fairs and local shops still king—or are apps and online platforms becoming the new frontier for scoring rare and valuable finds? In this episode, we explore emerging tools that could redefine the hobby we spotlight the new Spinz app, developed by our own SN alumnus Jason “Spinz Vinyl” Elwood to discuss how it's designed to enhance the record collecting experience—from discovery to cataloging and beyond. Also joining the dais this 'sode is Joel from Static ATX Records to give his point of view as a record store owner/operator on the importance of function and user interface when it comes to selling your wares through those platforms. Whether you're a seasoned collector or just getting started, this episode tackles where the hobby is headed, what tools you should have on your radar, and how digital platforms might shape the next generation of vinyl culture.

The listening hours, chilling at the Airbnb, and Beethoven's greenroom. Tim Hill “…Hill is based in Whittier, California, where he was born and raised, and music has always been his guiding force. The son of a music teacher, Hill grew up playing various instruments in a formal manner, but eventually carved a niche for himself in local punk bands, before finding himself as an in-demand touring musician for artists like Nick Waterhouse and the Allah-Las. When the Las—one of Los Angeles's most beloved psych-rock bands—decided to start Calico Discos, their record label, they knew just the guy for its inaugural release: Hill's solo debut, a 7-inch for the 2018 song “Paris, Texas,” introduced him as an alt-country act to be reckoned with—and his full-length debut, 2019's Payador, was an underground hit, with copies of the sold-out first run having gone for as much as $100 on Discogs.” https://innovativeleisure.net Tim Hill: Bandcamp: https://timhilltapes.bandcamp.com Instagram: @timduncanhill Records: https://innovativeleisure.net Merch: https://timhilltapes.bandcamp.com The Vineyard: Instagram: @thevineyardpodcast Website: https://www.thevineyardpodcast.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@thevineyardpodcast

After a word from yet another prospective new sponsor on SURFACE NOISE, the first topic on BONUS TRAX might just aggrevate or agitate some in the Vinyl Community: Is Discogs the center of the vinyl universe? From pricing records and cataloging collections to buying and selling worldwide, Discogs has become a powerful force—but is it too influential? We break down its role, impact, and whether collectors rely on it more than they should. The dais then jumps into what exactly is "Gripsweat" and can it be another valuable tool in your tool belt as you continue building the record collection of your dreams. Or is this another example of fun name, nothing more? Revealing these vinyl secrets, tricks, and tactics is what we do! Your vinyl resting place should be these BONUS TRAX. Are you made for this?   To learn more about the website "Gripsweat", click the link below: https://gripsweat.com/   ⏬⏬⏬⏬   For more on host Concert Buddie: https://www.youtube.com/@ConcertBuddie https://concertbuddie.com IG: @concertbuddie   For more on Arnaldo (fidelios_frequency):  https://www.youtube.com/@fidelios_frequency IG: @fidelios_frequency   For more on Jason Roxas: https://www.youtube.com/@JasonRoxas   For more on Chris (Groove Seeker): https://www.youtube.com/@Groove_Seeker IG: @thegrooveseeker   For more information on Vinyl Community Podcasts: https://vinylcommunitypodcasts.com . . . . .   Don't forget to visit FOTS (friends of the show) Vinyl Storage Solutions for the BEST sleeves to protect your best records (and your worst). Save 10% using the code(s) below: VCP10    

Step back inside the world of rare records and serious collecting as Vinyl Community Podcasts presents a special interview hosted by Concert Buddie with one of the most respected names in vinyl record dealing—Craig Moerer, founder and owner of Records By Mail. In this episode, Craig shares the fascinating story behind building one of the most trusted destinations for rare and hard to find vinyl. From the early days of mail-order record dealing to operating a global online marketplace for collectors based from his website and every platform record collectors persue (eBay, Discogs, Amazon, etc.), Craig offers a behind-the-scenes look at how the rare record business really works. For decades, Records By Mail has been a global destination for rare vinyl records, collectible LPs, 45s, and music memorabilia. Craig shares the story of how he built one of the most trusted rare record businesses in the world and gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the rare vinyl marketplace. In this episode we discuss:

This BONUS TRAX episode sets the hobby back decades (not really). We kick off the extra session with a little collector honesty in “Did I Really Buy That?”—a segment where we confess to the vinyl purchases we probably didn't need… but bought anyway. Impulse buys, questionable upgrades, strange finds, and those records that somehow made it into the collection. No regrets… well, maybe a few. A brief detour to some talk about liquid-filled vinyl and should they be slabbed serves as an ominous interlude before an unexpected power outage drives the dais into rapid fire music talk mode by showing as many records as they can while the power resumes at the Concert Buddie compound. Sprinkle some music-inspired literary and cinematic takes, and we land this BONUS TRAX plane right before it implodes.  If you're passionate about vinyl records, record collecting, Discogs, crate digging, and the culture surrounding physical media, this episode of SURFACE NOISE delivers the lively discussion and collector perspectives the Vinyl Community loves.   ⏬⏬⏬⏬   For more on host Concert Buddie: https://www.youtube.com/@ConcertBuddie https://concertbuddie.com IG: @concertbuddie   For more on Arnaldo (fidelios_frequency):  https://www.youtube.com/@fidelios_frequency IG: @fidelios_frequency   For more on Chris (Groove Seeker): https://www.youtube.com/@Groove_Seeker IG: @thegrooveseeker   For more on the immortal Jose Moreno Rahn (aka John Bong): https://www.youtube.com/@josemorenorahn https://auroracentralrecords.bandcamp.com   For more on returning guest Jeff Paris (Vinyl Record Info): https://www.youtube.com/@vinylrecordinfo   For more information on Vinyl Community Podcasts: https://vinylcommunitypodcasts.com . . . . .   Don't forget to visit FOTS (friends of the show) Vinyl Storage Solutions for the BEST sleeves to protect your best records (and your worst). Save 10% using the code(s) below: VCP10

What's happening right now in the world of vinyl collecting—and what should collectors be paying attention to? On this episode of SURFACE NOISE, the panel dives into the latest current events shaping the vinyl record hobby including: (1) The "Kick" of a surprise Rhino Hi-Fi announcement? (2) Vinyl market (new) growing by close to $1 billion dollars by 2029? These are just some of the current events we tackle on this edition! Then we flip the script with “Try This Instead of That.” Tired of chasing the same expensive pressings everyone else is after? What about other ways to hear the same great music we love? The crew shares creative alternatives, overlooked records, and unconventional collecting strategies that can satisfy your vinyl appetite without always following the crowd. Whether it's exploring different pressings, diving into unexpected genres, or rethinking how you build your collection, you might walk away with a few new ideas for your next record hunt. If you're passionate about vinyl records, record collecting, Discogs, crate digging, and the culture surrounding physical media, this episode of SURFACE NOISE delivers the lively discussion and collector perspectives the Vinyl Community loves. Only on Vinyl Community Podcasts.    ⏬⏬⏬⏬   For more on host Concert Buddie: https://www.youtube.com/@ConcertBuddie https://concertbuddie.com IG: @concertbuddie   For more on Arnaldo (fidelios_frequency):  https://www.youtube.com/@fidelios_frequency IG: @fidelios_frequency   For more on Chris (Groove Seeker): https://www.youtube.com/@Groove_Seeker IG: @thegrooveseeker   For more on the immortal Jose Moreno Rahn (aka John Bong): https://www.youtube.com/@josemorenorahn https://auroracentralrecords.bandcamp.com   For more on returning guest Jeff Paris (Vinyl Record Info): https://www.youtube.com/@vinylrecordinfo   For more information on Vinyl Community Podcasts: https://vinylcommunitypodcasts.com . . . . .   Don't forget to visit FOTS (friends of the show) Vinyl Storage Solutions for the BEST sleeves to protect your best records (and your worst). Save 10% using the code(s) below: VCP10

Greg has spending some time cataloging his vinyl collection on Discogs and has grown a deeper appreciation for the site. It's time for “Vinyl Fantasy.”Song: Sonny Sharrock - “Blind Willie Johnson”Jay shares a recent episode from the podcast, Darknet Diaries, called “Melody Fraud.” In it, an industry insider reveals the level of fraud that exists in streaming platforms and his work to close the loopholes that enable the fraud. It's a fascinating listen and you should check it out at https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/171/Song: Roy Markson - “Everything In Its Right Place”Nick closes us out with a Three for Thursday. There's been a lot of great music released so far this year. Here's some picks from Nick.Songs:Water From Your Eyes - "Quotations" (last minute of the song)Thee Oh Sees - "Joy in Oblivion"Cameron Winter & War Child Records - "Warning"

Get ready for another deep-dive vinyl discussion on the next SURFACE NOISE — where record collecting culture meets real-time current events.

Discogs has become the backbone of modern record collecting — a sprawling, user-built archive that powers buying, selling, cataloging, and pricing across the globe. But with that influence comes responsibility… and controversy.  For the glorious BONUS TRAX following the latest podcast episode of SURFACE NOISE, the conversation turns to one of the most debated topics in the vinyl collecting world: Should record collectors contribute to the Discogs global database? We break down the pros and cons of adding entries, editing submissions, and becoming an active database contributor. Leading to a bigger question: is contributing to Discogs a community service? A civic duty of collecting? Or is it unpaid labor that benefits sellers more than archivists? Whether you're a power contributor with hundreds of submissions or a collector who has never touched the “Add Release” button, this episode explores the ethical, practical, and philosophical sides of maintaining the world's largest music database. Closing the show out, Jason Roxas shares his experiences at the debut offering of Vinyl Con: Atlanta and whether this series of regional record shows is worth the squeeze. Drop the needle, these BONUS TRAX are worth their weight in vinyl gold!   ⏬⏬⏬⏬   For more on host Concert Buddie: https://www.youtube.com/@ConcertBuddie https://concertbuddie.com IG: @concertbuddie   For more on Arnaldo (fidelios_frequency):  https://www.youtube.com/@fidelios_frequency IG: @fidelios_frequency   For more on Jason Roxas: https://www.youtube.com/@JasonRoxas   For more on Chris (Groove Seeker): https://www.youtube.com/@Groove_Seeker IG: @thegrooveseeker   For more on David Bianco (Safe & Sound Texas Audio Excursion): https://www.youtube.com/@SafeAndSoundTXAudioExcursion IG: @audio_excursion   For more on the immortal Jose Moreno Rahn (aka John Bong): https://www.youtube.com/@josemorenorahn https://auroracentralrecords.bandcamp.com   For more information on Vinyl Community Podcasts: https://vinylcommunitypodcasts.com . . . . .   Don't forget to visit FOTS (friends of the show) Vinyl Storage Solutions for the BEST sleeves to protect your best records (and your worst). Save 10% using the code(s) below: CONCERTBUDDIE  

This playlist is 63% vinyl friendly. Very poor. The Vertere DG-1 Dynamic Groove. One commentator queried whether ‘the design wandered in the direction of form over function‘, but this, the company’s entry level version, was voted in What Hi-Fi‘s updated 2025 ‘20 very best turntables of (the magazine’s) lifetime‘… but it had detractors elsewhere. My first thought was ‘sandwich’ and lo and behold the review mentions the plinth’s ‘three layers of acrylic reinforced with a steel chassis to give a rigid yet well-damped structure‘ with that middle layer, from a distance, reminding me of some marbled cheese. Near £2k for one standard version spotted on eBay and £3550 for a DG-1S updated model, with a bullet pointed spec to match. When you get up to these prices (and way, way beyond) manufacturers are duty bound to work overtime to justify their prices. NB: Apologies. A bit of a glitch in recording my parts for this show but they just about do the job. Any track marked * has been given either a tiny or a slightly larger 41 Rooms tweak/edit/chop and the occasional tune might sound a bit dodgy, quality-wise. On top of that, the switch between different decades and production values never helps in the mix here. Lyric of Playlist 149 On another day and in another frame of mind it could have gone to Baby Rose but much aided by a gorgeous key change backdrop, the gold star sticker goes to Banderas! It’s hard to tell though if their ‘There is no rehearsal. No second chance. No false start. No better circumstances… ‘ words of wisdom would change much with the type of peeps in their video. 00.00 (Intro) THE FLAMINGOS – Stars (Edit) – Unreleased demo – 1983. Episode #1 for info. 00.41 NEW ORDER – Doubts Even Here (Instrumental) (Cargo Demo) (2019 Remaster) – Movement, Definitive Edition Boxset – Warner Music – 2023 Doubts Even Hear? I should coco, and if you want ‘tentative’ in your music then this has it in shed loads. My guess is this maybe wasn’t Hooky’s first stab at the track in the band’s rehearsal room but you can nearly hear him finding his way into and over the ARP Quadra’s strings. 05.15 COCTEAU TWINS – Road River and Rail (Live) – Stream only – 2026 Live in 1991 but only very recently uploaded to the net, a mixing desk recording from The Warfield, in San Francisco and a rare treat to hear Liz this clear in a gig setting. At your leisure, search out the rest of the gig. There’s no visual from the above show, so here’s a barely rescued – but previously unseen/unpublished – photo of mine. Liz and Simon soundchecking at Newcastle’s Tiffany’s, 19.4.84. Photo credit / copyright: Dec Hickey 08.37 JOHN CALE – Thoughtless Kind (M:FANS) – M:FANS, 2LP – Double Six – 2016 A pedestrian, sledgehammer beat and a more forceful take on the lyrics than found in the ex-Velvet Underground man’s original. To my ears, they’re better suited here. 13.59 EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER – Take A Pebble * – Emerson, Lake & Palmer, LP – Island – 1970 I bought this album maybe four or five years after release and without doubt after having heard maybe just one of the three tracks on it I had taken to. I wouldn’t have been listening to any radio that might have played this album, so I’m guessing I borrowed it from a mate – very likely Phil Harris or Tom Locke (RIP). Greg Lake’s vocals were the thing for me back then and on my National Panasonic SG-1070L I’d have skipped Keith Emerson’s often lengthy rock-orchestral leaning keyboard workouts from all three… and likewise it’s a massive edit on the show for Take A Pebble. 17.33 BABY ROSE – Stop The Bleeding – Through And Through, LP – Secretly Canadian – 2023 If I thought the vibrato in Baby Rose’s vocal on the last 41 Rooms’ show entry (‘Go’) reminded me of Anonhi/Antony and the Johnsons then this does so with knobs on… as it maybe sounds even more of a song and arrangement the latter could have penned. 21.17 A RACE OF ANGELS – Golden – Broadcast No. 1, CD only – Luv Classics – 2005 It’s not often a CD gets a visual look in on 41 Rooms but the majority of Broadcast No. 1’s tracks have been or are on course for inclusion… and there was no vinyl. A 21st century left field folk soul beaut. Saluting Yeofi Andoh once again. 23.56 KRAFTWERK – Boing Boom Tschak * – Electric Cafe, LP – Kling Klang / EMI – 1986 The German maestros with some playful mid ’80s electro. Who else could it be? 27.01 BESIDE (with BERNARD FOWLER) – Odeon (Dance Mix) – 12″ – Celluloid – 1984 In 1984 the only place I’d have heard this was on John Peel’s radio shows – and he was partial to some electro. With the other side playlisted on 41 Rooms years ago, that would make this Afrika Bambaataa-produced 12″ a bargain to me these days, at less than the price of a pint on Discogs. Back in 1984, ordering it on import from Bedford’s HMV (as I did) its £5.29 price tag would seemingly have between five and ten pints plus worth! 32.37 MIDNIGHT STAR – Midas Touch (Vocal Extended Remix) – 12″ – Solar – 1986 With Electro roots, some breezy mid ’80s glitzy dance which has aged far better than – ‘Look away now’ (or don’t look at all) – the clothes and hair in the video. 38.42 ROZALLA – Born To Luv Ya – 12″ – Pulse-8 – 1990 At some point, when I do get to wade through the Record Mirror‘s I have from the the late ’80s/early ’90s I’d put a quiet fiver on the late James Hamilton having used ‘bubbling’ in a review of this particular mix of the tune. Par for the course lyrics but given some decent beats Rozalla has a voice that more than matches. 43.00 THOMAS LEER – Forgive and Forget – 1982, CD only – Klanggalerie – 2015 When I first happened on the 1982 CD recordings I thought Leer had re-found his youthful energy in the ‘now’. It’s in the title, Dec… so, a ‘series of tracks for unreleased album circa 1982‘ states the man himself. That would put them around the time of his Letter From America and Contradictions EPs but way before the ‘pop’ album, The Scale Of Ten. Forgive and Forget is though definitely a dry run for that album’s belter, Control Yourself. 47.23 MINT ROYALE – I Don’t Care – See You In The Morning, CD only – Faith & Hope Records Limited – 2005 Aagghh, it’s another CD… but needs must, as no vinyl surfaced and by this point Neil Claxton was flying solo as Mint Royale. 51.48 OSCAR FARRELL (feat SAMPHA) – Dream Therapy (George FitzGerald remix) – Download only – ? – 2026 The So Far South EP original rightly has many admirers but I’m more with this moodier take. Screenshot 55.22 NOSTALGIX – Mess With Me – Download only – Confession – 2019 Out of Vancouver, British Columbia, she seems through the years to have occasionally just digitally floated singular tracks out there. 58.32 SUICIDE – Ghost Rider – Self-titled, LP – Red Star Records – 1977 There’d be a bunch of my early ’80s mates who’d have gone for the album but it’s only this track that grabbed me. 01.01.01 CABARET VOLTAIRE – Nag Nag Nag (Live 2025 Single Edit) – Download only (for now) – Mute – 2026 ‘Updating’ and then capturing – just ‘right’ – this classic track’s first live outing in forty five or so years could have gone wrong but all involved nailed it, and seeing as I caught four of the Cabs’ six gigs last year there’s a good chance I was in on this actual recording. In fact, given the advances in sound technology Nag is likely sounding better in the room than it would have done live back in 1979-82… something I never witnessed. 01.05.10 THE SOUND – Heartland (Mike Read session, 1980) – The BBC Recordings – 2CD only – Renascent – 2004 If Adrian Borland and crew were pushing for a radio session in their early throws (who wasn’t) I’d have thought John Peel would have got in there first. The band did subsequently do a Peel session but here Mike Read edged it and the band were firing. 01.08.19 JOY DIVISION – Warsaw – An Ideal For Living, 7″ EP – Enigma – 1978 I never owned this original 7″ but somewhere around 1980-81 and through the back pages of the inkie press I bought the subsequent 12″ from an ‘MJ’ in Crewe who reckoned in an enclosed note he’d leant Steve Morris £60 to pay for the sleeves. When I sold the single years later I thought I’d kept the note… but if I did, it then went AWOL. 01.10.40 TURNSTILE – Dreaming – Never Enough, LP – Roadrunner – 2025 They’ve eased up here on their early hardcore leanings which might go some way to why this tune gets a thumbs up from me and those who take occasionally take a punt on an album because of the sleeve could still be in for a shock. 01.13.00 TV21 – Ideal Way Of Life – A Thin Red Line, LP – Deram – 1981 Other tracks on the album have already graced 41 Rooms as indeed they did back in Winkles in 1981-82. 01.15.27 THE TEARDROP EXPLODES – Went Crazy – Kilimanjaro, LP – Mercury – 1980 Julian in 1980. Sounding ‘quirky pop’ in 2026? 01.18.03 NATURAL SCIENTIST – See Through You – 7″ – Dental Records – 1982 Even though I bought their Terminal Velocity debut 12″ at the time, this their follow up somehow by-passed me for four decades 01.22.07 IRMA THOMAS – My Heart’s In Memphis – My Heart’s In Memphis – The Songs Of Dan Penn, CD only – Rounder Records – 2000 Criminally, only seven thousand plus peeps have ever viewed the fan video online of Irma on an outside stage, live in New Orleans from 2003 and I nearly went with its muffled sound here, as the more she gets in to the song the more she really lives it. 01.25.53 STEVIE WONDER – (I) Don’t Know Why (I Love You) – 7″ – Tamla Motown – 1968-9 For the UK release Motown couldn’t quite make up there mind on the title – but this stark outpouring and arrangement is still a killer, even though it was maybe trumped for radio play by the lusher, romantic appeal of the b-side, My Cherie Amour. 01.28.25 MT JONES – I Don’t Understand – Joy, LP – ? – 2026 New(ish) blue-eyed retro soul with as much effort on the visual. A fab single but I’ve got a feeling an album of his accentuated vocal might be too much for me. We’ll see. 01.31.49 WILLIE HUTCH – Hurt So Bad – Season For Love, LP – RCA – 1970 Before his switch to maybe his more spiritual Brother’s Gonna Work It Out home of Motown. 01.34.39 BANDERAS – This Is Your Life (PanoΣigma Edit) – Stream only – ? – 2019 Just the one album, squarely aimed at the mainstream, and some cerebral tunes from these two shaven-headed girls. I’m not sure how much the decent lyrics and sumptuous key change helped but this was their biggest UK hit. Even in the sometimes throwaway nature of ‘pop’ charts, quality will out. 01.39.36 DIANA BROWN & BARRIE K SHARPE – Eating Me Alive * – 12″ – FFRR – 1992 ‘Weaving together many different dance music sounds of the late sixties/early seventies, including such as vintage Jackson 5 and Norman Whitfield era Temptations, Timmy Thomas beats and Chicago Transit Authority guitar chords (“I’m a man, yes I am, and I love you so”), this brilliant intensely driving jiggly chugger has been promoed as a twinpack with 0-104.7-0bpm Undisputed Mix Part 1 & Part II, 0-104.7bpm Original Groundbeat, 0-105.25-0bpm Funky Funky Sugar Heavy Groundbeat Mix, 0-105.4bpm One Trip Too Many Mix, more recently influenced grooving 115.8-0bpm Groundbeat House Ensemble/Instrumental, hi-hat hustled 118.7bpm Undercover Dub Mix 1 and 118.6bpm Undercover Dub Mix 2, Dianamite!‘ – James Hamilton, Record Mirror (Music Week), 20.6.92 Any time I re-edit etc I really should remember the source of the original… and there’s a heavy 41 Rooms re-edit going on here. Whatever. James Hamilton’s ‘vintage Jackson 5’ reference is spot on and the bridges and chorus are so strong they make the verses sound absolutely tepid. Weird. 01.45.08 RHYTHIM IS RHYTHIM – Strings Of Life (‘Original Piano Mix’) – 12″ – Transmat – 1987 ‘So enduringly popular and still steadily selling that it could follow A Guy Called Gerald up the chart, Derrick ‘Mayday’ May’s synthetic strings stabbed and sawed techno pioneeringly jerky instrumental leaper is now out here in its frantic acidic 130/129 1/5-130-0bpm Exclusive Remix, more scrubbingly hustling organ accented 128 1/5-127 4/5-128-128 1/5bpm Flam-boy-ant Mix, and piano emphasising jerkier 122 1/5-122-121 2/5-121 1/5bpm Piano Mix, flipped by the washing machine ‘sizzled’ 129-129 1/3bpm ‘Kaos’ plus the ‘Magic Juan’ Atkins created jiggly wriggling Model 500 ‘Off To Battle’ in its 125 2/3-126 1/5bpm 2emix and 126 1/5-126 2/3bpm Original Version‘. – James Hamilton, Jocks, 3.89 ‘Based on a piano sequence by May’s friend Michael James. He dropped in for a visit at May’s house and sat down to play a piano ballad he had been working on called, “Lightning Strikes Twice”. This piece went into May’s sequencer and was kept there until May decided to listen to it all the way through. He found some portions which interested him, and he started to work with it. The song was originally at 80 BPM before May increased the tempo, chopped it up into loops, and added percussion and string samples’. Wikipedia The history of this stark track is interesting. I called this ‘near punk like, house / techno’ on the show, what with its crude/rough arrangement feeling like it nearly takes four minutes to settle… just in time for it to sound like it’s breaking down on the outro! And it’s become a classic! Enough to warrant a bunch of remixes and the mighty ‘live with orchestra’ version that follows. 01.52.18 RHYTHIM IS RHYTHIM – Strings Of Life (Live, Weather Festival, Paris, France) – Stream only – 2015 Derrick May, with Francesco Tristano (ex-Aufgang) loving it big time on extra keyboards, with the weight of the full Philharmonic Orchestra Lamoureux, under the direction of Dzijan Emin… and all beautifully captured by ‘producer, Amos Rozenberg and Paramax Films in 4K with 9 Cinema cameras by Samuel Petit for Arte TV‘… it says somewhere. Strings Of Life, indeed. Catch the video in the usual places. Show 150 will upload April 5. Dec x The post Post Punk Plus Podcast Playlist 149 – Original upload 1.3.26 appeared first on 41Rooms.

Thinking about buying rare vinyl online? Before you click “Buy,” listen to this episode of SURFACE NOISE — the podcast for new and serious record collectors alike. We start the show diving into some current events in the world of record collector sure to inspire you to perspire, including: (1) Another MoFi Release Misses the Mark (2) ERC Announces a Reissue That Asks "What is True Mono"? (3) Which Record Distributor is Now Slabbing Records For Sale? (4) The 2026 Rock N Roll HOF Noms: What They Got Right, and What They Didn't.   After some spirited debate

It's those guys again...SURFACE NOISE is back in the building! This latest trip around the turntable begins with a recap of some current events in our world of vinyl record collecting: (1) The latest 'Vinylphyle' titles are officially announced. What are they? (2) More drip from the "Pittsburgh George" collection on Discogs beginning tomorrow, February 20th. (3) A new IVC (Interscope Vinyl Collective) release was announced. Will you "Stay" for it? (4) A new Duran Duran reissue excites the masses. Hear about it!   From there, the panel discusses our main meat of the show: what would you do if you had to start your vinyl record collection from scratch? We break down the smartest ways to rebuild a vinyl collection from the beginning in today's record market, including a discussion on how new/returning collectors should choose their first records, whether to buy original pressings or modern reissues, how to avoid overpriced vinyl, and the best strategy for building a meaningful record collection without wasting money. From essential starter albums and collecting priorities to budget-friendly crate digging tips, this episode is packed with practical advice for both beginners and experienced collectors who want to rethink their approach. If you're new to vinyl collecting, upgrading your setup, or wondering what truly belongs in a core record collection, this conversation will help you build smarter, buy better, and focus on the music that matters. It's the show that aims to inform, entertain, and sometimes complain.  This. Is. SURFACE NOISE.   ⏬⏬⏬⏬   For more on host Concert Buddie: https://www.youtube.com/@ConcertBuddie https://concertbuddie.com IG: @concertbuddie   For more on Arnaldo (fidelios_frequency):  https://www.youtube.com/@fidelios_frequency IG: @fidelios_frequency   For more on Chris (Groove Seeker): https://www.youtube.com/@Groove_Seeker IG: @thegrooveseeker   For more on the immortal Jose Moreno Rahn (aka John Bong): https://www.youtube.com/@josemorenorahn https://auroracentralrecords.bandcamp.com   Returning to the madness is friend of the show Adam from The Freight: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFreightOfficial https://thefreight.bandcamp.com/album/tales-of-maybe IG: https://www.instagram.com/the_freight_official     For more information on Vinyl Community Podcasts: https://vinylcommunitypodcasts.com . . . . .   Don't forget to visit FOTS (friends of the show) Vinyl Storage Solutions for the BEST sleeves to protect your best records (and your worst). Save 10% using the code(s) below: CONCERTBUDDIE  

This full in-depth conversation features Michael Reinboth, founder of Compost Records, discussing the label's releases, its independent business philosophy, and the long-term life of vinyl culture.We explore how record catalogues continue to circulate through collectors and platforms like Discogs, and what it takes to sustain an influential record label for more than three decades.If you care about vinyl culture, independent labels, and how music lives beyond trends, this conversation is for you.Featured GuestMichael ReinbothFounder Compost RecordsCompost Records Official Websitehttps://www.compost-records.comCompost Records Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/compostrecordsDiscogs Label Cataloguehttps://www.discogs.com/label/247-Compost-RecordsDecisive Podcast Series Official PlatformsYouTubewww.youtube.com/@DecisivePodcastSeriesApple Podcastspodcasts.apple.com/sa/podcast/podcast-series/id364388579Instagramwww.instagram.com/decisive_podcast_radio/Facebook Groupwww.facebook.com/groups/decisivepodcastseriesPodomaticwww.podomatic.com/podcasts/decisivepodcastseries

Happy Valentine's Day! Of course my dad had plenty of romantic music. So that's why we are able to do this special episode. There was a popular radio format known as Easy Listening. We listened to one of those stations from Cleveland when we were young. And there was one extremely popular orchestra that was the backbone of those radio station playlists. 101 Strings. So, get ready to hear the lush sound that immediately gets you into a romantic mood in Volume 253: Valentines is for Lovers.  For more information about this album, see the Discogs webpage for it.  Credits and copyrights 101 Strings – 101 Strings In A Symphony For Lovers Label: Somerset – P-4500 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Released: 1957 Genre: Classical Style: Romantic We will hear all 7 songs on the album. Evening Star - From Tannhauser Written-By – Richard Wagner Barcarolle - From Tales Of Hoffmann Written-By – Jacques Offenbach Poem Written-By – Zdeněk Fibich Serenade Written-By – Franz Schubert 2nd Piano Concerto - 3rd Movement Written-By – Sergei Rachmaninoff Reverie Written-By – Claude Debussy Cradle Song Written-By – Johannes Brahms I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain. #valentinesday #valentines #romanticmusic #vinylcollecting #vinylrecords #musicalmemories #fyp

The show of record, talking records - SURFACE NOISE - is back to discuss whether vinyl record collecting is becoming too expensive for new collectors.

Andy talks about butternut donuts being discontinued, Lola licking the footrest, John Kilduff and Let's Paint TV, booking guests, Marty Supreme, a building blowing up, nothing good for lunch, Tool's no phone policy, and the unfixable error in Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water". On Rachel's Chart Chat, Rachel from Des Moines is listening to side one and discussing the cover art of In Harmony 2 with Julie Klausner. Find the cover art for In Harmony 2 on the record's Discogs page here. Listen to a vinyl rip of In Harmony 2 at YouTube here.

The Brazilian party starter unveils 60 minutes of sun-drenched house. Minas Gerais isn't the typical Brazil of postcards. Yet from this landlocked terrain emerged one of its most accomplished sons. As OMOLOKO, João Vitor has mastered the art of summoning summer on the dance floor. Armed with a pair of CDJs and a USB, he carries sun-kissed house dreams shaped by countless hours lost in Discogs rabbit holes, forgotten corners of YouTube and the dust of hidden record shops. Vitor was born in Rio Grande do Norte, in Brazil's northeast, before moving south as a child when his family set out in search of new opportunities—a well-worn path in the world's fifth-largest country. Adopting the alias OMOLOKO in the late 2010s, he quickly became a beacon in Belo Horizonte's bubbling electronic scene. Carrying sounds from home deep in his memory alongside a restless desire to make the world dance to his own findings, he carved out a singular voice with genre-hopping sets, grounded in an affection for infectious grooves and warm, rolling kicks. In recent years, Vitor's fine-tuning of his craft behind the decks have made him more than a familiar face at countless essential nightlife hubs around the world, from Panorama Bar to Dekmantel, São Paulo's Gop Tun to Ibiza's DC-10. His résumé, already impressive, is expanding nicely. So to mark the beginning of carnaval in Brazil, who better for RA.1025. Vitor's RA Mix draws deeply from the lineage of house's most celebrated names, alongside obscure gems your Shazam wouldn't dare recognise. With slow-cooking patience, the session follows wherever the language of dance leads: South African kwaito, diva vocal flashes, funk-laced deep house, vibraphone-led strides and salsa-laced drumwork. It's like a dream team of house offshoots, all meeting for the very first time at the beach. Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/1044 @OMOLOKOO

This week on Revinyl, Shawn and Craig kick things off with a look at Shawn's latest Discogs haul, featuring recent pickups from Hoodoo Gurus, Finn Brothers, and Pete Yorn, among others.From there, the fellas dive into their personal Shazam histories. Craig starts things off by running through his most recent 15 or so Shazams, while Shawn goes all the way back to 2013, when he first downloaded the app, uncovering years of spontaneous music discovery.The Shazam deep dive covers a wide musical range—from Lee Ann Womack to Sombr, from LCD Soundsystem to The Morning Benders, and plenty more along the way—highlighting just how unpredictable (and revealing) years of Shazam use can be.

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius This week, Mark and I continue our mini series about solo songs that could have been Yes songs and this time it's Jon Anderson's turn. As we did last week with Steve Howe, we listened to Jon's first three solo albums - Olias of Sunhillow, Song of Seven and Animation. We chose just one song from each record that we think could have worked on a Yes album and discussed our reasons. It was very interesting, once again, to note the dramatic differences in approach that Jon went through from 1976 to 1982. In some ways, I think Anderson went the opposite direction to Howe, as you'll hear. How does Jon Anderson's solo approach change over the years? How easy is it to spot songs that could have been on yes albums? Who collaborated with Jon on these three records? Let us know what you think in the comments below. https://youtu.be/AzntlOM_SfY?si=PrURqgPUFvxVrjnA https://youtu.be/Q2MhIq5cpJQ?si=zmkiTDPNr6IfgSxb https://youtu.be/v5uT9_9CXZw?si=g9p-u9rZnO8-0Sr5 The episode featuring Jeremy North that we mention contains recollections of seeing Jon Anderson and the New Life Band in 1980 From the Discogs page for the 2006 double CD, Jon Anderson With The New Life Band – Live In Sheffield 1980: Barry De Souza Christopher Rainbow Dick Morrissey Joe Partridge John Giblin Lee Davidson Morris Pert Ronnie Leahy https://youtu.be/jqUuk8RiFKY?si=8Y82rSQ-pa4yQGyl https://youtu.be/r2Gq71X_AZ0?si=tIqJ8WVrYcASRuEg https://youtu.be/h6E0utor4G0?si=5a-RcYwoGofF-lOl Barry Plummer 2026 Calendar is still available! ORDER HERE YMP Listener discount code - KVKBKC8Z Enrich your Prog year with iconic images of Yes in the 1970s, taken by the legendary rock photographer, Barry Plummer. Enjoy 12 beautiful colour and black and white photographs of Yes in the studio and live, capturing the essence of the world's greatest progressive rock band. With this limited-edition calendar on your wall throughout 2026, you'll agree that Barry Plummer is, indeed, the Master of Images! (A flat shipping fee will be added at checkout depending on your location.) ORDER HERE Yes - The Tormato Story & Tales from Topographic Oceans - Yes Album Listening Guide Available now! YesMusicBooks.com YMP Patrons: Producers: Joseph Cottrell Wayne Hall Ken Fuller Jeffrey Crecelius Patrons: Aaron SteelmanLindAl Dell'AngeloLobate ScarpBarry GorskyMark BaggsBill WhittakerMark James LangBob MartilottaMark SlaterBrian HarrisMartin KjellbergBrian SullivanMichael HanderhanChris BandiniMichael O'ConnorCraig EstenesMiguel FalcãoDave OwenPaul HailesDavidPaul TomeiDavid HeydenRachel HadawayDavid PannellRobert NasirDavid WatkinsonRobert VandiverDeclan LogueRonnie NeeleyDemScott ColomboDoug CurranSimon BarrowFergus CubbageStephen LambeFred BarringerSteve DillGary BettsSteve LuziettiGeoff BailieSteve PerryGeoffrey MasonSteve RodeGuy DeRomeSteve ScottHenrik AntonssonSteven RoehrHogne Bø PettersenTerence SadlerTodd DudleyThomas DeVriesJohn CowanJohn ThomsonJohn HoldenJohn ViolaJamie McQuinnTim StannardDouglas Caldwell Become a Patron!

We back! If you know, you know. The show of record, talking records - SURFACE NOISE - is looking at the potential future of our own record collecting journeys. After we hit on some current events in the hobby: Bob Weir's passing (RIP)

Inside this episode with your host, Mitch HamptonI grew up with both bookstores and record stores. Some of the first albums I bought were, aside from being large physical objects with quite elaborate artwork, were bought as part of the exploration inside of the record store. More often than not this involved ten year old me talking to older people about the new Return To Forever or Weather Report album or what this direct to disc Dave Brubeck album was all about. I loved speaking with Morgan Markowitz; this episode represents the most direct connection to how I learned about the arts in general and the importance of those physical spaces intended for public enjoyment that some of us call “third place”. To love music was for sixty plus years to be involved in one way or the other with some record storeMore on the wonderful Earth River Records Asheville's largest selection of Vinyl, Tapes & CDs with over 20,000 items both new and used! A second-generation vinyl legacy handed down from father to son! The first Earth River was based in Rochester, New York in the back of a headshop in 1968 and run by OG Owner Franklin Markowitz. Throughout the 70s & 80s the shop (and Franklin's huge vinyl collection) moved out west and based operations in Newport Beach, California. Franklin's family grew & Earth River Records expanded to multiple shop locations in Coos Bay, Eugene & Corvalis, Oregon. In the 90s & 2000s the shop was passed to Franklin's son Morgan and moved to Seattle, Washington. Earth River Records finally landed in Asheville, North Carolina in 2021. Coast to coast, we've got the most! Can't make it to the shop? Check us out on Ebay and Discogs.  We carry audio equipment, cassette tapes, CDs, DVDs, hundreds of vintage posters, signed memorabilia & more!We want to express our deep gratitude to each and every one of you. Western North Carolina and Asheville took another unprecedented hit from Helene. Those of us lucky enough to have made it through depend on our immediate community to survive here. And we have survived! We are still here because of YOU! (And sheer luck! The roof almost blew off our building. But it didn't!)The wonderful folks at Siam Thai fed the Woodfin community (and us) delicious food for free when our neighborhood was hungry. Mercy Chefs set up a kitchen two doors down. Travelling linemen, firefighters and responders came in looking for music and movies. Countless friends and customers reached out, checked in and helped each other. We weren't sure if the shop would make it in the wake of so much destruction and grief. But you kept our doors open! When the power came back on without internet service, suddenly all of this physical media had relevance again. People still needed to hear music, watch a comforting movie or play an old videogame. The whole town was transported back to pre-internet days.We are humbled and proud to be North Asheville's community record store!Earth River Records wishes you and yours all the best this year.See you soon! Links to everything Earth River Records Website ( it's fab): www.earthriverrecords.comEbay: https://www.ebay.com/str/earthriverrecordsDiscogs: https://www.discogs.com/seller/EarthRiverRecords/profileInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/earth_river_records/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/earthriverrecords/#herbiehancock #andywarhol #music #recordstore #1970s #1980s #1960s #1950s #janefonda #exerecise #aerobics #jazz #rock #velvetunderground #loureed #stankenton #junechristy #thefourfreshman #cassettetape #8track #vinyl #spokenword #comedy #archive #antique #thriftstore #debbieharry #blondie #1979 #peaches #samgoody #towerrecords #samgoody #easylstening #heavymetal #deathmetal #rap #hiphop #countrymusic #folkmusic #longplaying #digital #analog

The Nutcracker: Concert Suite vs. Ballet Welcome back and Merry Christmas Eve. My girlfriend Karen and I partook in a Northcoast Christmas season tradition a week and a half ago for the very first time. And of course, my dad had a record for that.  It's not a vinyl record, but a shellac album set recorded nearly 100 years ago that probably belonged to my dad's dad. And it's filled with music from a US holiday tradition. But if you've ever seen the ballet it's connected to, you'll notice plenty of music missing. I'll tell you why as we go along. In fact, this is going to be a lengthy dive into the difference between the suite and the dance. So, get ready to hear the most notable themes from a fairytale ballet as Stokowski conducts Tschaikowsky in Volume 251: A Cleveland Ballet Christmas Tradition. For more information about this album, see the Discogs webpage for it.  Credits and copyrights Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Philadelphia Orchestra Conducted By Leopold Stokowski – Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a Label: Victor Red Seal – DM 265 Series: Musical Masterpiece Series Format: 3 x Shellac, 12", 78 RPM, Album, Reissue, Camden Pressing Released: in the mid 1940s, I am not sure of the release of this version. There many of them Genre: Classical Style: Romantic, Ballet We are listening to all 6 sides of this collection which includes 8 songs. Overture Miniature Marche  Dance Of The Sugar-plum Fairy Russian Dance  Arab Dance  Chinese Dance Dance Of The Flutes  Waltz Of The Flowers I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain. #nutcracker #christmastradition #tchaikovsky

Merry Christmas! My dad had a couple dozen records meant just for this time of year. So I HAD to come back for a Christmas Day music show. I talked a lot in yesterday's deep dive into the music of the seasonal favorite, The Nutcracker. So we're going to do a lot of listening in this one…and thinking about Christmas dinner pasts. This four record box set is filled with lots of holiday hits and some songs I've never heard before. Its source is one of the most beloved TV hosts and orchestra conductors from my youth. So get ready to hear that effervescent music from holidays past complete with a longed-for litany of my family's favorite holiday food items in Volume 252 A Champagne Christmas. For more information about this album, see the Discogs webpage for it.  Credits and copyrights Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music Makers – Merry Christmas From Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music Makers Label: Reader's Digest – RDA-07-A Format: 4 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation Box Set Released:1970  Genre: Jazz, Pop, Folk, World, & Country Style: Polka, Easy Listening, Holiday We will hear 12 songs from the first two records in the box. Merry Christmas From Our House To Your House 'Twas The Night Before Christmas The Little Drummer Boy Carol Of The Bells The Christmas Song I Wanna Do More Than Whistle High On The Housetop Ho Ho Ho Record Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Here Comes Santa Claus Merry Christmas Day Sleigh Ride I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain. #merrychristmas #lawrencewelk #champagnemusic

Metal Geeks Episode 276: End of Year Geekery wraps up the year with Cary the Metal Geek alongside special guests Justin the Metal Detector from the Harsh Vocals podcast and Metal Mike Lawrence for an all-encompassing dive into metal, movies, TV, comics, and games. At the top of the show, the crew pays tribute to Rob Reiner, talks about Spinal Tap 2 heading to HBO Max, recaps live shows from Death Angel and Vio-lence, as well as Omnium Gatherum with Aether Realm and Hinayana, discusses Battle Beast and their new singer, and breaks down why rock and metal albums are dominating vinyl collectors lists, with nearly half of the most-collected releases on Discogs coming from the genre.  In What We're Watching, the Geeks cover Stranger Things Season 5, The Running Man, Fallout Season 2, Tournament of Champions: Christmas Edition, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Movie, Zootopia 2, and The Beatles Anthology Remastered, followed by What We Reading, What We Star Wars, and What We Marvel with Aliens vs. Avengers. On the gaming side, the episode dives into Meta Quest 3, Deadpool VR, Alien VR, Metroid Prime 4, Terminator 2: No Fate, Skate Story, Marvel Cosmic Invasion, Dispatch, and Keeper, plus a full recap of The Game Awards 2025, including reveals like Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic, Resident Evil: Requiem, and Tomb Raider Catalyst. George lets loose in George Hates Metal, targeting Abduction's Truth Is as Sharp a Sword as Vengeance (Existentialismus) and Orbis de Ignis' Golden Snake (Ancestral Strides), before the episode closes with What We Jammin. Learn more about the Harsh Vocals podcast at www.harshvocals.com Stay updated on all our geekery by visiting our website at metalgeekspodcast.com or metalgeeks.net. Have opinions or ideas? Share them with us via email at msrcast@gmail.com. Follow us on Twitter, @metalgeeks, and @msrcast. We're also on Instagram at @metalgeeks. Connect with us on Facebook/MetalGeeks and join the Metal Geeks Society group.  Subscribe to Metal Geeks Podcast on iTunes, and if you enjoy the show, please leave a 5-star review and give us a like. You can also catch us on Apple Music, Stitcher, Google Play, and Spotify—add us to your playlist! Tune in and remember: Keep it Metal, Keep it Geeky!

Buy one, get one: a record collector's dream. In this case, the home office at SURFACE NOISE attempts their own version of that retailer mantra with BONUS TRAX. On this latest edition, the dais starts with a story about pricing gone haywire on some new releases, and how one record store owner made it right (and why you should buy from him if you get the chance).  Following that up, a lengthly discussion on some records that have gone MAD in cost/value of late, and whether or not these titles should be fetching such exorbitant prices or is Discogs simply "broken"? All that and more John Bong goodness for your earholes.  BONUS TRAX....Next!   ⏬⏬⏬⏬   For more on host Concert Buddie: https://www.youtube.com/@ConcertBuddie https://concertbuddie.com IG: @concertbuddie   For more on Arnaldo (fidelios_frequency):  https://www.youtube.com/@fidelios_frequency IG: @fidelios_frequency   For more on Jason Roxas: https://www.youtube.com/@JasonRoxas   For more on Chris (Groove Seeker): https://www.instagram.com/thegrooveseeker IG: @thegrooveseeker   For more information on David Bianco (Safe & Sound Texas Audio Excursion): https://www.youtube.com/@SafeAndSoundTXAudioExcursion IG: @audio_excursion   Back and better than ever, our dear Jose Morena Rahn (aka John Bong): https://www.youtube.com/@josemorenorahn https://auroracentralrecords.bandcamp.com   For more information on Vinyl Community Podcasts: https://vinylcommunitypodcasts.com . . . . .   Don't forget to visit FOTS (friends of the show) Vinyl Storage Solutions for the BEST sleeves to protect your best records (and your worst). Save 10% using the code(s) below: CONCERTBUDDIE

      Between Erwin Broers & Paul Asbury Seaman I have been exposed to a ton of excellent berlin-school music over the last couple years. Erwin continues his great string of mixes with this new one featuring the music of Wolfram Spyra. I was totally unfamiliar with this music before hearing this mix and now I'm thankful for the introduction. Here's what Erwin says about this mix: "In the mid-1990s, when interest for 'Kosmische Musik' (German)/'Cosmic Music' (English) regained, some Electronic Music artists chose to dig deeper into that first highly creative era, hence starting the 'Retro Berlin School' subgenre. Other artists merely borrowed certain elements (multi-facetted sequencing, layered soundscapes, space fx, Mellotron choirs,...) and then added their own spices to the sauce.  One of the artists that managed to create his own style of contemporary "Berlin School Electronic Music" is the German Fine Arts student (then), and musician, inventor and sound designer (now, dixit his own website) Wolfram Spyra (Kassel, 1964), aka "Der Spyra" or simply "Spyra". His style is somewhere between floating, rhythmic, meditative, downtempo and groovy, yes almost danceable. A very interesting blend of old skool and modern electronic ingredients! This mix is a chronological overview of 20 years of releases from 1997 till 2018." More information: Discogs: www.discogs.com/artist/13462-Spyra Website: www.derspyra.de Bandcamp: wolframspyra.bandcamp.com     Thanks for another great mix!   Cheers!   T R A C K L I S T : 00:00:00   Future Of The Past (2000 remix)(Homelistening Is Killing Clubs, 1995) 00:07:15   Non Disperdere Nell' Ambiente Part 1 (Future Of The Past, 1997) 00:17:20   Seeds (My Little Garden Of Sounds, 1997) 00:28:55   Sferics (Sferics, 1998) 00:36:18   Monotonous Stereo Part 1 (Etherlands, 1999) 00:41:50   Ωmega Est αlpha (Phonehead, 1997) 00:56:16   Mentalized (Elevator To Heaven, 2001) 01:10:24   We Don't Mind The Rain (Virtual Vices IV (w/ Pete Namlook), 2003) 01:16:10   Aireals (Orphan Waves, 2006) 01:23:38   Last Train To Philadelphia (High Phidelity, 2007) 01:32:44   Below (Gasoline 91 Octane, 2008) 01:43:16   SeQuest (SeQuest (w/ Christian Lang), 2010) 01:50:21   Staub Part 2 (Dunst, 2018) 02:01:20   end

What happens when you treat vinyl not just as music, but as an asset class? In this episode of Numbers and Narratives, we sit down with Cory Huff, a self-described technology nerd and marketing enthusiast who helped build recommendation engines at Discogs, the world's largest music marketplace. We dig into how hardcore vinyl collectors think, why “collection value” matters more than taste, and what that means for building smarter recommendation systems in a world of rare pressings, promos, and blood-infused records.From there, we zoom out into Cory's career as a T-shaped marketer across B2B and B2C, from music and fine art to his current role as Director of Marketing at Andrews Cooper, a B2B engineering services firm building everything from automated eyelash machines to a phone-battery-powered defibrillator. We also talk about the “bike shed problem” in marketing, the danger of overstuffed job descriptions, why so many marketers are scared to ship bold ideas, and how to build data-driven, AI-powered workflows without losing the human judgment that makes campaigns actually resonate. If you care about marketing ops, recommendation engines, AI, and building a truly cross-functional career, this one's for you.https://www.linkedin.com/in/coryhuff/

Continuing the Rocker Death series, Part 6 sees a whole new lineup. From drug overdosage to straight up murder, you won't want to miss this! CREDITS & LINKS  MUSIC COURTESY OF:

Record nerd Harry Portnof started Greenway Records, revived Reverb Appreciation Society, and now leads Levitation's label operations - today we discuss the elaborate vinyl variants and the clear passion for music the Levitation festival inspires. Topics Include: Harry Portnof runs Greenway Records, Levitation, and Reverberation Appreciation Society labels. Dad blasted southern rock and Allman Brothers at excessive volumes throughout childhood. Discovered dad's CD collection, dove deep into classic rock discographies. Taught himself guitar in high school after getting kicked off tennis team. Found grandmother's records in attic with broken turntable playing in mono. Mesmerized by grooves holding information, felt more futuristic than digital files. Got Project turntable in college, started seriously collecting vinyl records. College dorm had file sharing programs to download everyone's music collections. Became obsessed with seven-inch singles and exclusive B-side hunting on Discogs. Studied accounting, got CPA, worked Manhattan while spending money on records. Brooklyn DIY scene 2010-12: Death by Audio, Glasslands, 285 Kent venues thriving. Third Man Records inspired with collectible releases, impossible to get from New York. Playing in surf rock cover band The Midnight Snacks around Long Island. Started Greenway with friend Joey's pop punk band, 300 hand-screened seven-inches sold. Online forum of ten new labels supporting each other, Greenway only one remaining. Artist Dan Curran created lino cut covers for first thirty Greenway releases. Met LA Witch outside Music Hall, promised European tour records in two months. LA Witch success led to more touring bands wanting Greenway releases. Met Levitation founder Rob Fitzpatrick backstage at Desert Daze festival in California. Pandemic hit, launched Levitation Sessions producing concert films with thirty bands. Suddenly working with dream artists like Ty Segall and The Oh Sees. Levitation started as Austin Psych Fest in 2008, became major three-day festival. Flash flood disaster canceled festival one year despite bands and fans arriving. Austin's psych legacy rooted in 13th Floor Elevators and Rocky Erickson era. Levitation Sessions are filmed concerts; Live at Levitation are actual festival recordings. King Gizzard bootleg program allows labels to press their live shows freely. Learned vinyl manufacturing hands-on at New Jersey plant, experimenting with color pours. Most proud of Frankie and the Witch Fingers KEXP recording for Record Store Day. Market tightened post-pandemic, had to adjust pressing quantities and strategy accordingly. Creates regional variants for Australia, UK, EU retailers using Precision Record Pressing. High resolution version of this podcast is available at: www.Patreon.com/VinylGuide Apple: https://tinyurl.com/tvg-ios Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/tvg-spot Amazon Music: https://tinyurl.com/tvg-amazon Support the show at Patreon.com/VinylGuide