Love That Album Episode 184 - Record Store Memories Part 2

 

For those who haven't caught up with episode 183 of LTA, I came up with the idea of speaking with a range of previous guests from the show (musicians, podcasters, TV and radio broadcasters) to talk with me about their earliest recollections of walking into the sacred temple that is a record / CD store. I wanted to know what drew them to the stores they went to, what the guys / gals behind the counter were like, hijinks that went on in the stores, how their musical tastes were influenced by LPs they discovered for the first time in said stores.

Welcome to episode 184 of Love That Album.

I had 10 conversations with 11 people (was hoping for a 12th, but.......life happens). Too many for one episode, so I divided the conversations into two parts. For this second part of the recollections of record stores, I speak with the following magnificent bastards:

Eric “Reanimator” Peterson – ex-host of Love That Album: The Compilation Edition

Ben Eisen and Shannon Hurley – Host and Numbers Girl of All Time Top Ten podcast and partners in the duo Lovers And Poets

Mike White – Host of The Projection Booth and a ton of other great shows at Weirding Way Media

Michael Pursche – Host of Sitting In a Bar In Adelaide on Lofty 88.9 Radio in the Adelaide Hills

Tim Merrill – My co host at See Hear and all-round wonderful human being.

I had a marvelous time finding out a ton of things about their record stores, really a wonderful part of their personal history, and their towns' history. My thanks to all of them for being so willing to hang out with me for these conversations.

If you haven't yet checked out episode 183 to here more of these conversations, do that as well.....not at all required to appreciate 184, though, so listen in whatever order you please.

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Love That Album Episode 78 - Skyhooks - Ego Is Not a Dirty Word (the album discussion)

…and it’s time for episode 78 of Love That Album podcast.

Earlier this month, for episode 77, music journalist and biographer Jeff Jenkins and I discussed the history behind the recording of the second album by Melbourne band Skyhooks, “Ego Is Not a Dirty Word” celebrating 40 years since it was first released. Continuing LTA declared Skyhooks month, I am joined by Michael Pursche, host of the Sitting In a Bar In Adelaide podcast (itself named after a Skyhooks song), and Rhys Lett, head honcho at the Eastern Suburbs School of Music in Melbourne to pontificate the actual album. We discuss the songs, composition technique, lyrics, jazz vs pop chord progressions, our first recollections of hearing the album and a myriad of other things. Rhys even gets out his guitar to illustrate the cleverness of Greg Macainsh and Red Symons’ composition style. I hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed chatting.

Eric Reanimator is back with his Album I Love segment. Trying to find a complementary group for this show, he decided on Blue Oyster Cult and their third album Secret Treaties. We all agree it was a fine and appropriate choice.

You can download the show by searching for Love That Album in the iTunes store or downloading streaming directly from http://lovethatalbum.blogspot.com.au/

You can listen to Sitting in a Bar In Adelaide at http://www.podcastgarden.com/podcast/siabia

or you can listen live on Wednesday nights between 8pm and 10pm(Adelaide time – do the arithmetic) at http://www.hillsradio.com.au/index.php

If you live in the Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne and want to get music lessons, check out the website http://www.essm.net.au/. It’s an excellent site and is worth your while looking up even if you’re not considering music lessons….yet!!!

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If you’d consider writing an iTunes review or recommending the show to a friend, I’d be immensely grateful.

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Love That Album Episode 73 - The Mystery Box

Hey folks,

It’s time for me to lay episode 73 of Love That Album podcast on you.

This time around, I’m joined by good mate and work colleague, Dave Blom and the host of the brilliant “Sitting In a Bar In Adelaide” podcast, Michael Pursche.  I am dubbing this show The Mystery Box. Why? Because I’m not saying up front what albums we are discussing.

The format of the show is not dissimilar to Eric Reanimator’s “Album I Love” segment. We have each picked 3 albums (so that’s 9 in total for those of you who are not strong on arithmetic) to discuss briefly per album. The albums are all Australian and range across the genres – singer / songwriter, blues, garage, rockabilly, classic rock. They range from iconic to lesser well known. If you’re a local, some of these will be known to you and some (maybe) not. What they have in common is we think the albums and are worthy of your attention. All will be available one way or another – either by download from the artists’ websites or Bandcamp / iTunes, or if you’re a physical media music fan, you can get them from the artists’ websites or your local bricks and mortar. Please support them.

Even Eric gets in on the action by delivering his Album I Love segment to discuss his thoughts on one hugely iconic Australian album and another from a band popular in their day. It’s fascinating to hear an American’s thoughts on albums part of a lot of Oz music fans’ DNA. Please tune in and find out what he discusses.

This is not simple dumb patriotism. This is an opportunity to spread the word about some great music that may not be known outside of our physical borders or to spread the word inside our borders if you missed these albums – and some are brand spanking new, so it’s great to get the word out. My thanks to Dave and Michael for a great discussion.

You can download the podcast at iTunes by searching for “Love That Album”. You can also stream or download it at http://lovethatalbum.blogspot.com.

Any feedback would be gratefully appreciated – either written or mp3 voicemail. You can send it to rrrkitchen@yahoo.com.au

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Love That Album episode 69 - Favourite albums heard in 2014 - the LTA correspondents

It’s December 2014. Where the hell did the year go?????

As lots of podcasters, blog writers, and media folk like to do at this time of year, I like to assemble lists. Love That Album will present to you not one, but TWO episodes in December dedicated to favourite first time listens of 2014.

The first of these specials is episode 69. This is a blockbuster show where some fine people (most of whom have co-hosted previous LTAs) have taken the time to contribute segments telling me their favourite first time listens of the year. Listen, enjoy and take notes as to who you should follow up musically. Segment contributors include:

Will Smith (co host of Gentlemen’s Guide to Midnite Cinema podcast)

Ben Eisen (host of All Time Top Ten podcast)

Jeff Jenkins (Melbourne music journalist and author, and co-host of first ever LTA)

Michael Pursche (host of Sitting In a Bar In Adelaide podcast)

Brian Nankervis (creator and co-host of SBS TV show Rockwiz)

Bill Pinnell (Rock expert, Triple-M FM Album Show host, segment contributor at Triple-R FM)

….and making his podcast debut

Max Bursztynski (pianist / bassist extraordinaire and Metal expert)

We even have an email from a listener to cite his favourite albums

My gratitude goes to all these wonderful people who gave willingly of their time to make a great LTA episode. You will have a plethora of suggested music to consider tracking down and enjoying from our team of experts.

You can download the podcast at iTunes by searching for “Love That Album”. You can also stream or download it at http://lovethatalbum.blogspot.com.

Any feedback would be gratefully appreciated – either written or mp3 voicemail. You can send it to rrrkitchen@yahoo.com.au

Join the Facebook group at www.facebook.com/groups/lovethatalbum

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